Neonatal Perinatal Medicine Expert Witness

Expert Witness No.1275

Ohio

Education

Lycee Classique Echternach (Luxembourg) 1955-62
Advanced Courses in Natural Sciences School
Limpertsberg (Luxembourg) 1962-1963

University of Nancy Medical School/1963-1965
France

University of Paris Medical School/1965-1969
France

Internship
Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery/1968-1970
Specialty:  Gynecology and General Medicine
University Hospital, Paris and St. Joseph Hospital, Paris

Internship-Rotating: Pediatrics and Obstetrics/January 1- June 30, 1970
Specialty: Pediatrics/Obstetrics/Gynecology
Franklin Square Hospital John's Hopkins Affiliate Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland 21295

Internship: Straight Pediatrics/June 28, 1970-June 27, 1971
Specialty:  Pediatrics
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati, Ohio 45229

Residency

Residency Pediatrics (PL II)/July 1, 1971-June 30, 1972

Cincinnati General Hospital and Children's Hospital Medical Center
Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio 45229

Fellowship

Newborn Physiology/Neonatology, July 1, 1972-June 30, 1974
Cincinnati General Hospital and Children's Hospital Medical Center
Pediatric Residency Training Program
Cincinnati, OH 45229

Licensure and Other Registrations

State of Ohio; Expiration 1/1/2008;Type: Pediatrics
State of Kentucky, Expiration 3/1/2008; Type: Pediatrics
DEA#: (Expires: 04/28/2008)

Certification

Board of Medical Examiners (Luxembourg):
Doctor of Surgery       9/1968
Doctor of Medicine  10/1968
Doctor of Obstetrics 12/1968
ECFMG - February 12, 1969, No. Available upon request.

Specialty Board Certification

American Board of Pediatrics - October 27, 1975
American Board of Pediatrics Sub-Board of Neonatal-Perinatal
Medicine, November 15, 1975

Academic Appointments/ Hospital Staff

Instructor in Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, July 1972-June 1974.

Fels Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Cincinnati, July 1974-1977.

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology,
University of Cincinnati, 1974-1981.

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Cincinnati, July 1976-1981

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology,
University of Cincinnati, 1981-1999.

Professor of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, September 1999

Attending Pediatrician, University Hospital, University of
Cincinnati Medical Center, July 1974-present

Director, Health Alliance Neonatal Services, February 1997

Interim Director, Alliance Neonatal Services, University Hospital NICU and Fullterm Nurseries, May 1997-1998

Director, Alliance Neonatal Services, University Hospital NICU and Fullterm Nurseries,
May 1998-Oct 2005

Associate Director, Newborn Division, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, July, 1996-

Co-Director, Division of Neonatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati, Department of Pediatrics, January 2004

Attending Pediatrician/Attending Physician, Newborn Division, A Children's Medical Hospital,
in Ohio, 1975-present

Attending Pediatrician/Neonatologist, Jewish Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1974-December 1999.

Director, Jewish Hospital of Cincinnati Neonatal Services, 1981-1999

Director, Pediatrics Services, Jewish Hospital, June 1998-December 1999 (Maternity and Pediatric units closed in 1999)

Attending Pediatrician/Neonatologist, A Private Hospital, in Ohio, 1987-1999
Bethesda Hospital, Attending Staff Privileges, 1988-1999 (Pediatric unit closed in 1999)
A Private Hospital with Attending Staff Privileges, February 5, 1995-present

Good Samaritan, Hospital Attending Staff Privileges, Sept. 30, 1996-November 14, 2001

A Private Hospital, with Attending Staff Privileges, July 1996-present

A Private Company, with Attending Staff Privileges, March 5, 1997-

St. Luke Hospitals, Health Alliance, Attending Staff Privileges, 1997-

Awards/Honors

1965-1969
Scholarship Award - Department of Education and Health, Luxembourg Government

1972 Research Fellowship Award - National Institute of Health

1983-1985 - March of Dimes Grant Committee

1984 - Visiting Professor, Peking Children's Hospital

1984
Nutritional Support of the Child.  Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.  Third Annual Kelleen Burgess Memorial Lecture. "Calcium Homeostasis in the Long Term TPN Pediatric Patient."

1985
National Institutes of Health Ad Hoc Study Section Transgenerational Effects of Prematurity and Low Birth Weight Infants

1990 - Inauguration Centre Medical, Children's Hospital, Luxembourg. Keynote Speaker.

1991 - Visiting Professor, Pediatric Center, Luxemburg

1991 - ESPGAN Summer School, London.  Invited Speaker

1993
NIH Neonatal Research Network Developmental Follow-up Subcommittee.
Advisory Board and Writing Committee for MedImmune

1996
Excellence in Teaching, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
(Presented by Andrea Lindell 5/29/96)

1998 - Consultant to the Minister of Public Health in Luxembourg

2003 - March of Dimes, Unsung Heroes Award

Memberships in Professional Organizations

Midwest Society for Pediatric Research, 1975-2003

National Perinatal Association, 1976

American Federation for Clinical Research, 1977

Ohio Perinatal Association, 1977

American  Society of Clinical Nutrition, 1978

Assoc. for the Care of Children in Hospitals, 1978

Cincinnati Pediatric Society, 1978

Fellow - American College of Nutrition, 1978-97

Society for Pediatric Research, 1978

American Society for Bone Mineral Research, 1979-1997

American College of Nutrition Pediatric Council, 1983-1997

American Society for Magnesium Research, 1985-1997

European Society for Pediatric Research, 1987-1994

Association des Pediatres de Langue Francaise, 1986

NAPARE (National Assoc. for Perinatal Addiction Research and Education), 1992

National Association of Apnea Professionals, (Physician/Research Council), 1993

American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, 1994

Publications

Available upon request

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