Hematology,Oncologoly,Immunologoly, Bone Marrow Transplant Expert Witness

Expert Witness No.1657

Massachusetts

Education

1954-58, A.B., Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (Magna cum laude)

1958-62, M.D., Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Postgraduate Training And Fellowship Appointments

1962-63, Intern (Rotating) Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

1963-1964, Junior Assistant Resident in Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Massachusetts

1966-67, Senior Assistant Resident in Medicine, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Massachusetts

1967-69, Trainee in Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and Immunology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Massachusetts

1969-70, Recipient of USPHS Special Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

Military Service

1964-66, U.S. Public Health Service, Research Associate, Section on Biochemistry, Laboratory of Clinical Science, NIMH, National Institutes of Health, Maryland

Faculty Appointments

1969-70, Instructor in Pediatrics, Department of Medicine Children's Hospital Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts

1970-76, Assistant to Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Director of Hematology, Children's Hospital, Colorado

1976-89, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Pennsylvania

1985-91, Associate Professor of Pediatrics in Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Pennsylvania, (Secondary appointment)

1989-91, Professor of Pediatrics at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Pennsylvania

1999-2001, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Nova Southeastern Univ. College of Osteopathic Medicine

12/19/01, Retired

Hospital and Administrative Appointments

1970-1976, Director, Division of Hematology, Children's Hospital, Colorado

1976-1991, Clinical Director, Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Jan. 1978, Acting Chief, Division of Clinical Immunology

Oct. 1978, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Nov. 1978, Acting Chief, Division of Allergy and Immunology

June 1980, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1991-1995, Director, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Miami Children's Hospital, Florida

1995-2001, Director, Division of Research Hematology-Oncology-Bone Marrow Transplantation, Miami Children's Hospital, Florida

Specialty Certification

1968, American Board of Pediatrics

1974, American Board of Pediatrics, Subspecialty:  Hematology/Oncology

Licensure

1967, Massachusetts

1970, Colorado

1976, Pennsylvania MD

1991, Florida ME

Awards, Honors and Memberships in Honorary Societies

Continental Bank (Pennsylvania) Merit Award

Inclusion in Best Doctors in America

Inclusion in Miami Metro Magazine, Best Doctors in Miami (pediatric hematology-oncology)

Award: “Best Teaching Attending” by Pediatric residents, Miami Children’s Hospital (MCH)

Award:  “Attending of the Year” by Pediatric residents, MCH

Membership in Professional and Scientific Societies (National Societies)

American Pediatric Society

Society for Pediatric Research (Council Member for Hematology/Oncology)

American Academy of Pediatrics (Member, Executive Committee Section of Hematology/Oncology)

Western Society for Pediatric Research (1970-1976)

International Society for Experimental Hematology

American Society of Hematology (Subcommittee on Immunohematology)

American Association of Immunologists

The Transplantation Society

Clinical Immunology Society

Eastern Society for Pediatric Research

American Society for Clinical Oncology

New York Academy of Sciences

Editorial Positions

Ad Hoc Reviewer:  Pediatrics, Journal of Pediatrics, Pediatric Research, Clinical Pediatrics, Bone Marrow Transplantation, Blood

National Committees

Advisory Board, International Registry for Autologous Bone Marrow Transplantation

Food and Drug Administration, Member, Blood Products Advisory Committee

Ad hoc member, Biologic Response Modifiers Advisory Committee

Pediatric Oncology Group, 1991 to 2000, Biologic Response Modifiers Committee

Children’s Oncology Group

Children's Cancer Study Group, Bone Marrow Transplant Committee, BMT, Recurrent Neuroblastoma Committee, Acute Non-Lymphocytic Leukemia Committee, Autologous BMT in Recurrent Brain Tumor Committee, Late Effects of BMT in Acute Non-Lymphocytic Leukemia, Autologous BMT for Recurrent Lymphomas

Local Committee Appointments

South Florida American Red Cross, Medical Advisory Board

Florida Division, American Cancer Society, Pediatric Cancer Advisory Council

Hospital Committee Appointments Through 2001

Utilization Review, Mortality Review, Blood Usage, Institutional Review Board (human experimentation), Cancer

Teaching Assignments

General Pediatrics attending physician, 1-2 months per year (daily rounds)
Bone Marrow Transplant attending physician, (6 months/year daily rounds)

Other

Medical Officer:  Office of Cellular, Tissue, and Gene Therapies, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration