Board Certified Gynecology Expert Witness

Expert Witness No.2043

Education

M.D. (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery), School of Medicine, University of Glasgow, Scotland

Rotating Internship, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada

Junior Resident, Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Toronto, Canada

Junior Resident, Surgery

Junior Resident, Medicine

Senior Resident, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Oncology

Chief Resident, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Obstetrics and Gynecology Fellowship, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario

Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons, Canada

J.D., Nashville School of Law

Certifications

ECFMG Certification, Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates

Specialist Certification in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Royal College of Surgeons of Canada

LMCC (Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada)

Certified, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1995, recertified 2005

Certified in Advanced Operative Laparoscopy and Hysteroscopy, Accreditation Council for Gynecologic Endoscopy

Medical Licenses

Tennessee
Ohio
Ontario, Canada
United Kingdom

Law License

Tennessee

Professional Experience

1978-1996, Private practice Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brantford, Ontario

Staff privileges at Brantford General Hospital, Brantford, Ontario; St. Joseph’s Hospital, Brantford, Ontario; The Willett Hospital, Paris, Ontario

Served as Chief of Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and as member of Perinatal Mortality Committee

1996–1998, Private practice Obstetrics and Gynecology, Illini Hospital, Silvis, Illinois

1998–Present, Private practice Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Non-Invasive Laser Esthetics, Cookeville, Tennessee

Honors

Certificate of Merit Internal Medicine
McLeod Medal for Research Dissertation on Herpes Viruses
Second Prize in British Medical Association national contest for medical student research
Awarded Arthur J. Sims Scholarship to study Tropical Medicine in Zimbabwe

Memberships

Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of Canada
Fellow, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Member, American Association of Gynecological Laparoscopists
Member, Tennessee Bar Association
Member, American Trial Lawyers Association
Member, American Bar Association

Professional Activities

Presenter to MDs about Hormone Replacement Therapy, Wyeth’s Visiting Speaker Bureau

Preceptor for medical students, nursing students and nurse practitioner students, McMaster University Medical School, Hamilton, Ontario,
Canada; Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee;
University of Tennessee School of Medicine, Knoxville, Tennessee

Member, Advisory Board, Operating Room Scrub Technician Program, Medvance Institute

Volunteer Activities

Genesis House, facility for abused women and children
Habitat for Humanity
Haiti Parish Twining Program, medical mission