Pediatric Emergency Medicine Expert Witness

Expert Witness No.2875

Education

Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas, 1976-1980, B.S. Biology

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1981-1983, M.S. Physiology

University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, 1983-1987, M.D

American College of Physician Executives, 2002-2006, Certified Physician Exec.

Medical Training

Earl K. Long Medical Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1987-1990, Pediatric Residency
1992-1996, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Practice Pathway
1998-2006, Certified Physician Executive Program (ACPE)

Board Certifications

Pediatrics (AAP), 1990, 1997

Pediatric Emergency Medicine (AAP, ABEM), 1996, 2004

Certified Physician Executive (ACPE), 2006

Specialty Recognition

Fellow American Academy of Pediatrics (1990)

Fellow American College of Emergency Physicians (1996)

Fellow American College of Physician Executives (2009)

Medical Teaching Experience

Louisiana State Univ. Health Science Center, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and    Emergency Medicine,    1992-2007

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Resident Education, 2005-2007

Georgetown University School of Medicine, Clinical Professor, 2007- current

Teaching Specialties

Vertebrate Anatomy and Physiology - Pediatric Medicine

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Medical Risk Management

Physical and Sexual Abuse Forensics

Quality Improvement and Evidenced Based Medicine

Research Experience

Vertebrate Physiology Research Assistant, Midwestern State Univ., 1978-1980

Vertebrate Physiology Graduate Student, Louisiana State Univ., 1981-1983

Human Neurophysiology Research Assistant , University of Texas Medical Branch, 1984

Surgical Endocrinology Research Assistant, University of Texas Medical Branch,      1985-1987

Director of Emergency Medicine Research, Louisiana State Univ., 1992-1997

Vertebrate Neuroendocrinology Research Faculty, Louisiana State Univ. School of Veterinary Medicine, 1996-1998

Grants

NIH Medical Student Research Grant, 1984

Southern Medical Association Resident Research Grant, 1996

Employment

Pediatric Private Practice, Port Neches, Texas, 1990-1992
Louisiana State Univ., Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, 1992-1997

C&M Medical Services (Emergency Physician), 1992-1997, 2005-2007

Louisiana Emergency Trauma Specialists (Emergency Physician) 1992-2007

Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, Assistant Research Professor, 1996-1998

Phy-American (Emergency Physician), 1997-2004

Sterling Healthcare (Emergency Physician) 2004-2005

Our Lady of the Lake College, Instructor of Anatomy and Physiology, 2003 (Fall)

Professional Emergency Physicians Association (Emergency Physician), 2005-2007

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Resident Education, 2005- 2007

Commonwealth Emergency Physicians (Emergency Physician), 2007-present

Hospital Privileges

Prevost Memorial Hospital, Donaldsonville, Louisiana, 1987-1990

West Feliciana Hospital, St. Francisville, Louisiana 1987-1990

AMI Mid-Jefferson Hospital, Nederland, Texas, 1990-1992

Park Place Hospital, Port Arthur, Texas, 1990-1992

St Mary’s Hospital, Port Arthur, Texas, 1990-1992

Doctor’s Hospital, Groves, Texas, 1990-1992

Earl K. Long Medical Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1992-1997

Baton Rouge General Medical Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1992-2007

Lane Memorial Medical Center, Zachary, Louisiana, 1992-1997

River Parishes Hospital, LaPlace, Louisiana, 1997-1999

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Med. Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1997-2007

Assumption General Hospital, Napoleonville, Louisiana, 2000-2006

INOVA Loudoun Hospital, Leesburg, Virginia 2007- present

Awards

Cum Laude Honors Midwestern State University, 1980

Dean’s List, University of Texas Medical Branch, 1985  

Joseph B. Kass Award for Excellence in Disease Prevention Research, 1987

Honor Graduate University of Texas Medical Branch, 1987

Chief Resident in Pediatrics, Earl K. Long Medical Center, 1990

“Safety Net Award” for Outstanding Research Project in a United States Public Hospital, 1994 (Delivery of Pediatric Emergency Medicine in a General Emergency Department)

Special Commendation by the Louisiana Senate and House of Representatives for  contributions to improving the care of children in Louisiana. 1994

Special Recognition by the Louisiana State University School of Medicine for contributions to the field of emergency medicine, 1997

Publications

25 articles published in peer-reviewed journals (10 basic science, 16 clinical)

4 book chapters (1 in press)

Journal Reviewer

Journal of Emergency Care

Pediatric Emergency Care

Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Presentations

40 invited presentations at national scientific meetings

Medical Licenses

Louisiana

North Carolina

Virginia

Medical Legal Experience

14 years of legal assistance to defense and plaintiff attorneys

Extensive experience in determining the evidence based standard of care based on training,
experience, and up to date literature review within the field of pediatric emergency medicine

Medical Management Experiences

1990-1992. Founder and Owner of A Pediatric and Adolescent Clinic of in, Texas.

1992.  Chief of Pediatrics, AMI Mid-Jefferson Hospital

1992-1997. Coordinated an award winning research program for and emergency medicine training
program (LSU School of Medicine)

1995-1998. Managing founder and partner in WK Associates Medical Auditing of Baton Rouge (sold
1999)

1995-2007. Founder and Owner of a private company in Baton Rouge which performed medico
legal consulting (sold 2007)

2003. Developed a successful urgent care department for a Level I Emergency Department (Our
Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center)

2004-7. Key team member in creating paperless computerized system at Our Lady of the Lake
Regional Medical Center (First Net) 

2005-7. Developed a successful pediatric emergency medicine resident training program including didactics and clinical training (OLOLRMC and LSU)

2005-7. Developed successful a performance improvement system and incentivized physician compensation for a Level I Pediatric Emergency Department (30000 annual visits) (OLOLRMC)

2006-2007. Chairman of Performance Improvement Committee for the Children’s Hospital of Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center

2007- present. Director of Pediatric Quality Management INOVA Loudoun     Hospital

Publication List

Available upon request