Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Medical Expert Witness

Expert Witness No.2630

Summary

Practiced general, breast, vascular, and thoracic surgery for 38 years. No medical malpractice judgments. No restrictions placed on my operating privileges. No disciplinary action taken by any medical board, hospital staff, or other administrative agency.

Education

1954-57
Undergraduate
University of Michigan
No Degree
Was Accepted to Medical School from Junior Year

1957-61
Medical School
Wayne State University  Detroit, Michigan
Graduated with Honors, Youngest Member of Class

1961-62
Internship – Rotating
Mount Zion Hospital, San Francisco
Recipient of the Outstanding Intern Award

Appointments

Teaching Appointments

1970-73
Clinical Instructor of Surgery
U.C. Hospital
San Francisco General Hospital
Children’s Hospital

1983
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Surgery
University of California, San Francisco

1988
Instructor  at U.C. Berkeley, Undergraduate, IDS 130 Medical Ethics

1995

Department of Surgery

University of California, San Francisco

Staff Appointments
Active Staff California Pacific Medical Center
Davies Medical Center

International Teaching Appointments
One of sixteen surgeons selected from an international pool to teach advanced laparoscopic techniques at five Japanese Universities

Credentialing Courses for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

1990, July
Faculty for Laser Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Course, Educational Design, Newport Beach,
California

1990, August
Faculty for Laser Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Course, Pacific Presbyterian Medical Center

1990, September – November
1991, January & March
Course Chairman for Laser Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, California Pacific Medical Center

Proctor for Advanced Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Children’s Hospital, San Francisco, California
Pacific Presbyterian Hospital, San Francisco, California
St. Luke’s Hospital, San Francisco, California
Seton Medical Center, Daly City, California
San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California
Kaiser Hospital, San Rafael, California
Petaluma Community Hospital, Petaluma, California
Novato Community Hospital, Novato, California
Eden Community Hospital, Hayward, California
St. Rose Community Hospital, Hayward, California
Alta Bates Hospital, Oakland, California

Howard Community Hospital, Willits, California
Mad River Community Hospital, Eureka, California
Dominican Hospital, Santa Cruz, California
Salinas Memorial Hospital, Salinas, California
Doctor’s Hospital, San Ramon, California
Doctor’s Hospital, Pinole, California
Santa Cruz Community Hospital, Santa Cruz, California
Sonoma Community Hospital, Sonoma, California
Watsonville Community Hospital, Watsonville, California

Credentialing Courses for Advanced Laparoscopic Techniques

1991, March
Faculty for Advanced Laparoscopic Techniques New York Medical College

1991, April
Faculty for Advanced Laparoscopic Techniques New Brunswick, New Jersey

1991
Faculty for Advanced Laparoscopic Techniques Halliday Medical Clinic, Portland, Oregon

January 1991
Course Chairman for Advanced Laparoscopic Techniques, Swedish Hospital, Seattle, Washington

1991, September
Participant in Credentialing and Planning of Thoracoscopic Surgical Technique Course, Norwalk, Connecticut

1992, November
Faculty of 2nd International Minimal Access Surgery Symposium, Kansas City, Missouri

1991, February
Participant in National Meeting for Design of Laparoscopic Hernia Instrumentation, Norwalk, Connecticut

1992, June
Faculty of Laparoscopic Hernia Repair, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco

Awards

1961
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society (Medical School)

1971
Outstanding Teacher to House Staff, Presbyterian  Hospital

1979
Outstanding Teacher to House Staff, Presbyterian  Hospital

1980
Outstanding Teacher to House Staff, Mount Zion   Hospital

1982
Outstanding Teacher to Surgical House Staff, Mount  Zion Hospital

1998
Distinguished Accomplishment Award for work in  Laparoscopic surgery

2000
Maimonides Award from Sharetz Zedek Hospital in Jerusaleum for contributions to Laparoscopic  surgery

Memberships

1971
Fellow of American College of Surgeons

1990
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, S.A.G.E.S.

1994
San Francisco Surgical Society

Credentials

1970
American Board of Surgery

Experience

Current Positions
Chairman of Laparoscopic Surgery
Medical Center, California

Associate Professor of Surgery
University of California School

Past Positions

1962-64
U.S. Army
Commanding Officer
61st General Dispensary
Samuar, France
General Medical Officer

1964-70
U.S. Army Reserve

1964-65
General Practice
Livonia, Michigan

1965-66
Surgical Residency
Assistant Surgical Resident, Bellevue Hospital,
New York University Service
New York City, New York

1967-69
Surgical Residency
Children’s Hospital, San Francisco, California
Presbyterian Hospital, San Francisco, California
UCSF Affiliate Program

1967-69
Research Fellowship
American Cancer Society.  Studied effects of adjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer 

Other Experience

1973
Trauma Surgeon, Tel Hashamer Hospital, Tel Aviv, Israel, During 1973 Yom Kippur War

1982-84
Volunteer Surgeon, Los Medicos Validores (The Flying Doctors),    Servicing Navahone, Mexico

1972-76
Executive Committee, Presbyterian Hospital

1977-79
Executive Vice President of Pan-Med Corporation

1980-87
Board of Directors, Pan-Med Corporation  (Pan-Med is a corporation formed in 1977 to plan, finance, and build a $34,000,000 medical office building located on the campus of California Pacific Medical Center.)

1988-90
Board of Directors of Saybrook Institute, a graduate school granting Ph.D. degrees in humanistic psychology in San Francisco.

1991-96
Medical Consultant to Krames Communications Corporation, the leading maker of patient information booklets.  I am the primary consultant for their laparoscopic gallbladder surgery booklet and gastroesophageal reflux disease booklet, and co-consultant on their laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair booklet.

1991
Medical Consultant for Origen Corporation, a medical device subsidiary of Eli Lilly Corporation.

1991
Advisor to Mayfield Fund, a half billion dollar venture capital firm that founded Autodesk, Silicon Graphics, and others.

1991
Advisor to US Surgical, Ethicon, and Srtyker Corporations.  Multiple trips back their headquarters in Norwalk, CT, Cinncinnati OH, and San Jose, CA to offer advise on the design of new laparoscopic instruments.

Activities

Surgical Consultant

1979-90
U.S. Navy Hospital, Oak Knoll, Department of Surgery

1969-90
Mount Zion Hospital Surgical Service

1969-90
Presbyterian Hospital Surgical Service

1969-73
San Francisco General Hospital Surgical Service

Invited Speaker and/or Workshop Leader (Partial List)

Available upon request.

News and Radio Interviews and Appearances

Available upon request.

Publications

Available upon request.

Patents & Licenses

Available upon request.