PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT EXPERT WITNESS

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON
Madison, WI
Graduate School of Education Ph.D. anticipated, May, 2008: Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis
Completed all but dissertation. 4.0 GPA in Ph.D. program

School of Medicine and Public Health
Bachelor of Science - Health Sciences. Physician Assistant Program
May, 1992

HARVARD UNIVERSITY, Cambridge, MA
Master of Education - Concentrations in International Development and Education Administration
Magna Cum Laude, June, 1989

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, Omaha, NB
Master of Physician Assistant Studies
May, 2005

BOSTON COLLEGE, Chestnut Hill, MA
Bachelor of Science - Double Major: Biology and Philosophy
Magna Cum Laude, June, 1984
Accepted to the MD program, Medical College of Wisconsin, 1983, not attended

EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Chief Executive Officer, Hillside Health Care International
Responsibilities include oversight of overall operations of a mission clinic in Belize, Central America. Specific duties include the continued development of an international health education program for medical students, medical residents, physician assistant students, nurses and therapists from around the world; recruitment of long term volunteer medical staff, physicians, nurses, therapist; public relations, fund raising; oversight of the Belizean clinic employees; collaboration with US and Belizean organizational partners including educational institutions, the Belize Ministry of Health, and NGOs; and the provision of leadership and reporting to the U.S. board of directors. Part time since July 1, 2006.

Health Profession Program Director
University of Wisconsin Medical School - Physician Assistant Program, Madison, WI
Responsibilities included management of all aspects of a twenty-four month PA program for sixty-six students including program accreditation, direct oversight of 12 faculty and staff, securing funding, managing budget, student admissions, and teaching both didactic and clinical curriculum. Annual budget near $1M. Accomplishments have included leading the program to the highest accreditation ranking in its history, development of the nation's only sustainable distance education program for PA certification, development of interdisciplinary partnerships and programs, acquisition and management of $1.5M in grant funding for new program initiatives, and leadership of the transition of the PA program from a bachelor's to a master's degree program. July 2001 through June, 2006.

Director Of Clinical Education
University of Wisconsin Medical School - Physician Assistant Program, Madison, WI
Responsibilities included the development and management of student clinical preceptorships, oversight of clinical faculty, curriculum preparation, student clinical supervision and evaluation, classroom and on-site teaching, grant acquisition and management, faculty development, and professional research.
Significant leadership role in program initiatives. Major accomplishments included the development of a network of 150 clinical preceptorship sites including the program's first international clinical opportunities and development of the program's first electronic database to manage clinical preceptor appointments, site availability and student assignments. November, 1996 - July 2001.

Assistant Professor
Director Of Clinical Education
University of Texas - Southwestern, Physician Assistant Program, Dallas, TX
Similar duties and responsibilities as employed at the University of Wisconsin. Additional clinical work performed three-four days per month in adult ambulatory medicine at a community oriented primary care clinic. July, 1994 - October, 1996.

Director Of Adult Basic Education Programs
Concilio Hispano Incorporated, Cambridge, MA
Responsibilities included the creation and management of English as a Second Language, Adult Basic Education, and Immigration Programs for Hispanics and other linguistic minorities; the writing of grant proposals to acquire Federal, State and private funding; contract negotiation; hiring, training and supervising full and part-time teaching staff and interns; preparation of contract fiscal and performance reports and ultimate responsibility for contract performance. 1989-1990.

PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL/CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

Clinic Manager - Family Medicine Primary Care Clinic
The Medical College of Wisconsin and Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee, WI
Responsibilities include the provision of all aspects of primary medical care to a highly mixed patient population. Providers include six physicians, two physician assistants, a nurse and two medical assistants. Managerial responsibilities include the oversight of clinic staff including a physician assistant, nurse, medical assistants, scheduling of medical staff and providers, staff evaluations, ordering of supplies, patient tracking, developing of patient care initiatives, and budget. Full time since December 1, 2006.

St. Josephs Hospital Emergency Department, Milwaukee, WI
Full time emergency medicine and urgent care clinical practice since July 1 - Nov. 30, 2006
St. Josephs Hospital Emergency Department, Milwaukee, WI
Stoughton Hospital Emergency Department, Stoughton, WI
Mercy Hospital Emergency Department, Janesville, WI
The Monroe Clinic Emergency Department, Monroe, WI
Meriter Hospital Emergency Department, Madison, WI
Sauk Prairie Memorial Hospital Emergency Department, Prairie du Sac, WI
Emergency medicine and urgent care clinical practice - part time from January, 1997 through June, 2006. Forty hours average work in emergency medicine and urgent care per month.

Family Practice Medical Clinic, Branch of Central Plains Clinic Ltd., Beresford, SD
One of two full time certified Physician Assistants, working independently of direct MD supervision, managing the full spectrum of general practice patients in a rural, medically underserved setting - all aspects of family practice and primary care including emergency medical services. Basic radiology and laboratory evaluation also performed independently of support staff while on-call. Management of nursing home patients and weekly nursing home rounds included. MD on site and 10% chart review approximately one-half day per week. June, 1992 - June, 1994.

TEACHING AND HUMAN SERVICE WORK EXPERIENCE

Father Matignon High School, Cambridge, MA
Teacher: Ninth and Tenth grade theology. 1987-1988.

Our Lady Of The Mountain Preparatory School, Anjara, Jordan
Teacher: English as a Second Language, grades 7-8, 1987.
Completed while in Jesuit novitiate, 1986-1987. St

John's College, Belize, Central America
Teacher: Eleventh grade mathematics and college physics. Coach: Managed the school volleyball team to a championship. Scoutleader: Led a parish troop of thirty boys. 1984-1985. Completed as part of the newly formed post-graduate Jesuit International Volunteer Program

Migrant Head-Start Project, Fairhope, AL
Staff: Interpreted Spanish for families at day camp for migrant workers' children, created programs to boost staff morale, supervised maintenance of facilities and grounds. Summers, 1982, 1983, 1984.

Boston College Jesuit International Volunteer, Mexico City, Mexico
Participated in social work research and community development projects with Jesuit, Maryknoll and Sisters of Charity mission groups, 2.5 months during the summer of 1982.

GRANT ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT

Available upon request.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, SCHOLARSHIP, AND LEADERSHIP

Available upon request.

OTHER HONORS, ABILITIES, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Available upon request.

CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSE

National Commission on Accreditation of Certified Physician Assistants
Certification with Distinction - Continuous renewal since January 1993

State of Wisconsin Department of Regulation and Licensing - PA License

US DEA Controlled Substances Prescribing Authorization

American Heart Association, Instructor Certification, Advanced Cardiac Life Support

References Available Upon Request.

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