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Board Certified Interventional Cardiologist, Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiac Catheterization, Invasive Interventional cardiology

EXPERT WITNESS CASES

Samples of Cases Reviewed

  • Medical Devices Patent. Ascertaining the medical uses and evaluating the non-obviousness of different medical catheters used for treatment of vascular disease to validate or invalidate claim of a prior covenant.
  • Cardiologist Medical Malpractice. Ascertaining standard of care in a case of severe fluoroscopic (X-ray) induced radiation skin injury during a fluoroscopic procedure performed in the cardiac catheterization laboratory.
  • Cardiologist Medical Malpractice. Ascertaining standard of care in case of coronary interventional procedures (coronary angioplasty and stent implantation) resulting in significant morbidity or mortality.
  • Medical Device. Reviewing case of reported medical atherectomy device malfunction as a cause of patient injury.
  • Vehicle Accident. Evaluating whether a motor vehicle accident caused or contributed to heart disease diagnosed following motor vehicle accident.
  • Resuscitation. Evaluating the potential for survivability from resuscitative measures following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest at a sports facility.

CERTIFICATIONS

  • BOARD CERTIFIED DIPLOMAT -AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE – CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE SUBSPECIALTY EXAMINATION 11/1997, Recertified 11/2007
  • BOARD CERTIFIED DIPLOMAT -AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE – INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE SUBSPECIALTY – EXAMINATION 11/1999, Recertified 11/2008
  • DIPLOMAT AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, BOARD CERTIFICATION 9/1991
  • DIPLOMAT NATIONAL BOARD OF MEDICAL TRAINING
    PART I -9/1985, PART II -4/1987, PART III- 3/1988

APPOINTMENTS / PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

  • Appointed Task Force Member – American College of Cardiology – Cardiac Care Committee -June 2009 to Present
  • Director of Invasive/Interventional Services Cardiology and Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories -Anaheim Memorial Medical Center – October 2003 to July 2009
  • Director of Invasive/Interventional Services Cardiology and Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories -Anaheim Regional Medical Center July 2009 to Present
  • Chair – Invasive/ Interventional Cardiology – Anaheim Memorial Medical Center – October 2003 through September 2007
  • Director – Invasive/Interventional Cardiology Services – Pacific Cardiovascular Associates -January 2000 to Present
  • FACP – Fellow of the American College of Physicians
  • FACC – Fellow of the American College of Cardiology FSCAI – Fellow of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions
  • MD – Medical Doctor – University of Southern California Medical School 6/1987
  • Active Hospital Staff Appointments, Invasive/Interventional Cardiology – North and South Orange County: Anaheim Regional Medical Center,
  • Fountain Valley Regional Medical Center, Garden Grove Medical Center, Mission Hospital, Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center, Saddleback
  • Memorial Medical Centers, South Coast Hospital.

EDUCATION

  • Post Doctoral: University of Chicago Medical Center
    Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
    Chicago, IL 7/94 -6/95
  • Harbor/UCLA Medical Center
    Cardiologist – Cardiology Fellow Year III
    Torrance, CA 7/93 – 6/94
  • St. Mary Medical Center
    Cardiology Fellow, Years I and II
    Long Beach, CA 7/91 – 6/93
  • Los Angeles County / USC Medical Center
    Chief Resident, Internal Medicine Physician Post Graduate II – III
    Los Angeles, CA 7/90 – 6/91 7/88-6/90

Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Santa Clara Internal Medicine Physician Post Graduate I Santa Clara, CA 7/87 – 6/88

Medical:

  • University of Southern California School of Medicine Medical Doctor
    Los Angeles, CA 7/83 – 6/87
  • Outstanding in introduction to Clinical Medicine
    (no formal honors given) Years I & II
  • Outstanding in Pediatrics, Medicine I, Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Honors -Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia
  • Honors -Medicine II
    Undergraduate: University of Southern California
    B.S. in Biological Sciences, graduated in 1983

High School:
Los Angeles High, Los Angeles California, graduated in 1979

1980-1982
Off-Campus Housing Coordinator

1980-1982
Resident Advisor/ Teaching Assistant (Summer)

1981-1983
Health Professionals Preparation Program

1981 – 1983
President/Founder of University Student’s Cooperative Organization

1982
Course Instructor -Physics (Summer) for the Health Sciences

POST -GRADUATE PRACTICES

7/95 – 8/95 Community Hospital (Locum Tenens) – Red Bluff, CA
9/95 – 10/95 Cardiovascular Care Medical Group (Locum Tenens) – Sacramento, CA
10/95 – 6/98 Lakeland Regional Medical Center – Clark & Daughtrey Medical Group – Lakeland, FL
(Interventional /Invasive Cardiologist)

6/98 – 7/99
Regional Cardiology Associates – Sacramento, CA
(Interventional/ Invasive Cardiologist)

8/99 – Present
Pacific Cardiovascular Associates -Long Beach/ Orange County CA
(Interventional/Invasive Cardiologist -Director Invasive/Interventional Services)

PROFESSIONAL LICENSES

  • State of California Physicians & Surgeons License
  • Federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
  • License State of Illinois Physician License
  • Fluoroscopy Supervisor Certification State of Florida Physician License

MEDICAL EXPERIENCE

Procedural Experience

  • Central Line Placement Techniques: Internal Jugular, Anterior, Posterior, Anteromedial, Femoral and Subclavian Approaches
  • Pulmonary Artery Balloon Tipped Catheter Placement
  • Cardiac Catheterization and Coronary Angiography (Femoral, Radial and Brachial Approaches)
  • Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty
  • Intracoronary Stent Placement (Multiple Stent Designs)
  • Directional Coronary Atherectomy
  • Rotational Coronary Atherectomy (Rotablator)
  • Aortic Valvuloplasty
  • Inoue Balloon Mitral Commissurotomy
  • Myocardial Biopsy
  • Intraaortic Balloon Placement
  • Permanent (Dual and Single Chamber) Pacemaker Implantation
  • Temporary Transvenous Pacemaker Placement
  • Cardioverter/Defibrillator Implant or Change
  • Electrophysiology studies and RF Ablation
  • Excimer Laser Atherectomy
  • Alcohol Septal Ablation for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
  • Peripheral and Renal Angiography and Intervention

FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

McKensie Foundation Medical Student Award National Medical Fellowship Program California Graduate Fellowship Research Grant -St. Mary Foundation

SPECIAL HEALTH CARE ACTIVITIES

  • Excimer Laser Physician Proctor/Instructor Southern California – Spectranetics Corporation, Current
  • Rotational Atherectomy Physician Proctor/Instructor Southern California – Boston Scientific, Current
  • Physician Reviewer – Center for Health Dispute Resolution/ Maximus – California and National, 2004 to Current
  • Chair – Weekly Cardiac Catheterization Conference Pacific Cardiovascular Associates and Physician Journal Club 10/00 to Present
  • Chair – Weekly Cardiac Catheterization Conference, Anaheim Memorial (Now Anaheim Regional) Medical Center October 2003 to 2010 Advanced
  • Cardiac and Life Support Instructor/ Course Director St. Mary, USC and Cedar-Sinai Medical Centers
  • Royal Flying Doctor Service -Australia
  • Pediatric Neurology -Sydney, Australia
  • Volunteer -Skid Row Clinic

ORGANIZATIONS/ACTIVITIES

Cardiology Best Practice Representative – Memorial Care
Orange County Medical Association
FAA Licensed Private Pilot – Instrument Airplane Rating
American Medical Association

Student Activities: Founder/Organizer of Medical Spanish course
Word Processing, Computer Assisted Education for Medical
Students, 1984-1986

Student Government: Class Representative, 1983-1984
AMSA -Computers in Medicine and International Health
Events Chairman – USC School of Medicine Class of 1987
Honor Council Member – USC School of Medicine Class of 1987
California House Officers Society Member 1987-1988
Santa Clara Valley Medical Society Member 1987-1988

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