Provides Testimony In
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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