Undergraduate and Medical Education:

Graduated with a B.A. in biology, with honors, from Stanford University in 1968
Graduated with honors from UCLA School of Medicine in 1972

Clinical Experience

Practiced hospital-based emergency medicine for 27 years, from 1974 until 2001.
Practice settings ranged from rural community hospitals to inner city trauma centers and university-affiliated teaching hospitals.
Treated an estimated 120,000 emergency patients.
Currently in active practice of Urgent Care Telemedicine since 2016.

Academic & Administrative Appointments

UCLA Clinical assistant professor, Emergency Medicine, 1986-1991.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support Instructor, American Heart Association, 1985-2001.
Advanced Trauma Life Support Instructor, American College of Surgeons,1985-2001
Director of Emergency Department, Ridgecrest Community Hospital, 1985-1993.

Postgraduate Training:

Internal Medicine internship at UCLA Center for Health Sciences 1972-73.

Completed PGY2 of a residency in Internal Medicine at U.C.L.A. Center for
Health Sciences 1973-74, then chose to leave that program to pursue a career in hospital-based Emergency Medicine.

Professional Licensure (Unrestricted):

California exp. 5/31/2020
Hawaii exp. 1/31/2022
New York exp. 9/30/2020
Florida exp. 1/31/2021
Texas exp. 11/30/2021
Willing to apply for licensure in additional states

Professional Associations:

Awarded lifetime fellowship in American College of Emergency Physicians, 2005

Fellow, American Academy of Emergency Medicine, 2017-2018

Board Certification:

Certified by the American Board of Urgent Care Medicine, through Dec. 16, 2024.

Certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine, Through Dec. 31, 2027.

Employment History, including Academic & Administrative Appointments:

Self-employed as a full-time Emergency Physician from 1974-2001, mostly in greater Los Angeles area hospitals. Practice environments ranged from rural community hospitals to inner-city trauma centers and university-affiliated teaching hospitals.

Teaching appointment as Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at UCLA from 1986 until 1991.

Director of Emergency Department at Ridgecrest Community Hospital, 1985-93.

Certified by American Heart Association as Instructor in Advanced Cardiac Life Support, 1985 – 2001.

Certified by American College of Surgeons as Instructor in Advanced Trauma Life Support, 1985 – 2001.

Worked in E.R. at Hilo Medical Center from 1995 until 2001.

In my 27 year Emergency Medicine career, I treated an estimated 120,000 emergency patients. I never had to pay or settle a professional liability claim. No disciplinary action was ever initiated or imposed by a hospital medical staff, professional society, or licensing authority.

After retirement from hospital-based practice, I’ve owned and operated a B&B on Maui with my wife, who is a retired R.N.

In February of 2016, I joined PlushCare, a telehealth group practice based in San Francisco, and since then I have been treating around one hundred urgent care patients per month.

Commitment to Continuing Medical Education:

Over the past five years, I’ve accumulated over six hundred hours of AMA-Accredited Category 1 continuing medical education, focused on Emergency Medicine. Educational activities include the American Board of Emergency Medicine’s Maintenance of Certification program, which requires passing four written examinations every five years.

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