Hospital Administration Psychiatry Physician Expert Witness

Professional Experience

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) (1989-2003)
Surveyor And Senior Teaching Faculty, For The Preeminent Hospital And Ambulatory Care Accreditation Organization In The United States

A Private Hospital and Consulting Firm (1996 – present)
Founder and President of this national hospital and healthcare consulting firm.  Primary activities are consulting, lecturing, and providing educational courses to general acute care hospitals and psychiatric hospitals, medical and psychiatric ambulatory centers, and other healthcare organizations, on healthcare quality, peer review, staff competence, performance measurement, medical staff credentialing, and preparation for JCAHO and other regulatory inspections.  In addition, provides expert testimony on medical litigation.

A Private Company (2006 – present)
Chief Operating Officer and Medical Director of a company developing primary cares clinics for retail environments.

On The Editorial Board of an Urgent Care Journal (2006 – present)
On the editorial board of this medical journal.

President, of an Urgent Care Clinic in Wyoming, Inc (2003 – present)
Owner of highly successful urgent care clinic in Wyoming

Urgent Care Association of America (2005-2006)
Director of Accreditation of the largest urgent care organization in the United States

Northwest Covenant Medical Center (1995-1996)
Medical Director of a major New Jersey hospital

Downstate Medical Center (1992-1995)
Associate Dean and Associate Provost of New York State’s largest medical school

Kings County Hospital Center (1992-1995)
Medical Director of one of the largest hospitals in the United States

Expert 1565 and Associates, Inc. (1977-1989)
Founder and President of one of the largest private psychiatric groups in Massachusetts

Arbour Hospital (1978-1989)
Attending staff at one of Boston’s leading psychiatric hospitals
President of the Medical Staff 1985-1989.

Harvard Medical School (1973-2002)
On the teaching faculty in the Department of Psychiatry in numerous capacities

Massachusetts General Hospital (1973-1977)
Director of the inpatient psychiatric unit and teaching faculty for this internationally known hospital

US Army Research Institute Of Environmental Medicine (1970-1973)
A senior medical corps officer at one of the nation’s largest military environmental research organizations

Academic Appointments

Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School (1970-2000)

Assistant Professor of Public Health, Downstate Medical School (1992-1995)

Education

Psychiatric Residency, Yale University (1969-1970)

Psychiatric Residency, University of Southern California (1967-1969)

M.D. University of Southern California (1966)

B.A. (Magna cum Laude), Harvard College (1962)

Certification and Licensure

National Board of Medical Examiners (1967)

Certified, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (1972)

Past Licensure:  California,  Massachusetts, New Hampshire

Current Licensure:  New York, New Jersey

Publications

2 Books and  numerous articles (detailed list available upon request)