Internal Medicine Physician Expert Witness

EDUCATION

1977, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey (AB; art and archaeology, Summa cu laude)

1979, Columbia University School of General Studies, New York (post-baccalaureate premedical studies)

1983, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, (M.D.)

CAREER

1983-84, Intern, Department of Internal Medicine, Presbyterian Hospital in New York

1984-86, Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, Presbyterian Hospital in New York

1986-87, Postdoctoral Clinical Fellow, Digestive Diseases, university school of medicine, Connecticut

1987-89, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Hepatic Hemodynamic Laboratory, Liver Study Unit, VAMC, university school of medicine, Connecticut

1989-91, Physician, Internal Medicine, university health

1989-92, Attending, Department of Internal Medicine, hospital and veterans administration medical center, Clinical Instructor, Department of Internal Medicine (Digestive Diseases,) Connecticut

1991-92, Chief, Department of Internal Medicine, university health services; Attending; Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, school of medicine (Digestive Diseases.)

1992-97, Chief, Department of Internal Medicine and Urgent Care, university health services, attending ; Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, school of medicine (Digestive Diseases.)

1995 Acting Chief, Inpatient Unit, Yale University Health Services.

1997-2010 Director, Yale University Health Services; Attending Physician, Yale-New Haven Hospital; Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine; practicing internist, Yale Health Plan; inpatient specialist, Yale Medical Group;

• 2008- 2019: Executive Director, Yale Emergency Medical Services

2010- 2023:  Director, Yale Health (Yale University Health Services and Yale Health Plan became Yale Health in September 2010); Attending Physician, Yale-New Haven Hospital; Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine; practicing internist, Yale Health; Inpatient Specialist, Yale Medicine (formerly Yale Medical Group)

2023 – Associate Clinical Professor, Mount Sinai, Icahn School of Medicine; Attending physician Mount Sinai Health System and Ryan Health.

HONORS AND RECOGNITION

Summa Cum Laude, Princeton

Phi Beta Kappa, Princeton University

Alpha Omega Alpha, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Janeway Prize, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

American Liver Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Award

Outstanding Provider Award, Yale University Health Services, 1991

Connecticut “Top Docs” (Internal Medicine) /The Best Doctors in America (Connecticut Magazine, Woodward/White Inc. of Aiken S.C. database, Top Physician

Fellow of the American College of Physicians, 2001

Seton Elm and Ivy Award (for Neighborhood Health Project) 2012

CERTIFICATION

American Board of Internal Medicine

TITLES:

Associate Clinical Professor – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Attending Physician, Mount Sinai Health System

Attending Physician, Ryan Health

Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine Attending, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale-New Haven Hospital (courtesy status) Inpatient Specialist- Yale Medicine (Yale Faculty Practice) (courtesy status)

MEMBERSHIP

American College of Physicians (Fellow) American College Health

Association American Association of Health Plans Connecticut Association of Health Plans

Connecticut Hospital Association Davenport College – Fellow

Yale University Committees – numerous

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

1989-1997 Consult Service Attending, Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine (Digestive Diseases), Veterans Administration Medical Center, West Haven, CT.

1989-93 Laboratory activities (teaching, collaboration in research, writing) Hepatic Hemodynamic Laboratory, Liver Study Unit, VAMC, Yale University School of Medicine, West Haven, CT. (Roberto J. Groszmann, M.D., Director)

1989- ongoing: Ward Attending, Internal Medicine Service, Yale-New Haven Hospital

1991-1997 Preceptor, Resident Longitudinal Clinics – Ambulatory Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine

School of Medicine; Preceptor, third and fourth year student clerkships in ambulatory internal medicine, Yale School of Medicine.

1997- 2003 Preceptor, Project Hope (a project of Yale Schools of Medicine & Nursing as well as the Hill Health Center Homeless Health Care Program)
1997- ongoing Lecturer in Yale School of Medicine (Internal Medicine, Urology, Epidemiology and Public Health, others,) Epidemiology and Public Health, Economics, Political Science and Yale School of Management on: health care policy, quality of care, medical leadership, organizational development, managed care

2004- ongoing Preceptor, Yale School of Medicine Neighborhood Health Project, a clinical program targeting the city’s underprivileged and indigent.

1989- ongoing: Lectures in Clinical Internal Medicine for Yale School of Medicine third and fourth year students and Yale-New Haven Hospital Internal Medicine resident staff; between ten and twelve of these (and other) topics delivered once or twice each year at Yale- New Haven Hospital as part of education/training curriculum in Inpatient Internal Medicine:
• Abdominal Pain
• Acid Peptic Disease
• Addictions- Drugs, Ethanol, Tobacco- Assessment and Complications
• Anemia and blood disorders
• Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease and Other Chronic Lung Disease
• Atherosclerotic vascular disease
• Cancer- Screening, Manifestations and Diagnosis
• Cardiovascular Risks – Assessment and Management
• Central Nervous System Infections
• Cerebrovascular Disease, Stroke and CNS Hemorrhage
• Chest Pain- Diagnostic Workup and Management
• Coagulation and Anticoagulation
• Congestive Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy and Valvular Heart Disease
• Dementia, Delirium, Depression and Alternation of Mental Status
• Diabetes and Other Acute and Chronic Disorders of Glucose Metabolism
• Diseases of the Aorta
• Endocrine Emergencies
• Eyesight Emergencies
• Falls in Older Patients
• Fever
• Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders
• GI bleeding
• Headache
• Hypertension
• Infectious Endocarditis
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Ischemic Heart Disease
• Liver Disease: Manifestations, Diagnosis and Complications
• Lung Nodules and Radiographic Abnormalities in the Chest
• Medication Management: Toxicity from Pharmaceuticals
• Muscle Injury
• Neurology for the Hospital-based and Office-based Internist
• Pancreatitis
• Pneumonia
• Post-Surgical Complications
• Pregnancy – Medical Complications
• Pre-operative Evaluation
• Renal Disease
• Skin Lesions and Diseases
• Spinal Cord Syndromes
• Suicide – Assessment and Management of Suicidal Patients
• Syncope
• Systemic Lupus and Other Major Connective Tissue Diseases
• Systemic Infection, SIRS and Sepsis
• Tuberculosis
• Vasculitis
• Venous Thromboembolic Disease Including Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism
• Weight Loss
• Withdrawal from Ethanol and other substances

ORIGINAL PAPERS

Available upon request

CHAPTERS

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