Medical Internist Expert Witness

Education:

• BS in chemistry, Tulane University
• MS in chemical engineering practice, MIT
• MD, Baylor College of Medicine

Work Experience: 

• July 1973-March 1974: Process engineer, A Private Company, Houston
• April 1974-June 1977: Reservoir engineer, Exxon Production Research, Houston
• August 2018 to present: translator & interpreter with Private Co., also freelance translation from Italian, French, Spanish, German & Russian to English
• 2008 to present: case review and testimony in malpractice cases, testified in more than 30 cases (deposition & court testimony)

Postgraduate Training:

• Jan.-Dec. 1981: St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital internal medicine internship
• Jan. 1982-Dec. 1983: Internal medicine residency, Baylor College of Medicine
• Nov. 2000-Oct. 2001 Fellowship in emergency medicine, Baylor College of Medicine

Medical Practice Experience:

Feb.-March 1984: part-time at MacGregor Medical Association (April-June 1984 maternity leave)
July 1984-June 1985 full-time instructor in community medicine, Baylor College of Medicine (time divided between community clinic and Seven Acres Jewish Geriatric Center)
August 1985 to 10-2000: staff physician, MacGregor Medical Association, with both hospital and outpatient responsibilities
November 2000-October 2001: fellowship in emergency medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
November 2001-May 2002: staff physician, Brazos Emergency Physicians Assn.; also part-time as hospitalist for MacGregor Medical Association
May 2002-Dec. 2009: hospitalist with A Private Company Consultants of Texas
Sept. 2008 to present volunteer in primary care at A Private Community Clinic
Jan. 2010 to October 2013: hospitalist with Intercede Healthcare
November 2013 to Dec. 2018: part-time hospitalist with Echo Locum Tenens (shifts at Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital and Memorial Hermann Cypress Hospital)
Dec. 2013 to Feb. 2015:hospitalist at Spring Central Hospital with Orcoquiza Medical Group and EmCare—some ER responsibilities
Dec. 2014 to Feb. 2016: hospitalist+ER physician with Mint Physicians
March 2016 to Oct. 2017: ER+hospitalist position with Larkin Management Group at CHI St. Luke’s Lakeside Hospital
January 2017 to March 2017: part-time with Southwest Medical Associates, Inc. at Cleveland Emergency Hospital inpatient and emergency departments.
March 2018 to present: part-time hospitalist with NSR Physicians PA (shifts at A Private Medical Center, A Private Rehab Hospital and LTAC)
2020 to present: volunteer at two Private Clinics in Houston serving recent immigrants.
2022-23: volunteer at A Private Clinic in Houston serving uninsured patients, with teaching responsibilities in connection with Baylor College of Medicine.
2023-present: volunteer at Private Healthcare Ministries
NB My professional time has consistently been at least 2/3 spent in patient care, usually more. Work with attorneys is a small part of it.

Academic appointments:

• Baylor College of Medicine Department of Community Medicine, July 1984-June 1985; limited duties at San Jose Clinic since 2022
• University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 1990-2004
• Weill Cornell Medical College, 2006-8

Licenses and certifications:

• Texas license, 1981, Hawaii license
• Certified by American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)
• Recertified by examination 1994 and 2004; certification does not expire but still actively participating in ABIM Maintenance of Certification program.
• Fellow of American College of Physicians July 1999, Fellow in Hospital Medicine 2014
• Served on faculty of Baylor College of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center and Weill Cornell Medical College
• ACLS certificate expires 8-24, PALS expires 8-23
• 2019 certified by American Translators Association in Italian to English translation.

EMRs: familiar with Epic, Cerner, MediTech, PatientKeeper, eClinical Works and Athena Healthcare

Previously admitted and cared for patients at Christus St. Joseph Hospital, Memorial Hermann Cypress Hospital, HCA Houston Northwest Medical Center, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital and Methodist Hospital in Houston, TX (section chief for hospital medicine, served on multiple committees).

Foreign languages:

Spanish, Russian, French, German and Italian (since July 2018 employed by Private Co of America and other parties for interpreting & document translation). Working on Portuguese.

References: Available upon request.

Hospital privileges: Available upon request.

Publications: (NOT peer-reviewed, informational only): Available upon request.