Oncology Hematology Disorders Physician Expert Witness

Education

• University of Vermont–Bachelor of Arts 1961
• New York University School of Medicine–Medical Degree 1965
• Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health–Executive Master of Public Health 2005

Post-graduate Training

• Straight Medicine Internship, Bellevue Hospital, NYU Division
• First year resident in Medicine, Bellevue Hospital, NYU Division
• Second year resident in Medicine, Stanford Medical Center, Palo Alto, Cal.
• Fellow in Clinical Hematology, Bellevue Hospital, NYU Medical Center, NYC
• Research Fellow in Hematology, NYU Medical Center, NYC
• Fellow in Blood Banking, NY Blood Center, Cornell Medical Center
• Observer on bone marrow transplantation service as Memorial-Sloan Kettering Hospital, NYC

Military Services

• Army Medical Corps, DeWitt Army Hospital, Ft. Belvoir, Va.
• Chief of Medicine, 6th Convalescent Center, Republic of South Vietnam
• Staff physician Army Clinic at Ft. Hamilton, Brooklyn, NY

Certifications

• Diplomat of Internal Medicine 1972
• Diplomat of Hematology 1978
• Diplomat of Medical Oncology 1979

Professional Society Memberships

• American Society of Hematology
• American Society of Clinical Oncology
• Medical Society of Palm Beach
• Past member of: Federation of Florida Clinical Oncologists, Charter
• International Society of Hematology
• Society of Law and Medical Ethics
• International Society on Thrombosis and Hemostasis

Former Hospital and Professional Appointments

• NYU Medical Center, NYC
• Lenox Hill Hospital, NYC
• Lynn Regional Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Medical Director of Boca Raton CCC
• Boca Raton Community Hospital
• West Boca Medical Center
• Delray Community Hospital
• College of Biomedical Science @ FAU, Clinical Asst. Professor
• Caridad Medical Clinic, W. Palm Beach, Volunteer Staff

Hospital Activities During Practice

• Medical Audit Committee, BRCH
• Patient Care Committee, BRCH
• Utilization Committee, BRCH
• Tumor Board, BRCH
• Cancer Care Committee, BRCH
• Infectious Disease Committee Chairman, BRCH
• Transfusion Committee, BRCH
• Tissues and Procedures Committee, Delray Medical Center
• Executive Committee, BRCH
• Infection Control Committee, BRCH
• Medical-Nursing Liaison Committee, BRCH
• Medical Intensive Care Committee, BRCH
• Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, BRCH

Teaching Activities

• University of Miami Miller School of Medicine voluntary clinical associate professor at hematology/oncology clinics
• American Cancer Society of Broward County, 4th Symposium of New Aspects of Cancer Treatment, Faculty and Chairman
• Symposium on Colon and Breast Cancer, Cancer Care Committee, BRCH “I Can Cope” Series, speaker

Community Activities

• Medical Advisory Board of the American Leukemia Society, Past member
• Hospice by the Sea of Boca Raton, Board member, Past
• Professional Education Committee of Am. Cancer Society, Past member
• Ethics Committee Florida Soc. of Clinical Oncology, Past member
• Wellness Community Professional Advisory Committee
• Medical Ethics in Judeo-Christian Context–Instructor and lecturer
• Alumni Leadership Award NYU Medical School  2009

Seminars and Scientific Meetings Attended during Practice period

• Blood banking course, Mt Sinai Hospital, NYC
• Endocrinology review, Harvard University
• Hemolytic anemias, College of Physicians
• Clinical aspects of cell kinetics in cancer , Jackson Memorial Hospital
• Transfer factor update–Miami Blood Club
• Current concepts of human immunoglobulins, Mt. Sinai Hospital
• Nephrology: current concepts, University of Colorado
• Chemotherapy symposium, Mt. Sinai Med School, NYC
• Cancer review course, Harvard Medical Center
• March of Dimes symposium for Sickle Cell Disease, New York
• Miles laboratory symposium of Immuno-suppression, New York
• American Association of Blood Banking, Miami
• Therapeutics and rehab of Cancer, Am Cancer Society, NY
• Growth kinetics and biochemical regulation of normal and malignant cells, MD Anderson Tumor Institute, Houston
• Hepato-biliary diseases, Am Society of Gastroenterology, Miami
• Current management of breast cancer, Mt. Sinai, NYC
• Cisplatinum therapy, NCI, Washington, DC
• Hematology Seminar Review, Harvard Medical School
• Adjuvant therapy of Cancer, Tucson Medical Center
• Chemotherapy symposium IV, Mt Sinai Hospital, NY
• International symposium B-lactam antibiotics, NY
• Anthracycline drug seminar, NYU Medical Center
• Red Blood cell symposium, Boston
• Consortium for infection control, So. Florida Hospital, Miami
• Management of breast cancer, FLASCO seminar
• Review of hematology, Harvard Medical School
• American Society of Hematology attendance
• American Society of Clinical Oncology attendance
• Novantrone: worldwide clinical research experience, NY Medical College
• AIDS update, yearly
• Lymphomas: current concepts in pathogenesis and management, Georgetown University Medical Center
• Novantrone Conference, Lederle Pharmaceutics
• Hematopoietic growth factors, ASH meetings
• Advances in treatment if ITP, ASH
• Treatment and prevention of anemia, ASH
• Innovative methods of administering chemotherapy, Affiliated hospital of Harvard University
• Treatment of colorectal cancer, Am. Cancer Care Symposium, BRCH
• Hematology and Oncology update, Un. of Florida, Gainseville, Fl.
• Advances in Cancer Treatment Research, Albert Einstein Med. Ctr.
• Controversies in the management of breast cancer, Columbia University
• 36th Annual ASH meetings, Nashville, Tn
• Scientific and educational Program, Am. Society of Clinical Oncology 1995
• Revised European-American Lymphoma Classification and Workshop, Harvard Medical School
• Perspectives in Breast Cancer, Imedex, Atlanta, GA
• Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium XIV, Innovative Cancer Therapy, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, NYC
• VI International Workshop on Multiple Myeloma, Harvard Med. School
• MonoclonalAntibocy Therapies for Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, Imedex
• 39th Annual Meeting, ASH San Diego, Cal.
• B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders, Imedex, NY
• Bi-monthly Oncology Conference about Thoracic early and advanced Malignancies,  CCCR group, Boca Raton
• 41st , 42nd and 50th Annual meetings of American Society of Hematology
• Advances in Breast Cancer, Imedex, Atlanta
• Oncology and Hematology Conference, Napa, Calif.
• Prevention of Medical Errors,  BRCH
• Hematologic and Breast Cancer review, San Antonio, Tx
• Hematology and Leukemia Conference, Houston, Tx
• 22nd annual Breast Cancer Conference, Miami Beach, Fl.
• 2nd Symposium on Controversies and Clinical Challenges in Myeloma, Lymphoma and Leukemia, Dallas, Tx
• 8th Biennial Oncology and Hematology Conference, Half Moon Bay, Ca.
• Second-line Treatment for Non-small cell Lung Cancer, Medscape CME
• HIV/AIDS Update and Domestic Violence, BRCH
• Prescription for Medical Error Prevention in 2005, BRCH
• Emergency and Disaster Preparedness Course, Tel Aviv, Israel
• ATA Fall Forum–Home Telehealth, Remote Monitoring and Disease Management, Tampa, Fl.
• Lymphoma and Myeloma Conference, NYC
• Great Debates in GI Cancer, Naples, Fl
• 4th International Congress on Myeloproliferative Diseases and Myelo-Dysplastic syndromes
• NCCN 12th Annual Conference: Clinical Practice Guidelines and Quality Cancer Care, Hollywood, Fl.
• Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Therapy 2008, NYC
• Current Trends in Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma, New York, NY

Publications

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Lectures to Physicians

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Lectures to Lay Audiences

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Lecture to Nursing Staff

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