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Pediatric, Child Abuse, Board Certified

Education and Training

1957-61 B.S., Union College, Schenectady, New York
1961-66 M.D., University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Rochester, New York
1966-67 Straight Pediatric Internship, University Hospitals, Madison, Wisconsin (PL1)
1967-68 Junior Pediatric Residency, University Hospitals, Madison, Wisconsin (PL2)
1968-69 Senior Pediatric Residency, University of California at San Francisco (PL3)
1969-70 Chief Residency, Pediatrics, San Francisco General Hospital (PL4)
1972-74 Fellowship, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado

Certification and Licensure:

3/05/72 Board Certification, General Pediatrics
1/81-2009 Fellow American Academy of Pediatrics
Current California State Medical Licensure
7/95-6/00 Nevada State Medical Licensure
Inactive New York Medical Licensure
Inactive Kentucky State Medical Licensure
Inactive Colorado State Medical Licensure
Current thru 2021 General Pediatrics Recertification
1994-2009 Board Certification, Pediatric Infectious Disease
2010-2021 Board Certification, Child Abuse

Professional Experience

MILITARY SERVICE

8/70-8/72 U.S. Army Hospital, Fort Knox, KY (Major)
2/77-8/79 U.S. Army, Walter Reed Army Medical Center,Washington, DC (LTC)
9/79-10/82 U.S. Army, Letterman Army Medical Center, Presidio of San Francisco,
CA (LTC)
10/82-6/86 U.S. Army Letterman Army Medical Center, Presidio of San Francisco,
CA (COL)
7/86-1/95 U.S. Army, Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, CO (COL)

CIVILIAN EXPERIENCE

2/95-6/99 Hospitalist, Emergency Room Physician, Sunrise Hospital, Las Vegas, Nevada
7/99-7/04 Hospitalist, (Co-Medical Director), Children’s Hospital Central California
7/02-1/06 Emergency Room Physician (part time), Children’s Hospital Central California
8/04-1/06 Children’s Hospital Central California
Medical Director, SCAN Team
Peds Infectious Disease Consultant
Peds Dermatology Consultant
Children’s Hospital Central California
1/05-1/06 Medical Consultant, Fresno Unified School District
2/06-7/07 Chief, Child Abuse Services, University of California, Irvine, Orange, California
8/07-3/09 Medical Director, Child Abuse Services, Riverside Regional Medical Center Moreno
Valley, California

Academic Appointments

9/74-12/76 Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center,
Denver, CO
11/77-8/79 Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Coordinator, Section of Infectious Diseases,
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
2/78-8/79 Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Howard University, Washington, DC
9/79-Present Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences, Bethesda, MD
9/79-6/86 Chief, Department of Pediatrics, Letterman Army Medical Center, Presidio of
San Francisco, CA
9/79-6/86 Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, University of California at San Francisco,
CA
7/86-1/95 Chief, Department of Pediatrics, Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora, CO
2/95-6/99 Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, University of Nevada School of Medicine
7/99-2/06 Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, University of California at San Francisco,
Fresno, CA
2/06-7/07 Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, University of California at Irvine, CA
8/07-3/09 Medical Director, Child Abuse Services, Riverside Regional Medical Center, Moreno . Valley, California

Professional Memberships

1984-2009 Fellow American Academy Pediatrics
Section on Child Abuse
Section on Infectious Diseases

Achievements

I was fortunate to have received an outstanding college education from Union College where I was honored to be Class Valedictorian and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi Honorary Societies. I was equally fortunate to graduate from the University of Rochester School of Medicine with a solid basic foundation in Medicine.

For the majority of my pediatric career, I have been an academic pediatrician. I have published over twenty papers in peer reviewed journals (New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Pediatrics etc). I have also written a number of chapters in respected Pediatric textbooks (Rudolph’s Pediatrics).

While in the Army, I was a Pediatric Program Director for 15 years, training 59 individuals who became Certified by the American Board of Pediatrics.

I have received teaching awards including Best Intern Teacher of the Year at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (1979) and Best Resident Teacher at Children’s Hospital Central California (2000).

I have delivered hundreds of lectures on many pediatric subjects over the years, especially in the area of Pediatric Infectious Disease and Child Abuse. I have listed the most recent lectures in a Grand Rounds setting (below).

For the last five years of my career I focused exclusively on Child Abuse and received Board Certification the first time it was offered in 2010.

I would be happy to provide additional specific publications and lectures upon request.

I am currently licensed to practice medicine in the State of California.
My professional activities since retirement in 2009 have been solely consultative which includes staying current in the field, attending selective conferences, staying active in the Cornell Child Abuse on-line list serve, maintaining my current license and Board Certification and appearing in various civil and criminal court jurisdictions representing both prosecution and defense.

 

 

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