Pharmacology Expert Witness

EDUCATIONAL  BACKGROUND

Preparatory:  Little Rock Central High School
Little Rock, Arkansas
Graduated 1966

Undergraduate:  Northeast Louisiana University School of Pharmacy
Monroe, Louisiana
Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, 1972

Graduate:  Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Masters Degree in Public Administration, 1985

Doctorate:  University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
College of Pharmacy, Little Rock, Arkansas
Pharmacy Doctorate, May 1995

Other:  L.S.U. Paralegal Course – Medical Malpractice 1989
Warfarin Certification – 2009
Nursing Home Consultant Certification – Arkansas Board Pharmacy 01-13-2011

 

PROFESSIONAL  LICENSURE

Arkansas Board of Pharmacy, 1973
Louisiana Board of Pharmacy, 1972
Mississippi Board of Pharmacy, 1973
Tennessee Board of Pharmacy, 1974 – 2003 (Inactive)

 

PROFESSIONAL  MEMBERSHIP

American Society of Hospital Pharmacists
Louisiana Society of Hospital Pharmacists
Society of Forensic Toxicologists

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Helena Hospital    Intern Pharmacist – Staff Pharmacist
Helena, Arkansas    1972 – 1974

Baptist Memorial Hospital    Staff Pharmacist
Memphis, Tennessee    1974 – 1975
Doctors Hospital    Director of Pharmacy Services
Baton Rouge, Louisiana    1975 – 1976

Baton Rouge General     Pharmacy Supervisor
Medical Center    1976 – 1978
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Director Pharmacy-Central-Respiratory Therapy, Baton Rouge General Annex, 1978 – 1979

Assistant Administrator – Director Pharmacy-Central-Respiratory Therapy, Baton Rouge General Annex, 1979 – 1980

Acting Administrator, Baton Rouge General Annex    1980 – 1981

Director Pharmacy Services, Baton Rouge Chemical Dependency Units, Inc., 1981 – 1985

REVCO – DS    Assistant Manager
Baton Rouge, Louisiana    1986 – 1988

Rehabilitation Hospital    Director of Pharmacy Services
of Baton Rouge     March 1989 – February 26, 1999
Baton Rouge, Louisiana    May 1999 (approx) – November 9, 2004

Veterans Administration    Clinical Pharmacist
Outpatient Facility    November 14, 2004 – September 27, 2010
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Baton Rouge Rehabilitation    Hospital Pharmacist- Part Time
Hospital, Baton Rouge, LA    December 31, 2010 – May 14, 2012

Currently Semi-Retired

 

PRIVATE CONSULTATION

ACCOUNTING:
To KPMG Peat Marwick, New Orleans, LA

HEALTH CARE:
To Hospitals and Nursing Homes Regarding Drug Distribution Systems, Drug Regimen Reviews and Policies and Procedures

To the Louisiana Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators Regarding Pharmaceutical Services in Long Term Care Facilities

LEGAL:
To the Legal Profession Regarding Pharmacology and Pharmacy Litigation

Expert (Pharmacy): Fourteenth Judicial District Court, Calcasieu Parish, Lake Charles, LA (2/87)

Testifed on Pharmacology Issues – Thirty-second JDC, Terrebonne, Parish, Houma, LA (11/90)

Expert (Pharmacology)  Fourteenth Judicial District Court, Calcasieu Parish, Lake Charles, LA (2/91)

Expert (Pharmacology) – Twenty-fourth Judicial District, Jefferson Parish, Gretna, LA (8/93

Expert (Pharmacology and Pharmacy) – Fourteenth Judicial District, Calcasieu Parish, Lake Charles, LA  (12/93)

Expert (Pharmacy) – Federal District Court (Southern District of Alabama)  (4/94)

Expert (Pharmacology) – Twenty-fourth Judicial District Court, Jefferson Parish, Gretna, LA  (8/94)

Expert (Pharmacology) – Nineteenth Judicial Dist., East Baton Rouge Parish, Baton Rouge, LA  (3/95)

Expert (Pharmacy) – Fifteenth Judicial District, Lafayette Parish, Lafayette, Louisiana  (5/95)

Expert (Pharmacology) – Twenty-second Judicial District Court, Saint Tammany Parish, Covington, Louisiana (6/95)

Expert (Pharmacology and Pharmacy) – Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana  (11/95)

Expert (Pharmacology) – First Judicial District, Harrison County, Gulfport, Mississippi  (12/95)

Expert (Pharmacology and Pharmacy) – Civil District Court, Division A, Parish of Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana  (1/96)

Expert  (Pharmacology and Pharmacy) –  Ninth Judicial  District Court, Parish of Rapides, Alexandria, Louisiana  (1/98)

Expert (Pharmacology) –  Fourteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Calcasieu, Lake Charles, Louisiana (3/98)

Expert (Pharmacology) – United States District Court (Eastern District of Louisiana) New Orleans, Louisiana (8/98)

Expert (Pharmacology and Pharmacy) – 14th Judicial District Court , Parish of Calcasieu, Lake Charles, Louisiana (2/3/99)

Expert (Pharmacology) – Circuit Court of Franklin County, Alabama (2-10-99)

Expert (Pharmacology) – 26th Judicial District Court, Parish of Webster, Minden, Louisiana (5/18/99)

Expert (Pharmacology) – 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jefferson, Division F, Gretna, Louisiana (9/28/00)

Expert (Pharmacology)  24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jefferson, Division K, Gretna, Louisiana (11/13/00)

Expert (Pharmacology) – Jefferson Parish Court, Division B, Metairie, LA (02-14-01)

Expert (Pharmacology) – 19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, Division N, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (05/24/01)

Expert (Pharmacology) – United States District Court (Eastern District of Louisiana) New Orleans, Louisiana (07/23/02)

Expert (Pharmacology) – 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jefferson, Division O, Gretna, Louisiana (04/10/03)

Circuit Court of Grant County (Sheridan) Arkansas, 05/16/03

Expert (Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics) – 19th Judicial District Court, Division A, Parish of East Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge (01/06/04)

Expert (Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics) -16th Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Mary, Franklin, Louisiana (04/27/05)

Expert (Pharmacology) – 22nd Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany, Covington, LA  (07/05)

Expert (Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics) – 19th Judicial District Court, Division A, Parish of East Baton Rouge (01/22/2007)

Expert (Pharmacology) – State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations Superior Court, Wakefield, Rhode Island (5/11/2007)

Expert (Pharmacology and Pharmacokinetics) – 21st Judicial District Court, Parish of Livingston (3/14/2008)

Expert (Pharmacology) – 21st Judicial District Court, Parish of Livingston, Div. “B” (8/27/2008)

Expert (Pharmacology) – Family Court, State of Louisiana, Parish of East Baton Rouge, Div “C” (8/26/2010)

Expert (Pharmacology) – 23rd Judicial District Court, State of Louisiana, Parish of Ascension, (1/26/2011)

Expert (Pharmacology) – Bernalillo County 2nd Judicial District Court, State of New Mexico (1/27/2015)

Daubert Hearing – 19th Judicial District Court, East Baton Rouge Parish, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

 

PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

Available Upon Request

 

TEACHING  EXPERIENCE

Northeast Louisiana University School of Pharmacy, Monroe, Louisiana.  Adjunct Instructor for Pharmacy Externship Program, 1982 – 2002.

The H.A.R.T. Institute (Human Addictions Resource Training), Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  Clinical Instructor in Pharmacology of Drug Abuse, 1986 – 1992.

College of St. Francis, Joliet, Illinois.  Graduate Programin Health-Care Administration.  Instructor in Long-Term Health Care Administration, 1988.

Baton Rouge General Medical Center School of Nursing. Instructor: Area of Pharmacology, 1990-1992.

Southeastern Louisiana University School of Nursing, Baton Rouge Campus.  Lecturer in Graduate Pharmacology, Fall 1998.

Our Lady of the Lake College, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  Adjunct-Instructor in Pharmacology, Spring 2004 – 2007; Graduate Pharmacology, Fall 2005 – 2006.

 

CONTINUING  EDUCATION  SYMPOSIUMS  PRESENTED

Available Upon Request