Psychiatry Behavioral Healthcare Neurology Expert Witness

LICENSURES & CERTIFICATION

Licensures

Arizona
DEA (Bupronerphine License)

Certification

• Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
• Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology
• Diplomate, American Board of Forensic Medicine

Languages:
English and Spanish

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
(Current Positions)

Adolescent Medical Director
Aurora Behavioral Healthcare Tempe Hospital – 04/2012 – 12/2013

Medical Director-CEO
Metropolitan Neuro Behavioral Institute, PLLC – 2005 – Current

President
Metropolitan Consulting Corporation
2008 – Current

Medical Director
Oasis Behavioral Health Hospital
12/2013 – Current

(Past Positions)

• 1999 – 2007 Medical Director – Youth Development Institute (sex offender RTC)
• 1994 – 2005 Medical Director – Metropolitan Psychiatric Physicians, PC
• 2010 – 2012 Medical Director – CEO – Aurora Behavioral Health Hospital Tempe
• 2001 -2006 Chairman – State of Arizona, PSRB
• 2000 – 2005 Adolescent Services Director – Banner Desert Medical Center
• 1993 – 2001 Medical Director Crisis Services – MBC/Biodyne Arizona
• 1996 – 2001 Director of Crisis Assessment – St. Luke’s Behavioral Health Center
• 2001 – 2003 Medical Director – Arizona Partnership for Youth and Families
• 1995 – 1999 Director of Assessment – Desert Vista Hospital
• 1998 – 1999 Medical Director Crisis/UM – Charter Behavioral Health System
• 1996 – 1996 Director C. Dependency Services – Charter Medical – East Valley
• 1991 – 1995 Director C. Dependency Services – Desert Vista Hospital
• 1992 – 1994 Associate Medical Director – ComCare
• 1992 – 1993 Medical Director – Maricopa Clinical Management
• 1990 – 1992 Medical Director – East Valley Behavioral Health Assoc.
• 1989 – 1991 Emergency Psychiatry Director – Maricopa Medical Center-Director ER Psych
• 1988 – 1990 Hispanic Consultant – Arizona State Hospital
• 1988 – 1990 Staff Psychiatrist – Camelback Community Counseling
• 1988 – 1990 Consulting Psychiatrist – East Valley Alcoholism Council
• 1988 – 1990 Emergency Psych. Consultant – Human Dynamics Institute

EDUCATION INSTITUTION GRADUATION

• Psychiatry Residency Maricopa Medical Center 1989
• Family Medicine Externship University of California, Irvine.Dept. Family Medicine 1984
• Clinical Internship Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico 1982
• Medical Degree Escuela de Medicina de Mexicali, UABC, Mexico 1981
• College Degree Instituto Salvatierra, UABC, México 1977

HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES

• Aurora Behavioral Healthcare Tempe – Prior Privileges at St. Joseph’s Hospital/Barrows Neurological Institute,
  Oasis Behavioral Health Hospital – St. Luke’s Hospital and Medical Center, Banner Desert Medical Center,
• Scottsdale Health Care Systems – Desert Vista Hospital, Maricopa Medical Center, Mesa General Hospital, Chandler Regional Hospital. Tempe St. Luke’s

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

American Psychiatric Association
Fellow. 2003 to Date

• Arizona Psychiatric Society –
• Past President 1997 – 1998
• President 1995 – 1997 President Elect – 1994 Vice President – 1993 Secretary – 1992
• Treasurer – 1990 – 1991
• Government Relations Committee – Co-chair- 1990 – 2001
• Ad Hoc Committee, Legislative Issues – Chair 1990
• American Neuropsychiatric
• Association American Academy of Sleep Medicine

GOVERNOR’S APPOINTMENTS:

• Member, Joint Legislative Committee on Sex Offender Treatment-Summer-Fall 1997
• Governor’s Behavioral Health Action Committee, Member 1993-94
  State of Arizona, Psychiatric Security Review Board, Member 1997 to February 2006
• Vice-Chairman, June 1999 to 2001
• Chairman, April 2001 to February 2006
• Member, Arizona State Hospital Capital Construction Committee Jan 2000 to Dec 2002

ACADEMICS:

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine-Midwestern University, Phoenix, Arizona. 7/98 to Date Associate Clinical Professor, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine 6/98 to 12/2011

FOUNDATIONS AND NOT FOR PROFIT

ORGANIZATIONS:

Board Member, Ballet Arizona, 1990-1993

CORPORATE DISCLOSURES:

Member of Speaker’s Bureau for: Astra-Zeneca, Lundbeck/Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Prior Member Cultural Diversity Board and Zyprexa Board, Lilly Pharmaceuticals.
Member, Advisory Board, Republic Bank, AZ.