Provides Opinion & Testimony In:
Pulmonary Disease, Pulmonary, Pulmonary Medicine, Sleep Medicine, Internal Medicine, Respiratory Medicine,
CURRICULUM VITAE
Fellow, American College of Physicians
Fellow, College of Chest Physicians
Fellow, American Academy of Sleep Medicine
EDUCATION:
1967 Bachelor of Arts – Queens College, City University of New York, New York, New York
1967-69 University of Hawaii School of Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii
1970-71 Doctor of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine,
Yeshiva University, New York, New York
1971-72 Medical Intern, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, New York, New York
1972-74 Medical Resident, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, New York, New York
1973-74 Chief Medical Resident, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, New York, New York
1976-78 Pulmonary Fellow, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
CERTIFICATIONS:
1972 Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners #118669
1972 Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine #46415
1980 Diplomate, American Board of Pulmonary Disease #46415
2002 Diplomate, American Board of Sleep Medicine #1820
LICENSURES:
1972 New York, inactive
1974 Florida, active
1976 Massachusetts, inactive
FELLOWSHIPS:
1979 Fellow, American College of Physicians
1981 Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians
2002 Fellow, American Academy of Sleep Medicine
MEMBERSHIPS:
1975 American College of Physicians
1976 American Medical Association
1976 American College of Chest Physicians
1976 American Thoracic Society
1978 Hillsborough County Medical Association
1978 Florida Medical Association
1997 National Sleep Foundation
1997 American Academy of Sleep Medicine
MILITARY:
1974-76 Major, Medical Corps-United States Air Force
HOSPITAL AND ACADEMIC POSITIONS:
1969 Assistant, National Institute of Mental Health, Department of
Psychiatry, University of Hawaii School of Medicine
1973-74 Assistant Clinical Instructor, Department of Medicine
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York
1974-76 Assistant Chief of Internal Medicine, United States Air
Force Regional Hospital, MacDill AFB, Tampa, Florida
1978-1986 Medical Director, Critical Care Unit,
Memorial Hospital of Tampa, Florida
1978-82 Chairman Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee,
Memorial Hospital of Tampa, Florida
1978-82 Member Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee,
St. Joseph’s Hospital of Tampa, Florida
1980-82 Co-Chief Medical Section, Memorial Hospital of Tampa, Florida
1980-88 Chairman Critical Care Unit Committe, Memorial Hospital
1995-1998 Tampa, Florida
1980-85,
1992- 1998 Credentials Committee, Memorial Hospital of Tampa, Florida
1984-85 Utilization Review Committee, St. Joseph’s Hospital,
Tampa, Florida
1980-93 Executive Committee, Memorial Hospital of Tampa, Florida
1982-86 Chief Medical Section, Memorial Hospital of Tampa, Florida
1984-Present Chairman, Community Medical Ethics Committee,
Memorial Hospital, Tampa, Florida
1987-1989 Critical Care Unit/Intensive Care Unit Committee, Tampa General
Hospital, Tampa, Florida
1990-Present American Board of Internal Medicine, Contributor to Certification
and Recertification Programs.
1992-1996 Critical Care Unit-Intensive Care Unit Committee,
St. Joseph’s Hospital, Tampa, Florida
1995-Present Medical Director, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Memorial Hospital
Tampa, Florida
1996- 1997 Medical Director, Outpatient Diabetic Rehabilitation Program
Memorial Hospital, Tampa, Florida
1997-1999 Chairman of Department of Pulmonary Medicine,
St. Joseph’s Hospital, Tampa, Florida
1997-1999 Executive Committee, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Tampa, Florida
OTHER ACTIVITIES:
1978-Present Private Practice, Pulmonary Medicine, Internal Medicine,
Critical Care Medicine and Sleep Medicine
1979-84 Environmental Consultant to the Tampa Electric Company Asbestos Program,
Tampa, Florida
1984-1992 Medical Director-Outpatient Diagnostic Center, Tampa, Florida
1978-present Medical Director for Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine,
A PRIVATE HOSPITAL, Tampa, Fl
1986-88 Medical Consultant, Utilization Review and Quality Assurance,
Dun & Bradstreet, Tampa, Florida
1987-1996 Medical Advisory Board-Preferred Home Health Care of Tampa
1987-Present Board of Medicine, Medical Advisory Consultant
for the determination of standard of care.
1991-94 Elected Member Executive Council,
Hillsborough County Medical Association, Tampa, Florida
1993-2000 Chief Executive Officer, Tampa Medical Research Associates, Inc.
1994-2000 President, Tampa Bay Pulmonary and Critical Care Network
1994-1996 Board of Censors, Hillsborough County Medical Association,
2000-Present Tampa, Florida
1987-1994 Medical Advisor for Preferred Home Health Care
1990-1998 Medical Consultant Columbia Home Health Service, Tampa, FL
1995-1998 Medical Consultant TGC Home Health Care, Tampa, FL
1997-2000 Medical Consultant, Home Health Corp. of America, Tampa, FL
1997-2001 Chairman, Managed Care and Insurance Committee,
Hillsborough County Medical Association, Tampa, FL
1996-Present Medical Director, Memorial Hospital Sleep Disorders Center, Tampa, Florida
2002-2007 Medical Director, Quality of Life Home Health Services, Tampa, Florida
2004-Present Medical Advisory Board, Doctors for Designated Driver
2005-Present Member, Community Board of Directors, A PRIVATE HOSPITAL
PUBLICATIONS: Upon Request
ABSTRACTS: Upon Request
