Surgical Physicians Associate Expert Witness

Profile: Highly motivated, adaptable team leader, as well as a dedicated team player, whose work performance, patient relation abilities, technical skills, breadth of knowledge, and delivery of cost effective quality care has consistently been rated as exemplary by employers and peers alike. A responsible and autonomous individual who also possesses the ability to learn and adapt at an exceptional rate in order to best accomplish delegated tasks and pro- vide leadership in stressful situations.

Education:

Drexel University College of Health Professions 5/1/2004-12/31/2006
6 week rotations in Surgery, Ob/Gyn, Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Psychiatry, and Pediatrics. 2 twelve week preceptorships in Emergency Medicine and Family Practice. Various experiences from rural hospitals and clinics to inner city hospitals.

Rowan University 9/4/1998-5/15/2001
BS in biological sciences with a minor in physics. Student research focused on magnetic field interaction with ballistics.

Experience:

Bala Better Health, 2/2/2018 – Current
Managed Hcg as well as medical weight loss clinic, performed botox injections, PRP facials, PRP injections for hair loss and managed dermatologic product inventory/sales.

Allied Medical Associates, 2/2/2018- Current
Physician Assistant with solo Orthopedic Surgeon. Responsibilities include Outpatient/ new consults, diagnosis and management of acute and chronic injuries. Injection therapy to include PRP. Programmed framework for EMR and Practice Management software, Criterions. Chief medical-legal provider for personal injury cases.

Rancocas Pain Mount Laurel, NJ 07/3/2012-2/1/2018
Operations Manager as well as Chief medical-legal consultant for Motor Vehicle/ Workman’s Compensation. Co-Director for IT Department. Responsibilities include: evaluation and treatment of new and chronically ill patients, insuring practice compliance with CMS standards, developing new programs to enhance patient care and practice revenue, development and analysis of business metrics used to improve practice function and patient care. Directing marketing campaigns and providing patient education opportunities to increase access to care.

Team Health Emergency Care Willingboro, NJ 07/1/2011-8/29/2013
Chief PA, providing leadership and mentoring to a healthcare team that includes nurses, students, EMTs and techs. Responsibilities include independent assessment and therapy of acute medical and trauma situations, coordinating care amongst many diverse medical specialties.

Woodbury Spine Woodbury, NJ August 09/01/2009-8/1/2012
Responsibilities include first assisting in OR, surgical consults, and in-house
post-operative rounds of spine patients. Care of initial patient visits, post-op care and follow-up visits in office. Surgical skills include transforaminal, facet, dorsal rami, and SI joint injections. Research includes Cervicogenic Headaches and Neuromodulation.

Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center Burlington County Willingboro, NJ 4/1/2008- 7/30/2009

Responsibilities include first assisting in OR, surgical consults, and in-house
post-operative rounds. Main environments included general surgery and urological surgery ser- vices with exposure to orthopedics, and Ob/ Gyn.

Virtua Lumberton Family Practice Lumberton, NJ1/1/2007- 3/30/2008

Responsibilities included autonomous patient care and follow-up of both adult and pediatric patients. Supervising physician delegated task of monitoring Coumadin clinic patients. Was able to deliver quality care to an average of 30 patients a day. Oversaw Saturday “urgent care clinic”.

Additional Interests:

Network security and software enthusiast. Working knowledge of Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Android and UNIX operating environments. Ability to assemble, and configure small networks and to test and assure their security. Extensive interest in medical-legal cases in relation to growing number of Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners involvement in Malpractice. Surfer over 25 years. NAUI/PADI open and closed circuit diving certified. An avid musician with 30 years of experience in bass, guitar, composition, and music theory.

Additional Endeavors:

East Coast Educator/ speaker for Myovision/ DynaROM Electronic medical records consultant for Criterions EMR

Licenses / Affiliations:

NJ Licensed through 2021 and PA Licensed through 2020 Special Operations Medical Association member
BLS / ACLS/ PALS certified through 2020
Affiliate member of the American College of Surgeons NCCPA certified through 2028
DEA and CDS registered through 2022