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Expert in Healthcare Industry, Telemedicine, Healthcare Market Research, Best Clinical Practices, Urgent Care.
Available for your Consulting and Expert Witness Needs
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Summary of Expertise:
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Expert has over 15 years of experience in clinical medicine. He has served as Medical Director and/or Department Chairman for 7 Emergency Departments nationally, focused on implementation of Clinical Best Practices. He has served as National Physician Project Manager and is a Senior Vice President/Corporate Medical Officer for a National Contract Management Group.
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Expert has overseen customer satisfaction initiatives at several health care institutions nationally, always with an eye toward becoming a Center of Excellence. A typical result was an improvement in Customer Satisfaction scores from 26% to 93% over a 60-day period for a hospital Emergency Department after initiation/implementation of his team's efforts.
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Expert is a residency-trained, Board Certified Emergency Physician, having trained at the legendary Cook County Hospital in Chicago. He is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He has served as Department Chairman and/or Medical Director for five Emergency Departments nationally, and he has been engaged to implement clinical, financial and operational 'Best Practices' at several Emergency Departments. He has served as National Physician Project Manager and is a Senior Vice President/Corporate Medical Officer for a National Emergency Medicine Contract Management Group.
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Expert has been engaged to implement health care industry quality management initiatives in hospitals, health care systems and state governments in over thirty-three (33) states.
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Expert has been engaged to implement health care marketing initiatives in several hospitals and health care systems. His healthcare firm has worked in over thirty-three (33) states, always in an effort to produce institutions acknowledged (and marketed as) 'Centers of Excellence' and 'Employers of Choice.'
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Expert has been engaged to implement clinical, financial and operational best practices in several hospitals and health care systems. His firm has worked in over thirty-three (33) states and has served the Ministry of Health of a Caribbean island as the primary expert on health care system infrastructure development.
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Expert has a Masters in Public Health from Harvard University with a concentration of Health Policy and Health Management. Expert has been engaged to implement health and disease management strategies nationally in thirty-three (33) states.
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Expert has been engaged to implement health care industry quality management initiatives in hospitals, health care systems and state governments in over thirty-three (33) states. These initiatives always involve Outcomes Based Care Initiatives, based on Outcomes Research. His firm's motto is 'We Specialize In Outcomes.'
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His healthcare firm has been retained nationally in thirty-three states to implement clinical, financial and operational Best Practices. The very nature of this work involves and requires training on team building.
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Expert is President & CEO of a strategic partner providing telehealth and telemedicine services, including both clinical care and educational/training strategies to foreign countries.
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Expert is a residency-trained, Board Certified Emergency Physician, having trained at the legendary Cook County Hospital in Chicago. He is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He has served as Department Chairman and/or Medical Director for five Emergency Departments nationally, and he has been engaged to implement clinical, financial and operational 'Best Practices' at several Emergency Departments. He has served as National Physician Project Manager and is a Senior Vice President/Corporate Medical Officer for a National Emergency Medicine Contract Management Group.
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Show Secondary and Basic Areas of Expertise | Localities:
Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: Dallas, Texas;
Fort Worth, Texas;
Arlington, Texas;
Plano, Texas;
Garland, Texas;
Irving, Texas;
Grand Prairie, Texas;
Mesquite, Texas;
Waco, Texas;
and Carrollton, Texas.
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1985
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BA
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Psychology
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Northwestern University
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1991
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MPH
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Health Policy and Management
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Harvard University School of Public Health
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1991
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MD
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Medicine
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University of Illinois
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2002 to 2010
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Expert Initiatives
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President and CEO
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Expert is head of this national healthcare consulting firm with experience in 33 states in the U.S.
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2007 to 2009
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DFW Urgent Care
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President and CEO
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Expert is head of this network of urgent care facilities in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.
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2007 to 2008
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International Telemedicine Initiative
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President and CEO
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Expert is head of this organization providing clinical services and health care consulting internationally.
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2005 to 2008
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US Asthma Care
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President and CEO
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Expert is head of this organization providing Disease Management services to various national HMOs.
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Associations/Societies
AMA, NMA, ACEP, APHA,
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Licenses/Certifications
Fellow, American College of Emergency Physicians
Active Medical License in Texas; Inactive Licenses in Wisconsin, Illinois, Florida, Ohio, Maryland.
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Awards/Recognition
Chairman Emeritus, Student National Medical Association
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Medical/Professional Internships
Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
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Expert Witness Experience Summary:
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Expert has provided expert witness testimony in the following categories of healthcare: asthma, pediatrics, acute coronary syndromes, pneumonia, sickle cell disease.
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A few litigation needs include product liability, personal injury, economic loss, intellectual property
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As a health care consulting, Expert's primary expertise is in the implementation of organization best practices, including clinical, financial and operational considerations.
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Expert for a free initial screening call regarding your marketing research, industry research, and company
research needs. For research needs involving multiple experts or secondary research,
a Research Director can be assigned to coordinate the work into a custom report for you as a potentially quicker
and more cost effective alternative to doing this work yourself or hiring a boutique consultancy.
Remember, your initial screening call to speak with
Expert is free.
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Training/Seminars
Expert has given over 1000 lectures nationally.
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