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Expert in Toxicology, Environmental Health and Safety, OSHA Regulatory, Mold, Healthcare and Laboratory Safety
Available for your Consulting and Expert Witness Needs
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Expert's experience is very broad in the areas of chemicals effects on humans and environmental systems. He has performed academic research on the effects of hazardous chemicals on the lungs, as well carcinogenic effects of chemicals and air pollutants, with a primary focus on pulmonary carcinogenesis. His work also extends to vascular effects of various chemicals and toxic agents.
His educational background includes not only a doctorate in biochemistry and pathology, but also a master's degree in environmental health and safety. His practical work experience covers a wide range of health hazards and effects of hazardous materials, such as asbestos, mold, or chemicals, such as ethylene oxide. As an industrial hygienist and Director of Safety at a major health care institution, Expert has dealt with and encountered a wide range of potential safety hazards and toxins,from the healthcare as well as industrial and construction environments.
As an independent consultant for over ten years Expert has been involved in matters dealing with a variety of hazards, including chemicals, industrial materials, environmental chemicals, indoor toxins, including mold, and other environmental and man made materials. Expert has also dealt with BAC and DUI issues.
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Expert has used his educational background in biochemistry, pathology, environmental health and safety and radiation safety, along with his years of experience to assist companies, individuals and attorneys to better understand hazards in their work environment or businesses. He has worked with clients to develop methods to eliminate or mitigate exposures. He has also performed safety and hazard evaluations and has written safety plans and safety procedures for these workplace. In addition, Expert provides education and training to workers on workplace safety.
Expert also provides expert witness services. He has worked on a variety of types of cases, such as chemical exposures, healthcare safety, radiation exposures, drug and DUI matters.
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Expert has performed many studies and worked on many cases that involve the health effects of exposures to hazardous and industrial chemicals, as well as to other common materials.
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Expert's background and experience includes work in the area of clinical toxicology, including methodology, and interpretation of results.
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Expert has studied and evaluated the effects of combustion products from a variety of sources, including incinerators, diesel engines, and surgical procedures for the ablation of warts.
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Expert has studied and explored the effects of exposure to smoke and combustion products from fires, as well as from more controlled types of burn emissions, as from incinerators.
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Expert's experience and background includes studying and evaluating the effects of effluents from a variety of sources, including industrial plants and nuclear power plants.
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Expert's experience and background in environmental health and safety includes a broad range of areas, including the effects of chemicals and hazards on the environment and on various species, including humans.
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Expert has experience and training that allows him to review studies, reports and materials and determine what may have caused adverse effects on that environment and the associated systems.
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Expert holds a Master of Science degreee in environmental health and safety which is is buttressed by his education, research and training in biochemistry and pathology, allowing him to review the effects of the environment on humans and animals.
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Expert has a great deal of experience as an industrial hygienist, safety director, and consultant in the interpretation, evaluation and applicability of local, state, and federal regulations.
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Again, Expert's educational background, training, research experience and practical experience in the various positions he has held allow him to fully understand, and help determine the safety status and needs of a number of client's businesses. He also has experience in writing and redesigning safety programs so that compliance with environmental health and safety needs will be met.
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Expert has experience in collecting samples from a variety of media, including air, water, and soil. He is able to collect these samples, determine the methods needed to properly analyze the samples in the laboratory, and then interpret the results and make recommendations to the client regarding appropriate follow up actions.
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Expert's background includes environmental health and safety, as well as pathology and toxicology. He is fully knowledgeable and conversant with the terms, procedures, and goals of environmental science.
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Expert has expertise in environmental health and safety, as well as biochemistry and pathology. He also has experience in studying, evaluating and interpreting the effects of environmental materials on health.
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Expert is experienced in reading, interpreting and applying federal environmental regulations through his practical experience as an industrial hygienist, environmental laboratory director, and safety director of a major Harvard University teaching hospital.
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Expert has experience and training in determining the effects of hazardous chemicals and materials on health and safety. He also has experience in cases involving alcohol use, as well as in mold exposure determination and evaluation.
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Expert is experienced and has educational and practical experience in determing what hazards are present, and to what extent a material may be a hazard.
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Expert has experience and education in using, working with, handling and disposing of hazardous materials, including such items as chemicals, asbestos, or other agents.
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Expert's background and experience as a biochemist and pathologist assist him in determining the hazardous effects of exposures to chemical or environmental substances, and to determine the health effects that may result from such exposures.
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Expert's experience and training in biochemistry and pathology provide him with knowldege in the effects of allergens and in the general area of immunology.
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Expert's practical experience and training provides him with the ability to evaluate industrial accidents, the potential root cause of such events, and ways to prevent similar accidents in the future.
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Expert's experience in biochemistry and pathology, as well as in environmental health and safety has provided him with the expertise to evaluate and determine the hazards associated with various chemicals. He also has experience in developing programs and means of safely handling such chemicals, and in preventing exposures using work practice or administrative controls, as well as the use of personal protectve equipment.
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Expert's education and training, as well as his practical experience provide him with the expertise to evaluate and determine chemical toxicity.
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Expert has a wide range of experience as a practicing industrial hygienist, including program development and oversight, personnel monitoring, education and training.
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Expert has a broad range of practical experience on the safety requirements for safe plant and industrial operation in a variety of settings ranging from health care to construction, to manufacturing and processing plants.
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Expert's educational background and practical experience have provided him with the skills to evaluate the potential toxicity of hazardous and dangerous material in an industrial setting.
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Expert has experience and education in inhalation pathology. He also has practical experience in a variety of settings in montiroing and determining the exposure to air toxics and in determining the types of respiratory protection or other methods that can be used to meet regulatory exposure requirements.
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Expert is trained in pulmonary biochemistry and pathology. He also has practical experience in the determination of the toxic effects of inhaled materials.
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Expert is experienced in the determination of the toxic effects of hazardous materials, particularly those that have been shown to cause the death of animals at particlar levels.
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Expert was specifically involved in measuring and determing the effluent levels of mercury from a site. He also worked with the Mass. Water Resources Authority in helping to evaluate the mercury effluent levels from various institutions in Boston, and the ways of meeting and applying the regulations to healthcare institutions.
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Expert's education and training in biochemistry and pathogoly have given him the expertise and skills to determine the interactions and toxic effects of multiple toxins.
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Expert has educational training and experience that provides him with the skills and training to understand the mutagenic effects of various materials.
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Expert is experienced both through education and training, as well as through practical experience in the effects of mycotoxins on human health.
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Expert is trained in the areas of pulmonary pathology and biochemistry. He has studied and worked with various types of pneumoconioses, such as silicosis.
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Expert is trained in biochemistry and pathology and have the knowledge and skills to deal with the way that materials become hazardous and may act as poisons.
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Expert's background and experience in biochemistry and pathology provide him with the expertise and knowledge to understand and deal with tissue irritation due to a variety of sources or causes.
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Expert's background in biochemistry and pathology have been key in helping him to become knowledgeable about ways to determine and deal with toxic materials, including the hazards they pose.
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Expert's educational training and background in biochemistry and pathology, as well as in environmental health and safety provide him with the skills and knowledge to understand the concepts of toxicity associated with a wide range of materials.
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Expert has the educational background and practical experience that allows him to deal with, understand, and explain the nature of toxicologic hazards.
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Expert is experienced and trained in biochemistry and pathology. He has also worked in the field of toxicolgy for a number of years, including exposures to hazardous materials and their effects.
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Expert has a firm knowledge and understanding of what toxins are, why they are toxic, and what their effects are, as well as the responses that may be elicited as a result of such exposures.
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Expert assists employeers and employees inidentifying and correcting regulatory safety issues in their workplace. He also provides trainng in these areas and develops written safety policies and procedures with regulatory complinace in mind.
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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: Boston, Massachusetts;
Worcester, Massachusetts;
Springfield, Massachusetts;
Lowell, Massachusetts;
Cambridge, Massachusetts;
Brockton, Massachusetts;
New Bedford, Massachusetts;
Hartford, Connecticut;
Manchester, New Hampshire;
and Providence, Rhode Island.
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Causation Analysis, Product Safety, Litigation Support |
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Toxicology, Cyanide, Toxic Metals, Environmental Health,... |
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Mold, Industrial Hygiene, Indoor Air Quality, Toxins,... |
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Food Mycotoxicology, Mold, Aflatoxins, Toxicology |
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1979
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Ph.D.
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Biochemistry and Pathology
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Boston University Grad. School Med & Dental Sciences
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1970
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M.Sc.
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Environmental Health and Radiation Health Physics
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U. Pitt. Grad School of Public Health
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1969
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B.A.
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Biology
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Boston University
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2000 to
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Owner and President
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Independent consultant
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1989 to 2000
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Massachusetts General Hospital
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Safety
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Director of Safety
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Oversee health and safety program, including chemical aned laboratory safety, hospital safety, radiation safety and biosafety
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1987 to 1988
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VA Medical Center, Brockton, West Roxbury, MA
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Engineering
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Industrial Hygienist
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Develop industrial Hygiene program, perform education and training, monitoring
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Associations/Societies
American Society of Safety Engineers, Professional Member;
American Society of Safety Engineers, Massachusetts Chapter;
Massachusetts Safety Council;
American Industrial Hygiene Association;
American Industrial Hygiene Association, New England Chapter;
American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists;
American Chemical Society;
American Chemical Society Division of Health and Safety;
National Fire Protection Association;
Affiliated Harvard Hospitals Health and Safety Committee;
Toxics Use Reduction Planners Association;
American Biological Safety Association;
National Association of Safety Professionals
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Licenses/Certifications
June, 1997 - Certified Healthcare Environmental Manager;
April, 1998 - Registered Professional Industrial Hygienist;
Dec., 2000 - National Registry of Safety Professionals;
May, 2002 - Certified Toxics Use Reduction Planner
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Professional Appointments
Expert has been and is a member of many advisory boards,, most recently having been appointed to the Toxics Use Reduction Scientific Advisory Board in Massachusetts
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Awards/Recognition
Health Care Division of the ASSE Safety Professional of the Year, 2000-2001
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Publications and Patents Summary
Expert has 10 publications, 5 books, and 22 abstracts.
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Selected Publications and Publishers
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- HcPro Publications
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- American Society of Safety Engineers
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- Invited Presentation, NE Region, ASSE PDC
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| Selected Consulting Examples: |
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Expert has extensive experience in the evaluation of mold exposure and its health effects.
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Expert has had experience in the evaluation of the effects of exposure to chemicals and other potential hazards, such as dusts or radiation.He has acted as an expert witness in such matters.
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Expert has experience in the evaluation of safety requirements and safety policies and procedures in laboratories and health care institutions
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Expert has performed safety audits and gasp analyses at a variety of locations, including manufacturing industries, warehouses, and even supermarkets.
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Expert has appeared as an expert witness in cases involving injury or death due to drunk driving.
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Recent Client Requests:
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Review of MSDS Sheets for Cleaning Products.
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Expert for consulting on MSDS preparation for dental products.
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Expert in Toxicity *Repeat.
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Expert is available for consulting to corporate, legal and government clients.
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Expert Witness Experience Summary:
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Have been qualified as an expert witness in
State and Federal court, as well as local, district courts in a areas related to safety and toxicology
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Recent Litigation Client Requests:
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Expert in toxicity of soot and breathing in soot for litigation case.
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Expert for consulting on dioxane defamation in court proceedings in Hong Kong.
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Expert toxicologist with an expertise in mold exposure needed for consulting on Toxicological analysis of inhaled toxins - permanent compromised breathing.
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Expert for counter top particle inhalation medical record review - pulmonary/respiratory claims.
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Expert witnesses on mercury exposure to humans for consulting on Mercury Exposure to Child Causes Serious Damage, but Causation is an Issue.
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Water toxicology expert for consulting on public water system contamination causing renal cancer.
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Arsenic expert for consulting on allegation of arsenic in roach control product applied in apartment house.
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Expert for a free initial screening call regarding expert testimony,
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A few litigation needs include product liability, personal injury, economic loss, intellectual property
(patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright), and insurance matters. Remember, your initial screening
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Expert is free.
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Training/Seminars
Have written and published books in healthcare safety , OSHA and indoor air quality; have presented a variety of papers in areas related to indoor air quality, mold and latex allergy.
Has presented live webinars and in person training on issues ranging from lockout tag-out to OSHA Injury and Illness.
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Supplier and Vendor Location and Selection As Director of Safety at MGH, and as an independent consultant, Expert worked with and developed numerous client /vendor relationships.
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Education
