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Expert in Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Methodology, Mental Health, Police Procedures, Drug Safety, Malpractice

Expert 725269

Expert in Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Methodology, Mental Health, Police Procedures, Drug Safety, Malpractice

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Summary of Expertise:

Primary Expertise Areas: (links show more experts in each area)	Expertise Description:
applied statistics expert binomial mathematical distribution expert biometrics expert biostatistics expert bivariate analysis expert chi-square method expert clinical trial expert environmental statistics expert medical statistics expert statistics expert clinical trial design expert continuous distribution function expert curve fitting expert design of experiments expert discriminant analysis expert drug clinical trial expert F distribution expert factor analysis expert flexible statistical model building expert measurement error analysis expert measurement process expert multivariate analysis expert multivariate calibration expert outcomes research expert root-mean-square value expert statistic expert statistical data analysis expert statistical degree of freedom expert statistical design of experiments expert statistical estimation expert statistical inference expert statistical median expert statistical sampling plan expert statistical simulation expert Student's t test expert survey design expert police power expert	As a Professor of Statistics, Epidemiology, Public Health and Psychiatry for the last 30 years he has taught, applied and consulted on all of these methods. First trained as public health physician, he did his graduate work (MS and PhD) in the Division of Statistics of the Department of Mathematics of The Ohio State University. His graduate work was competed independently of his medical education. His dissertation was in biostatistics. He has taught graduate seminars covering each of these topics and has used all of the methods as an expert in support of litigation. He is particularly interested in the design and execution of clinical trials and the evaluation of inferences made from these trials. He is also interested in the inferences that can be made from observational data and the relationship between observational studies and more formal designed trials. He often works on problems where the medical issues are complex, the pathophysiology is in debate, the data are limited and major policy or legal questions rely on the interpretation of statistical data. He has worked on at least one legal case involving each of theses topics often as a consulting witness not a testifying witnesses. Most of these were federal class action or MDL litigation or state medical malpractice cases. Over 30 years topics have included the safety of the Dalkon Shield, Agent Orange, asbestos, talc, PPA, Cox-2 pain relievers, smoking, Dioxin, PCB's, ionizing radiation, etc.
bulimia epidemiology expert environmental epidemiology expert occupational epidemiology expert radiation-related environmental epidemiology expert radiation-related occupational epidemiology expert public health expert epidemiology expert chronic disease epidemiology expert environment expert environmental health expert occupational medicine expert radiation carcinogenesis expert radiation effect expert radiation risk assessment expert reproductive epidemiology expert chronic disease expert	His area of expertise is the methodology underlying inferences from epidemiological studies and thus has been involved with data analysis and models in all of the areas of epidemiology listed. He focuses on complex issues in policy or litigation where the limits to statistical inference from epidemiological are of primary concern. Has most experience in problems where there are limitations to the quality of the data or the design of the study and epidemiological studies have made inconsistent pronouncements about the issue at hand. Is comfortable working on problems in toxicology or other areas where the pathophysiology or basic biology are complex. He has worked on at least one legal case involving every one of these issues often as a consulting witness not a testifying witnesses. Most of these were federal class action or MDL litigation. Over 30 years topics have included the safety of the Dalkon Shield, Agent Orange, asbestos, talc, PPA, Cox-2 pain relievers, smoking, Dioxin, PCB's, ionizing radiation, etc. and a variety of occupational and environmental exposures.
occupational exposure expert
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*Localities:* Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Reading, Pennsylvania; Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Baltimore, Maryland; Frederick, Maryland; Gaithersburg, Maryland; Camden, New Jersey; Vineland, New Jersey; Wilmington, Delaware; and Alexandria, Virginia.

Education:

Year	Degree	Subject	Institution	Honors
1971	PhD	Statistics/Biostatisitcs	The Ohio State University
1970	MD (MBBS)	General Medicine	London Institute of Psychiatry/ Guy Hospital
1971	MD	Public Health Physician (Epidemiology)	British Health Service
1968	MS	Mathematics and Statistics	The Ohio State University
1967	BS	Psychology/ Preclinical Medicine	The Ohio State University	Phi Beta Kappa, Presidential Medal of Achievement, Magna Cum Laud, Honors in Psychology

Work History:

Years	Employer	Department	Title	Responsibilities
1987 to	(Undisclosed University)	Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Public Health, Medicine	Professor/ Adjunct Professor	Research, Teaching and Professional Service.
1983 to 1987	Arizona State University	Decision and Information Systems	Professor	Research, Teaching and Professional Service.
1979 to 1983	University of Pennsylvania	Statistics/ Epidemiology/ Public Policy	Associate Professor (tenured)	Research, Teaching and Professional Service.
1973 to 1979	Princeton University	Statistics and Environmental Studies	Research Scientist with Rank of Associate Professor (tenured)	Research, Teaching and Professional Service.
1971 to 1973	Virginia Tech	Statistics and Social Sciences	Assistant Professor	Research, Teaching and Professional Service.

Consulting Services:

Worked on a variety of product liability, environmental exposure, occupational exposure, and malpractice cases over 30 years. The first was the DALKON Shield IUD. Others include Phen-Phen, Tainted blood products, ionizing radiation, PPA, Agent Orange, Smoking, Asbestos, Cox-2 pain relievers, etc. The malpractice cases have involved cardiology, surgery, pulmonology, psychiatry, pediatrics, etc. Several tines he was a consulting expert as opposed to a testifying witness.

As a member of the Intota consultant network, Expert is a specialist who provides technical consulting to corporate, legal and government clients. Expert provides professional consulting as a Biostatistics Consultant, Epidemiology Consultant, Methodology Consultant, Mental Health Consultant, Police Procedures Consultant, Drug Safety Consultant, Malpractice Consultant. Expert may consult as an independent consultant or as a member of a consultancy, consulting company, or consulting firm. Consultants service will be covered by a consulting contract. Ask an expert initial screening questions and ask the experts services particulars, by simply submitting an expert request.

Expert Witness:

He has been retained in a variety of product liability cases at the state and federal level including several class action suits and MDL suits as well as state malpractice litigation. Combines a deep understnading of statistical and epidemiological issues with and understanding of clinical medicine and biological mechanisms. Has given about 20 depositions over 30 years and has appeared in court a few times. Has also worked as a consultant to help prepare other physicians for testimony on epidemiological and biostatistical issues

Intota experts can serve as expert witnesses or litigation consultants offering expert testimony, expert advice, litigation support, forensic services, and related expert witness services. Expert can serve as an expert witness or litigation consultant in intellectual property (patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright), product liability, and insurance matters. Expert may provide forensic expert witness testimony, litigation consulting services, forensic investigation, and forensic testing if appropriate in litigation areas as a Biostatistics Expert Witness, Epidemiology Expert Witness, Methodology Expert Witness, Mental Health Expert Witness, Police Procedures Expert Witness, Drug Safety Expert Witness, Malpractice Expert Witness. Intota provides attorneys and legal professionals the opportunity to ask an expert initial screening questions and ask the experts services particulars by submitting an expert request.

Market Research:

Expert serves as a resource to Intota Market Research Services for customized marketing research in industries or areas related to Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Methodology, Mental Health, Police Procedures, Drug Safety, Malpractice. Experts are an invaluable source of overall industry insight as well as insight into specific companies and firms for custom business to business (b2b) and industrial market research. Intota uses analyst and consultant resources from Guideline whose Research Directors manage the research and analysis of the qualitative and quantitative data as well as report writing for the custom studies. The methods and tools used by Intota market research combine the insights of technical experts and industry insiders with secondary research to provide the custom b2b and industrial market research you need.

Additional Skills and Services:

Training/Seminars

Has tended many seminars on advances in medicine and statistics. As an academic physician attends training seminars weekly. He has been a sworn state and federal officer and participated in prosecutions in the forensic area

Other Skills and Services

Expert is a consultant in epidemiology and biostatistics that focuses on methods and models used in assessing risks. One of the few MD/PhD biostatistician-epidemiologists. He is a professor of biostatistics, epidemiology, public health and medicine. He trained as a physician, a medical epidemiologist and then as a statistician and biostatistician. Prides himself on being able to communicate complex ideas in simple language. He splits his professional time between Baltimore and Phoenix. His primary interests are the evaluation and validation of statistical and epidemiological data and models in a clinical, regulatory, or legal arena. Focuses on problems where the medical issues are complex, the methods and models are varied and the data are limited or contradictory. Problems often include analysis of the methodology applied, analysis of the inferences made from a given set of statistical methods and complex chart reviews across specialties and across patients. Has worked on problems in drug and device development and regulation, product liability, occupational and environmental exposures, medical malpractice, and data and model interpretation in numerous specialties including toxicology, cardiology, Ob/Gyne, and surgery. Has given about twenty depositions in a variety of cases ranging from major federal litigation to state personal injury and malpractice suits.

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