Expert Details
Internal Medicine, Hospital and Outpatient Care, Surgical, Psychiatry and OB-Gyn Patients.
ID: 727031
Texas, USA
She worked since 1996 at a medical center in TX in tertiary care teaching institutions managing problems of medical, surgical, OB-GYN and psychiatric patients. She has also worked as a staff physician providing inpatient consultation at several medical centers and hospitals in TX.
She is also an accomplished professional writer of articles on medical topics for the general public and is a member of the American Medical Writers Association.
She regularly consults on surgical patients before and after operations to evaluate risks of surgery, and if possible minimize them. She is available for problems after surgery such as blood clots and infections.She admits patients transferred to a tertiary care center, often after days or weeks in another hospital, and have learned to sort through a large and complicated hospital record to summarize the important events and evaluate the care received elsewhere.The patients she takes care of often require intensive-care unit stays; She is comfortable with the needs of these patients and the problems they get there.As a hospitalist she is familiar with the levels of hospital and out-of-hospital care (longterm acute, skilled nursing etc. and the standards of care in those institutions.
Education
Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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Year: 1980 | Degree: MD | Subject: Medicine | Institution: Baylor College of Medicine |
Year: 1973 | Degree: MS | Subject: Chemical Engineering | Institution: MIT |
Year: 1971 | Degree: BS | Subject: Chemistry | Institution: Tulane University |
Work History
Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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Years: 2002 to 2009 | Employer: InPatient Consultants | Title: hospitalist | Department: |
Responsibilities:Care of patients in hospitals--admitting, evaluation and treatment, discharge planning and coordination of care with other physicians, consulting on medical problems of patients admitted by other specialists. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2001 to 2002 | Employer: Brazos Emergency Physicians Assn. | Title: emergency physician | Department: |
Responsibilities:Care of patients in a suburban hospital emergency department. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2000 to 2001 | Employer: Baylor College of Medicine | Title: fellow | Department: |
Responsibilities:Work-study program in emergency medicine |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1985 to 2000 | Employer: MacGregor Medical Assn. | Title: physician | Department: |
Responsibilities:Care of patients in outpatient and hospital settings. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1984 to 1985 | Employer: Baylor College of Medicine | Title: instructor | Department: |
Responsibilities:Care of patients at community clinic and also in skilled nursing facility, teaching medical students & residents |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1974 to 1977 | Employer: Exxon Production Research | Title: reservoir engineer | Department: |
Responsibilities:Development of lab & computer models of oil prduction from reservoirs in U. S. and Saudi Arabia |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1973 to 1974 | Employer: MWKellogg | Title: process engineer | Department: |
Responsibilities:Design of chemical plants |
Career Accomplishments
Associations / Societies |
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AMA American College of Physicians Am. Medical Writers Assn. |
Licenses / Certifications |
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TX medical license (1981) HI medical license (2014) Board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Recertified by examination 1994 and 2004. Certification does not expire, but Expert still actively participates in ABIM Maintenance of Certification program. ACLS certificate expires 8-22, PALS expires 8-23, ATLS expires 3-23 Certified by American Translators Association in Italian to English translation (Nov. 2019). |
Professional Appointments |
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Fellow of American College of Physicians (1999) Fellow in Hospital Medicine (2014) Faculty roles have included: Baylor College of Medicine (1984-85), University of Texas Health Science Center (1990-2004), and Weill Cornell Medical College (2006-08). |
Awards / Recognition |
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Fellow of Am. College of Physicians |
Medical / Professional |
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Baylor College of Medicine internal med internship 1981 Medicine residency 1982-83 Fellowship in emergency medicine 2000-2001 |
Publications and Patents Summary |
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She writes professionally for publications like the Saturday Evening Post on medical topics for the lay public. |
Additional Experience
Expert Witness Experience |
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Case reviews and legal consultation since 9-2008 for numerous attorneys; testified twice in past on cases in which she was involved but not the object of suits. |
Marketing Experience |
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Serve as hospitalist in tertiary care hospitals in Houston TX, also work pro bono in community clinic serving the uninsured |
Other Relevant Experience |
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Also a professional writer of medical articles |
Language Skills
Language | Proficiency |
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French | Regular use |
Spanish | Proficient |
Russian | Conversational |
German | |
Italian |