Expert Details

General Surgery, Rural Healthcare; Patient Safety and Medical Malpractice

ID: 726678 Colorado, USA

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Expert has 30 years of experience as a general surgeon in Colorado. He is Board Certified in Surgery with additional qualification in Surgical Critical Care. He practices in both an urban Trauma Center and a rural critical access facility, providing a wide range of surgical services, including a significant endoscopy practice. He has also served as a Director of Copic Insurance Company since 1997. Copic is a leading provider of physician professional liability coverage and has been an innovator in the area of patient safety.

He has consulted with research firms regarding vacuum assisted wound care therapies, market assessment and targeting for new technologiesHe has assisted in support of physicians in licensing and credentialing actions.
He has served as a client evaluation consultant for the Colorado Physician Education Program on several occasions.He has consulted with a client regarding scope of medical specialty and specialty characteristics of a medical practice.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1975 Degree: MD Subject: Surgery Institution: Northwestern University Medical School
Year: 1971 Degree: AB Subject: Biochemistry Institution: Harvard University

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2006 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Surgeon Department:
Responsibilities:
Provides Trauma and Urgent Surgical services for inpatients at a Level 1 trauma center in Denver, Colorado. Also the practice administrator.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2000 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Surgeon Department: Srugery
Responsibilities:
Provides surgical services to a rural population in eastern Colorado
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1981 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Surgeon and President Department:
Responsibilities:
Provides general surgery services in serveral practice situations

Additional Experience

Expert Witness Experience
15 years as director of a professional liability firm including monthly claims assessment meetings.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
American College of Surgeons; Society for Critical Care Medicine, AMA, Colorado Medical Society
Licenses / Certifications
MD, ACLS; ATLS, SEC registration(inactive)

Fields of Expertise

abdominal surgery, colon, critical care surgery, hernia surgery, surgery, trauma evaluation, anastomosis, rural medicine, patient safety, medical jurisprudence, medicolegal, cystotomy, cystostomy, medical malpractice, medical procedure, hospital medicine, pulmonary surgery, negligence, traumatology, telemedicine, colorectal surgery, pelvic exenteration, paracentesis, lymph node excision, ligation, endocrine surgical procedure, gastrointestinal surgery, debridement, colostomy, surgical staple, burn injury care, peritoneovenous shunt, colon cancer, ostomy, minimally invasive surgery, facility evaluation, surgical care, hemostasis, surgical implant device, suture thread, thoracic surgery, medical science, electrosurgery, clinical medicine

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