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Emergency Medical Practice, Administration and Professional Staffing of Emergency Departments

ID: 726490 Florida, USA

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Expert is residency-trained and Board Certified in Emergency Medicine, with further credentials in pharmacology and toxicology. He is also Board Certified in Addictions Medicine and served as Medical Director for an inpatient substance dependency treatment program for 18 years. He has served as Medical Director for the Emergency Department at a tertiary referral medical center for over 25 years, simultaneously serving as the Medical Director for the county EMS system. He is the managing partner of Bay Emergency Physician Specialists, Inc., with decades of expertise in contracted professional physician staffing. He has served as principal investigator in numerous trials devoted to study of biologics applicable to cardiovascular and neurological diseases.

Expert served as Principal Investigator for SCRAPE: a double-blind, placebo-controlled investigation of the efficacy of retapamulin 1% ointment applied twice daily for 5 days to infected wounds. The study was sponsored by Glaxo Smith Kline Pharmaceuticals.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1979 Degree: MD Subject: Medicine Institution: Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine
Year: 1974 Degree: B.A. Subject: Chemistry Institution: Emory University

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1984 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Managing Partner Department:
Responsibilities:
He is the executive responsible for management of all operations of this physician staffing company.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1994 to 2009 Employer: Bay Medical Center Title: Medical Director Department: Division of Hyperbaric Medicine
Responsibilities:
Available upon request.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1984 to 2009 Employer: Bay Medical Center Title: Chairman and Medical Director Department: Emergency Medicine
Responsibilities:
Available upon request.

Additional Experience

Expert Witness Experience
Expert has served as an expert witness in several hundred cases of alleged medical negligence spanning more than 20 years.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
American College of Emergency Physicians, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Florida College of Emergency Physicians, Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, American Society of Addictions Medicine, American Medical Association, Florida Medical Association, Bay County (Florida) Medical Society.
Licenses / Certifications
Diplomate, American Board of Emergency Medicine (1984-Present); Certified in Addictions Medicine through examination by the American Society of Addictions Medicine (1996); Medical Review Officer of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (Certified 1996); Advanced Trauma Life Support Certification (1983); Pediatric Advanced Life Support Certification (2004-Present).
Awards / Recognition
Certificate of Recognition, Florida Medical Association (1999); Physician of the Year, Florida Academy of Physician Assistants (1999); Outstanding Service Award, Bays Medical Society (1998); Physician's Recognition Award, American Medical Association (1985); Silver Tongued Orator Award, Society of Teachers of Emergency Medicine (1983); Winner of 'Outstanding Lectureship' Competition, Ohio ACEP Scientific Assembly (1983); Lange Medical Publications Scholarship Award (1979); Upjohn Foundation Scholarship Award (1977).
Publications and Patents Summary
He has published or co-authored two dozen articles in peer-reviewed journals on the subject of Emergency Medicine.

Fields of Expertise

airway management, drug abuse, emergency department, emergency management, emergency medical service, emergency medicine, emergency treatment, narcotics addiction, paramedic practice, resuscitation, ambulance, medical toxicology, pediatric emergency medicine

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