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Pediatrics

ID: 738196 Pennsylvania, USA

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Board Certified Pediatric Cardiologist since 1989 at the Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital. Professor of Pediatrics, Board Certified in Pediatric Cardiology in 1988 and recertified on three separate occasions since completing my fellowship and Yale New Haven. Director of the pediatric cardiac cath lab since 1989 and spend 3 days per week performing cardiac cath procedures in patients from the newborn period through adulthood most of which are interventional procedures of many different varieties. Medical legal work involves a small percentage of my time reviewing medical records for both plaintiffs and defense which have involved giving sworn depositions and on a few occasions trial testimony.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1983 Degree: MD Subject: Medicine Institution: Cetec University
Year: 1982 Degree: MD Subject: Medical School Institution: Universidad Del Noreste, Tampico, Mexico
Year: 1979 Degree: B.A. Subject: Mathematics Institution: Emory University

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1999 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Professor of Pediatrics Department: Pediatric Cardiology
Responsibilities:
Director of the pediatric cath lab and provide both inpatient and outpatient clinical services
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2011 to 2013 Employer: Pennsylvania State University School of Medicine Title: Interim Chief of Pediatric Cardiology Department: Pediatric Cardiology
Responsibilities:
Division chief and oversight of clinical staff
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1997 to 2011 Employer: Pennsylvania State University School of Medicine Title: Assistant Chief of Pediatric Cardiology Department: Pediatric Cardiology
Responsibilities:
Provided assistance to the division chief while providing clinical services to our congenital heart disease population
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1995 to 1999 Employer: Pennsylvania State University School of Medicine Title: Associate Professor of Pediatrics Department: Pediatric Cardiology
Responsibilities:
See above
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1989 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Director of Pediatric Catheterization Laboratory Department: Pediatric cardiology
Responsibilities:
Director of the pediatric cath lab and perform all cardiac cath procedures
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1989 to 1995 Employer: Pennsylvania State University School of Medicine Title: Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Department: Pediatric cardiology
Responsibilities:
Same as above

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
Fellow; American Academy of Pediatrics
Fellow; American College of Cardiology
Fellow; Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions
American Academy of Pediatrics, section on cardiology
Fellow; PICS

Hospital Committees:
- Cath Lab New Products Committee
- Laser Committee
- Residency Review Committee
- Conscious sedation Committee
- Conflict of Interest Review Committee
- Neurosurgery Chair Search Committee
Licenses / Certifications
Federal licensing examination (FLEX) Passed: 6/11/1985

Licenses: Rhode Island (inactive)
Pennsylvania

Certification: American Board of Pediatrics, 1987, American Board of Pediatrics, Sub-board of Pediatric Cardiology, 1988, (Recertified: 1996; 2002, 2014, 2020)
Awards / Recognition
Grants: 2
Publications and Patents Summary
Publications: 65
Abstracts/presentations: 48
PLectures/Presentations: 68
Industry/Clinical trials: 5
Invited Lectures/Faculty (National and International Conferences): 14

Fields of Expertise

pediatric cardiology

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