Expert Details
Anesthesiology, Public Health, Prevention and Wellness, Higher Education for Health Professionals
ID: 727210
California, USA
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1986 | Degree: American Board of Anesthesiology Certification | Subject: Anesthesiology | Institution: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA |
| Year: 1970 | Degree: MPH | Subject: Public Health /Biostatistics and Epidemiology | Institution: Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Year: 1963 | Degree: MD | Subject: Medicine | Institution: Saigon University School of Medicine, Vietnam |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 1983 to 2003 | Employer: Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA | Title: Attending Cardiac Anesthesiologist/ Clinical Associate Professor of Aesthesiology | Department: Anesthesiology |
Responsibilities:Administered anesthesia to general and cardiac surgery patients. Trained residents and fellows in Anesthesia, medical students, and nurse anesthetist students. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1980 to 1982 | Employer: Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA | Title: Resident/ Fellow | Department: Anesthesiology |
Responsibilities:Physician in training |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1978 to 1979 | Employer: Middlesex County Hospital, Waltham, MA | Title: Staff Physician | Department: Medicine |
Responsibilities:Treated patients with chronic and/or end stage diseases. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1977 to 1978 | Employer: BUMC Framingham Union Hospital, Waltham, MA | Title: Flexible Intern | Department: Medicine |
Responsibilities:Physician in training |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1975 to 1977 | Employer: Harvard School of Public Health and Children"s Hospital Medical Center, Boston, MA | Title: Research Assistant | Department: Epidemiology |
Responsibilities:Collected and analyzed data for epidemiological studies. |
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International Experience
| Years | Country / Region | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Years: 1965 to 1970 | Country / Region: Vietnam | Summary: Commissioner of Health of a City/Province Health Department in Vietnam |
| Years: 1971 to 1975 | Country / Region: Vietnam | Summary: Director of Training at The National Institute of Public Health in Vietnam.Developed curriculum and coordinated training of health personnel at various levels to meet the health care needs of the country.Involved in the development and teaching of Public Health and Community Medicine for medical students at Saigon University School of Medicine. |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Was member of various professional societies: American Society of Anesthesiologists, Massachusetts Society of Anesthesiologists, California Society of Anesthesiologists, World Association of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, Society of Education in Anesthesia, Massachusetts Medical Society, American College of Physician Executives. |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| American Board of Anesthesiology. Was licensed to practice Medicine in Massachusetts, and Florida. Holds a current California Medical license. |
| Professional Appointments |
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| Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Boston University School of Medicine, ret. |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Who's Who in the East. Who's Who in America. Who's Who in the World. Who's Who in Medicine and Health Care. Who's Who in Science and Engineering. Received from the anesthesia residents the Golden Apple Award for Teaching |
| Medical / Professional |
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| Flexible Internship, BUMC Framingham Union Hospital, Framingham, MA. Resident in Anesthesia, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA. Fellow in Cardiac Anesthesia, Pain Control and Recovery Room, Brigam and Womens Hospital, Boston, MA. |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| 16 publications in Anesthesia, Cardiac Anesthesia, Education in Anesthesia and Health Fields, and Epidemiology. |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Some court process experience, in working closely with medical litigation legal defense teams. |
| Training / Seminars |
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| Developed/implemented curriculum for training residents/fellows in anesthesia. Designed a system to evaluate the progress of residents/fellows in training. Advised/Motivated residents/fellows to excel in different aspects of training- attitudinal, knowledge, skills and judgement. |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| Public Health, Biostatistics Epidemiology, Health Professionals Training |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
|---|---|
| Vietnamese | |
| French |
Fields of Expertise
anesthesia, anesthesiology, cardiac anesthesiology, clinical anesthesiology, general anesthetic, inhalation general anesthesia, local anesthetic, anesthesia monitoring, analgesia, anesthetic adjuvant, general anesthesia, intravenous anesthesia, local anesthesia, nitrous oxide, sedation, airway management, barbiturate, conscious sedation, epidural analgesia, epidural anesthesia, fluorinated anesthetic, interpleural analgesia, intratracheal anesthesia, neuroleptanalgesia, neurosurgical anesthesia, patient-controlled analgesia, regional anesthesia, biostatistics, epidemiology, health, medical informatics, medical statistics, public health epidemiology, statistical data analysis, statistical estimation, statistical inference, statistical survey analysis, chi-square method, health assessment, health care, health effect, histogram, integrated medicine, normal distribution, preventive medicine, public health, herbal medicine, anesthetic drug, statistical degree of freedom, statistical graphics, statistical median, statistical method, statistical sampling, statistical survey, survey design, Type II error, Medical Education, medical graduate education, heart disease risk, endemic disease, disease outbreaks, estimate, medical causation, survey statistics, trauma anesthesia, dental anesthesiology, men's health, health care plan, quality statistical method, palliative care, elder care, convalescent care, anesthesia equipment, primary care, alternative medicine, statistical design of experiments, analysis of variance, clinical diagnostics, Department of Health and Social Security standard, statistic, F distribution, clinical study, National Institutes of Health standard, numerical data, disease control, multivariate statistical analysis, clinical research, medical diagnosis, medical research, health food, statistical computer software, applied statistics, SAS software, human-health risk assessment, data processing, sampling error, data, pain management, statistics, numerical analysis, nonparametric statistics, human health effect, human health assessment, health care system, environmental health, clinical medicine