Expert Details

Clinical Bioethics

ID: 737385 California, USA

Clinical Bioethics Consultant
o Consulting with patients, physicians, and attorneys regarding medical ethical conflicts in critical medical care
o Provide opinions on health law and medical ethical requirements
o Expert opinions and testimony on bioethics and health law

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Education

Year	Degree	Subject	Institution
Year: 2004	Degree: MPH	Subject: Clinical Bioethics, Health Law	Institution: Boston University School of Public Health, Pepperdine Law School
Year: 1976	Degree: Juris Doctor	Subject: Law Review- Published member	Institution: Pepperdine University School of Law
Year: 1973	Degree: Bachelor of Arts	Subject: English Literature	Institution: Temple University

Work History

Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 1976 to 2007	Employer: Los Angeles, CA	Title: Health Law Attorney	Department:
Responsibilities: Lead counsel in cases of medical negligence Representing Physicians before the Medical Board of California Consultant of issues of medical ethics
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 2001 to Present	Employer: Undisclosed	Title: Clinical Bioethicist	Department:
Responsibilities: Consultant

Career Accomplishments

Licenses / Certifications
California State Bar, Retired 1997.

Professional Appointments
- State Bar of California, Retired - Ethics Committee Chairman, Brotman Medical Center: a 14-member team consisting of physicians specializing in Pulmonology, Cardiology, Neurology, General Surgery, Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine; social workers, nursing supervisor, clergy, and community-based lay persons. Creating and monitoring protocols and procedures for withdrawing and withholding life-sustaining treatment, Do-Not resuscitates Orders, and establishing criteria for the determination of brain death. Hospital Clinical Bioethicist consulting individually with physicians and patients on medical ethical requirements and critical care decision making.

Professional Appointments

- State Bar of California, Retired
- Ethics Committee Chairman, Brotman Medical Center: a 14-member team consisting of physicians specializing in Pulmonology, Cardiology, Neurology, General Surgery, Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine; social workers, nursing supervisor, clergy, and community-based lay persons.
Creating and monitoring protocols and procedures for withdrawing and withholding life-sustaining treatment, Do-Not resuscitates Orders, and establishing criteria for the determination of brain death.
Hospital Clinical Bioethicist consulting individually with physicians and patients on medical ethical requirements and critical care decision making.

Medical / Professional
Masters in Public Health: Health Law, Bioethics, Human Rights

Publications and Patents Summary
CME Lectures: 5 Publications: 6

Additional Experience

Expert Witness Experience
Clinical Bioethics Expert Approximately 7 cases

Language Skills

Language	Proficiency
English

Fields of Expertise

Clinical Bioethics, Healthcare,