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Emergency Medicine and Hospital Negligence

ID: 733486 Indiana, USA

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Practicing Emergency Department Physician. Trained in both Emergency Medicine and Internal Medicine. Board Certified in Emergency Medicine. Highly experienced physician executive, with over 20 years of practical experience. Former Chief Medical Officer of a 278-bed Community Hospital in Terre Haute, former Medical Director for Emergency Medicine and Occupational Health, and current Chairman of a wellness LLC., which operates clinics for large employers. Frequent speaker on the subject of quality in healthcare. Extensive chart review experience focused on quality and adverse events. Special clinical interest in Pulmonary Embolism and Thrombolytic in an Acute Stroke.

Selected Achievements:
Consultant to a Family Centered Care for more than 30 states. The Program is the cornerstone of Medicare’s efforts to improve the quality of care and health outcomes for beneficiaries. As a consultant, Expert reviews medical reports to see whether they meet the standard of care.
Healthcare Advisory Team, Congressman Todd Rokita Work with Congressman Rokita and his legislative team on legislation pending before him; both in Committee and on the House Floor, and legislation that Mr. Rokita is considering sponsoring.
Chairman to a wellness LLC, Operates workplace medical clinics with a focus on keeping employees and their families healthy and out of the Hospital/Emergency Room, helping employees become better health consumers, and saving employers’ money by reinventing how they pay for their employees' healthcare.
Founder, Chief Medical Officer, to company formed to materialize the concept of Medical Home into a successfully operating model based upon the alignment between employers, patients, on-site medical staff, and community physicians that improves health outcomes for patients, distributes medical resources more effectively, and reduces employers’ overall healthcare expenditures.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 2008 Degree: Emergency Medicine Subject: Emergency Medicine Institution: American Board of Emergency Medicine
Year: 1997 Degree: Diplomate of American Board of Internal Medicine Subject: Internal Medicine Institution: American Board of Internal Medicine
Year: 1997 Degree: Emergency Medicine Residency Subject: Emergency Medicine Institution: Wayne State University-Grace Hospital
Year: 1993 Degree: Internal Medicine Residency Subject: Internal Medicine Institution: Providence Hospital
Year: 1987 Degree: M.B.B.S. Subject: Medicine Institution: Bangalore University

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2015 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Emergency Room Physician Department:
Responsibilities:
Available upon request.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2017 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Emergency Room Physician Department:
Responsibilities:
Available upon request.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2012 to 2016 Employer: Indiana Rural Health Association Title: Board of Directors Department: Management
Responsibilities:
Purpose of improving the health of all Indiana citizens in rural settings.
To enhance the health and well-being of rural populations in Indiana through leadership, education, advocacy, collaboration, and resource development.
To recruit a large and diverse membership who can provide input on an even wider perspective.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2011 to 2013 Employer: Health Care Excel, Inc. Title: Director Department:
Responsibilities:
The Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) for the states of Indiana and Kentucky. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) priorities task the QIOs with implementing initiatives similar to those found in the Partnership for Patients Initiative, especially those aimed at the prevention of healthcare associated infections. As a director, my primary role was to deliver presentations at various settings to engage hospital executive boards, C-Suites, physicians, nursing staff, and other hospital personnel to meet the CMS quality agenda.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2009 to 2011 Employer: TeamHealth Midwest Title: Regional Medical Director Department:
Responsibilities:
Oversight of Emergency Department contracts in the state of Indiana
TeamHealth is one of the largest publicly traded companies with a primary focus on staffing physicians in Emergency Departments across the nation.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2009 to 2011 Employer: TeamHealth, Inc. Title: Senior Vice President Department:
Responsibilities:
Available upon request.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2007 to 2009 Employer: TeamHealth Midsouth Title: Vice President of Quality Department:
Responsibilities:
TeamHealth is one of the largest publicly traded companies with a primary focus on staffing physicians in Emergency Departments across the nation. As Vice President of Quality, my role was predominantly to focus on the quality of care delivered by our internal physicians and review cases to determine negligence.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2004 to 2011 Employer: Terre Haute Regional Hospital Title: Chief Medical Of Department:
Responsibilities:
Terre Haute Regional Hospital, an HCA facility, is a 278-bed community-based medical center with comprehensive medical and surgical programs. HCA is the largest publicly traded for profit hospital system in the nation. As Chief Medical Officer, my role was specifically focused toward improving, overseeing and ensuring the maintenance of quality of care that was delivered across the patient population.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1997 to 2002 Employer: Jennie Stuart Hosp Title: Assistant Medical Director Department: Department of Emergency Medicine
Responsibilities:
JSMC Health is a private, not-for-profit health organization that comprises an acute-care hospital, Jennie Stuart Medical Center; free-standing medical imaging, outpatient surgery, laboratory and rehabilitation services; and an integrated physician network that includes an owned physician practice, BluegrassMD. My role here included planning, directing and coordinating medical services that were provided in the Emergency Department, staffing and evaluation of activities, as well as ensuring clinical compliance and ethical practice.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
Fellow of American College of Physicians
Fellow of American College of Physician Executives
Fellow of American College of Healthcare Executives
Fellow of American College of Emergency Physicians
Licenses / Certifications
1. Michigan State Medical License
2. Tennessee State Medical License
3. Kentucky State Medical License
4. Indiana State Medical License
5. Illinois State Medical License
6. Virginia State Medical License
7. Georgia State Medical License

November 2013
Diplomate of American College of Healthcare Executives
May 2011
Diplomate of American Board of Emergency Medicine
February 2007
Diplomate of American College of Physician Executives
May 2006
Diplomate of Medical Review Officers
August 1997
Diplomate of American Board of Internal Medicine
Professional Appointments
Hospital Committees:
’08-11 Board of Trustees, Terre Haute Regional Hospital
Medical Executive Committee
Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee
Audit & Review for Emergency Medical Services
Clinical Monitoring Committee
Utilization Review Committee
’00 –’02 Ethics Committee, Centennial Medical Center, Nashville, TN
April 94 Antibiotic special use program developed “Guide to antibiotic therapy”
Feb ’94 Judge for ACP Associates Meeting ’94, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Jan ’94 Resident Recruitment Committee for Department of Internal Medicine, Providence Hospital, Southfield, MI
June ’94 Quality Assurance Committee, Providence Hospital, Southfield, Michigan
July ’93 House Staff Officer, Department of Medicine, Providence Hospital, Southfield, Michigan.
Awards / Recognition
Top Emergency Room Physician in Terre Haute, Indiana, 'The Leading Physicians of the World’ by the International Association of Emergency Medicine
• Indiana Rural Health Association Leadership Award
• TeamHealth Medical Director of the Year, Midwest
• Physician of the Year, Regional Hospital
• Second Prize, Student and Resident Section Forum at Annual CME meeting, MAPI
• Resident of the Year, Department of Internal Medicine & Subspecialties, Providence Hospital
• Georgia Certificate of Merit, the University of Georgia
• National Honor Society, Statesboro, Georgia
National Beta Club, Statesboro, Georgia

Medical / Professional
Research:
June ’97 Prospective evaluation of Chlamydia Infection in the Emergency Department
April ’94 Clinic day, Oral presentation, “Gram-negative bacillary meningitis”, a retrospective 13-year case study
Oct. ’93 ACP 15th Annual meeting, “Legionella Pneumonia treated with ciprofloxacin”
April ’93 ACOEM (American College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine) Annual meeting, Atlanta,
Oral presentation “Ammonia exposure leading to Asthma”
May ’92 ACP 14th Annual Associates’ meeting, Michigan chapter, Oral presentation “Rhabdomyosarcoma”
’88 – ’89 “Assessment of Nutritional Needs for the Preschool Age Group”: a project conducted at Kiwara, India
Publications and Patents Summary
Presentations and CMEs: 56

Additional Experience

Expert Witness Experience
Extensive chart review experience focused on quality and adverse events and is an experienced expert witness.
Trial and testimony experience
Training / Seminars
Teaching Appointments:
• Volunteer, Clinical Assistant Professor (Indiana University School of Medicine)
• Instructor, Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS)
• Instructor, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
• Instructor, Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• Weekly board review for ABIM, Providence Hospital, for PGY-III Residents
• Volunteer, Clinical Assistant Professor, Physician Assistant School, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
• Instructor, Kaplan Medical Education, Board Review for USMLE Step 3 examination: Active locations: Chicago, California, Houston, Baltimore, NJ, NY, Detroit & Puerto Rico, Mexico, Bahamas
• Instructor, Clinical Workshops for USMLE Step 2 examination at Kaplan Medical Center, Southfield, Ann Arbor & Lansing

Language Skills

Language Proficiency
English

Fields of Expertise

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