Expert Details
Healthcare Consulting: Strategic Planning, Product Development, and Product Launch
ID: 722786
Massachusetts, USA
Expert served as Executive Vice President and Medical Director for Access CardioSystems, a medical device company in Concord, Massachusetts. At Access CardioSystems, he was responsible for all initial regulatory activities, implementation of the initial sales and marketing launch and ongoing sales and marketing support, business strategy development, investor relations, clinical network establishment, and clinical research. In addition, he lead the initial development of the company’s international distribution network.
Expert is a member of the Board of Directors of Excorp Medical in Minneapolis, Minnesota and is an Advisory Consultant to Aethlon Capital, a private equity investment group based in Minneapolis. He has served as Chairman of the Medical Advisory Board of an Internet-based medical records management and benefits management company, and was the Chair of the Medical Advisory Board of a publicly traded company that developed technology for bedside or point-of-care laboratory testing.
Expert is also a former Regional Vice President of Medical Affairs for a national physician management company and a former department chair of emergency medicine. In these roles, he was responsible for the operation of profitable emergency department practices with over $30 million in revenue. He has also worked as a consultant in the development of medical practice guidelines.
Expert received his Bachelor of Arts with Honors from Cornell University and his Medical Degree with Honors from the Cornell University Medical College. He is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians and a member of the MIT Enterprise Forum, the Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council, the American Heart Association, and the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine. In addition, he has been a member of the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society and the American College of Physician Executives. He has Expert many media appearances, including a regular interview segment on the CBS television affiliate in Boston.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1983 | Degree: M.D. | Subject: Medicine | Institution: Cornell University |
| Year: 1979 | Degree: B.A. | Subject: Biology | Institution: Cornell University |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 1997 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Prinicpal and Founder | Department: Undisclosed |
Responsibilities:Expert is a consultant in medical affairs and strategic planning for medical technology and services companies. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2000 to 2004 | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Executive Vice President and Medical Director | Department: Undisclosed |
Responsibilities:He was responsible for clinical affairs; clinical study design implementation; clinical leader network development; product design and development; sales and marketing; strategic planning; and was an FDA liaison. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1992 to 1997 | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: V.P. Medical Affairs | Department: Undisclosed |
Responsibilities:Expert was responsible for management and clinical affairs of 12 emergency departments in New England; he was also responsible for business development in the region. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Expert is a member of the Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council, Regulatory Affairs Professional Society, National Association of Medical Communicators, American College of Physician Executives, American College of Emergency Physicians, Massachusetts Medical Society, Medical Director, Port Chester-Rye Ambulance Corps, and Westchester County EMS Council Board of Trustees. |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| He is a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians, 1989, 1997; Diplomate, American Board of Emergency Medicine, 1987, 1996; Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners, 1984; and a Licensed Doctor of Medicine, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1992. |
| Professional Appointments |
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| Expert is Principal and Founder, Concord Healthcare Strategies, LLC, Concord, Massachusetts; Director, ExCorp Medical, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and consultant, newsletter editor, and faculty member, Medical Consultants Network, Inc., Englewood, Colorado. He serves on the Advisory Board of Quantech, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is an Advisory Consultant, for Aethlon Capital, LLC, Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is the Practice Guideline Consultant and Editor, Institute for Healthcare Quality - Health Risk Management, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota. Expert is a Medical Contributor, New 4 New England (WBZ-TV), Boston, Massachusetts. He is Chairman of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Board for MediVault - Emergency Medical Systems, Inc., Fort Lee, New Jersey. He is a Guideline Consultant and Editor, Health Payment Review, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a Risk Management Consultant and Case Reviewer, Spectrum Emergency Care, St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Medical / Professional |
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| He did his Residency in Emergency Medicine at the Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York. His Internship was in Internal Medicine at The New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center, New York, New York. |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
|---|---|
| French | Expert can speak, read, and write French with moderate proficiency. |
| Spanish | He can speak some medical Spanish. |
Fields of Expertise
biomedical device, clinical medicine, medical device, medical expert system, medical instrument, medical product, medical science, medical technology, preclinical research, strategic market planning, emergency medical service, health care, health care provider, new product launch, product launch, strategic technology planning, Good Clinical Practice, health care claims substantiation research, medical lexicon development, medical lexicon, bioethics, market assessment, consumer demographics, cast (rigid dressing), Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990, medical software quality assurance, nerve stimulator, cannula, outcomes research, clinical study, medical protocol, clinical trial design, durable medical equipment, biomedical application, plastic medical device, anoxia, urine sampling, health care management, clinical laboratory, medical X-ray equipment, hospital equipment safety, hospital equipment, health care industry quality management, medical record, medical device clinical research, hemostat, medical device premarket approval, electroencephalograph, electrocautery instrument, 510(k) document, clinical toxicology, medical device product development, therapeutic device, ureteroscopic device, clinical research management, clinical research, medical adhesive tape, clinical virology, disposable medical device, clinical protocol, stent, home health care, medical device product improvement, premarket approval assessment, disease, personal care product, medical device design, scalpel, artery, health care marketing, hospital, electronic medical device, biomedicine, electrocardiograph, clinical pharmacology, biomedical instrument, pain management, virology, therapy, surgical instrument, surgery, prosthesis, preventive medicine, physiological monitoring, pediatrics, artificial cardiac pacemaker, obstetrics, neuroscience, neonatology, medical pump, life support system, internal medicine, implantable device, health care system, geriatrics, endoscope, emergency medicine, diagnostics, dermatology, biometrics, biomedical sensor, bioinstrumentation, artificial blood, angioplasty, anesthesiology