Expert Details
Healthcare Technology, Medical Devices, Clinical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Hospital Technology
ID: 732167
Maryland, USA
Experience includes: working familiarity with standards related to medical devices, overall healthcare technology and patient safety; providing hospital biomedical and clinical engineering program quality assurance services; establishing hospital-based biomedical departments; medical equipment selection; provision or establishment of computerized medical device control programs for preventive maintenance and maintenance; The Joint Commission (TJC) compliance reviews and pre-inspection surveys; medical technology-related quality assurance procedures; and assistance in hospital risk management as related to applied medical technology including sentinel event investigations.
While Director of Clinical Engineering at Christiana Care Health Services, a 1,000-bed two-hospital system in Delaware, Expert was an active member of the both the Environment of Care Committee and the Patient Safety Committee. Expert was officially appointed as the liaison between the two committees. He was the person in charge with the organizational compliance with The Joint Commission requirements on patient care equipment.
Expert was also the Chair of the NFPA-99 (Healthcare Facilities Code) Technical Committee on Medical Equipment from 2007-2015.
Since starting his own consulting company in 2011, Expert has participated in approximately 30 expert witness cases as either a consulting expert and/or a testifying expert concerning medical devices and equipment.
Expert participates in the following:
- AAMI Infusion Device Committee (2010-present)
- Healthcare Technology Safety Institute – Clinical Alarms Steering Committee (2012-present)
- Healthcare Technology Safety Institute – Infusion Devices Steering Committee (2013-present)
- National Coalition for Alarm Management Safety (2014-present)
- National Coalition for Infusion Therapy Safety (2015-present)
He has consulted in biomedical, clinical and forensic engineering since 2011. He draws on a 40+ year career of experience to this end.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1973 | Degree: MS | Subject: Electrical Engineering with Certificate – Technology in Health Care | Institution: Washington University in St. Louis |
| Year: 1971 | Degree: BS | Subject: Electrical Engineering | Institution: University of Maryland |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2011 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: President | Department: |
Responsibilities:As president of this healthcare technology consulting firm, Expert serves as an expert for hospitals, medical device companies, legal firms, and insurance carriers. Responsibilities consist of providing biomedical, clinical, and forensic engineering support to clients, that can include incident investigations, reports of findings, as well as expert witness testimony. Medical technology experience includes familiarity with the design, use and malfunctions associated with defibrillators, electrosurgical units (ESU), infusion pumps, patient monitors and many other medical devices found in hospitals. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1989 to 2011 | Employer: Christiana Care Health System | Title: Director | Department: Clinical Engineering |
Responsibilities:Expert led projects for the hospital including: the selection and installation of a flexible monitoring system that encompassed major changes in clinical practice and provided tight interface with system-wide Information Services computer network; worked as the team leader to evaluate and implement a new Smart IV Pump technology; and served as a member of hospital committees, including Patient Safety Committee, Environment of Care Committee, and the Medical Products Implementation Committee. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1973 to 1989 | Employer: Waterbury Hospital | Title: Director | Department: Clinical Engineering |
Responsibilities:He supervised a department that provided direct or monitored outside services to provide for preventive maintenance, calibration, repair and in-service education for all medical devices. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) (1973-present) American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE) (1990-present) American Society of Professionals in Patient Safety (ASPPS) (2012-present) American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) (~2000-present) National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Healthcare Section (2012-present) |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| Professional Engineer (PE), State of Delaware, License Certified in Clinical Engineering (CCE) – Healthcare Technology Certification Commission, Certificate Certified Safety Professional (CSP) – Board of Certified Safety Professionals, Certificate Certified Professional in Patient Safety (CPPS) - National Patient Safety Foundation |
| Professional Appointments |
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| Co-Chair, AAMI Standards Board Editorial Board (AAMI) for Biomedical Instrumentation and Technology Member, AAMI Technology Management Council Chair, NFPA 99 Technical Committee on Medical Equipment, member Fellow, American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE) Vice President, ACCE Board of Directors Advisory Board (ECRI Institute) for Health Devices Journal Member, AAMI Electrical Safety Committee Member, AAMI Infusion Device Committee Member, AAMI Medical Device Alarm Committee Member, Healthcare Technology Safety Institute – Clinical Alarms Steering Committee Member, Healthcare Technology Safety Institute – Infusion Devices Steering Committee Member, National Coalition for Alarm Management Safety Member, National Coalition for Infusion Therapy Safety Member, National Coalition to Promote Continuous Monitoring of Patients on Opioids Member, National Coalition to Promote the Safe Use of Complex Healthcare Technology |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Recipient, AAMI Clinical/Biomedical Engineering Achievement Award Recipient, ACCE/HTF Marv Shepherd Patient Safety Award Fellow, American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE) |
| Medical / Professional |
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| Expert has had vast experience in the medical device field spanning over 40 years. |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Computerized Maintenance Management Systems – Design Features for HTM; Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology ‘No Problem Found’ Service Calls—Keep Digging; Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology The Complexity of Clinical Alarm Systems; Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology Why You Should Care about Batteries; AAMI Annual Meeting – Philadelphia PA Making Sense of Revised CMS Medical Equipment Maintenance Requirements; Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology Healthcare Technology Is on the Move,; Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology Medical Device Batteries: Ubiquitous and Problematic; Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology The Importance of Imaging Technology; Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology Improving Your Equipment Intake Process, Angie Baltz & Expert; Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology Medical Device Problem Reporting & Surveillance; 2013 AAMI Annual Meeting – Long Beach, CA. Adverse Patient Events Involving Medical Devices,; Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology The Challenges of Patient-Supplied Medical Equipment; Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology A Win on Many Fronts - The Case for Medical Equipment Inspectors; Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Expert serves as an expert witness for either plaintiffs or defendants. He has been associated with approximately 60 cases involving a variety of medical devices in jurisdictions across the USA. |
| Training / Seminars |
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| AAMI Annual meeting - Almost every year Review course on Patient Safety. Preparatory to examination to become a Certified Patient Safety Professional. |
| Vendor Selection |
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| Expert exercised extensive vendor selection during his tenure as Director of Clinical Engineering |