Expert Details
Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine
ID: 723461
California, USA
Expert is a Board Certified Chest Physician with academic appointments and teaching positions at UCLA an USC. He has 20 years experience in the evaluation of Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury cases. Expert has been in clinical practice since 1984 and has served as an expert witness for both defense and plaintiff attorneys. He has participated in over 500 depositions and has testified in over 50 trials.
Expert has provided consultation in the following areas: Respiratory Failure; Congestive Heart Failure; Wrongful Death; Elder Abuse; Pulmonary Embolism/Deep Venous Thrombosis; Asthma; Toxic Torts/Mold-Chemical Exposure; Hypertension; Stroke; Life Expectancy; Postoperative Complications; Pneumothorax; Smoke Inhalation; Anaphylaxis; Chest Trauma; Chronic Lung Disease (COPD); Cardiovascular Disease; Acute Myocardial Infarction; Pneumonia.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year: 1977 | Degree: MD | Subject: Medicine | Institution: University of Illinois |
| Year: 1974 | Degree: MS | Subject: Anatomy | Institution: Universtiy of Illinois |
| Year: 1971 | Degree: BS | Subject: Chemistry | Institution: Illinois State University |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 1984 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Physician | Department: |
Responsibilities:Private practice 1984 to present. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| American College of Chest Physicians. American College of Anti-Aging Medicine. |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| Board Certification Internal/Pulmonary Medicine. Re-certification Pulmonary Medicine. Board Certfication Anti-Aging Medicine. |
| Professional Appointments |
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| Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine UCLA School of Medicine. Lecturer in Physiology UC Riverside. |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Fellow American College of Chest Physicians. Fellow American College of Anti-Aging Medicine. |
| Medical / Professional |
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| Internship and Residency USC Medical Center. Fellowship, Pulmonary Medicine University of California Irvine Medical Center |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| He has 2 publications in his areas of expertise. |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| 20 years experience, 500+ depositions, 50+ trial appearances as an expert witness. |
| Training / Seminars |
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| 1. Lecture series on the subjects of pathophysiology and the mechanisms of disease. Practicum for second year medical students, 1997-present. 2. Lecture to physicians on how to conduct a deposition delivered at American College of Chest Physicians 2001. |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| Recent board certification in Anti-Aging Medicine, in addition to his background in physiology, has uniquely qualified Expert as an expert in life expectancy. |
Fields of Expertise
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic respiratory disease, interstitial lung disease, life expectancy, wrongful death, pulmonary medicine, lung disease, internal medicine, emphysema, asthma, respiratory disease, spirometry, cardiopulmonary disease, bronchial disease, hemothorax, cardiovascular disease, carbon monoxide poisoning, chronic disease, clinical medicine, inhalation toxicology, medical diagnosis, occupational disease, pathogenesis, physiological monitoring, pneumoconiosis, exercise-induced asthma, respiratory insufficiency, respiration disorder, toxic tort, cardiac electrophysiology, pulmonary hypertension, mold toxicology, elder abuse, environmental forensics, oxygen toxicity, chemical exposure, mycobacterial disease, toxicological hazard, angina, lung cancer, hypothermia, morbidity, clinical toxicology, toxic substance, noninvasive monitoring, industrial chemical toxicity, cardiovascular physiology, medical diagnostics, forensic toxicology, industrial accident, fibrosis, toxicity, smoke evaluation, smoke, building-related disease, systemic disease, edema, toxin, toxicology, lung tumor, lung abscess, infectious disease, heart disease, gastroenterology, environmental toxicology, environmental health, emergency medicine, digestive system disease, cystic fibrosis, cardiology, bronchopneumonia, bronchitis, anesthesiology, aeroembolism