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Neuropharmacology, Intoxication, Drug Abuse, Disability, Poisoning, Pharmacological Pain Management

ID: 727450 Tennessee, USA

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This Expert comes from a background in behavioral pharmacology of opiate and non-opiate analgesic drug development, and cognition-related drug effects in both university and pharmaceutical industry, basic and clinical research. Expert has thirty post-doctoral years of consulting experience. Particular interests include the pharmacology of stimulant, opiate, and other intoxicant drug use and abuse as it relates to pain management, criminal behavior, disability evaluation, and drug-related behavior found in forensic (disability, civil, criminal) applications. Drug-drug, drug-disease, and drug-food interactions are common consultations, and an understanding of idiosyncratic adverse drug effects is a special focus, particularly in the medical and psychiatric populations. IME consultations as related to therapeutic or adverse drug effects either of premorbid or post-injury treatment are provided to assist neuropsychologists, psychiatrists, and psychologists. Adverse Drug Effect reviews of pre-marketing or post-marketing surveillance may be undertaken for certain drugs of interest.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1979 Degree: PhD Subject: Neuropharmacology Institution: University of Wales, Cardiff, Wales
Year: 1974 Degree: State Registered Biomedical Scientist Subject: Neuroscience Institution: National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, London, England
Year: 1976 Degree: BSc, MIBiol CBiol Subject: Applied Biology Institution: Hatfield Polytechnic, Hertfordshire, England
Year: 1972 Degree: Advanced Level Certificates Subject: Biology, Physics, Chemistry Institution: Kitson College of Science, Leeds, England

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1985 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: President Department:
Responsibilities:
Manages and personally undertakes consultations in all areas of pharmacology consulting
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2001 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Associate Clinical Professor Department: Psychiatry Department
Responsibilities:
Contributes to postgraduate psychiatry education, grand rounds, seminar development in continuing medical education
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1996 to 2003 Employer: Neuroscience Toolworks Inc Title: President Department: Medical Device Development
Responsibilities:
Responsible for state, federal and shareholder-funded development of medical devices involved in pain assessment, symptom monitoring and analgesic drug effectiveness
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1994 to 1997 Employer: Medical Toolworks Inc Title: Vice President Department: Medical Device Development
Responsibilities:
Responsible for state, federal and shareholder-funded development of medical devices involved in pain assessment, symptom monitoring and analgesic drug effectiveness
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1993 to 1994 Employer: Molecular Geriatrics Inc Title: Group Leader Department: Pharmacology
Responsibilities:
In charge of testing and development of drugs to be used in treatment and prevention of neurodegeneration, dementia, alzheimer disease, cognitive impairment.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1983 to 1993 Employer: Vanderbilt University Medical School Title: Assistant Professor Department: Medicine and Surgery
Responsibilities:
Research and teaching in neurodegeneration, neurodiagnostics, neurotoxicity, uremic and metal-induced encepalopathy, brain glucose homeostasis, clinical pain measurement and treatment and chronic pain treatment.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1980 to 1983 Employer: University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences Title: Research Instructor Department: Anesthesiology and Biochemistry
Responsibilities:
Directed the Brain Research Institute of the Biochemistry Department, supervised students, laboratory, and performed research in clinical pain assessment and CSF endorphin measurement in pain patients
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1976 to 1979 Employer: University of Wales Title: Graduate Teaching Assistant Department: School of Pharmacy
Responsibilities:
Assisted in pharmacology laboratory teaching of masters level students, assessment of drug effects in vivo and in vitro, in animal and human subjects.

Additional Experience

Expert Witness Experience
Testifying forensic consultant and expert witness in State, Military and Federal courts of Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington, in forensic pharmacological matters and the effects of psychoactive drugs on human behavior.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
Institute of Biology (U.K.), Member, Chartered Biologist; American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science, Member; Society for Neuroscience, Member; International Brain Research Organization, Member; International Association for the Study of Pain, Member; American College of Nutrition, Fellow (recertified 2003); American College of Forensic Examiners, Fellow & Diplomate; American Board of Forensic Medicine, Diplomate; American Board of Psychological Specialties, Diplomate
Licenses / Certifications
Board Certification: Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Examiners; Board Certification: Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Medicine; Board Certification: American Board of Psychological Specialties: Psychopharmacology board; Board Certification: American Board of Psychological Specialties: Substance Abuse board; Board Certification: Senior Disability Analyst and Diplomate of the American Board of Disability Analysts; Registered Biomedical Scientist, England; Registered: National Registry of Certified Pain Practitioners (in Neuropharmacology); Licensed Dietician/Nutritionist, Illinois.
Publications and Patents Summary
More than 30 peer-reviewed publications in the areas of forensic pharmacology, pain management, encephalopathy and addictive drug effects, four patents in the area of pain measurement.

Fields of Expertise

abused drug, alcohol toxicology, amphetamine, behavioral psychology, blood alcohol content, brain, clinical pharmacology, cocaine addiction, drug abuse, drug-drug interaction, forensic pharmacology, narcotics addiction, neuropharmacology, neuroscience, neurotoxicology, neurotoxin, oxycodone, pharmacology, prescription medicine addiction, psychopharmacology, substance abuse, Phencyclidine, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, biochemical pharmacology, cough medicine addiction, forensic addiction, driver behavior, criminal behavior, addiction, addiction medicine, alcoholism, pharmacodynamics, benzodiazepine, pharmacogenetics, drug formulation, serotonin, alpha 2 pharmacology, drug clinical trial, pesticide neurotoxic effect, lysergic acid diethylamide, depression (mood), neurobiology, drug development, pharmaceutical industry, catecholamine, Parkinson disease, antihypertensive drug, brain development, psychophysics, central nervous system, nervous system, drug, pain management, toxicology, pharmacokinetics, over-the-counter drug, nervous system disease, encephalopathy, drug therapy, drug screening, chronopharmacology, Alzheimer's disease, alcoholic beverage

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