Expert Details
Pain Medicine, Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine, Healthcare Leadership, Medical Education
ID: 737127
California, USA
Currently serving as the President and CEO of his consulting corporation, Expert provides expert witness services, career counseling, and healthcare management consulting. His leadership roles include Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at Alameda Health System, where he oversaw a $19-million operating budget and implemented transformative initiatives to enhance departmental scope, quality, and safety. His contributions to patient care include founding innovative pain and addiction treatment programs, advancing opioid safety practices, and mentoring emerging leaders in medicine.
As a Clinical Associate Professor at Stanford, Expert has been a passionate educator, delivering lectures, developing simulation-based training, and mentoring pain medicine fellows. He has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and research presentations, focusing on opioid safety, pain education, and innovative treatment methodologies. His dedication to advancing medical knowledge is reflected in his recognition with prestigious awards such as the Pain Medicine Fellowship Excellence Award and the Quality and Safety Innovation Award.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 2012 | Degree: Pain Medicine Fellow | Subject: Pain Medicine | Institution: Stanford University School of Medicine |
| Year: 2011 | Degree: Anesthesiology Resident | Subject: Anesthesiology | Institution: Harvard Medical School (Massachusetts General Hospital) |
| Year: 2007 | Degree: MD | Subject: Doctor of Medicine | Institution: Temple University School of Medicine |
| Year: 2003 | Degree: BS | Subject: Psychology | Institution: University of Maryland--College Park |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2023 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Medical Evaluator | Department: Orthopedic Evaluation Center and California Department of Industrial Relations |
Responsibilities:Qualified medical evaluator for industrial/occupational related acute pain, chronic pain, musculoskeletal, and nerve injury. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2021 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: President & CEO | Department: |
Responsibilities:Consulting corporation dedicated to the practice of medicine, expert witnessing, healthcare leadership and tech consulting, and academic / career / admissions counseling. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2014 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor | Department: Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine |
Responsibilities:• Direct patient care and bedside teaching with ACGME Pain Medicine fellows within the outpatient Pain Clinic.• Chronic pain and opioid safety teaching, lectures and mentorship to Pain Medicine fellows. • Opioid related simulation utilizing standardized actors for Pain Medicine Fellows and Anesthesiology residents within the Center for Immersive and Simulation based Learning. • Leadership lectures, teaching and mentorship for Perioperative Management fellows. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2021 to 2023 | Employer: Vituity | Title: Partner, Anesthesiologist, and Pain Medicine Specialist | Department: |
Responsibilities:Clinical anesthesiology and pain medicine for inpatient surgery, outpatient / ambulatory surgery, regional anesthesia, neurosurgical anesthesia, pain medicine consultation service, endoscopy, and obstetrical anesthesia. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2017 to 2021 | Employer: Alameda Health System | Title: Chair | Department: Department of Anesthesiology |
Responsibilities:• Responsible for approximately 60 clinicians, staff and trainees.• Accountable for departmental and perioperative quality, safety, patient access, staffing, recruitment and retention, compliance (eg- TJC, CDPH), financials, contract negotiations, educational activities, collaboration with other departments, system leadership, and overall safety-net service to our East Bay community. • Redefined departmental vision, mission, service structure and scope. Now includes inpatient and outpatient pain services, endoscopy anesthesia, out of OR anesthesia, critical care medicine, collaborative emergency airway management, in addition to perioperative care for surgery. • Transition of departmental perioperative services from Highland Hospital to all AHS core hospitals (Highland Hospital, San Leandro Hospital, and Alameda Hospital). • Participated in merging of AHS physician groups into recently formed, unified entity, East Bay Medical Group (EBMG). • Departmental collaborative projects include leading efforts regarding COVID-19 response, EPIC EHR implementation, updating documentation and billing processes, pharmacy financial stewardship, RFO policy update, PCEA, IV lidocaine and ketamine, narcotic documentation accuracy, TJC and CDPH survey preparedness and response. • Collaborated with multiple departments and stakeholders for the initial approval (2017) and maintenance of the American College of Surgeons Level-1 Trauma Designation • Mentored system leaders including new department chairs in OB/GYN, Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery, and President of Medical Staff. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2017 to 2018 | Employer: Alameda Health System | Title: Interim Director | Department: Pain & Functional Restoration Program |
Responsibilities:• Highland Hospital based outpatient program for patients with chronic pain and opioid use disorder.• Refocused and restructured the program into an interdisciplinary, collaborative program with new vision, mission, scope of services and referral processes to include inpatient and outpatient care, interventional procedures, weekly interdisciplinary team meetings, opioid safety and monitoring measures, increased utilization of buprenorphine for pain. • Recruited and mentored Medical Director / Division Chief for Pain Medicine as well as additional anesthesiologists and pain psychologist. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2013 to 2014 | Employer: Stanford University School of Medicine | Title: Clinical Instructor | Department: Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine |
Responsibilities:• Adult OR Multispecialty Division: Level-1 trauma, general OR, ambulatory anesthesia, neurosurgical and orthopedic spine anesthesia.• Labor and Delivery Anesthesia: Night call at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital (LPCH). • Pain Medicine Clinics: Orofacial chronic pain and headache service, primary care outreach at San Pablo, outpatient pain procedure service. • Acute Pain Service: Inpatient consultation and management, and pain procedures. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| • Member, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) • Member, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) • Member, World Institute of Pain (WIP) • List of committee memberships available upon request. |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| • ABA Pain Medicine Board Certification • ABA Anesthesiology Board Certification • California Medical License • DEA License with X-Waver • California Fluoroscopy License • Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME), California Department of Industrial Relations • ACLS Certification (AHA) • BLS Certification (AHA) • Florida Medical Doctor Expert Witness License, Dept. of Health • National Practitioner Identifier |
| Professional Appointments |
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| • Founding Member, Bay Area Safety-Net Perioperative Consortium (2020-2021) • Board of Directors, Alameda Health System Foundation (2018-2021) • Chair, Orthopedic Surgery Chair Search Committee, Alameda Health System (2020-2021) • Co-Chair, AHS Perioperative Operations Committee, Alameda Health System (2018-2021) • Co-Chair, Pain and Addiction Committee, Alameda Health System (2017-2019) • Co-Chair, Anesthesiology Quality Review Committee, Alameda Health System (2017-2019) • Founding Physician Member, Patient Family Advisory Council (PFAC) for Pain Medicine, Stanford Health Care (2016-2017) • Co-Chair, Pain and Addiction Core Competency and Curriculum Development Dean’s Task Force for Medical Students, Stanford University School of Medicine (2016-2017) • Founding Member, Pain Fellowship 1:1 mentorship program, Stanford University (2016-2017) • Co-Chair, Pain Medicine Fellowship Scholarship Program Selection Committee, American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) (2014-2017) • Co-Chair, Graduate Medical Education Special Interest Group (SIG), American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) (2014-2017) • Chair, Clinical Competency Committee, Pain Medicine Fellowship, Stanford University (2014-2017) • Division of Pain Medicine Governance Committee, Stanford University (2014-2017) • Chair, Pain Medicine Fellowship Selection Committee, Stanford University (2013-2017) |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| • Quality and Safety Innovation Award - Teamwork, Communication and Safety Climate, Alameda Health System. • Quality and Safety Innovation Award—Controlled Substance Discrepancy Management, Alameda Health System. • Opioid Care Honor Roll and Maternity Care Honor Roll for Highland Hospital - California Health and Human Services Agency • Pain Medicine Fellowship Excellence Award for Stanford University School of Medicine - American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) • Annual Meeting Scientific Poster Abstract Winner - AAPM • Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award - Stanford University School of Medicine • Scholar - Stanford University School of Medicine |
| Medical / Professional |
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| Clinical Teaching: • Perioperative Management Fellowship didactic lectures and mentorship. Stanford University (since 2017) • In collaboration with the AHS Medical Director for Anesthesia Education, operating room and pain clinic bedside and didactic teaching (2017-2021) • ANES 304A: Chronic Pain Management Clerkship, Course Director. Stanford University (2015-2017) • MED 313A: Ambulatory Medicine Core Clerkship, Pain Clinic Course Director. Stanford University (2015-2017) • Addiction Medicine Fellowship Pain Management affiliated faculty member and supervisor. Stanford University (2016-2017) • Advanced Training in Medical Education Fellowship affiliated faculty member and supervisor. Stanford University (2016-2017) • Associate Division Chief for Education, Division of Pain Medicine, Stanford University (2015-2017) • Associate Fellowship Director, Pain Medicine, Stanford University (2013-2017) • Chief Pain Medicine Fellow, Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesia (2011-2012) • Anesthesia Attending, Elmhurst Hospital Center / Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology (2011) • Anesthesia Resident, Harvard Medical School, Department of Anesthesia (2008-2011) |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| • Peer-Reviewed Articles: 11 • Book Chapters: 9 • Papers and Posters Presented at National Meetings: 18 • Institutional Presentations: 62 • Non Peer-Reviewed Articles & Press Mentions: 8 |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Expert has worked on 7 cases to date. Case list summary available upon request. |
| Training / Seminars |
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| Expert has taught several courses. List available upon request. |