Expert Details
Psychiatry, Physicians, Medical Board Actions, Executive Consultation, Forensics, General Systems.
ID: 726883
North Carolina, USA
His expertise has provided him with several opportunies to work as a consultant on many levels including as a personnel consultant, expert witness and evaluator, a representor for impaired and stressed physicians, organization consultant, psychiatric program development consultant, forensic psychiatry and as an advisor in development. His consultation experience have been on issues regarding mental health, clinical psychology programs and education, mental hygiene, health services, behavioral medicine programs, physician research, family medical care, anxiety support, drug issues and depression and manic depression. He has worked closely with several state medical boards and state boards of law examiners, mental health institutions, the police department, Peace Corps, several insurance companies and the U.S. Federal Court.
Forensic consultation regarding physician being prosecuted by Medical BoardForensic consultation regarding suicide of patient of a pain clinicPersonal development consultation, IBM
Management Consultation, Capital Broadcasting CompanyConsultation regarding impaired physicians, NC, Georgia, California Medical Boards
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year: 1957 | Degree: MD | Subject: Medicine | Institution: University of Toronto, Faculty of Medical, Toronto, Canada |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 1980 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Senior Associate | Department: |
Responsibilities:Clinical, administrative and mentoring. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1965 to 1973 | Employer: NC State Dept. of Mental Health | Title: Deputy Commissioner | Department: Central Office |
Responsibilities:Program and personnel administration, Management of $32 million budget, 2 hospitals, 10 area mental health programs. Associate professor of psychiatry at Duke University & University of NC |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1963 to 1965 | Employer: NC State Dept of Mental health | Title: Director of Professional Education & Training | Department: Training |
Responsibilities:Program development - special projects & training & education programs for 8 Institutions, and Associate professor of psychiatry, Duke University & U of NC |
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Government Experience
| Years | Agency | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 1960 to 1962 | Agency: Eastern State Hospital, Williamsburg, VA | Role: Resident in Psychiatry | Description: Patient care through units including admissions, female alcoholic, children, continuing care |
| Years: 1962 to 1963 | Agency: Dorothea Dix Hospital, Raleigh, NC | Role: Chief Resident in Psychiatry | Description: Developed programs and supervised residents in training, patient care of admissions |
| Years: 1963 to 1965 | Agency: Dorothea Dix Hospital, Raleigh, NC | Role: Director of Psychiatric Residency training | Description: Obtained and maintained full federal approval of training program in recruitment,training and supervision of residents in psychiatry |
| Years: 1965 to 1974 | Agency: NC State Department of Mental Health | Role: Director of Professional Education & Training and Deputy Commissioner of Mental Health | Description: Development, obtaining federal approval and funding for training programs; development & supervision of 2 state institutions and 10 Area mental health programs |
International Experience
| Years | Country / Region | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Years: 1973 to 1974 | Country / Region: Athens, Greece | Summary: Consultation to psychiatric hospital |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| American Medical Associations, American Psychiatric Associations, American Public Health Associations, American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, International Society of Hypnosis, Royal Society of Health, Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, Pan American Medical Association, Association for the Advancement of Psychotherapy, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Canadian Psychiatric Association, American Academy of Behavioral Medicine, American College of Forensic Psychiatry, Society for Professional Well-Being, American Academy of Pain Management, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| Medical license in VA, NC, and SC; Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, American Academy of Behavioral Medicine, Biofeedback Certification Institute of America, and the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis |
| Professional Appointments |
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| His hospital appointments include Chief Resident, Assistant Clinical Director, Psychiatric Residency Training Director, Founder & Physician-in-Charge and Director for Alcoholism Program for Women. Founder and medical director of several stress and pain clinics, chair of the Physicians Health Program and the Malpractice Committee of the Medical Board in NC, a member of the Board of Directors of several foundations in NC and the First Medical Director for two drug action and Director of of Professional Education and Training, Director of Research, Developer and Co-Director Physician Consultation, Deputy and Regional commissioner mental health committees. He served and still holds several positions in several local committees including as a County Commissioner of Mental Health and Medical Director of several Medical Societies. On a regional level, he serves as Chairman of numerous committees of various medical societies and mental health committees and state medical boards. Nationally, he has been chairman of several committees in the American Psychiatric Association and the Institute of Human Ecology. He has also held several academic appointments and editorial appointments. |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Featured in Marquis Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in Medicine and Health Care, Who’s Who in the Biobehavioral Sciences, Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals, Who’s Who in the World, Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, Top Doctors in America, America’s Top Psychiatrists by the Consumers’ Research Council of America,2 005 Individual Healthcare Professional Award Winner, International Professional of the Year 2006 |
| Medical / Professional |
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| Internship at Memorial Hospital, Resident in Psychiatry at Eastern State Hospital & Medical College, and Chief Resident in Psychiatry at Dorothea Dix Hospital, completed in 1961 |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| He has over 9 book review publications, 12 book chapters publications, 14 book, 5 brochures and pamphlets, 6 editorials, 104 professional presentations and seminars, and over 102 published articles. |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Experience in depositions, hearings and court appearances with local, state & federal courts in Medical Board actions, professional liability, boundary issues |
| Training / Seminars |
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| Self management, Personal development, Anxiety, Depression, Psychosomatics, Pain |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| Executive consutation regarding self management and personal development |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
|---|---|
| Greek | First language, now somewhat rusty |