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Expert Details

CAUSATION EXPERT IN FORENSIC PATHOLOGY, FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY AND INTERNAL MEDICINE

ID: 724578 California, USA

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Experienced expert witness in personal injury, malpractice and wrongful death cases, Autopsy pathology, slide and record review. Expert is and an Independent Medical Examiner.

Internal Medicine, Forensic Pathology and Toxicology. Board Certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology.
Expert is board certified in Forensic toxicology.

He offers extensive expertise in chart review, clinical and pathologic correlation, causation analysis and case preparation.

300 trials
450 depositions
Cause of death analysis

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1977 Degree: M.D. Subject: Pathology Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Year: 2001 Degree: J.D. Subject: Law Institution: Abraham Lincoln University
Year: 2004 Degree: M.S. Subject: Forensic Toxicology Institution: University of Florida

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1980 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Physician Department:
Responsibilities:
Laboratory Management/Pathology/Clinical Medicine

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
American College of Pathologists,
American Society of Clinical Toxicology

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES:
College of American Pathologists, Diplomat
Interamerican College of Physicians and Surgeons
American Academy of Clinical Toxicology
American Board of Forensic Toxicology, Diplomat
Licenses / Certifications
CERTIFICATION, LICENSURE AND FELLOWSHIP:
American Board of Pathology (Anatomic and Clinical) 1977
American Board of Preventive Medicine (Occupational Medicine) 2006
American Board of Forensic Toxicology 2008
Medical Licenses: Pennsylvania 1975; California, 1977; Q.M.E.; Texas, 2011
Civil Surgeon’s Identification Number, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Professional Appointments
USC Keck School of Medicine
APPOINTMENTS AND POSITIONS:
1978-1979 Co-Director, Upjohn Laboratory Procedures, Inc.
1978-1987 Director, Diagnostic Pathology Associates
1980-present Medical Director at Del Carmen Medical Center
1980-present Valley Presbyterian Hospital, Providence-Tarzana Medical Center
1987-2017 Medical Director of KedPlasma, a Plasmapheresis Center
1997-present Pathologist, Forensic Autopsy Services
1999-present Clinical Associate Professor of Pathology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine
2001-present Director – Psychemedics Inc. Toxicology Laboratory
2001-present Director – H.I.B.M. Genetics Research Laboratory

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Teaching Fellow, School of Cytotechnology of the University Health Center of Pittsburgh, 1974 to 1977.
Associate Laboratory Instructor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, 1974 to 1977.
Guest Lecturer, California State University – Advanced Immunology Review, August 1978.
Regular Lecturer, University of Southern California, School of Medicine, 1983-
1984.
Postgraduate Fellowship Training, Olive View Medical Center Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1988-1989.
Career Consultant, California State University at Northridge, 1989-present.
Centro de Amistad Physician Consultant for abused women and children, 1986-present.
Lecturer Valley Presbyterian Hospital – Health Education Center – Hispanic Prenatal Care Program, 1993.
Human Resource Center, Inc. – President – a non-profit community clinic serving the indigent and elderly, 1984-1996.
Chabad of the Valley – A non-profit organization – volunteer staff physician serving indigent community members 1981-present.
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank – local director of distribution center – San Fernando Valley, 1995.
Consultant – Contributing Forces for Battered Women, 1995-1997.

Awards / Recognition
Scholarship – Autonomous University of Guadalajara
Fellow of the American Cancer Society
Fellow of the College of American Pathologists
Award Mayor Bradley for Senior Health Care Program
Centro de Amistad Award for donated services to Latino Community
County of L.A. Supervisor Mike Antonovich award for public service
City Attorney Office Award for Services to Victims of Crime
Keck USC School of Medicine, Professor of the Year (2 years)
Medical / Professional
University of Puerto Rico 1972

RESEARCH:
1971 Intestinal Transit Time and Its Relationship to Dietary Fiber.
1976 Review of Sarcomas of the Breast – University of Pittsburgh,
Health Center Hospitals.
1989-Present Hyperimmunization of Blood Donors for the Production of
Anti-Rh (D) Gammaglobulin (Immunization Research).
1993-Present Vaccine Induction of Antibodies to Hepatitis B Vaccine
( Immunization Research).
2000 Clinical Investigator for Quintiles Laboratories/GlaxoWellcome Study of Females with Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

2001 Clinical Investigator for Bayer Pharmaceuticals Study on Community
Acquired Pneumonia.
2002 Liver Cell Transplantation Using a Mouse Model of Wilson’s Disease –
Professor Paul Wright, Mentor, RMIT University.
2006 Clinical Investigator for study of Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing for
Hepatitis B Virus in Pooled Samples from Source Plasma Donors –
Protocol NGI 99-01/BB-IND 8629 – Baxter Study
2007 Merck Diabetes Clinical Research Study (Protocol # MK-0431A-079)
2007 Merck Diabetes Clinical Research Study (Protocol # MK-0431-064)
2007 Merck Renal Insufficiency Research Study (Protocol # MK-0431-063)
2008 Merck Diabetes Clinical Research Study (Protocol # MK-0431-061)
2008 Pfizer GI Reasons Clinical Research Study
2008 SeraCare Hepatitis A Clinical Research Study
2008 SeraCare Rubella Clinical Research Study
2009 Pfizer GI Reasons Clinical Research Study (Protocol # A3191331)
2009 Pfizer GI Reasons Clinical Research Study (Protocol # A4091016)
2009 Pfizer GI Reasons Clinical Research Study (Protocol # A4091018)
2009 Targeted Medical Pharma Research Study (Protocol # SentraPM 102)
2009 Merck Asthma Clinical Research Study (Protocol # MK-0633-007)
2010 Merck Gardasil Vaccine Research Study (Protocol # V503-002)
2010 Merck Diabetes Clinical Research Study (Protocol # MK-0431-061)
2012 Ventrus Biosciences, Symptomatic Internal Hemorrhoids (VEN309-Hem)
Publications and Patents Summary
Publications: 27
Presentations: 8

Additional Experience

Expert Witness Experience
Expert has been an expert witness in 67 cases to date. List available upon request.
Training / Seminars
EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

Hunter College, City University of N.Y. Bachelor of Arts, 1969.
Autonomous University of Guadalajara Doctor of Medicine, 1972.
Postgraduate –
1. Rotating Internship – Univ. of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Medical Center, 1973.
2. Pathology Residency – Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, 1973 - 1976.
3. Clinical Immunopathology Fellow – U of Pittsburgh, Dept. of Pathology,1977.
4. Juris Doctor Degree – Abraham Lincoln University, School of Law, 1997-2001.
5. University of Florida, Forensic Toxicology Masters Degree, 2004.
6. RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, Graduate Diploma in Toxicology, 2005. Master’s in Applied Toxicology, 2009.
7. UCLA, Molecular Science, 2009-2010.
8. University of Edinburgh, Graduate Diploma in Translational Medicine, 2015

Language Skills

Language Proficiency
English and Spanish

Fields of Expertise

applied toxicology, building-related disease, carbon monoxide poisoning, cellular immunology, clinical genetics, clinical immunology, clinical measurement, clinical medicine, clinical pathology, clinical toxicology, combustion toxicology, comparative immunology, cytogenetics, disease, disease control, therapy, drug, drug toxicology, forensic toxicology, hematologic disease, hematotoxicology, histopathology, immunization, immunodeficiency, immunology, immunotoxicology, in vitro toxicology, in vivo toxicology, infectious disease, inhalation toxicology, pathology, pharmacogenetics, toxicology, causation analysis, medical analysis, clinical laboratory testing, medical record review, forensic pathology, medical causation, pathologic process, biochemical genetics, medical genetics, pediatric pathology, laboratory testing, independent medical evaluation, bioinformatics, oxygen toxicity, genetic disease, chemical exposure, chronic disease, mycobacterial disease, occupational disease, angina, clinical laboratory equipment, clinical laboratory, periodontal disease, immunosuppression, biomaterial toxicology, disease control biochemical, biochemical genetics testing, teratology, molecular pathology, molecular immunology, immunogenetics, immunoparasitology, human genetics, immunocytochemistry, immunochemistry, polymer toxicology, stenosis, fibrosis, biotoxicology, biomedicine, forest pathology, systemic disease, ocular disease, syndrome, predictive toxicology, nervous system disease, internal medicine, immunoassay, environmental toxicology, drug therapy, cardiovascular disease, carcinogenicity

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