Expert Details
Internal Medicine + Addiction Medicine with interest in diabetes hypertension Suboxone + methadone
ID: 727122
New Jersey, USA
He is board certified in Internal Medicine and has been in solo private practice at his office and both at a university and at local teaching hospitals treating his own patients and consultations for other doctors for more than 30 years including patient management in cardiac and intensive care units.
Expert is board certified in Addiction Medicine and has been the medical director of an outpatient drug treatment center for more than 25 years with extensive experience with both methadone and Suboxone/buprenorphine.
Inpatient Internal medicine consulting at a tertiary care hospital in southern New Jersey. Addiction medicine both as medical director at private clinic prescribing Methadone and at his private office prescribing buprenorphine (Suboxone, Zubsolv and Bunavail) and Vivitrol (for opiate and alcohol dependence).Private office, solo practice general internal medicine practice.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year: 1983 | Degree: Internal Medicine | Subject: Internal Medicine | Institution: Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, Camden, NJ |
| Year: 1979 | Degree: MD | Subject: Medicine | Institution: Autoomous University of Guadalajara |
| Year: 1975 | Degree: BS | Subject: Biology, Premed | Institution: Villanova University, Villanova PA |
| Year: 1970 | Degree: BA | Subject: High School | Institution: Central High School, Phila., PA |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 1983 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Physician/Owner | Department: |
Responsibilities:He is the owner and operator of a successful private Internal Medicine practice. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1987 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Medical Director | Department: |
Responsibilities:He is the Medical Director managing patient care both with personal contact and through staff direction. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1991 to 2001 | Employer: US Healthworks | Title: Medical Director | Department: |
Responsibilities:He started and developed a private occupational medical practice in Camden, NJ with contracts with the city (as well as other local businesses) managing all their workers compensation and occupational medicine. His practice was acquired by a national company and he continued to work for them for several years as a staff physician. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1986 to 2008 | Employer: Self | Title: Phsician | Department: |
Responsibilities:He was a private physician at 2 area nursing homes providing medical care for up to 70 patients until having to stop when time constraints of other obligations necessitated stopping after associate retired. |
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Government Experience
| Years | Agency | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 2015 to 2016 | Agency: Civil Air Patrol | Role: Pilot | Description: Senior member with Cadet oversight |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| ACP-ASIM, ASAM |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| MD |
| Professional Appointments |
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| Medical director at private outpatient addiction treatment center |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Fellow in the American Society of Addiction Medicine. |
| Medical / Professional |
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| Board certified in Internal Medicine and Addiction Medicine |
Additional Experience
| Training / Seminars |
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| Drug company sponsored. |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| Private pilot with insight related to altitude issues, medical concerns related to flying in unpressurized general aviation planes and pilot medical exam reform. Certified SCUBA diver with medical training related to diving medicine including decompression sickness and hyperbaric chamber use. |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Proficient but not fluent |
Fields of Expertise
addiction medicine, alcoholic beverage, detoxification, diabetes, drug abuse, geriatrics, internal medicine, narcotic, narcotics addiction, nicotine, oxycodone, prescription medicine addiction, smoking, smoking addiction, substance abuse, syncope, suboxone, methadone, addiction, alcohol tolerance, alcohol toxicology, cigarette human health effect, opiate, opioid, tobacco, tobacco smoke, tobacco smoke human health effect, parental substance abuse, prediabetic state, type 2 diabetes, diabetic ketoacidosis, diabetic complication, cocaine addiction, sleep medicine, pulmonary medicine, hospital medicine, alcoholism, cardiopulmonary disease, gastroenteritis, sleep, hydromorphone, alcohol compound, sleep disorder treatment, diabetes treatment, sleep disorder, obesity, morphine, gastroenterology, endocrinology, endocrine disease, electrocardiography, clinical medicine, cardiovascular disease, cardiology, beer, abused drug