Expert Details
Pediatrics: Anesthesia, Ambulatory Surgery, Analgesia, Pain Management, Analgesic Drug Development
ID: 724736
Kentucky, USA
Expert has twenty years of experience in the care of children and adults in Ambulatory Surgery. Expert served as Director of the Ambulatory Surgery Unit at Arkansas Children's Hospital from 1991 to 1998.
Expert has acted as a consultant to multiple children's hospitals on the development of Pediatric Pain Management Services.He has acted as a consultant to multiple enterprises on the management of operating rooms.He has acted as a consultant to pharmaceutical companies on the development of drugs to be administered to children.
He has acted as a consultant to Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to the management of payment to physicians for pain control in children.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1976 | Degree: BA | Subject: Psychology/Zoology | Institution: University of North Carolina |
| Year: 1980 | Degree: MD | Subject: | Institution: University of North Carolina |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 1998 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Executive Vice Chairman | Department: Anesthesiology |
Responsibilities:Director of Pediatric Anesthesia and Pain Management;Executive Vice Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology; Planner for the expansion of Perioperative Services in the new Patient Care Facility at the Unversity of Kentucky |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1991 to 1998 | Employer: University of Arkansas | Title: Executive Vice Chairman | Department: Anesthesiology |
Responsibilities:Director of Division of Pediatric Anesthesia at Arkansas Children's Hospital;Executive Vice Chairman Department of Anesthesiology; Chief Operating Officer, Medical College Physician's Group; Medical Director of Perioperative Services, Arkansas Children's hospital |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1986 to 1990 | Employer: Wake Forest University/Bowman Grey School of Medicine | Title: Chief, Pediatric Anesthesia | Department: Anesthesiology and Pediatrics |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1986 to 1990 | Employer: Wake Forest University/Bowman Grey School of Medicine | Title: Associate Director - Pediatric Intensive Care Unit | Department: Anesthesiology and Pediatrics |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1989 to 1990 | Employer: Wake Forest University/ Bowman Grey School of Medicine | Title: Assistant Medical Director of the Ambulatory Surgery Center | Department: Anesthesiology |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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Government Experience
| Years | Agency | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 1993 to 1995 | Agency: Legislature of the State of Arkansas | Role: Chair, Committee on Assessment of Pain Management in the State of Arkansas | Description: Expert held hearings for this Legislative Committee and submitted a report to the Legislators. |
| Years: 1995 to Present | Agency: Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services, Department of Health and Human Services | Role: Consultant on Physician Payment for Pediatric Pain Management | Description: |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Active member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, Active Member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Active Member of the Society for Critical Care Medicine, Active Member of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| Licensed to practice medicine in the Commonwealth of Kentucky |
| Professional Appointments |
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| Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics; Executive Vice Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology Employer, Chief, Pediatric Anesthesia and Pain Management, The Kentucky Children's Hospital Senior Examiner, American Board of Anesthesiology |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| Chosen one of Best Doctors in America for last twelve consecutive years, Who's Who Among Healthcare Professionals; Columbia Who's Who; Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha Omega Alpha |
| Medical / Professional |
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| Board certified in Anesthesiology and Pediatrics; Internship In Pediatrics; Residency in Pediatrics; Residency in Anesthesiology; Fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesiology; Fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care. |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| He has over a hundred publications and over three hundred presentations on topics related to Pediatric Anesthesia. |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Expert has twenty years of experience in litigation involving children in operating rooms, pediatric critical care and pediatric pain management. He has responded often to cases relating to the appropriate care of infants and children in the operating room. |
| Training / Seminars |
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| Expert has given literally hundreds of presentations nationally and internationally relating to Pediatric Anesthesiology, Pediatric Pain Control, Pediatric Critical Care and Pediatric Palliative Care. |
| Marketing Experience |
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| He is well versed in the advanced technology used in the operating rooms and critical care units. |
| Other Relevant Experience |
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| Expert has significant experience in the management of Operating Rooms, Anesthesiology Groups, and Hospital Management. |