Expert Details

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Electromyography and Electrodiagnosis

ID: 726864 California, USA

Expert is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Physiatriat). He has over 28 years private practice experience and 8 years at the VA engaged in post graduate medical teaching and supervision and also direct care to armed service veterans. He currently works as a Staff Physician, Attending Physiatrist and Medical Director of the Acute Hospital Inpatient Physical Rehabilitation Unit at the West Los Angeles VA and has a small solo private office practice in Northridge California. He is also currently president of the California Society of Physical Medcine and Rehabilitation.

He has been giving lectures and professional presentations for over 27 years on physical medicine and rehabilitation. His most recent presentations included topics such as dens fracture in a multiple trauma patient, Aspiration Pneumonia, Deep Vein Thrombosis, Pulmonary Embolism, Arrest and Death s/p cervical spine surgery complications, thrombocytopenia and renal insufficiency, Stroke Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation, Glioblastoma Multiforme, DVT vs. herniation vs. other immediate cause of death and Knee Replacement Complications. He has also been a speaker at several conferences hosted by local and national associations such as the National Stroke Association, UCLA, LA VA medical center, and National Education Center on similar topics.

As a medical director of various rehabilitation units and programs, he has extensive experience in the medical aspects as well as the business/industry and legal aspects in the field of rehabilitation and physical medicine. For example, he is experienced with providing medical consultation for patients with eating disorders, evaluating the progression and treatment of physical disabilities patients and evaluating and management of chronic pain in patients with disabilities. He is experienced with the development and management aspect of running these rehabilitation units and programs. And he also has experience consulting for a residential brain injury re-entry program.

Expert has experience working as a Medical Consultant in the Eating Disorders Program at Simi Valley Hospital for seven years.

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Education

Year	Degree	Subject	Institution
Year: 1977	Degree: MD	Subject: Medicine	Institution: University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine
Year: 1973	Degree: BA	Subject: Psychobiology	Institution: UCLA

Work History

Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 1981 to Present	Employer: Undisclosed	Title: Physician-Owner	Department:
Responsibilities: Solo private practice physiatry. Office, hospital and nursing home patients. Medical directorships for physical rehabilitation and pain mangement programs.
Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 2002 to Present	Employer: Undisclosed	Title: Staff Physiatrist and Medical Director of the Acute In-patient Rehabilitation Unit	Department: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service
Responsibilities: Started part-time and transitioned to full-time by 2005. Office private practice is ongoing and currently his part-time endeavor.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
He is a member of the Los Angeles County Medical Association, California Medical Association, American Medical Association, National Medical Association, Charles Drew Medical Society, California Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation as a Fellow, the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine and the American Academy of Clinical Neurophysiology.

Associations / Societies

He is a member of the Los Angeles County Medical Association, California Medical Association, American Medical Association, National Medical Association, Charles Drew Medical Society, California Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation as a Fellow, the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine and the American Academy of Clinical Neurophysiology.

Licenses / Certifications
He is certified as a Diplomate for the National Board of Medical Examiners and the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He is licensed to practice in the state of California.

Professional Appointments
He has held several professional appointments including Medical Director of the Rehabilitation Unit and Physical Rehabilitation at several hospitals including Northridge Hospital, the Medical Center of North Hollywood, and the Mission Community Hospital. He was appointed attending/supervising physician/physiatrist at his local VA medical center, as Co-Medical Director of the Rehabilitation Services at Beverly Manor Rehabilitation Center and as a Medical Staff member at several hospitals. He is currently an Assistant Medical Director at his current hospital and has worked as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurology and Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine at UCLA for four years. He has also served as chairman for the Rehabilitation Sub-Committee and many other committees and as peer Reviewer for the Department of Medicine of several hospital committees.

Professional Appointments

He has held several professional appointments including Medical Director of the Rehabilitation Unit and Physical Rehabilitation at several hospitals including Northridge Hospital, the Medical Center of North Hollywood, and the Mission Community Hospital. He was appointed attending/supervising physician/physiatrist at his local VA medical center, as Co-Medical Director of the Rehabilitation Services at Beverly Manor Rehabilitation Center and as a Medical Staff member at several hospitals. He is currently an Assistant Medical Director at his current hospital and has worked as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurology and Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine at UCLA for four years. He has also served as chairman for the Rehabilitation Sub-Committee and many other committees and as peer Reviewer for the Department of Medicine of several hospital committees.

Awards / Recognition
He was recognized by the GLA/UCLA Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Program with a Certificate of Appreciation for “Best” Visiting Consulting Faculty, nominated for the Alumni Professional Achievement Award, and has been named Employee of the Month by the GLA Healthcare and VA center.

Medical / Professional
He completed his internship in 1978 in Pediatrics at UCLA and his residency in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in 1981 at the VA center in West LA.

Publications and Patents Summary
He is a co-author of a recently published article in the Journal of Rheumatology on fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS).

Fields of Expertise

physical medicine and rehabilitation, peripheral nervous system disease, myasthenia gravis, neuromuscular disorder, muscular dystrophy, rehabilitation