Expert Details

Primary Care Medicine, Family Practice, Rural Medicine

ID: 726834 California, USA

Expert is board certified in Family Medicine by the American Board of Family Practice with a special interest in Primary Care and Rural Medicine. He has over 30 years of experience in a small rural community with a relative shortage of specialists. His professional experience include providing medical service in obstetrics, ICU medicine, infusion therapy, assisted in surgery as well as standard outpatient family practice. He is currently a hospitalist and has been on clinical faculty at UC San Francisco and UC Davis, precepting medical students, residents, nurse practitioners and physician assistants. He was formerly a test item writer for the American Board of Family Practice.

With his expertise, he has testified as an expert medical witness on several occasions on issues ranging from child abuse and neglect, exposure to hepatitis, and appropriate diagnostic workup and consultation for hospitalized patients. He also served as medical director of a local hospice.

Expert developed computer simulation of coronary care unit on call responsibilities for family practice residents

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Education

Year	Degree	Subject	Institution
Year: 1976	Degree: M.D.	Subject: Medicine	Institution: University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
Year: 1972	Degree: BA	Subject: Psychology	Institution: Stanford University

Work History

Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 2000 to Present	Employer: Undisclosed	Title: Owner	Department:
Responsibilities: He is self-employed as a Primary Care Family Physician providing quality medical care and consulting services to patients.

Government Experience

Years	Agency	Role	Description
Years: 1979 to 1981	Agency: National Health Service Corps	Role: Physician	Description: He practices as a physician in primary care an area of Northern California that has a shortage of physicians.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
AAFP, CAFP, AMA

Licenses / Certifications
He is board certified by the American Board of Family Practice and is license to work in the state of California as a physician and surgeon.

Professional Appointments
He has held the position of Chief of staff at local hospital twice, President of bi-county IPA.

Awards / Recognition
He was honored by the American Board of Family Practice as a Test Item Writer.

Medical / Professional
He completed his residency in Family Practice at St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center.

Publications and Patents Summary
Expert has written numerous essays, poems and short fiction about medicine, rural medicine in Costa Rica and physician instructions.

Language Skills

Language	Proficiency
Spanish	He has basic proficiency, but is not highly skilled in the language.

Fields of Expertise

ambulatory care, family medicine, rural medicine, primary care, hospital medicine