Contact this Expert Witness
- Company: Mark A. Smith, MD Healthcare Consulting
- Phone: (760) 275-8204
- Cell: (760) 275-8204
Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness
General Specialties:
Medical Management and Vascular SurgeryKeywords/Search Terms:
Physician Credentialing, Physician Peer Review, Negligent Credentialing, Negligent Peer Review, Patient Safety, Healthcare Quality, Performance Improvement, Fair/Judicial hearings, Medical Staff Affairs, Conflicts of Interest, Physician Integration and Alignment, Physician conductEducation:
MD, Jefferson Medical College; MBA, University of Phoenix; BS, University of MichiganYears in Practice:
40+Number of Times Deposed/Testified in Last 4 Yrs:
8Additional Information
Dr. Smith is an independent senior healthcare consultant and a practicing vascular surgeon as a Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of California, Irvine. He has provided expert medical testimony in cases involving medical staff affairs, peer review and credentialing/privileging. He previously served as the Chief Medical Officer with Morrisey Associates Inc/ Morcare LLC for six years and for The Hardenbergh Group0 for 2 years.. He brings 40+ years of clinical practice and hospital management experiences to his work with physicians and hospitals across the United States. He is Board Certified in Vascular Surgery and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the American College of Healthcare Executives. He is a member of the American College of Physician Executives, the Society for Vascular Surgery and the Southern California Vascular Surgical Society. Dr. Smith has an expertise in system quality and performance improvement, peer review, ongoing and focused professional practice evaluation, management of deficient practitioner performance, criteria based privileging, low volume practitioners, ED call and external focused review. He is a Certified Professional of Healthcare Quality by the NAHQ. Dr. Smith is a graduate of Jefferson Medical College. He received his general surgery residency training at the University of Kansas Medical Center and had Cardiac and Vascular Surgery fellowships at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Smith holds an M.B.A. from the University of Phoenix. He enjoys tennis, gemology, traveling and is an avid instrument rated private pilot.