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- Company: University of Michigan
- Phone: 248 778-5515
- Cell: 248 778-5515
Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness
General Specialties:
Emergency MedicineKeywords/Search Terms:
Credentialing, Quality, Patient Safety, Strangulation including Erotic Asphyxiation, EMS, Sepsis, Myocardial Infarction, Testicular Torsion, Pneumonia, MCOLES Training (Michigan Coalition of Law Enforcement Standards)Education:
B.S., University of Michigan; D.O., New York College of Osteopathic Medicine; Chief Resident, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MichiganYears in Practice:
30Additional Information
Board Certified (ABEM) Emergency Physician with over 30 years of post-graduate clinical experience working in a Level I Trauma Center. Transitioned out of the clinical arena in January 2025 but continues to maintain Board Certification in Emergency Medicine. Expert witness (for both plaintiff and defendant) in strangulation/erotic asphyxiation, credentialing and medical malpractice cases. Has completed MCOLES (Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards) training. Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine at The University of Michigan, for twenty years. Oral Board Examiner (ABEM) for eight years. Credentialing Chair for thirteen years, as well as Quality Assurance Chair for fifteen years at Hurley Hospital, Flint, Michigan. Current Physician Advisor for Utilization Review, Hurley Hospital, reviewing over 1,000 cases per year. Authored medical education book chapters , as well as numerous journal articles. Previous Medical Director for a community hospital Emergency Department. Current hospital insurance contract negotiator.