Board Certified Emergency Medical Expert Witness

EDUCATION
1988 AB, Harvard College
1996 MD, Harvard Medical School

Postdoctoral Training
1996-97 Internship, Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati
1997-2000 Residency, Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati

APPOINTMENTS
2000-present Instructor in Medicine (Emergency Medicine), Harvard Medical School

2000-present Associate Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital

AWARDS AND HONORS
1996 SAEM Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award
1999 Rhône-Poulenc Rorer Emergency Medicine Resident Scholarship
2001 Esther B. Kahn Young Investigator's Award
2002 Certificates of Appreciation ("Caught in the Act"), Brigham and Women's Hospital
2002 Partners in Excellence Award, Partners HealthCare
2002-05 Top Consultant, Annals of Emergency Medicine

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION
1996-present Advanced Cardiac Life Support Instructor Certification
1997-present Advanced Trauma Life Support Provider Certification
2000-present Commonwealth of Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine
2000-present Federal DEA Controlled Substances Registration
2000-present Commonwealth of Massachusetts Controlled Substances Registration
2001-present Institute for Clinical Evaluation ECG-EXAM Certification
2001-present American Board of Emergency Medicine

EXPERIENCE
Hospital and Health Care Organization Service Responsibilities
2002-present Institutional Review Board Member, Partners Healthcare System

Major Administrative Responsibilities

2003-present Assistant Director, Emergency Cardiac-Stroke Unit, Brigham and Women's Hospital

2004-present Associate Clinical Director, Department of Emergency Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital

Other Professional Positions
2000-present Member, Steering Committee, CHF Benchmarking Project, University Health System Consortium

2004-present Member, Clinical Policies Subcommittee on Decompensated Heart Failure, American College of Emergency Physicians Medical School Teaching

2000-present Introduction to Clinical Medicine Harvard Medical School

2000-present Emergency Medicine Core Clerkship. Harvard Medical School

2004-present Emergency Medicine Harvard Medical School

Major Committee Assignments

2001-present Emergency Department Service Team, Member, Brigham and Women's Hospital

2002-present Institutional Review Board Member, Partners Healthcare System

2005-present ICU Leadership Committee, Member, Brigham and Women's Hospital

2005-present Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, Member, Brigham and Women's Hospital

2005-present Physician Council, Member, Brigham and Women's Hospital

2005-present Emergency Department Operations Committee, Member, Brigham and Women's Hospital

2005-present Emergency Department Management Committee, Member, Brigham and Women's Hospital

2005-present Clinical Practice Leaders Committee, Member, Brigham and Women's Hospital

2005-present Medical Staff Executive Committee, Member, Brigham and Women's Hospital

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
1992-present American Medical Association, Member
1996-present American College of Emergency Physicians, Member
1996-present Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, Member
1998-present National Association of EMS physicians, Member

LECTURES

Available upon request

PUBLICATIONS

Available upon request

KEYWORDS

Emergency Medicine Expert Witness, Medical malpractice Expert Witness, Cardiovascular care Expert Witness