PEDIATRIC EXPERT WITNESS

EDUCATION

July 73 - June 76 Martin Luther King, Jr. County Hospital in Los Angeles, Pediatric Residency, with a minor on Obstetrics The final year of residency was a special project which was the development of a first prototype of a high risk infant follow up clinic identifying High Risk Newborns sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Sept 68 - June 73 University of California, San Diego at La Jolla, the School of Medicine first class admitted. Received MD degree during the last year special studies in Obstetrics in Oxford University and completed a film for my required medical school thesis, which was a study of outpatient medicine in the County Health system of San Diego.

July 63 - June 68 Antioch College Yellow Springs, Ohio B.A. in Biology with areas of special interests in Ecology and Natural History. As this was a work-study school it required a five year commitment in the following settings: The American Museum of Natural History in New York City, The Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine in New York City, Mount Zion Rehabilitation Ward in San Francisco, California, Crotchet Mountain Rehabilitation Hospital in New Hampshire, Brookfield Zoo as pathologist assistant in Chicago, Illinois, Herbal Studies in San Francisco studying Chinese and wild-crafted herbs, Gold Mine in Northern Ontario, Canada, teaching Canadians, High School courses Shrine Circus doing a creative writing project and Fellowship House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, teaching the principles of Nonviolent Direct Action during the Civil Rights era.

1959-1963 Graduate South side High School Fort Wayne, Indiana Honored for four years of high school math by achieving the highest grade in the math-qualifying test in the history of the school.

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS AND TEACHING

UCLA Department of Psychiatry clinical faculty member teaching Child and Adolescent Fellows about the medical/mental health needs of foster children

CHLA (Children's Hospital Los Angeles) Teaching Pediatric Residents a court rotation service for Forensic Pediatrics and Pediatric consultations and for dependent children with complex medical/mental health needs

UCLA Department of Pediatrics clinical faculty member teaching Pediatric Residents on Pediatric consulting and advocacy for children in the Dependency Court

BOARD CERTIFICATION

July 1978 American Board of Pediatrics, Certified

EXPERIENCE

December 2001 to present Employed by the Department of Mental Health County of Los Angeles as a Consultant Physician and the Children's Court Pediatrician working with the Juvenile Court Mental Health Services team, review cases presented by the children's attorneys with questions concerning neglect, physical, sexual and mental abuse, as well as complications affecting general health and issues of possible malpractice and personal injury. The population of children within the Juvenile court system is over 50,000. I also review requests sent to the Court to place foster children on psychotropic medications and I offer medical opinions to a team that helps the courts decide between delinquency and dependency adjudication authority based on assessments of rehabilitation potential.

November 2001 to 2002 Worked one day a week in a clinical setting where I provide psychotropic Medication management, Pediatric counseling to parents and consultations to Psychiatrists The Los Angeles Child Guidance Clinic employed me to providing therapy and medication management to an inner city population of children with high mental and physical health needs and to assist with diagnosis of physical causes of mental health conditions.

October 2001 to 2002 I consulted for California Children's Services in Medical Treatment Units (MTU's) where I devised case management plans for severely handicapped students. The case plan involved referrals, nutrition plans social services and rehabilitation programs

1998 - 2001 My private practice focus was establishing a treatment project for foster children in the Los Angeles County Area. Teams with a physician, physician assistants and medical assistants make house calls to foster homes to provide needed services and to evaluate the effectiveness of health care procedures, referrals, record requests as well as providing environmental and developmental assessments and nutritional counseling. The full scope of Pediatric services is provided. Direct clinical care in the home assures foster parent cooperation and the safety of the foster child. Other responsibilities included reviewing the effectiveness of interventions such as psychological therapy on behavioral issues by monitoring target behaviors that effect the stability of the placement, the ability of the child to learn at school and to participate in extracurricular programs. These clinical decisions are part of the physician's responsibilities to manage the health care needs of this population including monitoring psychotropic agents for dosages adjustments, side effects, and risk benefit decisions.

August 1994 to 1998 Private Pediatric Practice and Consulting in two major West Coast areas, The establishment of Pediatric Treatment Services and Pediatric Projects including day care and therapeutic day care centers, Pediatric AIDS services, and reviewing childhood residential placement and foster care issues.

August 1993 to July 1994 Attending Pediatrician in the Department of Emergency Pediatrics at Children's Hospital in Los Angeles in the Urgent Care Clinic.

1987 - to 1993 Private practice in Pediatrics providing in home services since 1987 to children placed in licensed Foster Homes, Small Family Homes, Group Homes, and Residential Facilities. The patients are under the protection of the Department of Children's Services as well as the Probation Department and include normal children emotionally disturbed children with mild, moderate, and severe emotional disturbance as well as "medically fragile" children with retardation, physical handicaps, and brain damage.

January 1992 To August 1992 Consultant Physician for the Westside Regional Center reviewing the health care service needs for 3,500 patients of all ages with the diagnoses of autism, mental retardation, cerebral palsy or uncontrolled seizures.

1988 Cigna Health Plans Clinic Pediatrician

1984- 1987 Private Pediatric office in Los Angeles where I maintained a pediatric practice and consulted on nutrition, parenting and behavior issues

1980-1984 Private practice of Pediatrics in Inglewood, California, The office provided comprehensive Pediatric care to an inner city population.

1979-1980 L.A.U.S.D. School Health Physician in numerous Elementary, Junior High and High Schools. Child Health and Disability Prevention (CHDP) physician with Martin Luther King Hospital and the Compton Health Department Medical Director and a physician for the Family Health Clinic Indian Free Clinic of Huntington Park

1976-1978 Hubert H. Humphrey Health Center for Los Angeles County in Los Angeles Team Leader working with other physicians, nurses, public health nurses, mental health workers, sanitation workers, and a variety of other medical support services taking care of families living in specified census tracts. I helped open this comprehensive clinic directly out of my residency-training program.

Area of Expertise

I am a board certified Pediatrician and I have been in the practice of pediatrics for over 30 years and have provided litigation support services for child endangerment and pediatric medical malpractice cases for over ten years. I have reviewed cases offering my opinion and providing consultation to attorneys. I have provided expert witness testimony in depositions and at trial both civil and criminal. General Pediatric Medical Malpractice Product liability Shaken Baby Syndrome Munchausen by Proxy Child Abuse Lead Exposure Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

KEYWORDS

Pediatric Expert Witness, Pediatric Litigation Expert Witness, General Pediatrics Expert Witness, Child Abuse Expert Witness, Fetal Alcohol Exposure Expert Witness, Toxic Exposures Expert Witness

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