PRACTICE
1986-2005, Sacramento Cardiovascular
Surgeons Medical Group
Sacramento, California
EDUCATION
May 1975, BA, University of North
Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
Major: Chemistry, Biology
May 1979, MD, University of Virginia,
School of Medicine
Charlottesville, VA
INTERNSHIP
July 1979 - July 1980, University
of Alabama, Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Department of General Surgery
Chairman: John Kirklin, MD
RESIDENCY
July 1980 - July 1984, University
of Alabama, Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Department of General Surgery
Chairman: John W. Kirklin, MD
Arnold Diethelm, MD
FELLOWSHIP
July 1984 - July 1986, University
of Alabama, Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Cardiothoracic Fellowship
Chairman: John W. Kirklin MD
Al D. Pacifico, MD
HONORS
Phi Eta Sigma
Phi Beta Kappa
Admissions Committee, University of Virginia Medical School
Lange Outstanding Medical Student Award
CERTIFICATION
1987 - American Board of General
Surgery
1988 - American Board of Thoracic Surgery, recertified 1997
LICENSURE
1986 California
2002 DEA
1980 Alabama
APPOINTMENTS
1986 - Present: Sutter Community Hospitals Sacramento, CA
1997 - Present: Sutter Memorial Hospital Cardiac Transplant Director
2006 - Present: Sutter Memorial Hospital LVAD Director
1988 - 2005: Director Quality Review Board Sutter Memorial Hospital
2003 - 2005: Vice-Chairman of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Department, Sutter Memorial Hospital
2005 - Present: Medical Board of California consultant and expert reviewers.
ORGANIZATIONS
American College of Cardiology
Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Western Thoracic Surgical Association
American Medical Association
California Medical Association
Sacramento-El Dorado Medical Society
John W. Kirklin Society
American College of Surgeons
American College of Chest Physicians
Southwestern Surgical Society
KEYWORDS
Cardiothoracic Surgery Expert Witness, Cardiac Surgery Expert Witness, Vascular Surgery Expert Witness, Thoracic Surgery Expert Witness, Cardiac Transplantation Expert Witness, Left Ventricular Support Devices Expert Witness