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Broad Based Understanding of Health Care Delivery

• Trained at Top Ten Pediatric Residency Program – Children’s of Los Angeles 1977-1980
• Ran Poor Intercity Pediatric Medicaid Program for Hahnemann Medical College1980-1981
• Taught Medical Students, Pediatric Residents, Medical Management Fellows & Medical Directors for 4 different Medical Universities 1980 to present
• Built 6 Physician Private Pediatric Practice 1980-1990
• Served 4 Nationally Recognized Health Plans as Medical Director 1986 to present
• Provided Clinical Corporate Leadership in Patient Management, Disease Management, Quality Management, National Accounts, and eHealth in payer space 1992 to 2002
• Performed Clinical Global Leadership role for GE Medical Services including occupational medicine compliance, quality delivery of care, emergency preparedness, productivity, and prevention 2002-2005
• Led publicly traded Workplace Health Company as President / CMO (AMEX:DMX) 2005-2008

Accomplished Professional Author

• Total Care Management: A Physician Executive’s Guide to Medical Management for the 21^st Century (Published Fall 2000)
• A Physician’s Guide to Patient Management for the 90’s and Beyond (Published 1995)
• Numerous articles and book chapters written on various medical management topics including centers of excellence, credentialing, behavioral health, the spectrum of health care delivery, quality of care and health & productivity

Passionate About Improving Health Care

• Dedicates free time to writing, speaking and teaching about Health Care Improvement
• Recipient of a Medical Miracle – Corneal Transplantation – from Blindness to Seeing
• Victim of the Limitations of Health Care – Father died while in medical school – ravages of obesity & diabetes
• Eagerness to enter field – graduated medical school at 23 years old (youngest graduate of in several decades)

Unparalleled Sense of Humor

• Best displayed through the interview process