Internal Medicine and Toxicology (Board Certified) Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Expert Witness

Expert Witness No. 775

EDUCATION AND TRAINING: 

Undergraduate - Hunter College, City University of N.Y. Bachelor of Arts, 1969.

Graduate - Autonomous University of Guadalajara Doctor of Medicine, 1972.

Postgraduate -

1.     Rotating Internship - Univ. of Puerto Rico, Mayaquez Medical Center, 1973.

2.     Pathology Residency - Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, 1973 -1976.

3.     Clinical Immunopathology Fellow - U of Pittsburgh, Dept. of Pathology,1977.

4.     J.D. Degree - Abraham Lincoln University, School of Law, 1997 - 2001.

5.     University of Florida, Forensic Toxicology Masters Program, 2000 - current.

6.     RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, Applied Toxicology Masters Program, 2000 - current. 

CERTIFICATION, LICENSURE AND FELLOWSHIP: 

Board Certification:         American Board of Pathology (AP/CP) 1977

Medical Licenses:            Pennsylvania, 1975, California, 1977  

APPOINTMENTS AND POSITIONS: 

1978-1979                       Upjohn Laboratory Procedures, Inc.

1978-1987                       Medical Laboratory Director at Diagnostic Pathology Associates

1980-present    Medical Director at Del Carmen Medical Center

1980-present   Valley Presbyterian Hospital, Encino-Tarzana Medical Center

1987-present   Medical Director of Plasmapheresis Center at Trimar Hollywood

1988-1992                           Blood Alliance Medical Laboratory

1999-present   Physicians Pathology Services, Inc. - Staff Pathologist

1999-present   Clinical Assistant Professor, USC School of Medicine 

HONORS:

Scholarship - Autonomous University of Guadalajara

Fellow of the American Cancer Society

Fellow of the College of American Pathologists

Award Mayor Bradley for Senior Health Care Program

Centro de Amistad Award for donated services to Latino Community

City of L.A. Supervisor Mike Antonovich award for public service

City Attorney Office Award for Services to Victims of Crime

Keck USC School of Medicine, Professor of the Year (2002) 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: 

Teaching Fellow, School of Cytotechnology of the University Health Center of Pittsburgh, 1974 to 1977.

Associate Laboratory Instructor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, 1974 to 1977.

Guest Lecturer, California State University - Advanced Immunology Review, August 1978.

Regular Lecturer, University of Southern California, School of Medicine, 1983-1984.

Postgraduate Fellowship Training, Olive View Medical Center Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1988-1989.

Career Consultant, California State University at Northridge, 1989-present.

Centro de Amistad Physician Consultant for abused women and children, 1986-present.

Lecturer Valley Presbyterian Hospital - Health Education Center - Hispanic Prenatal Care Program, 1993.

Human Resource Center, Inc. - President - a non-profit community clinic serving the indigent and elderly, 1984-1996.

Chabad of the Valley - A non-profit organization - volunteer staff physician serving indigent community members , 1981-present.

Los Angeles Regional Food Bank - local director of distribution center -

San Fernando Valley, 1995.

Consultant - Contributing Forces for Battered Women, 1995-present. 

RESEARCH: 

1971                Intestinal Transit Time and Its Relationship to Dietary Fiber.

1976    Review of Sarcomas of the Breast - University of Pittsburgh, Health Center Hospitals.

1989-Present   Hyperimmunization of Blood Donors for the Production of Anti-Rh (D) Gammaglobulin  (Immunization Research).

1993-Present   Vaccine Induction of Antibodies to Hepatitis B Vaccine ( Immunization Research).

2000                Clinical Investigator for Quintiles Laboratories/GlaxoWellcome Study of Females with Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

2001                Clinical Investigator for Bayer Pharmaceuticals Study on Community

Acquired Pneumonia.

2002                Liver Cell Transplantation Using a Mouse Model of Wilson’s Disease -

Professor Paul Wright, Mentor, RMIT University. 

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES: 

American Society of Clinical Pathologists

College of American Pathologists, Diplomate

Interamerican College of Physicians and Surgeons

American Academy of Clinical Toxicology

American Academy of Family Practice

American College of Forensic Examiners, Diplomate 

PUBLICATIONS:

Available upon request

Keywords
Pathology, Family practice, toxicological pathology, tissue sample collection, toxicology

Last updated: 10/10/2003

Or Contact Us @ 800-683-9847