Hospitalist/Internal Medicine

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

Additional Information

I have been in practice as a board certified internist in Western Oregon for over 38 years. After 15 years of combined primary care, HIV/AIDS, and hospital medicine, I then founded and directed the first hospitalist program at Samaritan Albany (OR) General Hospital in 2003. Since then I have been a full-time hospitalist, including critical care medicine, for over 23 years. I practice at Samaritan Pacific Communities Hospital, the critical access hospital in Newport, on the Oregon coast. I recently served as chief of staff. There we manage a wide array of diagnoses, often in a resource limited setting--such as during the challenges and limited patient transfer availability during COVID. I have been active in hospital committee work, including peer review, throughout my career. I have provided expert witness and review services for over 14 years for several legal groups in Oregon and Washington, along with many cases nationwide. I have experience in deposition testimony and report writing. I am skilled and experienced at making sense of complex medical cases. I pursue life-long learning with ongoing continuing medical education and conference attendance. Most recently: Oregon Health Science University, Update in Hospital Medicine, Sept 19-20, 2024 UCSF/University of Minnesota DEX24 conference on diagnostic excellence and reducing medical errors, Oct 13-14, 2024 Society of Hospital Medicine, Update in Hospital Medicine, Las Vegas, April 23-25, 2025 Society of Hospital Medicine, Update in Hospital Medicine, Nashville, March 30-April 1, 2026