Pediatric Hospitalist and Newborn Physician

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

Additional Information

I am a double-board certified pediatrician in General Pediatrics and Pediatric Hospitalist Medicine with over 10 years of experience and active medical licensure in Oregon, Washington, and California. As a pediatric hospitalist, I am the primary attending for all pediatric patients across multiple sub-specialties including general pediatrics, neurology, pulmonology, gastrointestinal, endocrinology, infectious disease, rheumatology, cardiology, adolescent, and psychiatric patients with subspecialist consultation and/or co-management as needed. I provide consults on surgery, trauma, and burn patients as needed. I also care for newborns and attend high-risk deliveries. Common pediatric diagnoses include bronchiolitis, asthma, constipation, dehydration, meningitis, malnutrition and failure to thrive, neonatal fever, eating disorders, psychiatric illness, chronic illness, among others. Common newborn diagnoses include well newborns, jaundice, hypoglycemia, poor feeding, respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), transient tachypnea of the newborn (TTN), neonatal sepsis, bilious emesis, among others. Skills include lumbar puncture, intubation, UVC placement, neonatal resuscitation, and pediatric resuscitation. I have experience in a range of hospital settings including large teaching hospitals, regional community hospitals, and critical access hospitals. I am also a Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) instructor and Physician Advisor in Utilization Management.