Contact this Expert Witness
- Company: Stone Mountain Medical Associates, Inc.
- Phone: (760) 473-8253
- Fax: (760) 637-2710
Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness
General Specialties:
Geriatrics and Nursing HomesKeywords/Search Terms:
Nursing Home - Skilled Nursing Facility, Hospice - End-of-Life Care, Palliative Care, Home Health, Assisted Living, Regulatory, Decubitus, Pressure Ulcers, Falls, Dementia - Alzheimer's, Medicare, Medicaid, Managed Care - HMO, Life Care Planning, Personal Injury, Family Medicine, Addiction MedicineEducation:
Residency, UCSD School of Medicine, San Diego; MD, Ohio State University College of Medicine; AB (Biochem), Harvard College, Cambridge, MA; Board Certification, Family Medicine, Hospice & Palliative MedicineYears in Practice:
30Number of Times Deposed/Testified in Last 4 Yrs:
50Additional Information
Experienced Expert, 250+ depositions, 25+ trials. Speedy and Objective Records Reviews (plaintiff/defense); Standard of Care, Causation and Damages Opinions, including Life Expectancy and Future Care Costs, Regulatory Actions; Comprehensive Report Writing. References Available on Request. In clinical practice of post-acute and long-term care medicine, Geriatrics & Hospice in San Diego area since 1992; Chief Medical Officer, Mariner Health Care (nursing facility management company); Chief Medical Officer, Beecan Health; Clinical Faculty UCSD School of Medicine and Family Medicine Dept. Adjunct faculty, Case Western Reserve University; Affiliate Faculty, California State University's Institute for Palliative Care (San Marcos), Past President of CALTCM, Past President of AMDA--The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (www.paltc.org, formerly known as American Medical Directors Association); Past Chair; Coalition for Compassionate Care of California; Editor Emeritus of Caring for the Ages (www.caringfortheages.com); Associate Editor, Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (JAMDA); Hospice and Skilled Nursing Facility Medical Director since 1995. Licensed in California, Ohio, & Hawaii (Florida - Retired Status).