EW #198  M.D., FASAM, has qualified as an Addiction Medicine Expert Witness in over 300 Superior Court cases in matters of substance use, defense and plaintiff. He has done extensive work with O.C. public defenders and Cal-Trans attorneys. He has been Director of Education at the Positive Action Center at Chapman Medical Center, Orange California and is a fellow and past President of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). He is also Past Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD)(Chair 1998-2000) and was also consultant to the Drug and Alcohol Advisory Committee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. He is a certified Medical Review Officer and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry (Addiction Medicine), University of California at Irvine College of Medicine.

EDUCATION:
University of Buffalo (Buffalo, New York)
1939-42 (Dual Major: Psychology and Biology)
University of Buffalo, School of Medicine
1945-1949: Graduated with degree of Doctor of Medicine

POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION:
Internship: (Medicine) Buffalo General Hospital, Buffalo, New York
July 1, 1949 - June 30, 1950

Residency: (Internal Medicine) Buffalo General Hospital, Buffalo, New York
July 1, 1950 - June 30, 1952 (2 years).

Fellowship: Harvard Medical School Fellow / Assistant in Medicine Peter Bent Brigham Hospital,
Boston, Mass. (Gastroenterology)
July 1, 1952 - June 30, 1953.

Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners - 1950

ADDITIONAL CREDENTIALING IN CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY:
1969 Utah School of Alcoholism
1970 Georgian Mental Health Institute
1980 Certified Alcoholism Counselor by the California Assoc. of Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Counselors
1983 Certified by the California Society for the Treatment of Alcoholism & Other Drugs of Abuse
1985 Fellow, American College of Addiction Treatment Administrators
1986 Certified by the American Medical Society on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies
1988 Certified Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselor by the California Assoc. of Alcohol and Drug
Abuse Counselors
1996 Internationally Certified Alcohol & Drug Counselor by the International Certification
Reciprocity Consortium Alcohol & Other Drug Abuse, Inc.
1996 Certified by the Medical Review Officer Certification Council as a Medical Review Officer.

MEDICAL PRACTICE:
Internal Medicine / Addiction Medicine:

LICENSURE:
New York State: 1950 - #70591
California: 1964 - #G7851

EXPERT WITNESS EXPERIENCE 1988 - present:
Qualified as Addiction Medicine Expert Witness in over 300 Superior Court cases in matters vis a vis substance uses.

Civil cases - accidents, liability, malpractice, etc.

Criminal cases - assault, murder, etc.
Extensive work with O.C. Public Defenders and Cal-Trans attorneys.