EW #13831 Ph.D. Research Professor, Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, and Professor, Molecular Biology/Immunology, Med School, U. Missouri-Columbia, retired 05/ 31/2001. EDUCATION: Ph.D. Microbiology; M.S. Bacteriology (1960), and B.S. Laboratory Technology (1958), OU, Norman, OK (1960).
CERTIFICATIONS: Board certification as Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology, 1989-present. In Chemistry and Engineering: Nat. Cert. Comm. American Ins. Chemists, 1988-1994. In Forensics: American Board of Forensic Examiners, 1995 only.
PRINCIPAL EXPERTISE: Broadly in the Life Sciences: Toxicology, Microbiology, Environmental Biology, Chemistry, and Medical Sciences. Including: risk assessment and cause-and-effect relationships between work-place, malicious, and environmental exposures to chemicals, microbes and other agents (including: solvents such as benzene, heavy metals, organic chemicals, other toxins/poisons, mold) and disease (acute, chronic, cancer; infectious disease); antibiotic therapy; environmental effects. Specializing in complex cases that require broad application of multiple Life Science disciplines.
SELECTED, SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES: ATSDR peer reviewer: 2005: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) Final Tox. Tin Profile. (Tox. Profiles summarize/interpret adverse effects of Superfund chemicals for doctors and the public.) 2003: Draft Tox. Profile for Tin. 2003: Draft Tox. Profile for Zinc. 2000: Medical Mgt. Guideline for Ammonia, 2000.
NIEHS/NIH peer reviwer: 2004: Superfund Res./Training. 1999: Superfund Basic Research Program: Toxic Metals and other Superfund Chemicals, Health Hazards from Groundwater Contam.; Detecting/Integrating Human/Ecological Health; Birth Defects; Health Effects from Complex Mixtures; Neurotoxic Superfund Chemicals. 1999: Advanced Res. Cooperation in Environ. Health Sci.: 8 proposals. 1994: 15 Superfund Basic Science Program Projects for health effects, remediation, analysis, and detection of water and air-borne environmental chemicals. 1994: Toxicities and remediation of PCBs; Lead organochlorines; PCBs at Akwesasne; Health effects and toxicology of urban hazardous chemicals; Microbial detoxication/degradation of hazardous wastes; Superfund toxic substances: exposure and disease; Environmental fate and human exposure to carcinogens; Monitoring hazardous waste sites with sentinel species; Superfund Basic Res. Ed. Prog.; Bioremediation of Superfund Chemicals by white rot fungi. 1991: Superfund Basic Res., 7 Programs: Methods to Detect/Predict Human Exposure to Toxic Chemicals, Petroleum Wastes/Genetic Risks of Hazardous Compds., Structural Basis of Toxicological Activity, Exposure Biomarkers to Hazardous Substances, Chemical Environ. Problems of Mining, Health Hazards from Groundwater Contamn. 1990: Site visit, Superfund Basic/Appl. Res. Program: Bioremediation Using White Rot Fungi. 1985: Site-visit to SCOR Project, Duke Marine Lab. 1979: NIH site-visit: Wound Healing/Wound Infection.
EPA peer reviewer: 2004: Risk Assessment Papers for: Provisional Subchronic RfD, Subchronic, and Chronic RfCs & Feasibility for Derivation of Provisional Tox. Value for a Carcinogenicity Assessment for Chlorine; Feasibility for Derivation of Provisional Tox. Value for Subchronic or Chronic RfDs for anilinobebnzothiazole and Benzothiazole for Superfund Health Risk Center; and Provisional Toxicity Values Issue Papers for the Superfund Health Risk Center, for phentermine, relative to RfD, RfC, and carcinogenicity risk. 2003: Provisional Toxicity Assessment Issue Paper for the Health Effects Assessment Summary Table for benzoic acid; Provisional Toxicity Assessment Issue Paper for the Health Effects Assessment Summary Table for dichloroprop. 2002: Provisional Toxicity Assessment Issue Paper for Health Effects Assessment Summary Table for o-Chloronitrobenzene; Provisional Toxicity Assessment Issue Paper for the Health Effects Assessment Summary Table for p-Chloronitrobenzene; and Provisional Toxicity Assessment Issue Paper for the Health Effects Assessment Summary Table for 2-Nitroaniline. 1999: Draft Risk Assessment Issue Paper: Derivation of RfD Derivation, and Evaluation of RfC and Cancer for 4,4'-dichlorobenzophenone. 1998: Draft Issue Papers for dimethyl sulfide and methyl mercaptan Breast milk for Hazardous Risk Assessment; and Two internal proposals for ambient air toxin monitoring and exposure assessment in an industry-impacted community, and development and evaluation of new time-and health-related monitoring methods for PM 2.5 (air-borne particle) episode prediction.
American Institute of Biological Sciences, 1997 and 1998: Peer review (proprietary) for U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institutes of Standards and Technology, peer review of 20 research proposals for the Environmental Technology Initiative program, FY 1995.
EXPERT WITNESSING:
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John H. Campbell LLC, Osage Beach, MO (573) Bradley v Borden et al., Liver damage/workplace solvents/toxicology/Medical Science/Consultation and Opinion/Medical Records Review/Deposition/Plaintiff, settled pre-trial. Clark, Perdue, Roberts & Scott (Paul O. Scott), Columbus, OH(614) 469-1400. Microbiology/ Medical Science/Consulting/Plaintiff/Antibiotic Therapy/Resistance Factors/Review of Medical Records. Cox, Hodgman and Giarmarco, PC (Larry W. Bennett) Troy, MI, (248) 457-7000. Microbiology/Toxicology/Medical Science, mold and asthma as complication, Consultation/Opinion/Deposition/Medical Records Review/Plaintiff. Eric L. Lifschitz Attorney at Law, San Francisco, CA, (415) 310-3661. Microbiology/ toxicology/medical science with medical records review; Consulting/Opinion, Plaintiff for o molds, leading to case settlement before trial. Foley and Mansfield, PLLP (Gino F. Battisti), St. Louis, MO (314) 645-7788. Toxicology/Medical Science/Medical Record Reviwe, Consulting on welding and alleged Parkinson's, Defense. Fulbright and Jaworski (Winstol Carter), Houston, TX (713) 651-5151. Toxicology/Veterinary Medicine/review of Horse Medical Records & Necropsy Reports/Pesticide over-spray of pasture/ Consultation/ Opinion/Trial Testimony/Defense]. Goldstein & Price (Teresa McNail/John Halpern) St. Louis, MO (314)421-0710. Toxicology Consulting/Deposition/Defense, medication/alcohol/boat crash, 2003. Grace, Unruh and Pratt (Corlin Pratt/Brian Grace) Wichita, KS; (316)269-2006. Dick v Koch Engineering & Roche Lab, 1990 - 92. Toxicology/ Plaintiff Consultation/Deposition/Expert Witness Testimony at Trial; errors in good laboratory procedures and other matters for drug testing of urine; resulting in punitive damage award. Leonatti & Baker (Counselor Louis Leonatti) Mexico, MO (800)-385-0026. Case title: Fuemmeler v. Central Soya, 1998. Veterinary Medical Consulting and Opinion for the Defense, loss of milk production. Schultz and Little, L.L.P. (Robert Schultz), St. Louis, MO (636)537-4645. Tox. consulting/Plaintiff/multiple benzene exposures from drinking water. Seigfried, Runge, Leonatti & Pohlmeyer (Louis Leonatti) Mexico, MO, (314) 581-2211. Tox./pesticide over-spray/Medical Records/Deposition/Opinion/ Plaintiff. Shook, Hardy and Bacon (Joseph Gall), now at (816) 833-6601. Tox./microbiology/engineering for chemical odor and noise pollution; Consultati/Analysis/Trial/Defense. Whitten, Nelson, McGuire, Terry & Robinson (Robin Hendrickson) OK City, OK (405)239-2573. Toxicology/Consulting/review of Medical Records/Plaintiff, relative to a death from alleged over-medication. Young and Hockensmith, Attorneys At Law (Shelly S. Dackonish), Grand Junction, CO (970) 242-2645. Toxicology/Microbiology/Medical Science/Medical Records Review/ Consulting/Opinion/Defense/Exposure Assessment/Environmental (including odor) Evaluation.
REPRESENTATIVE EXAMPLES OF CONSULTING EXPERIENCE: Corporate: Primarily via Teltech, including proprietary matters for Weyerhaeuser, Hormel, Science International, Inc. (health/environmental risk assessments for Fortune 500 firms) including: enzyme technology; biofilters; remediations; environmental contaminants; cardiac implants; vaccine development; biological control of pests; quality control; risk assessment; Legionnaires disease;, odor; Penicillium in food, chemicals in a medical device; survival of bacteria; dust mite antigen standardization; infant oxygen therapy medical device; Salmonella; antimicrobial properties of silver;, immuno-reactivity of killed spores.
Federal Government: Carlton Turner, Director, Drug Abuse Policy Office, for President Ronald Reagan, The White House: unpaid consultation (1982).
PRINCIPAL RESEARCH SUPPORT: Over $8 million awarded (direct plus indirect costs) from NIEHS, NIH, American Heart Assoc., NIH, AID, ORN.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: 163 publications and the book: The Art and Science of Expert Witnessing, Cypress Publishing Group, 2002.
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