UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOL
University of Florida, 1968-1974
•B.S. in Zoology and Chemistry; graduate with honors; President’s Honor Roll and Dean’s List
•Member, Pre-Medical Honor Society; President, Kappa Sigma Fraternity
•Awarded scholarship grants from Parkway General Hospital, Miami, Florida

MEDICAL SCHOOL
University of South Florida College of Medicine
•M.D. degree, 1978
•Received both Mosby Scholarship Achievement Award and C.I.B.A. Leadership Award for
service to his medical school
•President of medical school class three successive years

INTERNSHIP
•Harvard Medical School Affiliate: Cambridge City Hospital, 1978-1979
•Internal Medicine, Emergency Room and Intensive Care Unit
•Obstetrics and Gynecology training

RESIDENCY
Harvard/Tufts University Affiliated Hospitals (Obstetrics and Gynecology), 1978-1982
Chief Resident, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Tufts Univ. Affil. Hosps., 1981-1982

APPOINTMENTS
Assistant Clinical Professor,
University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine, 1984-1993
Former Teaching Faculty, Harvard University
Teaching Faculty, University of Rhode Island, 1999-Present

LICENSES
•Massachusetts
•California

MEMBERSHIPS (past and present)
•American Medical Association (recipient of their Physician’s Recognition Award)
•Award Recipient: American Biographical Institute Man of the Year, 2004; International Biographical Centre International Health Professional of the Year, 2004; American Biographical Institute American Medal of Honor, 2004
•Nominated by National Physician Ambassadors Program as a Physician Ambassador to China and South Africa
•Currently a Member of the Medical Advisory Board of 1-800-Healthy.com
•American Medical Association (recipient of their Physician’s Recognition Award)
•New England Obstetrical and Gynecological Society
•Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
•International Association of Medical Specialists
•Massachusetts Medical Society
•Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
•American Society of Bariatric Physicians
•MassachusettsDistrict Medical Society
•Massachusetts Speakers Association
•Medical Speakers Bureau
•National Association of Physician Broadcasters
•National Association of Medical Communicators
•California Medical Association
•Orange County Medical Association
•Orange County Obstetrical and Gynecological Society
•American Academy of Family Physicians
•Massachusetts Academy of Family Physicians
•Selected Honored member, Who’s Who
•The American College of Physician Executives

CERTIFICATIONS
•Diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (recertified, 1996)
•Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners

EXPERIENCE
Private practice, treating patients for 16 years, beginning 1982

Comprehensive Medical Director, (1998-present)
Physician Advisor and Medical Director, United Healthcare, the nation’s largest health care company. (As Medical Director, playing a major role in setting the standards for patient care (1996-1998)
Member of the Board that credentials physicians for selected HMO memberships for Cigna Health Care, 1994-1996
Former member of hospital physician credentialing committee.
Obstetrical Consultant for The Perrigo Company
Medical Director, Adirondacks  (2001-present)
Gynecologist and Gynecological Consultant for Tufts University and Emerson College, Boston, MA, treating university students.
Staffed numerous suburban family planning and neighborhood health clinics in the Boston area

PUBLICATIONS
Available upon request

MEDIA APPEARANCES AND LECTURING
Available upon request