Born: Riverdale, Maryland
Citizenship - USA.

Practice: General Surgery, ObGyn, Orthopedics
Eagle River, Wisconsin
1976-1977.

General Surgery, Breast Surgery, Laparoscopic Surgery and GI Endoscopy
Albuquerque, New Mexico
1977 to 1994.

General Surgery, Gynecology, Laparoscopic Surgery and GI Endoscopy
Polson, Montana and Ronan, Montana
1994 to Jan 2004.

Bariatric and Laparoscopic Surgery, Riverside, California, Jan 2004 to present.

Leadership: Vice Chief, Department of Surgery, St. Joseph Medical Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Chief, Department of Surgery, St. Joseph Medical Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Chief, Department of Surgery, St. Joseph West Mesa Hospital, Albuquerque, New Mexico. two terms.

Chairman, Medical Staff Council, St. Joseph West Mesa Hospital, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

President, Medical Staff, St. Joseph West Mesa Hospital, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Two terms.

Trustee, Greater Albuquerque Medical Association, two terms.

Chairman, Greater Albuquerque Medical Association Answering Service Committee. In this capacity I was the main force behind the origination and organization of the Medical Society Answering Service, which continues to this day to be the one of choice for Physicians in the Albuquerque, NM area.

Chairman, Quality Assurance and Utilization Management QualMed HMO, Albuquerque, New Mexico

President, Medical Staff, St. Joseph Hospital, Polson, Montana, two terms.

Academic: Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of New Mexico School of Medicine.

Instructor in Surgery, University of Southern California

Assistant Director, Burn Unit, Los Angeles County Hospital.

Societies and American Board of Surgery

Memberships: Fellow American College of Surgeons

American Medical Association

Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons

American College of Physician Executives

Montana Medical Society

Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons

American Society for Bariatric Surgery.

Certification: American Board of Surgery, valid to July 2008.

Publications

Publications: “Failure of Tube Thorascostomy for Post-traumatic Empyema,” Journal of Trauma, 1975.

“Response to Management of Simultaneous Invasive Carcinomas of Both Breasts...”, Correspondence Society of Surgeons.

Education

- college
University of Illinois
Champaign, Illinois
1961 to 1964 pre med, accepted to medical school after three years.

- medical school
University of Illinois Medical School
1853 West Polk
Chicago, Illinois 60612
1964 - 1968
MD degree.

- internship
Saginaw Affiliated Hospitals
Saginaw, Michigan
1968 - 1969
Successful completion of rotating internship.

- military
Captain, US Army
US and overseas duty ( Korea)
General Medical Officer and Company commander
1969 - 1971 Honorable Discharge.

- residency
General Surgery
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
1971 - 1975
Successful completion of surgical residency.

- fellowship
Burn and Trauma Surgery
University of Southern California
Los Angeles County Hospital
Los Angeles, California
1975 - 1976
Successful completion of fellowship.

- post graduate
University of New Mexico
Robert O Anderson School of Business
Albuquerque, New Mexico
1990 - 1993
MBA with honors, finance.

- fellowship
Bariatric Surgery
Parkview Hospital Medical Center
Riverside, California
2004 - 2005
Successful completion of fellowship.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

President, Western Bariatric AMC
July 2003 to present

Medical Director, Parkview Center for Surgical Weight Loss Riverside CA, 92503
April 2005 - Present

Medical Director, Weight Loss Services at St. Bernardine Medical Center, San Bernardino, CA
April 2003 - Present

Medical Director, US Bariatric Orlando
June 2002 - October 2002

Private Group Practice, Bariatric, General Surgery, Advanced Laparoscopy and Endoscopy
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
August 2001 – June 2002

Academic Appointment Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery
Loma Linda University Medical School
October, 2003 to present

Education

FellowshipBariatric Surgery
Broward Center for Obesity Surgery
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
August 2001 – June 2002

Clinical Research Electrocardiology and Physiology
And June 1989 – May 1990
Presentations

Video Presentation: Is Transoral Passage of the Anvil for The Circular Stapler in Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Practical And Safe? Presented at the American Society of BariatricSurgery Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada June 2002

Poster Presentation: Stapler Port-Site Infection with the Transoral Circular Stapled Technique in 182 Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Surgeries. Presented at the American Society of Bariatric Surgery Annual Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 2002

Poster Presentation: Are Four Row Endoscopic Linear StaplersSafe and Effective For Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass? Presented at the American Society of Bariatric Surgery, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 2002

Poster Presentation: High Incidence Of Thrush with Bariatric Surgery. Presented at the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity, Salamanca, Spain, September 2003.

Lecturer and Surgical Instructor, Ethicon Endo-Surgery

Institute, Laparascopic Bariatric Surgery Celebration, Florida, May 2002

Guest Lecturer: The Surgical Treatment of Obesity, Loma Linda University Medical Center Annual Post-Graduate Conference. March, 2004

Host and Lecturer: First Annual Health Professionals’ Seminar on Obesity, St. Bernardine Medical Center. April, 2004

Guest Lecturer: The Role of Endocsopy in Bariatric Surgery, South Florida Endoscopy Nurses Conference, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, April 2002

Guest Lecturer: The Role of Endoscopy in Bariatric Surgery, Statewide Florida Endoscopy Nurses Conference, Tampa, FL, September 2002

Guest Lecturer: Bariatric Surgery and Anesthesia, Statewide Peri-Anesthesia Nurses Conference, Orlando, FL, October 2002

Ongoing Interests: Oral Candidiasis in Bariatric Patients,

The Effects of Technique on Outcomes in Gastric Bypass

Certification Diplomat, American Board of Surgery

ACLS/BLS

Medical Licenses:

California

Florida

Professional Memberships

 1991 – Present American Medical Association

1996 – Present American College of Surgeons - National

2002 – Present American Society of Bariatric Surgeon

2002 – Present Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons

2004 – Present Southern California Chapter, American College Surgeons