Surgical Critical Care File Review Consultants

Critical Care Medicine, Spinal Cord Injury Medicine, Surgery, Surgical Critical Care - Trauma, Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgeon with 8 years in full-time academic and clinical practice. Dual board certified in general surgery and surgical critical care. Expertise in surgical critical care, trauma surgery, elective and emergency general surgery. Admitted as a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Member of multiple national surgical societies. Nominated for multiple teaching awards. Highly regarded skills in objective and thorough chart review, expert witness services, public speaking, deposition and trial testimony for both plaintiff and defendants.

Surgical Critical Care - I am one of a few select physicians that are dual-board certified in the fields of Emergency Medicine and Surgical Critical Care as well as having obtained a Master’s in Public Health and Epidemiology. I completed a top fellowship in Surgical Critical Care at the University of Maryland R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. My skill set go from the management of a tennis elbow in the ED to ECMO in the ICU with comfort with everything in between.

Critical Care Medicine, Surgery, Surgical Critical Care - Over 30 years experience in General Surgery (Emergency & Elective), Trauma Surgery, Burns, and Critical Care. Also served as Medical Director of a wound center. Extensive EMS experience, Experienced case reviewer. Numerous publications on preventable deaths and quality assurance.

Surgery, Surgical Critical Care - Trauma, Respiratory Failure, Critical Care, ICU, Emergency Surgery, Hernia, Mesh, Gallbladder, Appendicitis, Bowel Obstruction, Perforation, Adhesions, Abdominal Surgery, Laparoscopic Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery. Sub-Specialty: General Surgery Surgical Critical Care Trauma Surgery Graduate: University of Texas Health Science Center - San Antonio Residency: University of Nebraska Medical Center Fellowship: Surgical Critical Care Fellowship at Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Surgery, Surgical Critical Care - Areas of practice experience: - Experienced in all aspects of critical care management - medical, surgical, cardiac and neurologic critical care including trauma and burns. Additional expertise in critical care oncology. Experienced in discharge appeals, disability reviews, prior authorization, peer review, quality of care and utilization reviews.

Surgery, Surgical Critical Care - Leadership roles in multiple professional organizations and institutional committees including Ethics, Credentials, By-Laws, and Surgical Quality. Previous positions include oversight and responsibility to review all Performance Improvement and Quality efforts for Divisional and Departmental initiatives as well as individual provider performance measures. Experience with both focused-question and global external and internal chart review for performance and quality measures. Areas of interest expand beyond the usual Trauma/Surgical Critical Care spectrum to prevention and palliation.