EDUCATION  Colleges:University of California, Los Angeles; Bachelor of Arts, 1974University of South Dakota; Postgraduate Biochemistry Research, 1975Medical School:Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, 1982Residency:University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1982-1987Advanced Coursework:Course Director, Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, Houston Laser Institute, 1990Advanced Laparoscopic Procedures: Bowel Resection, Appendectomy, Nissen Fundoplication, Hernia Repair, etc., 1990- Present LICENSE-CERTIFICATIONS-FELLOWSHIP License:State of California, 1987; License Number:  G60151DEA#: BC0991136Board Certification:National Board of Medical Examiners, 1983American Board of Surgery, 1988Recertification, 1998Recertification, 2008Fellowship:American College of Surgeons, 1991 HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS-BOARD POSITIONS Saint John’s Hospital and Health Center, Santa Monica, California, 1987 - PresentGeneral Surgery Department, Vice-Chairman, 1996 - 2007Surgical Services Review, 1992 - PresentSurgery Center of the Pacific, CA 1994 - Present SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS American Society of General Surgery, 1987 - PresentCertified as an Expert Witness, 2005The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 1987 - PresentThe Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, 2000 - Present PUBLICATIONS “Intracellular pH Measurements with a Spectroscopic Probe Generated in Situ”Published and presented at the Southwestern Biochemical Conference, Oklahoma, 1976“Aggressive Surgical Approach for Drug-Free Remission from Myasthenia Gravis” Annals of Surgery, June 1987“Pros and Cons of a Mass Media Colorectal Screening Program”Published and presented at the American Community Cancer Center, Washington, D.C., March 1989“Cefoxitin in the Treatment of Aerobic and Anaerobic Infections: Prospective Correlation of In Vitro Susceptibility Methods with Clinical Outcome”Hospital Practice Symposium Supplement, vol.25, September 4, 1994