Study hard; graduate from college; survive medical school.
EDUCATION
A.B. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
M.D. Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING
Medical Internship and Junior Residency, Baltimore City/Johns Hopkins Hospitals
Fellowship in Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins Hospitals, Baltimore
Senior Medical Residency, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Current: Professor of Medicine, Emeritus, University of California, San Francisco
Past: Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Adjunct Professor of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis
Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Maryland
Professor of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine, Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of North Carolina
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine
Clinical Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Visiting Professor of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University School of Medicine, Saudi Arabia
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS
Current:
Green Thumb Industries (GTI)
Empower Clinics
Chief Medical Officer and Board of Advisors Member
Past:
REGIONAL HOSPITAL AT MEMPHIS (“THE MED”) Memphis, Tennessee
Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President for Clinical Affairs
FTI CONSULTING, INC, Multinational
Director
TUOLUMNE GENERAL HOSPITAL, Sonora, California
Chief Medical Officer
Chief Operating Officer for FQHC Outpatient Services
Medical Director of Long-term Care
FRANKLIN SQUARE HOSPITAL CENTER, Baltimore, Maryland
Chairman, Department of Medicine
Internal Medicine Residency Program Director
Representative for the Maryland Board of Physicians to the Maryland Board of Nursing
Medical Director, Towson University Physician’s Assistants School
CATHOLIC HEALTHCARE WEST/ST MARY’S MEDICAL CENTER, San Francisco, California
Director of Medical Education, CHW Bay Region & St. Mary’s Medical Center
Internal Medicine Residency Program Director, St. Mary’s Medical Center
BERKSHIRE MEDICAL CENTER, Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Chairman, Department of Medicine
Internal Medicine Residency Program Director
BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER, Springfield, Massachusetts
Vice Chairman, Department of Medicine.
Chief, General Medicine/Geriatrics Division
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residencies & Fellowships
Director, Third Year Tufts Medical Student Clerkship
SPRINGFIELD MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL, Springfield, Massachusetts
Medical Director
Member, Board of Trustees
1979-86 See Complete CV
BOARD CERTIFICATIONS
Diplomate/Fellow, American Board of Internal Medicine (FACP)
Recertified in Internal Medicine, 2003
ABIM Added Qualifications/Fellowship in Geriatric Medicine (AGSF)
Recertified in Geriatric Medicine, 2003
UNIFORMED SERVICE
Major, Air Force National Guard, honorably discharged 1993
Commander, 102nd Massachusetts Air National Guard Clinic
HONORS AND AWARDS:
2010 Medical Staff Distinguished Service Award (The MED)
Pharmacy Distinguished Service Award (The MED)
Extra-Miler Award for extraordinary customer service (The MED)
2004 Nominated for the Edward Woodward Teaching Excellence Award from the American College of Physicians
2004 Excellence in Physician Leadership, Franklin Square Hospital Center
1999 Postgraduate Institute for Medicine Outstanding Physician Partner of 1999
1997 Dorfman Journal Paper Award, Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine
1994 Election to Fellowship, American Geriatrics Society
1994 Dorfman Journal Paper Award, Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine
1988 International Thomson Business Press Award for Editorial Excellence in Reporting
1984 Nominated for the John Kosa Award for Social Science and Medicine
Honorary Kentucky Colonel for efforts in cost-consciousness in medicine
1983 Nominated for Franz Ingelfinger Award for Management Medicine
With the Dean at King Abdulaziz University School of Medicine, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.