Practical emergency medicine physician with proven history of emergency response with positive patient outcomes. Assesses patient conditions and works collaboratively with care teams to achieve emergent treatment goals. Works with a team approach that allows nursing and ancillary staff to contribute their ideas to patient care (nurse-centric). Focused Physician excels in stressful situations where emergent diagnosis and treatment are of the utmost importance. Comfortable managing critical patients for long periods of time awaiting final disposition (e.g. transfers). Manages workflow in high volume emergency departments. Currently managing 1.5-2.0 high-acuity patients/hour on night shifts. Prefers night-shifts due to comradery of staff. Practicing Emergency Medicine (full-time) since 1996. Almost 50,000 hours of patient care. Emergency Medicine Nocturnist (Night-shifts) for essentially all of my EM career working at least 12 consecutive 12-hour night shifts/month for the past 23 years. Motivated professional offering almost 27+ years of full-time emergency medicine experience. Adds value to any organization in need of great collaboration, interpersonal, and multitasking abilities.
Served in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant while in medical school in the Army’s Health Profession Scholarship Program (HPSP) from 1987-1990. After completing a civilian fellowship in neurosurgery (1990-1991) and a civilian internship in general surgery (1991-1992), I entered the Army to complete my obligation as a Captain. In 1992, I was stationed in Seoul, Korea at the 121st Evacuation Hospital as a staff emergency medicine physician. In 1993, I was stationed at Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) in San Antonio, Texas in the neurosurgery department. In 1995, I spent several months in the Troop Medical Clinic at BAMC where I was Honorably Discharged in January 1996. I was a Major in the Army Inactive Reserves until I resigned my commission.
Date of Birth: March 6, 1964
Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Citizenship: United States
Family: Married with 2 daughters (6 and 11 years old)
Address: 27611 Bordelon Way, San Antonio, Texas 78260