Specialties

Industrial toxicology; Environmental toxicology; Occupational & environmental medicine; Occupational/environmental cancer; Occupational lung disease; Indoor air quality/building-related illness; Heavy metal toxicity; Neurotoxicity; Pesticides; Mold health effects; Benzene.

Degrees/Licenses

BA, MPH, MD.

Formal Education

BA, Bio-Medical Sciences, University of Michigan, 1976; MD, University of Michigan, 1979; Masters in Public Health, Environmental Health Sciences, University of CA, Berkeley, 1982.

Registration and Licenses

Diplomate, American Board of Preventive Medicine in Occupational Medicine; Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine.

Previous/Current Position

Consultant in Occupational & Environmental Medicine and Toxicology; Corporate Medical Director; Former Resident in Occupational Medicine and in Internal Medicine. Former Member (2009-2015), Board of Directors, American College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).

Honors/Awards

Graduated with distinction and Alpha Omega Alpha honorary medical society member, University of Michigan Medical School. 2018 recipient of an ACOEM Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Education or Research in Occupational & Environmental Medicine.

Prof. Affiliations

Clinical Professor, Division of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco; Board of Directors, American College of Occupational & Environmental Medicine (2009-2015); American Academy of Clinical Toxicology.

Publications

12; "Chemical Hazards of the Workplace," 3rd ed., Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, 1991; "Occupational Cancer" in Current Occupational and Environmental Medicine, ed.: J. LaDou and R. Harrison, McGraw-Hill, 5th ed., (2014).

Prior Expert

Retained expert in over 100 cases, including toxic tort, product liability and commercial litigation involving chemical, physical, and biological hazards.

Specialties

Toxicology, Pharmacology, Wrongful Death, Drug-Related Impairments, In Custody Death, Drug-Related Sexual Assault

Degrees/Licenses

PhD, MBA, BS

Formal Education

PhD - The Ohio State University College of Medicine
MBA - Pepperdine University
BS - Lewis University

Previous/Current Position

Industrial Toxicologist - 20+ years
Consulting and Expert Witness Toxicologist - 30+ years
Roundtable of Toxicology Consultants
Editorial Board, International Journal of Toxicology

Honors/Awards

National Institutes of Health Fellow for Graduate Studies
MBA Degree with Honors

Prof. Affiliations

Society of Toxicology, American College of Toxicology, New York Academy of Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society, The American Institute of Chemists, Association of Consulting Chemists

Publications

50+ Peer Reviewed Publications (Research Articles, Book Chapters, Toxicology/Forensic/Medical Book Reviews)
300+ Confidential Consulting Reports for Clients
10+ Patents

Prior Expert

30+ years, Multiple State Superior and District Courts and various Federal District Courts
Deposition and Trial Testimonies