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EMPLOYMENT

• Law
  • Mediation / Alternative Dispute Resolution
    • Alternative Resolution Centers^® (“ARC”)
    • MD JD Dispute Resolution (Founder, Private Mediations and Arbitrations)
    • Office of the Independent Administrator (Panel Arbitrator for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.)
    • Riverside County Bar Association Dispute Resolution Service, Inc.
    • Superior Court for the County of Riverside Civil Mediation Panel
    • Superior Court for the County of San Bernardino
    • Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles (LA Resolve Law)
    • Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles Mediation Volunteer Panel (LA MVP)
    • Superior Court for the County of Ventura Mediation Panel
• Medicine
  • Practicing Physician
    • Family Medicine
    • Occupational Medicine
    • Urgent Medical Care
    • Utilization Reviewer and Advisor

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EDUCATION

• Legal
  • Certificate (seven 25 hour courses) in Dispute Resolution, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution (2024)
  • Juris Doctor (J.D.), Chapman University School of Law (2005)
• Medical
  • Family Medicine, UC – Irvine, College of Medicine (1993)
  • Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) New Jersey Medical School (1991)
• Undergraduate
  • Biology (B.A.) Lafayette College (1987)

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HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

• Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (1996 to 2002)
• Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center (1993 to 2007)

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PROFESSIONAL LICENSES

• Attorney – State Bar of California
• Physician & Surgeon – Medical Board of California
• Real Estate Broker – California Department of Real Estate
• Registered Prescriber – Drug Enforcement Agency

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ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

• Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles
• Riverside County Bar Association
• Southern California Association for Healthcare Risk Management (Board of Directors and Chair of the Sponsorship Committee)
• Southern California Mediation Association

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SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• “Introduction to Medical Malpractice” QDR Services, CLE (2015)
• “Personal Injury 101: Liability, Damages, and Resolution” LA Superior Court, CLE (2026)
• “The Wizard of AI: Is this Yellow Brick Road a Path to the Standard of Care?” Southern California Association for Healthcare Risk Management, CLE (2026)
• “Med Mal Perspectives from an Attorney, Physician, Mediator, and Arbitrator – Part 1” The Litigation Psychology Podcast (2026)
• “Med Mal Perspectives from an Attorney, Physician, Mediator, and Arbitrator – Part 2” The Litigation Psychology Podcast (2026)
• “The Use of AI in Medicine and Law” The Mediate This! Podcast (2026)