An M.D., Ph.D., this board-certified anesthesiologist and clinical pharmacologist earned a B.A. in Chemistry with High Honors from Kenyon College, an M.S. and Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Chicago, and an M.D. from the University of Kentucky. He completed an internship in internal medicine at Good Samaritan Hospital, residency and fellowship training in anesthesiology at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, and a fellowship in Pharmaceutical Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology through SmithKline Beecham and Howard University. He serves as an expert witness with more than 25 years of experience in anesthesiology, critical care medicine, and perioperative care. His professional work integrates clinical practice with pharmacologic expertise, supporting analysis of anesthesia-related care in legal contexts.

His expertise encompasses administration and management of anesthesia, perioperative medicine, critical care, pain control, and patient monitoring. His work also involves clinical pharmacology, including the effects and interactions of anesthetic agents and medications used in surgical and critical care settings. In addition, his experience includes the use of medical devices in anesthesia delivery and patient care, with consideration of equipment function and safety in operative environments.

He has extensive experience as an anesthesiology expert witness, with a long history of deposition and trial testimony in matters involving anesthesia care, airway management, and perioperative complications. His case experience includes issues such as difficult intubation, airway injury, anesthesia-related adverse events, and postoperative complications, reflecting the application of anesthesiology standards to disputed clinical scenarios. He has also held academic and clinical faculty appointments at multiple medical centers and served as an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Instructor of Pharmacology during his career.