Chief Medical Officer
Professional Experience
Co-founder and President of Columbus Internal Medicine Associates: 12 physicians, 40 employees
Chief of Staff,BartholomewCountyHospital, two terms
Credentials Committee chairman and member, four terms
Chairman of Department of Medicine, three terms
DRG Committee chairman
Utilization Review Committee
Joint Conference Committee chairman and member
Executive Committee chairman and member
Hospital planning sessions, multiple
Design and equipment selection for ICCU
Design and equipment selection for hospital-wide telemetry units
Selection, purchase, and institution of invasive hemodynamic monitoring
Physician for “Fast Track” weight management program
Deputy Coroner for four years
Selection, purchase, and institution of external pacing
Selection, purchase, and institution of transvenous pacemakers and establishment of the permanent pacemaker service and follow-up
Responsible for JCAH approval for Bartholomew County Hospital
Member of Columbus Community EMT Task Force
Member of committee to establish a radiation therapy facility for Bartholomew County Hospital
Institution of a mobile cardiac cath lab at Bartholomew County Hospital
Institution and support of the ACLS program at Bartholomew County Hospital;
Trained over 800 providers
Adviser to the Wellness Program at Bartholomew County Hospital
Creation and development of the Fall Fitness Festival at Columbus
Selection, purchase, and institution of an echocardiographic program through three generations of equipment
Institution of Stress Echocardiography
Selection, purchase, and institution of a vascular lab including duplex peripheral vascular imaging, pulse volume recording, GEE OPG, and Doppler frequency/velocity analysis of peripheral arterial and venous systems.
Selection, purchase and institution of computerized ECG acquisition, storage, and retrieval
Selection, purchase, and institution of computerized treadmill equipment, including Long term data storage
Selection, purchase, and institution of Holter Monitor systems, and storage into a central computer system, and establishment of a scanning service
Creation of the Cardiac Rehabilitation program, offering Phases I, II, III and department advisor for 15 years
Evaluation and institution of Streptokinase treatment with ISIS involvement
Conduction of multiple CME courses for physicians and nurses at Bartholomew County Hospital
Creation and staffing for the annual health evaluation system for municipal fire and law enforcement departments
Member of the MIS computer system for hospital and lab Member of committees of the hospital for CAT scanner purchase and implementation, and HSA approval
Member of committee to establish psychiatric in-patient service and facility Construction
Clinical instructor, Internal medicine,St. Vincent’s Hospital
Previous Positions
National Vice-President, American Heart Association
Member, National Nominating Committee, American Heart Association
Chairman, North Central Regional Heart Committee of the American Heart Association (Michigan, Northern Ohio, Illinois, Chicago, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Indiana)
President Indiana Affiliate of the American Heart Association
Chairman, Cholesterol Task Force, Indiana Affiliate, American Heart Association
Chairman, Cholesterol Education for Physicians, Indiana Affiliate American Heart Association
Chairman, Program Committee, Indiana Affiliate, American Heart Association
Member, North Central Regional Heart Committee, American Heart Association
Member, Clinical Council on Cardiology, American Heart Association
Chief of Staff, Bartholomew County Hospital
Chairman, Credentials Committee, Bartholomew County Hospital
Chairman of Department of Medicine, Bartholomew County Hospital
Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation, Electrodiagnostic Services, and Noninvasive Vascular Lab, Bartholomew County Hospital
President of Bartholomew-Brown County Medical Society
Secretary Treasurer of Bartholomew-Brown County Medical Society
Medical Adviser of Nurses House Calls, home health care
University of California & University of Chicago Medical Schools
Lecturer in Computer Applications in Medicine, 1978-1986
ACLS Affiliate Instructor Trainer
Professional Affiliations:
American Medical Association
Indiana State Medical Association
American College of Physicians
American Society of Internal Medicine
American Heart Association
Education:
Indiana University School of Medicine
University of Indianapolis
