Clinical Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
School of Medicine

Diplomate
A. National Board of Medical Examiners, 1980
B. American Board of Internal Medicine:
1. Internal Medicine 1982
2. Pulmonary Disease 1984
3. Critical Care Medicine 1987, recertified 1997, 2007 - 2018
4. Hospice and Palliative Medicine, certified 2010 - 2020

A. Honorable Mention, Western Economic Honor Society Essay Contest, 1975
B. Awarded “Outstanding Teaching Attending” for Long Beach Memorial Medical Center by University of California Irvine in 2001, 2002, 2003 and again in 2007
C. Awarded 2002-Long Beach Memorial Munzer Family Award for Teaching and Research
D. Elected Trustee Long Beach Memorial Medical Center 2007
E. Physician Champion Award, Volunteer Hospitals of America 2007
F. Elected “Physician of the Year” at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center 2009
G. Received the Marc Sonne, MD, Award for Compassionate Care 2011, by Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
H. Elected subspecialty teaching attending of the year by UCI medicine residents 2016 and 2017
I. Chosen Physician of Excellence for 2019 and 2020 by Orange County Medical Association

A. Director Medical Intensive Care Unit, UCI Medical Center, 2013 to 2018
B. Director of Respiratory Therapy, UCI Medical Center, 2013 to 2018
C. Medical Director Intensive Care Unit, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, 2006-2011
D. Director Critical Care Medicine training program for UCI residents and fellows at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, 2001-2011
E. Director Palliative Care Medicine Program Long Beach Memorial Medical Center 2009-2011
F. Certified by Society of Critical Care Medicine as instructor for Fundamentals of Critical Care Support Course 2002
G. Organizer and Director Pulmonary Function Laboratory, Talbert Medical Group, 1985 to January 2013.
H. Medical Director, Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship program, UC Irvine School of Medicine 7-1-17 to 9-29-19

Society of Critical Care Medicine

American Thoracic Society

Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians

Fellowship, Pulmonary Disease
Medical College of Wisconsin 1982—1984

Fellowship, Critical Care Medicine
University of Florida 1984—1985

Critical Care Medicine (IM)

Pulmonary Disease (IM)

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Last updated
08/28/2020