Other Locations: TX

Specialty 1: Emergency Medicine

Keywords/Search Terms: Emergency Medicine Hospital Medicine Utilization Management Insurance Disability Workers Comp Aerospace Engineering

Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine

License(s): TX, OR, KS, WY, NY, CO, IMLC

Years in Practice: 12

• 5 years performing IMEs
• 1200 IMEs performed
• Deposed/Testified 0 times

IME Training: Employed by Large Insurer

Additional Information

I'm a board-certified emergency medicine physician (ABEM) with more than a decade of active clinical practice, which gives me broad, hands-on familiarity with the full range of acute illness and injury. As Vice President of 39 North Health Plans and a Utilization Management and Appeals Physician at a national health insurer, I regularly review other providers' care for medical necessity, appropriateness, and adherence to standards. That work has made me a disciplined, objective evaluator of medical records and clinical decision-making. I scored in the top 1–2% nationally on the USMLE and maintained high academic performance throughout my residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, giving me a deep understanding of medicine across specialties. I write clear, well-supported, evidence-based opinions and bring the neutrality and rigor that independent medical examinations require. I hold active medical licenses in Texas, Colorado, Kansas, Wyoming, Oregon, and New York, and I qualify through the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact for expedited licensure in additional states as needed. Before medicine, I worked as an aerospace engineer and software developer, which gives me a unique analytical perspective on clinical care.