This physician expert witness is board certified in Internal Medicine and holds Added Qualifications in Geriatric Medicine. He has more than 30 years of professional experience in Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, and epidemiology, and has over 10 years of expert witness experience including consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony. His background includes service as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. Public Health Service) and as Acting State Epidemiologist for a state department of health. His areas of expertise include infectious diseases and immunology; healthcare-associated infections and infection control; sepsis and bloodstream infections, including those associated with intravenous fluids; Staphylococcus aureus; physical diagnosis; electrocardiography; and travel and international medicine.

His professional experience includes private and group practice in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, as well as ongoing practice in Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine. He has served in hospital-based Department of Medicine and Infection Control Committee roles. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and holds a Certificate in Travel Medicine. He is a member of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the International Society of Travel Medicine, the American College of Physicians, the Tennessee Medical Association, and the Nashville Academy of Medicine. His legal work focuses on objective evaluation of infectious disease diagnosis, infection control practices, internal medicine standards of care, and epidemiologic issues.