With more than 40 years of experience in endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism, this physician specializes in diabetes mellitus, thyroid disease, complex endocrine disorders, chronic disease management, hospital utilization review, medical documentation and coding, healthcare quality, and endocrine consultation. His expertise includes inpatient and outpatient diabetes care, endocrine disorders, hospital quality improvement, utilization management, medical necessity review, patient placement, physician documentation, and healthcare compliance. He also has more than 30 years of expert witness experience providing consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony involving endocrinology, diabetes care, hospital practices, medical documentation, and healthcare quality.

His professional experience includes serving as Principal Investigator, Medical Consultant, Consultant of Quality and Endocrinology, Volunteer Diabetes Consultant and Care Provider, Physician In-Patient Endocrinology and Diabetes Consultant and Care Provider, Director of Physician Education and Integration, Physician Advisor, Assistant Medical Director, Medical Director, Research Director, Consultant of Hospital Quality and Documentation, Consultant of Documentation, Compliance and Utilization, Clinical Assistant Professor, and Chief of Medical Genetics in the U.S. Air Force. Throughout his career, he has provided endocrine consultation, managed inpatient diabetes services, directed physician education programs, reviewed medical documentation and coding, evaluated utilization and quality of care, supervised multidisciplinary clinical teams, conducted medical-legal case reviews, coordinated endocrinology services, and served as principal investigator for clinical research involving Classic Galactosemia. His work also includes evaluating veterans with chronic disability conditions and providing endocrine care through community and telemedicine programs.

He earned a Doctor of Medicine degree and a Bachelor of Arts, followed by residency training in Internal Medicine and fellowship training in Genetics, Endocrinology, and Metabolism. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism, and Quality Assurance and Utilization Review, and is a Fellow of the American College of Endocrinology (FACE). His professional affiliations include the Endocrine Society, the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, the American Diabetes Association, the American College of Physicians, the Florida Medical Association, the Florida Endocrine Society, the American Association of Diabetes Educators, the Southern Medical Association, and the Florida Society of Internal Medicine. In addition, he has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications, participated in clinical research involving diabetes and endocrine disorders, and has presented extensively on diabetes management, endocrine emergencies, healthcare quality, medical documentation, coding, utilization review, and chronic disease management.