A family medicine physician and expert witness with more than 20 years of experience, this professional specializes in family medicine with an additional focus on internal medicine and comprehensive primary care. Prior expert witness experience includes consultations, deposition testimony, and courtroom testimony. Clinical, academic, and educational work has addressed preventive medicine, chronic disease management, behavioral health, women’s health, cardiovascular and respiratory conditions, pain management, infectious disease, and other medical concerns commonly encountered in family practice.

Educational attainment includes a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and a medical degree, followed by residency training in family medicine and service as chief resident. Professional qualifications include board certification through the American Board of Family Medicine and documented California physician licensure. Academic leadership has included service as an Associate Dean, director of a medical education program focused on Latino communities, clinical professor of family medicine, family medicine residency program director, and associate and assistant residency program director. These roles have involved physician education, curriculum development, resident supervision, cultural competency, diversity and inclusion, and primary care training.

Professional involvement includes the American Academy of Family Physicians, California Academy of Family Physicians, California Medical Association, and National Hispanic Medical Association. His scholarly and educational record includes more than 150 invited presentations, more than 1,000 continuing medical education reviews, editorial board appointments, peer-review service for family medicine journals, and publications addressing primary care, preventive medicine, behavioral health, respiratory disease, women’s health, cultural competency, and clinical education. This combination of clinical practice, medical education leadership, board certification, scholarship, and expert testimony supports evaluation of family medicine standards, primary care management, physician decision-making, and related medical issues in litigation.