Healthcare management expert witness work spanning more than 30 years in the medical field defines his experience in healthcare strategy, strategic change, strategic implementation, organization and management, managed care, and integrated delivery networks. He specializes in healthcare strategy, healthcare administration, healthcare technology, health information management, information technology, managed care, medical claims, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, and strategic plans. He has provided consultations, deposition testimony, and courtroom testimony for more than 15 years as a healthcare management expert witness.

He holds a Ph.D. in sociology, an MBA with a specialization in hospital administration and marketing, an M.A. in sociology, and a B.A. in sociology and anthropology. His professional authority is supported by honors and fellowships, health care management publications, editorial board service, governmental research review committee work, journal and grant review activity, and affiliations with the Academy of Management, American Hospital Association, and Association for Health Services Research.

Expert witness experience includes healthcare competition, antitrust, hospital vertical integration, physician group practices, managed care, healthcare mergers, provider systems, medical device disputes, pharmaceutical matters, reimbursement issues, and healthcare management disputes. He has provided expert witness testimony in federal, state, and private-sector matters involving healthcare organizations, health systems, insurers, medical groups, pharmaceutical entities, medical device companies, and healthcare management issues. His analysis is supported by research, teaching, executive education, and industry presentation experience in health care strategy, integrated delivery systems, managed care, organizational change, healthcare policy, evaluation research, and strategic implementation.

His professional background includes professor-level responsibilities, an endowed chair position, co-director-level leadership in a life sciences and management program, and prior chair, director, research director, and area leader roles involving health care management, health systems, integrated delivery, organizational change, and strategic management. His work includes healthcare value chain analysis, payer-provider-producer relationships, group purchasing organizations, pharmacy benefit managers, physician-hospital integration, managed care, hospital consolidation, strategic alliances, medical device innovation, pharmaceutical strategy, healthcare supply chains, organizational design, and organizational behavior.