| Present and Previous Positions |
| 1987 - present |
Chief, Division of Traumatology and Surgical
Critical Care, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| 1987 - present |
Physician-in-Chief, PennSTAR Flight
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| 1984 - 1987 |
Head, Trauma and Emergency Medical Services
Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Camden, New Jersey |
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| 1980 - 1984 |
Director, Multiple Trauma Service
Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, Virginia |
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| University of Pennsylvania
Medical Center Appointments |
| 1987 |
Chief of Service Committee |
| 1987 |
Chairman, Trauma Program Director Committee |
| 1988 |
Incidents and Occurrences Committee |
| 1988 |
Chairman, Medical Operations and Oversight Committee
(PennStar) |
| 1988 |
Vice Chairman, Surgical Intensive Care Unit Executive
Committee |
| 1988 - 1990 |
Dean's Committee for Rehabilitation Services |
| 1990 |
Practice Affairs Committee |
| 1990 |
Council of Continuing Medical Education Committee,
Department of Surgery |
| 1990 |
Executive Committee, Department of Surgery |
| 1990 - 1993 |
Chairman, Surgical Intensive Care Quality Assurance
Committee |
| 1991 |
Operating Room Committee |
| 1991 |
Musculoskeletal Task Force Committee |
| 1992 |
West Philadelphia Pastoral Care Committee |
| 1992 |
Committee on Patient Transport |
| 1992 |
Committee to Review the Department of Orthopaedic
Surgery |
| 1992 |
Search Committee for a Chair of the Department
of Orthopaedic Surgery |
| 1992 - 1996 |
Medical Board, Member |
| 1993 - 1996 |
Chairman, Medical Board |
| 1995 |
Search Committee for a Chair of the Department
of Rehabilitation Medicine |
| 1996 - 1998 |
Co-Chairman, Critical Care/Trauma Quality Improvement
Committe |
| 1996 - present |
Admissions Committee, University of Pennsylvania
Medical School |
| 1997-2005 |
Committee on Appointments and Promotions, Department
of Surgery |
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| 2000 - present |
Credentials Committee |
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| 2000 - 2006 |
Medical Board Member |
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| Academic Appointments |
| 1980 - 1983 |
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia |
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| 1983 - 1984 |
Associate Professor
Department of Surgery
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Norfolk, Virginia |
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| 1984 - 1987 |
Associate Professor of Surgery
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center at Camden
Camden, New Jersey |
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| 1987 - present |
Professor of Surgery
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Anesthesia (Critical Care)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medical |
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| 1995 - 2002 |
Brandywine Hospital and Trauma Center
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Traumatology and
Surgical Intensive Care Unit |
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| 1998 - present |
St. Luke’s Hospital and Health Network
Associate Medical Staff, Department of Surgery, Division of
Traumatology and Surgical Intensive Care |
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| 2001 - 2004 |
Graduate Group in Criminology
University of Pennsylvania |
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| 2005 - present |
The Reading Hospital and Medical Center
Active (Provisional) Medical Staff, Department of Surgery/Section
of General Surgery/Trauma and Surgical Critical Care |
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| National and International
Appointments |
| American College of
Surgeons, Committee on Trauma |
- 1981-present Advanced Trauma Life
Support Course, Region III (Regional Facility)
- 1989 Chairman, Trauma Action Program
- 1990-92 Trauma Registry Task Force
- 1992-94 Chairman, Subcommittee on
Education
- 1992-1996 Chairman, Health and Economics
Committee
- 1993 Contributing author - Optimal
Care of the Injured Patient
- 1993-94 Vice Chairman, Executive
Committee
- 1993-1995 Executive Committee
- 1996 Committee on Outcomes
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| Eastern Association
for the Surgery of Trauma |
- 1986-93 Board of Directors
- 1988-89 Recorder
- 1992-93 President
- 1992-93 Chairman, Issues Committee
- 1993-95 Health Care Reform Task
Force
- 1993-95 Chairman, Violence Prevention
Task Force
- 1995-98 Specialty Governor for American
College of Surgeons
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| American Association
for the Surgery of Trauma |
- 1987-1990
Board of Managers, Manager-at-Large
- 1992-95
Chairman of Health and Economics Committee
- 2000-03
Honors Committee
- 2004-05
President Elect
- 2005-06
President
- 2005-06
Canizaro Award
- 2005-06
Membership Committee (Chair)
- 2005-06
Nominating Committee
- 2005-06
Program Committee
- 2005-06 Scholarship Committee (Chair)
- 1988-90 American Trauma Society,
Board of Directors
- 1989 International Association for
the Surgery of Trauma and Surgical Intensive Care
2007-09 President Elect
2009-11 President
- 1989, 1998 McGill University, Montreal,
Canada, External Evaluator, Tenure Committee
- 1990, 1992, American Board of Surgery,
Associate/Alternate Examiner in the Certifying
2003 Examination
- 1991 Centers for Disease Control,
National Agenda for Injury
Control in the 1990's, Co-Chairman and co-author of the
position paper on Trauma Systems
- 1991-92 Commission on Professional
and Hospital Activities
- 1992-1995 Department of Health &
Human Services/Health Resources and
Services Administration - Division of Organ Transplantation
Member of Ad-Hoc Committee Model Trauma Care Systems &
Plan
- 1993-1997 Association for the Advancement
of Automotive Medicine
Board of Directors
- 1995-1999 American College of Surgeons,
Governor
- 1998-2001 Centers for Disease Control,
Advisory Committee for Injury Prevention and Control
- 2004-2006 Institute of Medicine’s
Committee on the Future of Emergency Care
- 2005-present Uniformed Services
University of the Health Science, Visiting Board Member
- Ithaca College
2007-2012 Chairman, Board of Trustees
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| State Appointments |
Commonwealth
of Virginia
(1983-84 Chairman, Trauma Site Review Team) |
- 1983-84
Division of EMS, Department of Health
- 1982-84
State EMS Advisory Council
- 1983-84
American College of Surgeons, Chairman, Virginia Committee
on Trauma
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| New Jersey State Committee on Trauma |
- 1986-87 Governor's Council
on Emergency Medical Services -Thomas H. Kean, Governor
- 1984-87 Ad Hoc Committee for
Designation of Level II Trauma Centers
- 1987 Pennsylvania Committee
on Trauma
- 1990-93 City of Philadelphia,
Commissioner's Medical Advisory Board
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| Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation |
- 1990 Quality Assurance
- 1990 Committee and Medical
Advisory Board
- 1995-2000 Board Member
- 1997 Research Committee
- 1997-2001 Standards Committee
(Chairman)
- 1998-2001 Executive Committee
- 1995 Pennsylvania Medical
Society
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| The College of Physicians of Philadelphia |
- 2007 Board of Trustees
- 2007 Admissions Committee
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| Consultations |
- 1980-94 American College of Surgeons
Committee on Trauma, Trauma Verification Committee Team,
(Nine Hospitals/Medical Centers)
- United States Department of Transportation,
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
- 1990 Technical Assistance Team, North Carolina
- 1991 Technical Assistance Team, Nevada
- 1991 Centers for Disease Control,
National Agenda for Injury Control in the 1990's, Trauma
Systems
- 1998 Stanford Institute of Public
Policy-Study of Gunshot Wound Costs
- 2001 American Medical Association,
Task Force on Firearm Violence
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| Independent Consulting
Work |
- 1986-87 Atlantic City Medical Center,
Atlantic City, New Jersey, Consultant
- 1987 St. Francis Hospital, Colorado
Springs, Colorado, Consultant
1988 Glynn Brunswick Memorial Hospital, Brunswick, Georgia,
Consultant
- 1992 Health Care Finance Administration,
Rockville, MA, Consultant
- 1993 University of Nebraska Medical
Center, Omaha, Consultant
- 1994-95 Brandywine Hospital, Brandywine,
PA, Consultant
- 1996 Community Medical Center, Scranton,
PA, Consultant
- 1997 Lancaster General Hospital,
Lancaster, PA, Consultant
- 1997 St. Luke’s Hospital,
Bethlehem, PA, Consultant
- 2000 St. Agnes Medical Center, Philadelphia,
PA, Consultant
- 2000 Medical Center, Langhorne,
PA, Consultant
- 2004 Reading Hospital and Medical
Center, Reading, PA, Consultant
- 2007 Robert Packer Hospital,
Sayre, Pennsylvania, Consultant
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