General surgeon and spinal cord injury physician to the greater New York metropolitan VA community with clinical and research commitment to the general surgical and spinal cord injured veteran especially those with chronic wounds and Assistant Professor of Surgery, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai. Retired from the VA after 20 years of federal service.

Principal of a firm providing consulting services to the biotechnology, bio pharmaceutical and medical service spaces related to wound care products and services including medical management and development with clinical outcome algorithm for wound healing, strategic positioning including clinic design and development and medical education, marketing and sales including product evaluation, packaging, and sales force development and education. Clients included: Ortho-McNeil, Smith and Nephew, Advanced Tissue Sciences, Novartis, Johnson & Johnson, Yakima(WA) Valley Medical Center, Norristown(PA) Medical Center, Good Samaritan Los Angeles(CA) et al.

Matrix reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board and the Chief Operating Officer. Responsibilities included management of the Medical Affairs group to support our corporate, field, developmental and research staffs and our hospital client partner's based "Centers of Excellence in Wound CareR" clinics with an initial 8 partners to more than 75 and from $4MM in corporate revenue to more than $50 MM. This included research and clinical trial development and review for a patented wound healing product, strategic product development, sales and marketing staff support, clinical data development, mining and review, clinical algorithm development, medical management, and medical and nursing personnel support management. Managed this function as the company evolved from a private equity startup to a mature, publicly traded organization.

Attending general surgeon and Surgeon to the Hospital in surgical practice and Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Prior service as a surgical intern, junior surgical resident, senior surgical resident, chief surgical resident, Assistant and Associate Surgeon to the Hospital and Instructor and Clinical Associate in Surgery all at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.