Overbrook High School.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1947-1950

Temple University.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1950-1953

Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1957

Training

Internship---Hospitals of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Philadelphia
1957-1958

Residency---General Surgery. Bay Village Hospital,
Bay Village, Ohio
October, 1958--October 1, 1961

Fellowship

Gastrointestinal Surgical Fellowship.
Nakayama Surgical Department,
Chiba University Medical School.
Chiba, Japan
November 1961--May,1962

Thoracic Surgical Fellowship.
Uchiyama Surgical Department,
Kagoshima University Medical School.
Kagoshima, Japan
May, 1962--July, 1962

Licensure

 

Honors

Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons (1975)

Fellow of the American Society of Abdominal Surgeons (1983)

Fellow of International College of Surgeons (1993)

Professional Status

Medical Director,
Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital
(11/92 - 5/00)

Director of Medical Education,
Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital
( 1/90 - 5/00)

Chief, Department of Surgery,
Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital
(7/66 - 5/00)

Clinical Professor of Surgery,
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
(1992 to present)

Clinical Professor of Surgery,
University of Health Sciences, Des Moines,
IO 1968

Clinical Professor of Surgery,
Ohio University - College of Osteopathic Medicine, Athens, OH
(1978 to present)

Active Professional Staff,
Forum Health Care, Youngstown, Ohio
(1995 to present)

Director of Surgical Residency Training Program,
Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital
(1969-2000)

Director of Emergency Room Service,
Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital
(1966 - 1994)

Chairman, Quality Assurance Committee,
Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital
(9/91-5/00)

Chairman, Utilization Review, Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital (9/91-5/00)

Chairman, Disaster Planning Committee,
Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital

Chairman, Strategic Planning Committee for Board of Trustee, Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital
(1990-1992)

Member,
Association of Osteopathic Directors and Medical Educators
(1/90-1/01)

Member,
Ohio Osteopathic Directors of Medical Education
(1/90-1/01)

Deputy Coroner,
Mahoning County, Ohio
(7/74-6/93)

President,
10th District Academy of Ohio Osteopathic Associations
(1973)

Attending Staff Surgeons and Director of Emergency Services, Bay View Hospital, Bay Village, Ohio
(1962-1966)

Chief of Staff,
Bay Village Hospital, Bay Village, Ohio
(1964-1966)

Chief of Staff,
Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital, Youngstown, Ohio
(1971-1972)

Member, Board of American Cancer Society,
Mahoning County, Ohio
(1969-1975)

Curriculum Advisor, Paramedic Training Program,
Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio
(1978-1981)

Member, Board of Trustees,
Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital
(1968-1995)

Member, Bioethics Committee,
Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital.

Lectures and Presentations

Lecture: "Health Care Cost Impact Of Medicare/Medicaid",
Lake-to-River Health Coalition Seminar.
Warren, Ohio (September, 1993)

Lecture: "General Surgical Application of Laser",
Laser Surgery with Podiatric Applications Seminar.
Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital (June 19, 1993)

Lecture: "The Fourth Scope",
Perplexing Problems Seminar.
Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital (May 20, 1993)

Lecture: "why, How and who of Quality Assurance" and " TQM-CQI",
Quality Issues in Medicine Seminar.
Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital (January 28, 1993)

Lecture: "Critical Care Issues: Whether or Not to Treat",
To Treat or Not to Treat: That is the Question Seminar.
Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital (September 24, 1992)

Weekly lectures to house staff and externs

Addressed Post-Graduate Clinical Assembly of
American College Osteopathic Surgeons
(Common Bile Duct Surgery, Thoracic Trauma, Small Bowel Obstruction)

Addressed American College of
Osteopathic Emergency Room Physicians ("The Acute Abdomen")

Addressed Ohio Academy of Osteopathic General Practitioners
(Hiatal Hernia, Polyp Disease of the Colon, Colonoscopy)

Speaker: Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital for Northeastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania Osteopathic Physicians over the past ten years at seminars (Nodular Disease of the Thyroid, Gastric Bypass, Gastric Stapling for Morbid Obesity, Management of Pulmonary Infection by Surgical Means, Abdominal Pain)

Program Chairman, Annual Post-Graduate Seminar of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons (April, 1976)

Published Articles

Journal of the American Osteopathic Association-
" The Acute Abdomen" (1969) And
" Bronco-Esophageal Fistulas" (1972)

New England Osteopathic Assembly, Speaker,
" Non- Cardiac Chest Pain and Chest Trauma".
New Hampshire (1984)

Co-Author: "Anergy Testing and Assessment Value of Total Parenteral Nutrition." (1985)

Surgical Experience and Training

General and Thoracic (Non-Vascular) Surgery

Genitourinary Surgery

Gynecologic Surgery

Endoscopy Procedures:

Upper Intestinal Panendoscopy

Rigid/Flexible Sigmoidoscopy

Colonoscopy

Laparoscopy (Peritoneosopy)

Thoroscopy

Mediastinoscopy

Cystoscopy

Trained with Drs. Norman Sonn and Jeffrey Aronoff to perform Dppler-guided hemorrhoidal artery ligation (December, 1999)

Hair Transplantation Experience and Training

Live Workshop with Dominic Brandy, M.D., Pittsburgh, PA (July 30-31, 1993)

Preceptorship with Robert Paunovich, D. O., Florida (Three weeks - September, 1993)

3rd Annual meeting of International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery, Nashville, TN (October, 1996)

Hair '99, Cornell University, New York, NY (May 8, 1999).