Education, Experience, and Personal

10 years as a general pediatrician, mostly part-time
20 years as a medical geneticist at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
20 years (overlapping CHLA) as faculty at the Keck School of Medicine at USC, including research and teaching
5 years as the Medical Director of Courtagen Life Sciences
Participation in multiple organizations, past and present, including the Scientific Advisory Board of the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation and a Principal Adviser of the Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome Association.

Home: Married (to a social worker) father of four children with ages ranging from 17 to 33
Interests: children’s issues, animals (wild and pets), travel (the more exotic the better), and reading