UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOL
University of Florida, 1968-1974
•B.S. in Zoology and Chemistry; graduate with honors; President’s Honor Roll and Dean’s List
•Member, Pre-Medical Honor Society; President, Kappa Sigma Fraternity
•Awarded scholarship grants from Parkway General Hospital, Miami, Florida

MEDICAL SCHOOL
University of South Florida College of Medicine
•M.D. degree, 1978
•Received both Mosby Scholarship Achievement Award and C.I.B.A. Leadership Award for
service to his medical school
•President of medical school class three successive years

INTERNSHIP
•Harvard Medical School Affiliate: Cambridge City Hospital, 1978-1979
•Internal Medicine, Emergency Room and Intensive Care Unit
•Obstetrics and Gynecology training

RESIDENCY
Harvard/Tufts University Affiliated Hospitals (Obstetrics and Gynecology), 1978-1982
Chief Resident, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Tufts Univ. Affil. Hosps., 1981-1982

APPOINTMENTS
Assistant Clinical Professor,
University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine, 1984-1993
Former Teaching Faculty, Harvard University
Teaching Faculty, University of Rhode Island, 1999-Present

LICENSES
•Massachusetts #44906
•California #G43617 (1980-1996)

MEMBERSHIPS (past and present)
•American Medical Association (recipient of their Physician’s Recognition Award)
•Nominated by National Physician Ambassadors Program as a Physician Ambassador to China and South Africa

•Award Recipient: American Biographical Institute Man of the Year, 2004; International Biographical Centre International Health Professional of the Year, 2004; American Biographical Institute American Medal of Honor, 2004
•Member of the Medical Advisory Board of 1-800-Healthy.com

•New England Obstetrical and Gynecological Society
•Fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
•International Association of Medical Specialists
•Massachusetts Medical Society
•Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
•American Society of Bariatric Physicians
•Norfolk District Medical Society
•Massachusetts Speakers Association
•Medical Speakers Bureau
•National Association of Physician Broadcasters
•National Association of Medical Communicators
•California Medical Association
•Orange County Medical Association
•Orange County Obstetrical and Gynecological Society
•American Academy of Family Physicians
•Massachusetts Academy of Family Physicians
•Selected Honored member, Who’s Who
•The American College of Physician Executives

CERTIFICATIONS
•Diplomate of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (recertified, 1996 and 2007)
•Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners

EXPERIENCE
Private practice, treating patients for 16 years, beginning 1982

Feb., 2005 - Led an international volunteer medical team into Sri Lanka in the areas of the refugee camps, aiding victims of the tsunami.  The group rendered medical and surgical treatment to nearly 11,000 patients.

Medical Director of Natural Health Pharmaceuticals, 2005-2007
Comprehensive Medical Director, Guthy-Renker Corporation, 1998-2004
Physician Advisor and Medical Director, United Healthcare, the nation’s largest health care company (as Medical Director, playing a major role in setting the standards for patient care), 1996-1998
Member of the Board that credentials physicians for selected HMO memberships for Cigna Health Care, 1994-1996
Former member of hospital physician credentialing committee.
Obstetrical Consultant for The Perrigo Company
Medical Director, Adirondack Country Club (2001-present)
Gynecologist and Gynecological Consultant for Tufts University and Emerson College, Boston, MA, treating university students.
Staffed numerous suburban family planning and neighborhood health clinics in the Boston area

PUBLICATIONS
Obstetrics and Gynecology: Vol. 59, Numb er 3, March, 1982: Major Complications Associated With Intrauterine Pressure Monitoring.
Journal of The American Medical Association: Book Reviews:
Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology September 18, 1982-Vol 248, No. 11
Clinical and Diagnostic Procedures in Obstetrics and Gynecology June 8, 1984---Vol. 251, No. 22
Gynecology: Principles and Practice March 20, 1987---Vol. 257, No. 11
Obstetrics and Gynecology: The Clinical Core November 4, 1988---Vol 260, No. 17
TeLinde’s Operative Gynecology June 3, 1992---Vol. 267, No. 21
Gynecology and Obstetrics Longitudinal Approach April 6, 1994---Vol. 271, No. 13
Author: "Making Womb For Baby"

MEDIA APPEARANCES AND LECTURING
Created the nationally released, full-length video tape on pregnancy, “MAKING WOMB FOR BABY”.
Formerly medical commentator on Fox News Channel, CNN and New England Cable News
Appeared on dozens of national television talk shows
Appearances with Joan Rivers, Farrah Fawcett, Marilu Henner, Gloria Loring, Kris and Bruce Jenner.
Produced and Hosted the medical television show "There‘s A Doctor in the House"
Hosted a radio call-in medical show on the East Coast, and is a frequent medical guest on radio programs, both locally and nationally
Numerous appearances on NBC shows when medical issues arise.
Quoted in several national magazines and newspapers including USA Today, The New York Post, Bride’s Magazine, Fitness, Men’s Health, Incite, Woman’s World, Baby Talk, Men’s Fitness
Guest lecturer at numerous nursing schools, colleges and universities, organizations and physicians’ groups.
Formerly, treating physician to U.S. Olympic Team members and Silver Medalist
Registered speaker for: American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, American Diabetes Association