Professional Life:

It’s been great to have worked as an ObGyn in Montgomery County since 1981. I’ve had the opportunity to take care of many great patients over the years! Professionally,  I have been fortunate to have lead organized medicine at the National, State, County, Hospital, and Specialty Society levels!

Nationally, I was a Delegate to the AMA being on the Maryland Delegation for years. I served as President of the Montgomery County Medical Society (twice), President of Med Chi, the Maryland State Medical Society, President of the Maryland Obstetrical and Gynecologic Society, Chair of the Maryland Section of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Chair of the OB GYN Department at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital, and Co-Chair of the Physicians’ Electronic Health Record Coalition, Currently I am the Chair of the OBGYN Peer Review Committee of Shady Grove Adventist Hospital, a member of the Board of the Med Chi Agency, and a member of the Board of the Montgomery County Medical Society.

I received the Patients’ Choice Award from Vitals. Now in it’s 8th year, the Vitals Patients’ Choice award recognizes top-performing doctors based on reviews and ratings collected during the past calendar year.

For the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists I served as the Chair of the Practice Management Committee and I have taught courses at Annual Clinical Meetings of ACOG. I was the Faculty Director for 2 medical education courses at the 2013 ACOG Annual Clinical Meeting: Information Technology: Improving Patient Outcomes and Optimizing Practice Management  discussed the use of information technology in the modern ObGyn practice. Social Media in Obstetrics and Gynecology was an ACOG course that discussed the professional uses of social media and blogs. That course was given at the 2014 Annual Clinical Meeting.

My honors include being named as one of Washington’s Top Doctors by Washingtonian Magazine 2002-2018. I’m very pleased to have been chosen one of Washington’s Top Doctors by my peers!

 

I received a special honor on May 8, 2012 by being selected to participate in a White House Town Meeting: Discussion on Health Information Technology and Healthcare Reform.

I am happy to report I received the 2016 America’s Most Honored Professional Award:

I’m happy to report I recently received Vital’s On-Time Doctor Award:

I’m very pleased to report that I was awarded the Patients’ Choice Award. Patients’ Choice recognition reflects the difference a particular physician has made in the lives of his/her patients. The honor is bestowed to physicians who have received near perfect scores, as voted by patients.

Personal Life:

I am married to my wife Edith since 1977. We have 2 children, Julie and David. I live in Bethesda. My favorite physical activity is swimming. I enjoy swimming all year round at the YMCA, even outdoors in the winter! I read science fiction and mysteries. My favorite authors are William Gibson, Neal Stephenson and Haruki Murakami. My favorite film is Bladerunner.

I have special interests in Electronic Health Records, Computers in Medicine, Social Media, Blogging and especially Apple Computers.

Here’s Edith and me at a meeting in San Francisco…