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Board Certified Physician executive and clinician with current academic credentials and more than fifteen years of medical management experience in a variety of settings. Strong clinical background in both primary care and behavioral health care medicine. Demonstrated strengths include leadership, communication skills, team building, entrepreneurship, and innovation. Nationally recognized leadership role as advocate of mental health care reform. Creator of MedNews List, a widely subscribed national e-mail bulletin board medical news service.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Pfizer, Inc.
- Pfizer Pharmaceutical Group
Philadelphia, PA and New York City, NY
July, 2001-Present
- Director, Regional Medical Research Specialist
Central Nervous System Therapeutic Area
Mid-Atlantic Region
Field-based regional medical division director. Provide support through clinical research and scientific communications with regional thought leaders and institutions. Create opportunities for access and advocacy that can accelerate CNS therapeutic area product uptake.
- Barry K. Herman, M.D., & Associates, P.A.
Austin, Texas, Amarillo Texas, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June 2002-Present (Philadelphia); October 1989-June 2002 (Austin); October 1999- November 2000 (Amarillo)
President and Chief Executive Officer. President and CEO of a Professional Association specializing in child, adolescent and adult psychiatry; forensic psychiatry; contract utilization review; and behavioral healthcare system consultation.
- United Healthcare of Texas, Inc.
Corpus Christi, Texas
August 1998-June 1999
Medical Director. Medical Director of an open-access, mixed model HMO with 30,000 enrolled members and approximately 1,400 physician network providers covering 22 counties in South Texas. Responsibilities included reorganization and oversight of the health services department; medical utilization and quality management; credentialing; provider contracting; clinical profiling; disease management program development; committee support; provider network management; NCQA survey preparation.
[Position was eliminated as part of corporate downsizing and reorganization. I did not accept an offer to relocate to the United Healthcare Houston Division]
- FIRSTCARE Southwest Health Alliances
Austin, Texas
April, 1996-April 1998
Vice President, Corporate and Regional Medical Director, Interim Regional Executive Director.
Corporate Medical Director (4/96-4/98) of a Texas, hospital-owned, network model HMO with over 100,000 enrolled members (9,000 Medicaid members) and over 2,000 network physician providers in four large geographic regions (greater than 100 counties).
Regional Medical Director of Amarillo Regional Plan (4/96-6/97) with 50,000 enrolled members and over 450 network physician providers.
Interim Regional Executive Director of Amarillo Plan (3/1-9/1/97).
Key Responsibilities:
• Corporate Medical Director: Liaison to plan regional medical directors; Physician profiling; Medical management policies and procedures; Medical Advisory and Medical Technology Assessment Committees; Corporate provider credentialing oversight.
• Regional Medical Director: Utilization Management; Credentialing; Quality Management; Physician Committee Support; Provider Network Management; NCQA Survey Preparation.
• Interim Regional Executive Director: Plan Operations; Contracting; Marketing; Public Relations.
[I requested and received a severance/retention agreement in October 1997 when it appeared likely that the company would be acquired by another health plan].
- Capital Area PsySystems, Inc. (dba Capital Area Psych Services, Integrated Mental Health Services)
Austin, Texas
September, 1992- January 1995
Chief Executive Officer and Medical Director.
Founded a staff model, multidisciplinary behavioral health care clinic with over 15 full-time equivalent practitioner employees and three practice locations. Responsible for clinical oversight and supervision of program and staff; strategic business planning; development of medical utilization policies and procedures and case management system; clinical program development; contract negotiations; marketing. First national group practice acquisition by GPA, Inc., a subsidiary of Magellan Health.
[I sold my equity position to my partners in January 1995].
- Charter Hospital of Austin
Austin, Texas
September, 1989- June, 1991
Medical Director.
Medical Director of a 108-bed, full-service, freestanding psychiatric hospital. Served on and/or chaired all hospital committees including Quality Assurance, Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Infection Control, Credentialing, Peer Review. Took hospital through successful surveys by JCAHO and HCFA. Developed a continuing medical education program for medical staff.
- Greenleaf Center, Inc.
Jonesboro, Arkansas
April, 1987- June 1989
Medical Director, Child and Adolescent Services. Medical Director of a 14-bed adolescent inpatient psychiatric program. Responsible for the overall development and clinical supervision of the program.
- The Children’s Clinic/Child and Youth Development Center
Jonesboro, Arkansas
August, 1985- June 1989
Primary Care Medicine.
National Health Service Corps Scholarship obligation. Developed a multidisciplinary, staff model outpatient child development clinic in association with a private pediatric practice. Received service commendation letter from Surgeon General C. Everett Koop.
CERTIFICATIONS
- Diplomate in Psychiatry #27812 (1986), American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)
- Diplomate in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry #2189 (1987), ABPN
- Diplomate in Adolescent Psychiatry #181 (1993-2003), American Board of Adolescent Psychiatry
- Certified Physician Executive, The Certifying Commission in Medical Management 1998
- Diplomate, Graduate Program in Medical Management, American College of Physician Executives, 1997
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
- Lifetime Fellow, American College of Physician Executives
- Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
- Fellow, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Life Member, American Medical Association
- Member, Texas Medical Association (to be transferred to the Pennsylvania Medial Society)
- Fellow, Texas Society of Psychiatric Physician (to be transferred to Pennsylvania District Branch)
- Member, Travis County (TX) Medical Society (to be transferred to local county medical society)
APOINTMENTS
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (2000-)
- Clinical Faculty, Austin Psychiatric Residency Program (1990-)
- Executive Board, The National Coalition of Mental Health Professionals & Consumers, Inc (2001-2002)
- Examiner, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (1994-)
- Delegate to Texas Medical Association from Travis County Medical Society (1999-2002)
- Editorial Board, Thomas Jefferson Office of Health Policy and Clinical Outcomes/Physicians OnLine, (2002-)
- Charter Member, Jefferson CME-Industry Council, Office of Continuing Medical Education of Jefferson Medical College (2002-)
- Editorial Review Panel, The Physician Executive, American College of Physician Executives, (2001-)
- Editorial Review Board, Journal of Managed Care Medicine (1998-)
- CEO and Chairman of the Board, Boyer House Foundation, San Francisco, CA (1984-93)
- Arkansas Youth Suicide Prevention Commission (1987-89)
MEDICAL LICENSURE
- Texas (1989)
- California (1981)
- Arkansas (1985)
- Mississippi (1995)
- Pennsylvania (2001)
Licenses are all active and unrestricted.
The complete CV of this medical expert, including all publications and court jurisdiction testimony, may
be obtained by contacting the expert, directly, at the following E-mail address: RockDoc50@aol.com
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