Richard Anthony Jorgensen, Md, Facs

CURRICULUM VITAE

RICHARD ANTHONY JORGENSEN, MD, FACS.

PERSONAL:

Date of Birth: June 10, 1954

Birthplace: Oak Park, Illinois

Home Address: 1028 Gary Court Wheaton, Ill 60187

Professional Office: DuPage Surgical Consultants 1987- 2005 7 Blanchard Circle, Suite 104 Wheaton, Illinois 60187

2012-Present: DuPage Coroner’s Office 414N. County Farm Road Wheaton, IL 60187

Family Status: Married Two Married Adult Daughters Two Grandchildren

EDUCATION:

1984-1985 Vascular Fellow Medical College of Wisconsin 8700 W. Wisconsin Ave. Milwaukee, Wisconsin

1979-1984 General Surgery Resident Loyola University Medical Center Maywood, Illinois

1976-1979 Medical Student Stritch School of Medicine Loyola University of Chicago Maywood, Illinois

1972-1976 Bachelor of Science, Biology Loyola University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois

1968-1972 Glenbard East High School Lombard, Illinois

STAFF APPOINTMENTS:

Central DuPage Hospital Winfield, Illinois 60190 1985-2007 Staff General, Vascular and Trauma Surgeon 2007 to Present Honorary Staff

Edward Hospital Naperville, Illinois 60540 1993-2007 Staff General, Vascular and Trauma Surgeon 2007-Present Honorary Staff

The Center For Surgery 75 Diehl Road Naperville, Illinois 60563-1253 1993-2007 Staff General, Vascular and Trauma Surgeon

Delnor Hospital Geneva, Illinois 1985-1987 Staff General, Vascular and Trauma Surgeon

LICENSURE: State of Illinois, #036-062282

CERTIFICATION: * Board Certified, General Surgery, 1985 American Board Of Surgery #31253

* Recertification 1996 American Board Of Surgery #31253

* Recertification 2005 #041223 American Board Of Surgery #31253

* American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators, Diplomat, April 2, 2015 Recertified: 2020

AWARDS:

1982 Charles C. Guthrie Award for Resident Research Midwest Vascular Surgical Society September 1982.

1995 March Of Dimes: Honoree

2002 Outstanding Citizenship Award DuPage Justinian Society of Lawyers “Dedicated to the Healing Art Joinder in the Battle Against Cancer”

2014 Presidents Award: DuPage County Senior Management Association. “To Recognize individuals that has made significant contributions to DuPage County Law Enforcement.”

2015 Public Official of the Year: The Illinois Police Chiefs of Police

Liberty Bell Award: DuPage County Bar Association. “presented annually to a non-lawyer individual who Has served the legal community in a significant way.”

2016 Governmental Leader of the Year: DuPage Mayors and Managers.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

• American College of Surgeons, Fellow, 1993 - Present • American College of Physician Inventors, 1993 • American Medical Association, 1992 • American Society of General Surgeons, 1993 • Chicago Surgical Society, 1997 - Present • DuPage County Medical Society, 1992 - Present • Illinois State Medical Society, 1992 - Present • Illinois Surgical Society, 1993- Present • International College of Surgeons, U. S. Section, Fellow, 1993 - Present • Midwest Surgical Association, 1994 - Present • Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons 1993-2002 • Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, 1994 - Present • The Society for Minimally Invasive Therapy, 1996 • The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 1996 – Present • Illinois Coroners and Medical Examiners Association, 2012-Present.

PATENT AWARDED:

Bio-Absorbable Metal Haemostatic Clip, Patent Number 4,602,632, July 29, 1986.

ELECTIONS:

-DuPage County Coroner, Elected, Nov. 6, 2012. 282,567 votes.

-DuPage County Coroner, ReElected, Nov. 8, 2016. 318,708 votes.

PAPERS PUBLISHED:

1. Dobrin, P. B., Jorgensen, R. A.: Balloon Embolectomy Catheters In Small Arteries III: Surgical Significance of Eccentric Balloons. Surg 93: 402-408, 1983.

2. Jorgensen, R. A., Dobrin, P. B.: Balloon Embolectomy catheters in Small Arteries IV: Correlation Of Shear Forces With Histologic Injury. Surg 93: 798-808, 1983.

3. Jorgensen, R. A., Altergott, R., Prinz, R. A.: Acute Abdomen In Situs Inversus. Surgical Gastroenterology 2: 311-314, 1983.

3. Dobrin, P. B., and Jorgensen, R. A.: Balloon Embolectomy Catheters in Small Arteries: A Technique to Prevent Excessive Shear Forces. J Vasc Surg 2: 692-6, 1985.

4. Ott, R, Lawrence A.M., Jorgensen, R. et. al.: Localization of Ectopic Parathyroid Adenomas by the Technetium-Thallium subtraction scan. American Surgeon 51(6): 344-8, 1985 June.

5. Bandyk, D., Jorgensen, R., Towne, J.: Intraoperative Assessment of In Situ Saphenous Vein Arterial Grafts Using Pulsed Doppler Spectral Analysis. Archives of Surgery 121:292-299, 1986.

6. Jorgensen, R., Towne, J., Kay, M., Bandyk, D.: Monocular Ischemia- The Influence of Carotid Artery Atherosclerosis Versus Primary Ocular Disease on Prognosis. Surgery 104: 507-511, 1988.

ABSTRACTS PUBLISHED/PRESENTED:

Access to the Anterior Spine Using Laparoscopic Approach – A review of Twenty-Five cases, International College of Surgeons – Winter Conference, Puerto Rico, December 3- 7, 1995.

Small Bowel Obstruction after Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, San Diego, CA, March 1997.

LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY: A PROCESS IMPROVEMENT STUDY, Surgical Endoscopy, page 664, Vol 12, May 1998. Richard A. Jorgensen, M.D., Anthony F. Altimari, M.D., Kurt Jacobs, Ph.D., The Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield, IL.

LAPAROSCOPICALLY ASSISTED LUMBAR SPINAL FUSION: The role of the “access surgeon”. Anthony F. Altimari M.D., Richard Jorgensen M.D., David Klem M.D., Stephen Heim M.D., Kurt Jacob PhD. The Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield, IL.

PAPERS PRESENTED:

Jorgensen, R. A., Dobrin, P. B.: Balloon Embolectomy Catheter in Small Arteries lV: Correlation of Shear Forces with Histologic injury. Midwest Vascular Surgical Society, Milwaukee, WI, September 1982.

Intraoperative Assessment of the In-Situ Saphenous Vein Arterial Bypass Using Pulsed Doppler Spectral Analysis, Co Author, Presented by Dennis Bandyk, MD, Ninth Annual Meeting of the Association of VA Surgeons, Tampa, FL, May 9, 1985.

Laparoscopic Approach To Spine Surgery, American College of Surgeons, Co Author, Presentation by Anthony Altimari, Chicago IL, April 1996.

Laparoscopically assisted lumbar spinal fusion: the role of the “access surgeon”, A. Altimari, R. Jorgensen, D. Klem, S. Heim and K. Jacobs. 6th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery, Rome Italy, June 3-6, 1998.

Altimari AF, Jorgensen RA, Jacobs HK, Montana LC, Klem D, D Georgeson: Laparoscopic Colon Resection in a Community Hospital. 7th world Congress of Endoscopic Surgery/8th Annual International Scientific Meeting of The Endoscopic & Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia, Singapore, June 2000. (* Presented by joint acceptance with SAGES).

Altimari AF, Jorgensen RA, Jacobs HK, Montana LC, Klem D, D Georgeson: Laparoscopic Colon Resection in a Community Hospital. Society of American Gastroendoscopic Surgeons, Atlanta, March 2000.

COURSE DIRECTOR:

Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy, Central Medical Education, Ethicon Endo-Surgery, West Chicago, Illinois, January 1993.

Laparoscopic Colon Resection, Learning Center, Central Medical Center, Winfield, Ill., January 16, 1993.

Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy and Nissen Fundoplication, Endo-Surgery Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, August 1994.

Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, Lecture and Live Case Demonstrations, National Medical Congress, LaPaz, Bolivia, November 1994.

Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication Course, Central Medical Education Center, Winfield, Ill, June 29, 1996.

Endoscopic Saphenous Vein Harvesting, Lecture and Didactic Presentations, Medical Education & Research Institute, Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Memphis, Tennessee, May 31, 1997.

Malpractice: Where Law and Medicine Meet, Central DuPage Hospital, February 10,1999.

Complementary/Alternative Medicine in Your Practice, Hinsdale Hospital, April 14, 1999.

Implementing a Fraud & Abuse Compliance Plan in Your Practice, Central DuPage Hospital, June 16, 1999.

End of Life Issues: Helping Patients Die with Dignity, Hinsdale Hospital, November 17, 1999.

The Legislative Process: Physicians and Health Policy, Edward Hospital, January 28, 2000.

Cancer: An Update, Good Samaritan Hospital, May 10, 2000.

Malpractice: Where Law & Medicine Meet, Hinsdale Hospital, June 21, 2000.

Laparoscopic Surgery: Surgical Advances, East Samar Provincal Hospital, Borongan, East Samar, Philippines. Feb 2008.

Laparoscopic Surgery: Surgical Advances, East Samar Provincal Hospital, Borongan, East Samar, Philippines. Feb 2009.

COURSE FACULTY OR PRECEPTOR:

Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy Preceptorship, Central Medical Education, Winfield, Ill, January 27, 1993.

Laparoscopic Colon Resection, American College of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Chicago, Ill., May 1993.

Techniques in General Surgery and Advanced Laparoscopy, Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield, IL, August 1993.

Advances in Gastrointestinal Surgery- Accreditation in Laparoscopic Surgery, LaPaz Bolivia, November 21-25, 1994.

Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication with Live Case Demonstration, Central Medical Education, Winfield, Ill., December 1994.

Minimally Invasive Approach to Lumbar Spine Surgery, Central Medical Education, West Chicago, IL, April 13,1995.

Open and Minimally Invasive Anterior Surgery of the Lumbar Spine, MERI, Memphis, Tennessee, June 14-15, 1996.

Open and Minimally Invasive Anterior Surgery of the Lumbar Spine, Memphis, Tennessee, August 1996.

Open and Minimally Invasive Anterior Surgery of the Lumbar Spine, Memphis, Tennessee, December 6-7, 1996.

Advances in Surgery: Gynecology and Laparoscopy, Instituto Medico Sucre, Sucre, Bolivia, April 24-25, 1997.

Open and Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Lumbar & Thoracic Spine, Memphis, Tennessee, April 1997.

Open and Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Lumbar Spine, Memphis, Tennessee, June 1997.

Open and Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Lumbar Spine, Memphis, Tennessee, February 27- 28, 1998.

Open and Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Lumbar Spine, Memphis, Tennessee, May 8-9, 1998.

Open and Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Lumbar Spine, Memphis, Tennessee, Feb 25-26, 1999.

Open and Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Lumbar Spine, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, April 9-10, 1999.

Open and Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Lumbar Spine, Memphis, Tennessee, May 13-14, 1999.

Controversies in Hernia Repair, The Chicago Minimally Invasive Surgical Society, Ethicon-Endo Surgery, Oak Brook, Illinois, April 29, 1999.

PRESENTATIONS and LECTURES:

Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery, Medical Advances, CLTV, July 10, 1993.

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, La Paz, Bolivia, November 21-25, 1994.

Teaching Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery in Bolivia, Community Connection, Jones Spacelink Cable Channel, February 1, 1995.

Partnerships: The EWCCA Healthcare Coalition, Lisle/ Naperville Hilton, January 25, 1995.

Laparoscopically Assisted Lumbar Spinal Fusion: The Role of The Access Surgeon. American College of Surgeons Spring Meeting, Chicago, Ill., April 18-20, 1996.

EWCCA Advance in Healthcare Technology Lisle/ Naperville Hilton, January 22, 1997.

Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, Meeting of the Americas, Poster Presentation - “Small Bowel Obstruction After Laparoscopic Herniorrhaphy”, San Diego, California, March 19 and 20, 1997.

Illinois Hospital & Health Systems Association Compdata Spring Meeting, Determining the Value of Advanced Surgical Techniques, Naperville & Springfield, Illinois, April 10, 1997.

Institute for International Research, Minimally Invasive Surgery Marketplace, Boston, Mass., May 8-9, 1997.

Endoscopic Saphenous Vein Harvesting, Lecture and Didactic Presentations, Medical Education & Research Institute, Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Memphis, Tennessee, May 31, 1997.

Naperville Rotary Club, The Institute of Minimally Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Naperville, July 3, 1997.

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy - A Process Improvement Study, Poster Presentation, SAGES 1998 Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, April 1-4, 1998.

Laparoscopic Assisted Lumbar Spinal Fusion, Poster Presentation, SAGES 1998 Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, April 1-4, 1998.

Laparoscopic Drainage of Massive Hepatic Cysts, Poster Presentation, SAGES 1998 Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, April 1-4, 1998.

Open Anterior Lumbar Interbody Surgery Approach, Open and Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Lumbar Spine Course, Memphis, Tennessee, May 8-9, 1998.

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy - A Process Improvement Study, Poster Presentation, 6th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery, Rome, Italy, June 3-6, 1998.

Laparoscopic Drainage of Massive Hepatic Cysts, Poster Presentation, 6th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery, Rome, Italy, June 3-6, 1998.

Laparoscopic Assisted Lumbar Spinal Fusion, Poster Presentation, 6th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery, Rome, Italy, June 3-6, 1998.

Open Anterior Lumbar Interbody Surgery Transperitoneal Approach, Open and Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Lumbar Spine Course, Memphis, Tennessee, Feb 25-26, 1999.

Open Anterior Lumbar Interbody Surgery Transperitoneal & Retroperitoneal Approach, Open and Minimally Invasive Surgery of the Lumbar Spine Course, Memphis, Tennessee, April 8-9, 1999.

Evolution of Hernia Repair-Controversies in Hernia Repair, The Chicago Minimally Invasive Surgical Society, Ethicon-Endo Surgery, Oak Brook, Illinois, April 29, 1999.

Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures, Options, Questions, East West Corporate Corridor Association, Working Women’s Health Care Conference, September 16, 1999.

Using The Internet for Data Collection and Retrieval, SMIT/CIMIT 11th Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston, Mass., Sept 17, 1999.

Laparoscopic Colon Resection in a Community Hospital, 7th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery, Singapore, June 1-4, 2000.

Treatment of Biliary Dyskinesia by Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy with Long Term Outcomes, 7th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery, Singapore, June 1-4, 2000.

Semiclosed Thorascopic Trocar Insertion of Chest tubes, Good Samaritan Hospital’s Trauma Department, Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, Illinois, February 15, 2001.

Vascular Diseases and Surgery, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, Illinois, May 4th, 2007.

“Tort Reform Has Been Repealed- Now What” Chicago Surgical Society, Panel Discussion, Jan 10 2008.

Laparoscopic Surgery: Surgical Advances, East Samar Provincal Hospital, Borongan, East Samar, Philippines. Feb 2008.

Laparoscopic Surgery: Surgical Advances, East Samar Provincal Hospital, Borongan, East Samar, Philippines. Feb 2009.

Heroin Death Statistics and Epidemic, DuPage County Board, Aug 27, 2013.

Heroin Epidemic, Fenton High School. Jan 29, 2014.

The New Face of Heroin: It’s Not What You Think: The Elmhurst Commision on Youth, Elmhurst, Illinois, November 10,2014.

The Benefits of Narcan: Anti Heroin Task Force Meeting, Senator Mark Kirk, Chicago, IL 60604, December 29, 2014.

The Heroin Epidemic: What is Beneath It and What Can You Do About It: Senator Michael Connelly Host, Naperville Illinois, 2014.

Opioid Crisis in America: Illinois Association for Identification, Naperville, IL., April 20-22, 2015.

The Obligations and Role of the Coroner’s Office Regarding Death in Disaster Situations: Integrated Public Health and Healthcare System Preparedness Summit, Schaumburg Illinois, June 17, 2015.

Role of the Coroner’s Office: Midwest Forensic Training Conference, Suburban Law Enforcement Academy, Glen Ellyn IL, January 8, 2016.

Opioids in America: Senator Dick Durbin Panel Discussion: Wheaton, IL. 60187, May 7, 2016.

Safe Prescribing Practices for Prescription Writers: Wheaton, IL. 60187, May 19, 2016.

The Heroin and Opioid Crisis: A Panel Discussion: U.S. Attorney Zac Vardon, Moderator, , Wheaton, Illinois, 60187, September 21, 2016.

Opioids: Overuse and Abuse-A Local and Global Problem: Illinois Health and Hospital Association Medical Executive Forum, Naperville, Illinois, December 1, 2016.

Role of the Coroner’s Office: 3rd Annual Midwest Forensic Training Conference, Suburban Law Enforcement Academy, Glen Ellyn IL, January 4-5, 2017.

Heroin: 2016 Year in Review: Congressman Bill Foster Host, Aurora, IL, February 22, 2017.

Townhall on the Opioid Epidemic: Leading in a Crisis, Panelist, NACO Legislative Conference, February 26, 2017.

Opioid Epidemic in America: Emergency Nurses Association, Spring Symposium, Lisle, Illinois, April 16, 2017.

Fentanyl Deaths: International Association for Identification, Illinois Division, NAPERVILLE Illinois, April 19, 2017

Crime Scene Investigation: Spring Educational Seminar, Illinois State Society of American Medical Technologists, May 12, 2017.

Governor’s Opioid Prevention and Intervention Task Force Chicago Listening Tour: Opioids, Chicago Illinois, October 16, 2017.

The Opioid Crisis: Supporting County Medical Examiner’s and Coroner’s Offices, National Association of Counties (NACO) Annual Conference, Nashville TN, July 13-16, 2018.

Combating the Opioid Epidemic: Annual Overview, Congressman Bill Foster Host, Oswego, IL, February 21, 2019.

Opioid crisis in America. How Did we get here? Where Do We Go?: Safety, Health & Environmental Conference, Naperville Illinois, September 16, 2019.

The Clinical Voice: Effective Pain Management in Unique Populations: National Summit on Acute Pain Management: Washington DC, October 24, 2019.

MEETINGS ATTENDED:

Chicago Medical Society, Clinical Conference, 1980.

American College of Surgeons, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, October 1981.

Vascular Surgery: Review, University of Minnesota, June 1982.

American College of Surgeons, Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, Oct. 1982.

Upper and Lower Extremity Vascular Disorders, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, 1984.

Vascular Surgery Board Certification Review, University of California, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, California, October 1984.

Vascular Complications, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 1985.

ICVS-SVS, Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, June 1985.

Angioscopy: Principles, Techniques and Applications, Northwestern University Medical School, September 1989.

An Introductory Course in Laparoscopic General Surgery, Director Eddie Joe Reddick, MD, FACS, Chicago, Illinois, June 1990.

Current Management of Breast Cancer, Northwestern University Medical School, September 1990.

Estes Park Meeting for Medical Management, Palm Springs, California, February 1992.

Laparoscopic Advanced General Surgery: Surgical Visions, Endo-Surgery Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, August 2-4, 1992.

Advanced Operative Laparoscopy For General Surgeons, Marietta, Georgia, December 4-5, 1992.

Illinois Surgical Society Annual Meeting, Loyola University Medical Center, May 1993.

International College of Surgeons, Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, July 1993.

Midwest Surgical Association, 37th Annual Meeting, Mackinaw Island, Michigan, August 1994.

American College of Surgeons, 80th Annual Clinical Congress, Chicago, Illinois, October 1994.

12th Annual UCLA Symposium: A Comprehensive Review and Update of Vascular Surgery, Santa Monica, California, October 3-7, 1994.

Rocky Mountain Advanced Surgical Laparoscopy Symposium, Vail, Colorado, February 19-22, 1995.

Investigation and Laparoscopic Management of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, Chicago Health Club, Chicago, Illinois, October 1995.

The National Center For Advanced Medical Education, Specialty Review in General Surgery Review 68.7 hrs CME, Chicago Illinois, September 16-22, 1995.

International College of Surgeons, Winter Meeting, Cerromar, Puerto Rico, December 1995.

Society Of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, Orlando, Florida, December 1995.

Illinois Surgical Society, Northwestern University, Chicago Illinois, May 1996.

Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication, Central Medical Education, Winfield, Illinois, June 1996.

Thrombolytic Therapy in the Management of Vascular Disease, UCLA School of Medicine, Santa Monica, California, October 12, 1996.

Symposium on Venous and Lymphatic Disorders, UCLA School of Medicine, Santa Monica, California, October 13, 1996.

Symposium on Endovascular Grafting Endovascular Repair of Aortic Aneurysm, UCLA School of Medicine, Santa Monica, California, October 13, 1996.

14th Annual UCLA Symposium: A Comprehensive Review and Update of Vascular Surgery, Santa Monica, California, October 14-18, 1996.

Schneider Wallstent Carotid Investigators Meeting, Houston, Texas, February 1, 1997.

Society American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, Meeting of the Americas , Orlando, Florida, March 1997.

Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, San Diego, California, March 19 and 20, 1997.

Advances in Surgery: Gynecology and Laparoscopy, Instituto Medico Sucre, Sucre, Bolivia, April 24-25, 1997.

Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons Postgraduate Course entitled Mini- Laparoscopy, Postgraduate Course entitled Tips and Techniques, and Scientific Session, Seattle, Washington, April 1-4, 1998.

1998 Spring Meeting Clinic Day Scientific Program, The Illinois Surgical Society & The Metropolitan Chicago Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Illinois, May 4, 1998.

6th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery, Rome, Italy, June, 1998.

Chicago Minimally Invasive Surgery Society, Founding Meeting, September 10, 1998.

Illinois State Medical Society, Special House of Delegates meeting, Chicago, Illinois, September 19, 1998. Illinois State Medical Society, Domestic Violence course, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, October 21, 1998.

Illinois State Medical Society, Malpractice: Where Law and Medicine Meet, Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield, Illinois, February 10, 1999.

Illinois State Medical Society, Complementary/Alternative Medicine, Hinsdale Hospital, Hinsdale, Illinois April 14, 1999.

Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, Meeting of the Americas, San Antonio, Texas, March 24-27, 1999.

Illinois State Medical Society, Implementing a Fraud and Abuse Compliance Plan in Your Practice, Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield, Illinois June 16, 1999.

SLN for Breast Cancer Staging, Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield, Il, 7hrs CME, June 26,1999.

Illinois State Medical Society, The Legislative Process: Physicians and Healthcare Policy. Edward Hospital, Naperville, Illinois January 28, 2000.

Illinois State Medical Society, Cancer, An Update, Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, Illinois May 10, 2000.

SMIT/CIMIT 11th Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston, Mass., Sept 16-18, 1999.

7th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery and 8th Annual Scientific meeting of the Endoscopic & Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia, Congress Delegate, Singapore, June 1- 4, 2000.

American College of Surgeons, 86th Annual Clinical Congress, Chicago, Illinois, October 22-27, 2000.

ATLS Course, Chicago, Ill, 10/28/2000.

Semiclosed Thoracoscopic Trocar Insertion of Chest Tubes, Good Samaritan Hospital, Feb 15, 2001.

Laparoscopic Bariatric Course, Endo-Surgery Institute, Memphis, Tennessee, February 16 & 17, 2001.

ProNational Risk Management Education, Itasca, Illinois, February 22, 2001.

Business Mastery Certificate for Physicians, Northern Illinois University, Naperville, Illinois, September 2000-May 2001.

American Society of Bariatric Surgery 18th Annual Meeting, Essentials in Bariatric Surgery, Washington, DC, June 5, 2001.

Lap-Band System Workshop, Chicago, Ill, May 16-18, 2002.

ProNational Risk Management Education, Itasca, Illinois, September 25, 2002.

Power Medical Interventions, Surg ASSIST System and Computer Mediated Surgery, January 24 & 25, 2003.

ProNational Risk Management Education, Itasca, Illinois, September 25, 2003.

American College of Surgeons 89th Annual Clinical Congress, Chicago, Illinois, October 19-23, 2003

Intuitive Surgical da Vinci Surgical System Training Workshop, Hackensack, New Jersey, October 23-24,2003.

ProNational Risk Management Education, The Write Stuff: Insights on Documentation & News You Can Use, Oak Brook, Illinois, September 30, 2004.

Chicago Surgical Society, Surgical Practice: Lessons from the Past, Outlook for the Future, Chicago, Illinois, October 7, 2004.

Digestive Disease Week, Chicago, Illinois, May 5, 2005.

Chicago Surgical Society and Metropolitan Chicago Chapter American College of Surgeons, Pay for Performance-What does that mean for you?, Chicago, Illinois, January 6, 2005.

Advanced Trauma Life Support, Recertification Course, Stritch School Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, April 27, 2005.

Puestow-Freeark Lecture, Current Management of Bile Duct Injuries, Keith Lillemoe, M.D., Loyola University, Maywood, Illinois, May 4, 2005.

New York General Surgery Board Review, 52 hrs CME, July 25, 2005.

American College of Surgeons, SESAP, 60 hrs CME, July 25, 2005.

Healthcare Information Technology Summit, Oakbrook, Illinois, Feb 25, 2006.

American College of Surgeons, Clinical Congress, Chicago, Ill, Oct 8-12, 2006.

Illinois Surgical Society, Fall Meeting, Starved Rock, Ill, Sept. 21-22, 2007.

Illinois Surgical Society, Fall Meeting, Galena, Ill, Sept 25-27, 2008 (8 CME)

American College of Surgeons, Clinical Congress, San Francisco, Ca, Oct 11-15, 2008.

American College of Surgeons Legislative Affairs Meeting, Washington DC, March 23-25, 2009.

American College of Surgeons, Chicago Metro, Mock Oral Exam, Examiner, May 09, 2009.

American College of Surgeons, Clinical Congress, Chicago, IL, Oct 11-15, 2009.

Medicolegal Death Investigator Course, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, Aug 6-10, 2012.

Illinois Surgical Society, 2012 Annual Meeting Lake Geneva, WI, Sept 14-15, 2012.

Live Shooter Enactment: Addison Police Dept and Addison School District, March 1, 2013.

Illinois County Coroner’s Basic Training: Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board, Springfield Illinois, Jan 28-Feb 1, 2013.

Illinois Coroners and Medical Examiners Association, Winter Training Conference, Mt. Vernon Illinois, March 13-14, 2013.

Illinois Coroners and Medical Examiners Association, Medicolegal Death Investigation Conference, Collinsville Illinois, August 13-15, 2013.

40 Hour Mandatory Firearms Training Program Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board, Elmwood Park, Illinois, October 02-13, 2013.

Illinois Coroners and Medical Examiners Association, Fall Training Conference, Chicago Illinois, November 25, 2013.

Illinois Association of County Officials, Spring Training Conference, Springfield Illinois, April 29, 2014.

Illinois Coroners and Medical Examiners Association, Spring Training Conference, Springfield Illinois, April 29, 2014.

Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium/FEMA, Mass Fatalities Planning & Response, Springfield Illinois, April 23, 2014.

Illinois Academy of Family Physicians, Opioid Safety Seminar, Elmhurst IL, May 21, 2014.

America Airlines Mock Crash Enactment, O’Hare Airport, Chicago IL, June 8, 2014.

Illinois Coroners and Medical Examiners Association, Medicolegal Death Investigation Conference, Collinsville Illinois, August 12-14, 2014.

Illinois Homicide Investigators Association, 2014 Training Conference, Itasca IL, October 13-15, 2014.

Illinois Coroners and Medical Examiners Association, Fall Training Conference, Chicago Illinois, November 10, 2014.

Suburban Law Enforcement Academy, Midwest Forensic Training Conference, Glen Ellyn IL, January 8, 2015.

Chicago Police Memorial Foundation, Police Suicide Awareness and Prevention Seminar, Oak Brook, IL, January 27, 2015.

Illinois Coroners and Medical Examiners Association/Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board, Death Scene Investigation Seminar/Winter Training Conference, Mt. Vernon Illinois, February 3-4, 2015.

Illinois Association of County Officials, Spring Training Conference, Springfield, Illinois, April, 2015.

United Airlines Mock Crash Enactment, Midway Airport, Chicago, IL, June 6, 2015.

Illinois Coroners and Medical Examiners Association/Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board, Homicide Investigation & Crime Scene Management Training Program/ Medicolegal Death Investigation Conference Fairview Hts., August 25-27, 2015.

Illinois Homicide Investigators Association, 2015 Training Conference, Itasca IL, October, 2015.

American College of Surgery, Clinical Congress, October 4-8, Chicago, IL. 2015.

DEA Task Force Initiative/Drug Threats and Trends: DuPage Metropolitan Enforcement Group, October 22, 2015.

Illinois Coroners and Medical Examiners Association, Winter Training Conference, Mt. Vernon Illinois, February 22-23, 2016.

Illinois Coroners and Medical Examiners Association, Spring Training Conference, Springfield Illinois, April 19, 2016.

Illinois Homicide Investigators Association, 2016 Training Conference, Itasca IL, October 10-12, 2016.

Illinois Association of County Officials, Spring Training Conference, Springfield Illinois, April 24-26, 2017.

Illinois Homicide Investigators Association, 2017 Training Conference, Itasca IL, October 13-15, 2017.

Northwestern Access To Health Project, Identifying the Metrics of Success in Interdisciplinary Addiction Response, Northwestern Law School, Chicago Illinois, October 27, 2017.

Illinois Coroners and Medical Examiners Association, Fall Training Conference, Chicago Illinois, November 20-21, 2017.

National Association of Counties, Heath Policy Steering Committee Member, Washington DC., March 2-6, 2018.

Illinois Coroners and Medical Examiners Association, Fall Homicide in America, DeKalb Illinois, April 5, 2018.

National Association of Counties, Heath Policy Steering Committee Member, Nashville TN, July 13-16, 2018.

Illinois Homicide Investigators Association, 2018 Training Conference, Itasca IL, October 13-15, 2018.

Homeland Security Training Institute/Illinois Emergency Management Agency, Incident Command System 300 (ICS 300), Glen Ellyn, IL, October 22-23, 2018.

Homeland Security Training Institute/Illinois Emergency Management Agency, Incident Command System 400 (ICS 400), Glen Ellyn, IL, October 25-26, 2018.

Mass Casualty Response Workshop: Lessons Learned from Orlando and Las Vegas: Homeland Security Training Institute, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137, October 30, 2018.

FEMA ICS-402: ICS for Overview for Executives/Senior Officials Course, DuPage County OEM, Wheaton, IL 60187, February 6, 2019.

Illinois Coroners and Medical Examiners Association, Winter Training Conference, Mt. Vernon Illinois, March 5-6, 2019.

Illinois Association of County Officials, Spring Training Conference, Springfield Illinois, April 9, 2019.

National Association of Counties, Heath Policy Steering Committee Member, Las Vegas NV, July 11-15, 2019.

Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin Leadership Day, The White House, Washington DC., August 20, 2019.

Illinois Homicide Investigators Association, 2019 Training Conference, Itasca IL, October 13-15, 2019.

Illinois Coroners and Medical Examiners Association, Winter Training Conference, Mt. Vernon Illinois, January 29-30, 2020.

National Association of Counties, Heath Policy Steering Committee Member, Washington DC., Feb. 29-March 2, 2020.

Midwest Surgical Association, Annual Meeting, Mackinac Island, Michigan, August 2-4, 2020.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES MEDICAL/CORONER

COMMITTEES/ APPOINTMENTS:

1990 Central DuPage Hospital Operating Room Committee Credentials Committee

1991 Central DuPage Hospital Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery Chairmen, Quality Assurance/ Peer Review Committee Chairman, Operating Room Committee Credentials Committee

1992 Central DuPage Hospital Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery Chairmen, Quality Assurance/ Peer Review Committee Chairman, Operating Room Committee Credentials Committee

1993 Central DuPage Hospital Chairman, Department of Surgery Executive Committee Credentials Committee

1994 Central DuPage Hospital Chairman, Department of Surgery Executive Committee Operating Room Committee Credentials Committee DuPage County Medical Society: Executive Committee Ethical Relations

1995 DuPage County Medical Society: Executive Committee Board of Directors The Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery (TIMIS) 501 (c)(3) Co-Founder Vice President Board of Directors East West Corporate Corridor Association Health Coalition Physicians Committee

1996 DuPage County Medical Society: Executive Committee Board of Directors The Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery Co-Founder Vice President Board of Directors Illinois Medical Society Political Action Committee, Executive Council Midwest Surgical Consultants President, Founding Member Board of Directors Chairman, Marketing and Contracting Committee Operations and Finance Committee East West Corporate Corridor Association Health Coalition Physicians Committee

1997 DuPage County Medical Society: Executive Committee Board of Directors The Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery Co-Founder Vice President Board of Directors Illinois Medical Society Political Action Committee, Executive Council Midwest Surgical Consultants President, Founding Member Board of Directors Chairman, Marketing and Contracting Committee Operations and Finance Committee EWCCA Health Coalition Physicians Committee International College of Surgeons Assistant Treasurer Wallstent Carotid Study. Clinical Investigator DuPage County Board of Health Board Member

1998 DuPage County Medical Society: President-Elect Executive Committee Board of Directors

International College of Surgeons Continuing Medical Education Committee ICS-US Executive Council Assistant Treasurer

The Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery Co-Founder Vice President Board of Directors Illinois Medical Society Political Action Committee Executive Council Midwest Surgical Consultants President, Founding Member Board of Directors Chairman, Marketing and Contracting Committee Operations and Finance Committee Chicago Minimally Invasive Surgery Society Founding Member Treasurer Secretary Central DuPage Hospital Nominating Committee-Medical Staff Offic1997-1999 DuPage County Board of Health Board Member

1999 DuPage County Medical Society President Executive Committee Board of Directors Chairman, Continuing Medical Education Committee The Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery Vice President Board of Directors Illinois Medical Society Political Action Executive Council International College of Surgeons Executive Council Continuing Medical Education Committee Assistant Treasurer Midwest Surgical Consultants President, Founding Member Board of Directors Chairman, Marketing and Contracting Committee Operations and Finance Committee Chicago Minimally Invasive Surgery Society Founding Member Treasurer Secretary DuPage County Board of Health Board Member

2000 DuPage County Medical Society: Executive Committee Chairman, Board of Directors Chairman, Continuing Medical Education Committee International College of Surgeons CME Committee ICS-US Executive Council The Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery Co-Founder Vice President Board of Directors Illinois Medical Society Political Action Committee Executive Council Midwest Surgical Consultants President, Founding Member Board of Directors Chairman, Marketing and Contracting Committee Operations and Finance Committee Chicago Minimally Invasive Surgery Society Founding Member Treasurer Secretary

2005 Chicago Surgical Society Membership Committee DuPage County Medical Society Ethics Committee

2006 Chicago Surgical Society Membership Committee American College of Surgeons, Metro Chapter Council Member DuPage County Medical Society Ethics Committee

2007 Chicago Surgical Society Membership Committee American College of Surgeons, Metro Chapter Council Member DuPage County Medical Society Ethics Committee Foundation Board

2007 Chicago Surgical Society Membership Committee

American College of Surgeons, Metro Chapter Council Member

DuPage County Medical Society Ethics Committee Foundation Board

2008 Chicago Surgical Society Membership Committee American College of Surgeons, Metro Chapter Council Member DuPage County Medical Society Ethics Committee Foundation Board

2009 Chicago Surgical Society Membership Committee American College of Surgeons, Metro Chapter Secretary Council Member DuPage County Medical Society Ethics Committee Foundation Board, President

2010 American College of Surgeons, Metro Chapter Council Member DuPage County Medical Society Ethics Committee Foundation Board, President Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation Board Member

2011 American College of Surgeons, Metro Chapter Council Member DuPage County Medical Society Foundation Board: President Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital Secretary Foundation Board Member

2012 American College of Surgeons, Metro Chapter Council Member DuPage County Medical Society Foundation Board: President Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation Board Member

2013 IVDRS/SUDORS Advisory Committee: Member. DuPage Narcan Program: Co-Founder Steering Committee DuPage Coalition Against Heroin Task Force Member American College of Surgeons, Metro Chapter Council Member DuPage County Medical Society Foundation Board: President Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation Board Member

2014 Illinois Coroners & Medical Examiners Association (IC&MEA) Executive Committee IVDRS/SUDORS Advisory Committee: Member. DuPage Narcan Program: Co-Founder Steering Committee DuPage Coalition Against Heroin Task Force Member American College of Surgeons, Metro Chapter Council Member DuPage County Medical Society Foundation Board: President

2015 Illinois Coroners & Medical Examiners Association (IC&MEA) Executive Committee IVDRS/SUDORS Advisory Committee: Member. DuPage Narcan Program: Co-Founder Steering Committee HOPE (Heroin & Opioid Education & Prevention) Task Force Member Chicago Area Opioid Task Force Co-Founder Chairman American College of Surgeons, Metro Chapter Vice President Council Member DuPage County Medical Society Foundation Board: President

2016 Illinois Coroners & Medical Examiners Association (IC&MEA) Vice President IVDRS/SUDORS Advisory Committee: Member. DuPage Narcan Program: Co-Founder Steering Committee HOPE (Heroin & Opioid Education & Prevention) Task Force Member Chicago Area Opioid Task Force Co-Founder Chairman American College of Surgeons, Metro Chapter Vice President Council Member DuPage County Medical Society Foundation Board: President

2017 Illinois Coroners & Medical Examiners Association (IC&MEA) President Elect IVDRS/SUDORS Advisory Committee: Member. DuPage Narcan Program: Co-Founder Steering Committee HOPE (Heroin & Opioid Education & Prevention) Task Force Member Chicago Area Opiod Task Force Co-Founder Chairman American College of Surgeons, Metro Chapter President- Elect Council Member DuPage County Medical Society Foundation Board: President

2018 National Association of Counties (NACO), Heath Policy Steering Committee. Member IVDRS/SUDORS Advisory Committee: Member. DuPage Narcan Program: Co-Founder Steering Committee HOPE (Heroin & Opioid Education & Prevention) Task Force Member

2019 National Association of Counties (NACO), Heath Policy Steering Committee. Member Attorney General, Kwaume Raul, Opioid Task Force: Member IVDRS/SUDORS Advisory Committee: Member. DuPage County Opioid Fatality Review Team: Chairman DuPage Narcan Program: Co-Founder Steering Committee HOPE (Heroin & Opioid Education & Prevention) Task Force Member

2020 National Association of Counties (NACO), Heath Policy Steering Committee. Member Attorney General, Kwaume Raul, Opioid Task Force: Member IVDRS/SUDORS Advisory Committee: Member. DuPage County Opioid Fatality Review Team: Chairman DuPage Narcan Program: Co-Founder Steering Committee HOPE (Heroin & Opioid Education & Prevention) Task Force Member

CHARITABLE MISSIONS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND VETERANS ACTIVITIES:

1992 Co-Chairman, American Cancer Society, Longest Day of Golf. 1993 Co-Chairman, American Cancer Society, Longest Day of Golf.

1994 Chairman, March of Dimes Casino Night, June 10, 1994.

Medical & Teaching Mission, LaPaz, Bolivia, Oct 24- 26, 1994.

1995 March of Dimes Casino Night Committee

1996 American Cancer Society: -President West DuPage Unit -Chairman, Relay For Life -Relay For Life Team Captain

1997 American Cancer Society: -President West DuPage Unit -Chairman, Relay For Life -Relay For Life Team Captain Medical Mission, Sucre, Bolivia, April 23– May 2. 1997.

1998 American Cancer Society -Co-Chairman, Relay for Life -Relay For Life Team Captain -Chairman, Income Development

1999 American Cancer Society -Co-Chairman, Relay for Life -Relay For Life Team Captain

2000 American Cancer Society -Co-Chairman, Relay for Life -Relay For Life Team Captain Justinian Society of Lawyers -Organizing Committee, Cancer Charity Ball 2001 American Cancer Society -Committee Member, Relay for Life Justinian Society of Lawyers Organizing Committee, Cancer Charity Ball

2002 Justinian Society of Lawyers Organizing Committee, Cancer Charity Ball

2003 Justinian Society of Lawyers Organizing Committee, Cancer Charity Ball

2004 Justinian Society of Lawyers Organizing Committee, Cancer Charity Ball Medical Mission, Sucre, Bolivia, May 8-17. 2004.

2007 Justinian Society of Lawyers Organizing Committee, Cancer Charity Ball Medical & Construction Mission Borongan, Eastern Samar, Philippines.

2008 Justinian Society of Lawyers Organizing Committee, Cancer Charity Ball Medical & Construction Mission Feb 2-15, Borongan, Eastern Samar, Philippines.

2009 Justinian Society of Lawyers Organizing Committee, Cancer Charity Ball Marianjoy Foundation Planning Committee Golf Outing CASA DuPage Planning Committee Super Hero’s Gala Medical & Construction Mission, Borongan, East Samar, Philippines. Feb 2009.

2010 Marianjoy Hospital Dueling Piano’s Fundraiser Committee Golf Outing Fundraiser Committee Member Foundation-Board Member Scholarship Award- Judge Medical & Construction Mission Borongan, Eastern Samar, Philippines.

2011 Marianjoy Hospital Dueling Piano’s Fundraiser Committee Golf Outing Fundraiser Committee Member Foundation-Board Secretary Scholarship Award- Judge Medical & Construction Mission, Jan 28-feb 12, Borongan, Eastern Samar, Philippines. Oikos Poor Household of God: Board Member DuPage Veterans Foundation: Co-Founder President Honor Flight Fundraiser Committee

2012 Oikos Poor Household of God: Board Member DuPage Veterans Foundation: Co-Founder President Honor Flight Fundraiser Committee Medical & Construction Mission, Jan 27-Feb, Borongan, Eastern Samar Philippines 2013 Oikos Poor Household of God: Board Member DuPage Veterans Foundation: Co-Founder President Honor Flight Fundraiser Committee

2014 Oikos Poor Household of God: Board Member DuPage Veterans Foundation: Co-Founder President Honor Flight Fundraiser Committee

2015 Oikos Poor Household of God: Board Member DuPage Veterans Foundation: Co-Founder President Honor Flight Fundraiser Committee

2016 Oikos Poor Household of God: Board Member DuPage Veterans Foundation: Co-Founder President Honor Flight Fundraiser Committee

2017 Oikos Poor Household of God: Board Member DuPage Veterans Foundation: Co-Founder President Honor Flight Fundraiser Committee

2018 DuPage Veterans Foundation: Co-Founder President Honor Flight Fundraiser Committee

2019 DuPage Veterans Foundation: Co-Founder President Honor Flight Fundraiser Committee

2020 DuPage Veterans Foundation: Co-Founder President Honor Flight Fundraiser Committee