BUSINESS ADDRESS:
1180 N. Indian Canyon Drive, E319, Palm Springs, CA 92262

DATE OF BIRTH:
April 24, 1927 Graz, Austria

CITIZENSHIP:
United States by naturalization, July 26, 1962

EDUCATION:
Elementary school, 1933-1937

Eight years Federal Gymnasium, 1937-1945, graduated with Certificate of Maturity.

Medial school at the Karl Franzens University Medical School, Graz, Austria, 1945-1950.

Graduated MD., October 21, 1950.

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING:
Three and one-half years postgraduate training at the various departments of the University Hospital in Graz, Austria and postgraduate courses at the University Department of the General Hospital in Vienna; 1950-1954.

Licensed to practice medicine in Austria; 1954.

Entered United States on April 24, 1954 and served a year rotating internship at the East Orange General Hospital, East Orange, New Jersey; May 1, 1954 -April 30, 1955.

Resident at the Essex County Isolation Hospital, Bellview, New Jersey; May 1, 1955 - June 30, 1955.

Resident in medicine at St. Michael's Hospital, Newark, New Jersey; July 1, 1955 - June 30, 1956.

Research Fellow, New York University College of Medicine; December 1, 1956 - December 1, 1958.

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS:
Licensed to practice medicine in the State of Rhode Island; September 10, 1956 by examination.

Licensed to practice medicine in the State of Connecticut; November 16, 1958 by examination.

Licensed to practice medicine in the State of California; May 18, 1960 by examination (#A 19052) United States citizenship; July 26, 1962.

Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine; March 29, 1963.

Re-certified Internal Medicine; October 26, 1974.

Certified by the American Board of Cardiovascular Diseases; October 19, 1977.

EXPERIENCE:
Preceptorship in Cardiology at Presbyterian Hospital Medical Center, San Francisco, CA (director; Arthur Selzer, M.D.) August 1, 1965 - September 1, 1965.

Staff Internist, Veterans Administration Hospital, Fresno, CA; September 1, 1959 - September 15, 1960.

FORMER APPOINTMENTS:
Assistant in Medicine, NYU College of Medicine; December 1, 1958 - September 1, 1959.

Instructor in Medicine (Vascular Section), NY Polyclinic Hospital and Medical School; July 1958 - September 1959.

Attending Physician, Vascular Clinic, NY Polyclinic Hospital; February 1958 - September 1959.

Assistant Physician of Third Medical Division (NYU), Bellview Medical Center O.P.D.; September 1957 - September 1959.

MEMBERSHIP:
Fellow, American College of Cardiology.
Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians.
Fellow, American College of Physicians.
American Federation for Clinical Research.
American Medical Association.
Fellow, American Geriatric Society.
California Medical Society.
Riverside County Medical Society.
California Society of Internal Medicine.
Riverside County Heart Association.

PAST MEMBERSHIP:
Kern County Heart Association (Board of Directors).

FORMER STATUS:
Associate, Drummond Medial Group, Ridgecrest, CA.

Chief, Department of Medicine, Drummond Medical Group and Ridgecrest Community Hospital; 1960-1967.

Courtesy Staff, Kern County Hospital, Bakersfield, CA.

Internist, Palm Springs Medical Clinic, Palm Springs, CA; 1967- 1974.

Chairman, Department of Medicine, Desert Hospital, Palm Springs, CA; 1970-1972.

PRESENT STATUS:
Attending physician, Desert Regional Medical Center, Palm Springs, CA.

Private practice, cardiovascular diseases, Palm Springs, CA.

Staff Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology, Desert Regional Medical Center, Palm Springs, CA.

Director, Vascular Diagnostics, Palm Springs, CA.

Director, Department of Cardiology, Desert Regional Medical Center, Palm Springs, CA 1999.

Closed private practice, Cardiovascular Diseases October 1, 2000.

Work part time at present at Desert Heart Physicians, 1180 N. Indian Canyon Dr., E319, Palm Springs, CA 92262

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS:
1. Intravenous Administration of Reserpine in Hypertension and a Possible Diagnostic and Therapeutic Tool.
Together with Redisch, W., Antonio, A., and Steele, J.M.
Presented at the Meeting of American Federation for Clinical Research, Eastern Section, New Haven, Connecticut; December 6, 1957
Clinical Research, 6: 21, 1958

2. The Interrelationship of Drugs Influencing Arterial Pressure in Man.
Together with Redisch, W., Tangco, F.F., Lewis, A.J., Antonio, A., and Steele, J.M.
Circulation, 17: 280,1958

3. Tobacco Hypersensitivity, Part ill: Tobacco Hypersensitivity and Peripheral Vascular Disease.
Together with Fontana, V.C., Redisch, W., Nemir, R.L., Smith, M., and Sulzeberger, MD.
Presented at the Academy of Allergy, Philadelphia, PA; February 7, 1958.
J. of Allergy and Appl. Immunology, 30: 241, 1959

4. Influence of the Sympathetic Nervous System on Vascular Responses to Physiologic Stimuli in Man.
Together with Redisch, W., Antonio, A., and Steele, J.M.
Presented at the American Physiological Society, 80th Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. April 14, 1958.

5. Intra-arterial and Intravenous Administration of Agents Used to Induce Peripheral Vasodilation.
Together with Antonio, A., Redisch, W., Bogdanovics, A., and Steele, J.M. Clinical Research, 6: 234, 1958.

6. Comparison Between some Vascular Actions of Nor-Adrenaline and Serotonin in Man. Together with Redisch, W., and Steele, J.M.
Presented at the 10th Autumn Meeting of the American Physiological Society, London, Ontario, Canada; September 5, 1958.
The Physiologist, 4: 64, 1958

7. Die Gennussgifte und das Herz-Kreislaufsystem.
Presented at the Internationalen Lehrgang fur praktische Medizin, Bad Gastein, Austria; March 13, 1958.
Monatskurse fur die arztliche Fortbildung, 10: 465, 1958.

8. Vasomotor Responses to exercise in the Extremities of Subjects with Vascular Disease.
Together with Redisch, W., Antonio, A., Bogdanovics, A., and Steele, J.M.
Circulation, 19: 579, 1959

9. Vasomotor Responses to Cooling in the Extremities of Subjects with Neurologic Lesions.
Together with Redisch, W., Antonio, A., Bogdanovics, A., and Steele, J.M.
Circulation, 19: 583, 1959.

10. Adaptation to Nicotinic Acid Inducted Fibrinolysis.
Together with Weiner, M., and Redisch, W.
Federation Proceedings, 18: 163, 1959.

11. The influence of Some Vasoactive Drugs on Fibrinolytic Activity.
Together with Weiner, M., Redisch, W., and Steele, J.M.
Circulation, 19: 845, 1959.

12. Vascular Effects of Nylidrin HCL During Exercise.
Together with Redisch, W., and Steele, J.M.
J. Soc. for Exper. Biology and Medicine, 102: 29, 1959.

13. Some Aspects of Interaction of Pressor and Depressor Substances in Normotensive and Hypertensive Subjects.
Together with Redisch, W., and Steele, J.M.
Presented at the Internation Symposium on Catecholamines in Cardiovascular pathology, University of Vermont, College of Medicine, Burlington, VT; August 26, 1959.

14. Effects of Catecholamine Inhibitors on Peripheral Blood Flow. Together with Redisch, W., and Steele, J.M.
Presented at the International Symposium on Catecholamines in Cardiovascular Pathology, University of Vermont, College of Medicine, Burlington, VT; August 25, 1959.

15. Vascular Responses to Physiological and Pharmacologic stimuli.
Together with Redisch, W., and Steele, J.M.
Scientific Exhibit, American Medical Association, 13th Clinical Meeting, Dallas, Tx; December 1959.

16. Studies on Vasoactivity of the Catecholamines in Man.
Together with Redisch, W., and Steele, J.M.
American Journal of Cardiology, 5: 660, 1960.

17. Vascular Responses to Smoking Tobacco Compared with Responses to Skin Testing of Tobacco Extracts.
Together with Redisch, W., Fontana, V., Lewis, A., Sulzeberger, B.M., and Steele, J.M.
Annals of Internal Medicine, 52: 1035, 1960.

18. A Comparative Study of Vascular Responses to the Intra-arterial and Intravenous Administration of Various Vasodilator Agents.
Together with Redisch, W., and Steele, J.M.
Annals of Internal Medicine, 54: 1117, 1961.

19. The Non-enzymatic Induction of Fibrinolysis. Together with Weiner, M., and Redisch, W. Proc. 7th Congress.
Europ. Soc. Haemato.
London, 1959, Part 2: 890, 1960.

20. Addison's Disease Complicated by Diabetes Mellitus.
Together with Moorehead, M. T., Jahsman, D.P., and Drummond, T .A.
California Medicine, 100: 365, 1964.

21. Primary Mesothelioma of the Precardium.
Together with Hamblin, R.J.
California Medicine, 107: 175, 1967.