EW #521 President of,Inc with over nineteen years of experience in serving clients, in over 35 states, with a professional focus on the financial and economic aspects of healthcare service sector entities including: valuation consulting; litigation support; business intermediary and financing services; and, healthcare transactions including sales, mergers, and acquisitions. Prior to 1993, Hewas Vice President-VALUATION & PRACTICE EXCHANGE Services for Physician International. EW #521holds the Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) designation in Business Valuation, as well as, the Certified Business Appraiser (CBA), Accredited Valuation Analyst (AVA), and Certified Business Intermediary (Fellow) (FCBI) designations (see Certifications section below).

Heis a nationally known speaker on healthcare industry topics, who has served as conference faculty or presenter such organizations as the American Society of Appraisers (ASA), Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA), International Business Brokers Association (IBBA), American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), National Association of Healthcare Consultants (NAHC), National CPA Health Care Advisors Association, National Litigation Support Services Association (NLSSA), and many other national and state healthcare companies and organizations, as well as industry associations and professional societies. (See Presentations section below) He has been certified and has served as an expert witness on cases in several states, as well as providing testimony before federal and state legislative committees.

He is the author of A Guide To Consulting Services for Emerging Healthcare Organizations (John Wiley & Sons, 1999), The Valuation of Healthcare Entities in a Changing Regulatory and Reimbursement Environment (IBA Course 1011 text - 1999), and the author of Health Care Industry and Medical Practice Valuation (AICPA Advanced Business Valuation course text 1997, rev. 2000.) He has written chapters on medical practice valuation in The Handbook of Business Valuation (John Wiley & Sons), Valuing Professional Practices and Licenses: A Guide for the Matrimonial Practitioner, 3rd ed., 1999 (Aspen Law & Business), and Valuing Specific Assets in Divorce (Aspen Law & Business) and has been a contributor to The Guide to Business Valuations (Practitioners Publishing Company) and Physician's Managed Care Success Manual: Strategic Options, Alliances, and Contracting Issues (Mosby). He has written numerous published articles, has presented several papers and case studies before national conferences, and is often quoted by healthcare industry trade publications and the general media. (See the Publications and Quotations sections below).

Professional Designations
ASA - Accredited Sen. Appraiser, Designated in: Business Valuation, Amer. Soc. of Appraisers (ASA)
CBA - Certified Business Appraiser, Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA)
AVA - Accredited Valuation Analyst, National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA)
FCBI - Certified Business Intermediary, Fellow, International, Business Brokers Association (IBBA)
CBC Certified Business Counselor, Institute of Certified Business Counselors (ICBC)

Professional Affiliations
AHSRHP Academy for Health Services Research and Health Policy
ASA - American Society of Appraisers
CBC - Institute of Certified Business Counselors
IBA - Institute of Business Appraisers
IBBA - International Business Brokers Association - Past member of the Board of Directors
MGMA - Medical Group Management Association
NACVA - National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts
NAHC - National Association for Health Care Consultants
NBVG - National Business Valuation Group
PVSG - Practice Valuation Study Group
SLBVR - St. Louis Business Valuation Roundtable
SLSAE - St. Louis Society of Association Executives