Richard Haines Demir, M.D. Profile

RICHARD HAINES DEMIR, M.D.

10040 East Happy Valley Road, House 423
Scottsdale, Arizona 85255

BUSINESS: Desert Women’s Care
1492 South Mill Avenue, Suite 306
Tempe, Arizona 85281
MAIN- 480-559-4776
FAX- 866-526-7086

BIRTHDATE: March 13, 1958

LICENSURE: Arizona and Illinois

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

1976 - 1980 Bachelor of Science
Tulane University of Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana 70118

1980 - 1984 Doctor of Medicine
Rush Medical College
Chicago, Illinois 60612

1984 - 1988 Resident - Obstetrics & Gynecology
Mount Sinai Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois 60608

HONORS AND AWARDS

1976 MENSA
1977 Phi Eta Sigma - Freshman Honor Society
1978 Beta Beta Beta - Biological Honor Society
1978 Alpha Epsilon Delta - Premedical Honor Society
1984 Lemon Award - Outstanding Achievement in Study of
Obstetrics & Gynecology at Rush Medical College
1993 Commendation from Kane County Health Department
For Support of Kane County Prenatal Program

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1997 Northern Illinois University School of Nursing-
Certificate of Appreciation from Advanced Practice
Nursing Program
1998 Elgin Cultural Arts Commission - Recognition Award for
ASeven at the Gates of Dawn@
1998 Elgin Image Award - City of Elgin
1999 Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals- Recognition Award as
Largest Prescriber of Maternal Vitamins in USA
2003 Recognition Award from DuPage County Health Department
Development of County Colposcopy Program
2008 Two Kilo Club for Minimally Invasive Surgery
2008 Guinness World Record for “Largest Uterus Ever Removed
Without Resorting to Laparotomy”
2009 “Patients’ Choice Award” presented by Vitals.Com
2010 Cooper Surgical “SpotLight Award” for surgical video,
“Laparosccopic Myomectomy,” in 2010 competition
2010 Honorable Mention Award for “Laparoscopic Cervical Cerclage
In 18-weeks Pregnant Uterus,” from Society of Laparoendo-
scopic Surgeons at 19th Annual Meeting
2011 Cooper Surgical “SpotLight Award” for surgical video,
“Laparoscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy and Vagino-
Cervico- Sacropexy,” in 2011 competition.

SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS

American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists
American Society of Reproductive Medicine
American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
International Federation of Fertility Societies
International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and
Gynecology
National Osteoporosis Foundation
Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
Society of Elite Laparoscopic Surgeons

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MEDICAL STAFF PRIVILEGES

1988 - 1998 Sherman Hospital
934 Center Street
Elgin, Illinois 60120

1993 - 1999 GlenOaks Medical Center
701 Winthrop Road
Glendale Heights, Illinois 60139

1997 - 2004 Provena St. Joseph Hospital
77 North Airlite Street
Elgin, Illinois 60123

2006 - 2007 Poplar Creek Surgical Center
1800 McDonough Road
Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60192

2007 – 2010 Tempe St. Luke’s Hospital
1500 Mill Avenue

2009 – 2010 Phoenix St. Luke’s Hospital
1800 East Van Buren Street
Phoenix, Arizona

2010 – current Arizona Regional Medical Center- Mesa
515 North Mesa Drive
Mesa, Arizona 85201

2010 – current Arizona Regional Medical Center- Apache Junction
2050 West Southern
Apache Junction, Arizona 85120

2011 – current Gilbert Hospital
5656 South Power Road
Gilbert, Arizona 85295

2011 – current Promise Hospital
433 East 6th Street
Mesa, Arizona 85203

2011 – current Arizona Surgical Specialists Center
1984 East Baseline Road

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2012 – current Florence Hospital at Anthem
4545 North Hunt Highway
Florence, Arizona 85132

MEDICAL STAFF OFFICES & APPOINTMENTS

2007 – 2010 Chairman, Department of Maternal – Child Services
Tempe St. Luke’s Hospital & Phoenix St. Luke’s Hospital

2007 - 2010 Medical Executive Committee
Tempe St. Luke’s and Phoenix St. Luke’s

2010– current Chairman, Section of Gynecology & Obstetrics
Arizona Regional Medical Center

2011– current Chairman, Performance Improvement Committee

2012– current Secretary of Medical Staff

2012– current Chairman, Utilization Review Committee
Gilbert Hospital

MEDICAL PRACTICE

1988 - 2005 President and Medical Director
Demir Medical Group
290 Springfield Drive,
Bloomingdale, Illinois 60108

1993 - 1995 Vice President and Center Director
Center for Human Reproduction- NW
1585 North Barrington Road

2005 - 2006 Director of OB/GYN Ultrasound
Women=s Doc
2500 West Higgins Road, Suite 620

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2006 - 2007 Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery
Poplar Creek Surgery Center & Medical Specialists
1800 McDonough Road

2007 - 2009 Director of Gynecology, Obstetrics & Ultrasound
Phoenician Women’s Care
1343 North Alma School Road
Chandler, Arizona 85224

2010 – current Director of Gynecology, Obstetrics & Ultrasound
Desert Women’s Care
1492 South Mill Avenue, Suite 306

TEACHING

1997 – 2007 Preceptor- Northern Illinois University School of Nursing

2006 – 2008 Assistant Professor- St. Matthew’s School of Medicine
Department of Clinical Sciences

2007 – current Preceptor- Grand Canyon University College of Nursing

2009 – current Preceptor- University of Phoenix Advanced Practice Nursing

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

1. Noronah P, Demir RH: Differentiating the acute scrotum. Hosp Prac, 19:216-
222, 1984.

2. Confino E, Demir RH, Friberg J, Gleicher N: The predictive value of hCG beta
subunit levels in pregnancies achieved by in vitro fertilization and embryo
transfer (An international collaborative study). Fertil Steril, 45:526-531, 1986.

3. Confino E, Demir RH, Friberg J, Gleicher N: Does cyclic hCG secretion indicate
embryo loss in-vitro fertilization. Fertil Steril 46:897-902, 1986.
4. Demir RH: Assessment of synthetic media for in-vitro fertilization. Mt Sinai J
Med, 56(2): 141-6, 1989.

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5. Demir RH, Gleicher N, Myers S: Asymptomatic antepartum subdural hematoma
causing fetal death. Am J Obstet Gynecol 160(3):619-620, 1989.

6. Demir RH, Madanes AE: Torsion of a fallopian tube remnant years following
conservative segmental resection for ectopic pregnancy. Am J Gynecol Health
3(4):124-125, 1989.

7. Demir RH, Marchand GJ: Safe laparoscopic removal of a 3200 grams fibroid
uterus. JSLS 14:600-602, 2010.

8. Demir RH, Marchand GJ: Adnexal masses suspected to be benign treated with
laparoscopy. JSLS 16:71-84. 2012

ABSTRACTS / VIDEOS / POSTERS

1. Confino E, Demir RH, Friberg, J, Gleicher N: The predictive value of hCG beta
subunit levels in pregnancies achieved by in vitro fertilization and embryo
transfer. The 41st Annual Meeting of the American Fertility Society, September-
October 1985, Chicago, Illinois and the 4th World Congress on In Vitro
Fertilization, November 1985, Melbourne, Australia, J IVF-ET, 3:145(81), 1986.

2. Confino E, El-Roeiy A, Demir RH, Friberg J, Gleicher N: Thromboelastogram
lupus anticoagulant and antinuclear antibodies in patients with endometriosis and
repeated abortions, J Reprod Immunol, Supplement: 140, 1986.

3. Confino E, Demir R, Friberg J, Gleicher N: Does cyclic hCG secretion indicate
embryo loss in in vitro fertilization? J Vitro Fert Embryo Transfer 1986; 3:74.

4. Confino E, Demir R, Friberg J, Gleicher N: Does cyclic hCG secretion indicate
embryo loss in in vitro fertilization? An international collaborative study. Fertil
Steril 1986; Supplement:68.

5. Badruddoja M, Demir RH, Ansari S, Bush I: Laparoscopic
cholecystectomy and lymphadenectomy in obstructive cholecystitis caused by
HIV infected cystic duct lymph node. The 9th Annual Meeting of the Society of
Minimally Invasive Therapy, July, 1997, Kyoto, Japan, MITAT, Supplement (Vol
6):22, 1997.

6. Demir RH, Badruddoja M: Laparoscopic combined Burch procedure and vaginal
sacropexy with mesh. The 9th Annual Meeting of the Society of Minimally
Invasive Therapy, July, 1997, Kyoto, Japan, MITAT, Supplement (Vol
6):51,1997.

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7. Ansari S, Demir RH, Makers E, Garlovsky IS, Bush IM, Angres G: Sutureless
hernioplasty for urologists. 71st Annual Meeting of North Central Section of
American Urological Association, September, 1997, Monterey, California.

8. Badruddoja M, Demir RH, Kramer A, Ansari S, Bush IM: Laparoscopic
combined Burch procedure and vaginal sacropexy. 83rd Clinical Congress,
American College of Surgeons, October, 1997, Chicago, Illinois.

9. Badruddoja M, Ansari S, Demir RH, Bush IM: Laparoscopic
cholecystectomy without intraoperative cholangiogram. 83rd Clinical Congress,
American College of Surgeons, October, 1997, Chicago, Illinois.

10. Ansari S, Badruddoja M, Bush I, Demir RH: Sutureless hernioplasty for groin
hernias. Royal Australian College of Surgeons, May, 1999, New Zealand.

11. Badruddoja M, Ansari S, Demir RH, Bush I: Inguinal sutureless hernioplasty for
urologists. 17th World Congress on Endo-urology, September, 1999, Rhodes,
Greece.

12. Demir R, Marchand G: Laparoscopic cervical cerclage in 18-weeks pregnant
uterus. British International Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, June,
2010, Belfast, U.K.

13. Demir R, Marchand G: Laparoscopic cervical cerclage in 18-weeks pregnant
uterus. Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, September, 2010, New York.

14. Demir R, Marchand G: Laparoscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy and Vagino-
Cervico-Sacropexy. Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, September, 2011,
Los Angeles.

15. Demir R, Marchand G: Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy and Vaginal
Morcellation. Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, September, 2011, Los
Angeles.

16. Demir R, MarchandG: Outcome of 783 Consecutive Hysterectomies for
Benign Indication—Likelihood of Completing a Minimally Invasive
Hysterectomy Based on Patient’s Body Mass Index. American College of
Surgeons, October, 2011, San Francisco.

17. Demir R, Marchand G: Unnecessary Laparotomy Avoidance-- Outcome of
257 Consecutive Adnexal Masses of 8 – 13 cm on Pre-Operative Ultrasound
Treated with Laparoscopic Adnexectomy, Bagging and Colpotomy. AAGL,
November, 2011, Hollywood, FL.

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18. Demir R, Marchand G: Laparoscopic Unilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy,
Bagging & Vaginal Morcellation. AAGL, November, 2011, Hollywood, FL.

19. Demir R, Marchand G: Irrelevance of Traditional De-Selectors for Minimally
Invasive Hysterectomy. Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, October,
2012, Boston.

20. Demir R, Marchand G: Effect of Improved Vaginal Manipulator on
Laparoscopic Sacrocolpopexy. AAGL, November, 2012, Las Vegas.

21. Demir R, Marchand G: Improved Vaginal Manipulator for Laparoscopic
Sacrocolpopexy (video). AAGL, November, 2012, Las Vegas.

BOOK CHAPTERS

1. Gleicher N, Demir R, Novas J, Meyers S: Methods for safe reduction of
cesarean section rates. In: Flamm BL, Quilligan EJ, eds. Cesarean Section
Guidelines For Appropriate Utilization. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1994:
141-162.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

1. Maryland IPA, Bethesda, 1995.
Payer mediated program to reduce utilization of cesarean section.
2. Healthdyne, Milwaukee, 1995.
Reduction of cesarean section rates in a private practice setting.
3. Sanus Insurance Company, Dallas, 1995.
Payer mediated program to reduce utilization of cesarean section.
4. Health Plus, Kaiser Permanente and Mamsi, Bethesda, 1995.
Cesarean Delivery Reduction: A dinner symposium. Reduction in C-Section
rates in a managed care model.

5. Dallas Methodist Hospital, Dallas, 2007.
Grand Rounds: Methods for Female Sterilization.

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6. Sun Rise Medical Clinic, Las Vegas, 2007.
Grand Rounds: Methods for Female Sterilization.

7. Darnall Army Hospital, Fort Hood, Texas, 2008.
Grand Rounds: Methods for Female Sterilization

8. Stroger Cook County Hospital, Chicago, 2012.
Grand Rounds: Laparoscopic Hysterectomy

9. Mount Sinai Medical Center, Chicago, 2012.
Grand Rounds: Methods for Female Sterilization

10. McNeil Memorial Hospital, Oak Brook, 2012.
Grand Rounds: Female Sterilization, Uterine Manipulation and
Abdominal wall closure

COURSE DIRECTOR FOR CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

1. Fetal Medicine Foundation and Physician’s e Lab, Chicago, 2002.
First Trimester Prenatal Screening and Ultrasound Diagnosis. An official
Fetal Medicine Foundation Nuchal Translucency Certification Course.

2. Society of Elite Laparoscopic Surgeons, Scottsdale, 2013 (Planned).
Minimally Invasive Hysterectomy: techniques and re-appraisal of indications
for laparoscopy and robotics.

SURGICAL VIDEOS
1. SELS: Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy with Vaginal Morcellation (Time
5:54).Richard H. Demir, MD, and Greg J. Marchand, MD. YouTube.com (Elite
Laparoscopic channel). 2010.

2. SELS: Laparoscopic Treatment of Ectopic Pregnancy with Linear Salpingotomy
(Time 5:01). Richard H. Demir, MD, and Greg J. Marchand, MD. YouTube.com
(Elite Laparoscopic channel). 2010.

3. SELS: Laparoscopic Ovarian Cystectomy and Repair (Time 5:20). Richard H.
Demir, MD, and Greg J. Marchand, MD. YouTube.com (Elite Laparoscopic
channel). 2010.

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4. SELS: Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy and Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy
(Time 5:18). Richard H. Demir, MD, and Greg J. Marchand, MD. YouTube.com

5. SELS: Laparoscopic Uterine Anteversion with Metra Procedure (Time 4:43).
Richard H. Demir, MD, and Greg J. Marchand, MD. YouTube.com (Elite

6. SELS: Laparoscopic Vaporization of Endometriosis (Time 4:12). Richard H.
channel). 2010.

7. SELS: Laparoscopic Oophorectomy with Decompression (Time 4:56). Richard H.
channel). 2010.

8. SELS: Laparoscopic Excision of Torsioned Ovarian Mass (Time 3:59). Richard
H. Demir, MD, and Greg J. Marchand, MD. YouTube.com (Elite Laparoscopic
channel). 2010.

9. SELS: Oophorectomy, Decompression and Colpotomy For Ovrian Mass (Time
5:13). Richard H. Demir, MD, and Greg J. Marchand, MD. YouTube.com (Elite

10. SELS: Laparoscopic Myomectomy (Time 6:34). Richard H. Demir, MD, and
Greg J. Marchand, MD. YouTube.com (Elite Laparoscopic channel). 2010.

11. SELS: Laparoscopic Cervico-Isthmic Cerclage (Time 6:12). Richard H. Demir,
MD, and Greg J. Marchand, MD. YouTube.com (Elite Laparoscopic channel).
2010.

12. SELS: Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy (Time 4:46). Richard H. Demir, MD,
and Greg J. Marchand, MD. YouTube.com (Elite Laparoscopic channel). 2010.

13. SELS: Laparoscopic Hysterectomy for Huge Fibroid (Time 6:28). Richard H.
channel). 2010.

14. SELS: Laparoscopic Tubal Ligation With Filshie Clips (Time 1:21). Richard H.
channel). 2010.

15. SELS: Laparoscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy (Time 7:43). Richard H. Demir,
MD, and Greg J. Marchand, MD. YouTube.com (Elite Laparoscopic channel).
2010.

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16. SELS: Laparoscopic Vagino-Sacropexy With Graft (Time 7:08). Richard H.
channel). 2010.

17. SELS: Laparoscopic Unilateral Salpingo- Oophorectomy , Bagging & Vaginal
Morcellation (Time 6:14). Richard H. Demir, MD, and Greg J. Marchand, MD.
YouTube.com (Elite Laparoscopic channel). 2011.

18. SELS: Laparoscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy and Vagino-Cervico-Sacropexy
(time 6:57). Richard H. Demir, MD, and Greg J. Marchand, MD. YouTube.com

19. SELS: Improved Vaginal Manipulator for Laparoscopy Sacrocolpopexy (time
6:57). Richard H. Demir, MD, and Greg J. Marchand, MD. YouTube.com (Elite

HIGHLIGHTS OF CONTINUING
MEDICAL EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

1. American Fertility Society, New Orleans, 1991.
Update on In-Vitro Fertilization and ART.
Meeting and Plenary Sessions.
2. World Congress of In-Vitro Fertilization and Assisted Reproduction,
Kyoto, Japan, 1993.
Plenary Sessions.
3. Society of Perinatal Obstetricians, Las Vegas, 1994.
Medical-Legal Implications of Perinatal Medicine.
Advances In Antepartum Fetal Surveillance.

4. Healthdyne, Dana Point, 1994.
Physicians Educational Awareness Course on Hypertension.
5. Medical Education Collaborative, Scottsdale, 1994.
Controversies in Gynecology: Managed Care Perspective.
6. Society of Perinatal Obstetricians, Atlanta, 1995.
Contemporary Management of Multiple Gestation.
Tough Topics in Targeted Ultrasound.

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7. Saint Luke’s Health Systems, Palm Beach, 1995.
Reducing Cesarean Birth.
8. Advanced Laparoscopy Training Center, Marietta, 1995.
Pelvic Floor Reconstruction / Bladder Suspension.
9. University of California, San Francisco, 1995.
Antepartum and Intrapartum Management.

10. Samaritan Health System, Scottsdale, 1995.
Advanced Ultrasound Techniques in Obstetrics and Gynecology.

11. Society of Perinatal Obstetricians, Hawaii, 1996.
Medical - Surgical Complications of Pregnancy.
Meeting and Plenary sessions.

12. National Center for Advanced Medical Education, Chicago, 1996.
High-Risk Obstetrics.

13. Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Phoenix, 1996.
13th Annual Obstetrical Challenges of the 1990's.

14. American College of Surgeons 82nd Clinical Congress, San Francisco, 1996.
Breast Disease.

15. Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Orlando, 1996.
Reducing Cesarean Section Rates While Maintaining Maternal and Infant
Outcomes.

16. Good Samaritan Health System, Phoenix, 1996.

17. Society of Perinatal Obstetricians, Anaheim, 1997.
Controversies in Prematurity.
Managed Health Care in Maternal – Fetal Medicine.

18. American College of Surgeons 83rd Clinical Congress, Chicago, 1997.
Presentation, Meeting and Plenary Sessions.

19. Society for Minimally Invasive Therapy, 9th Annual International Meeting,
Kyoto, Japan, 1997.

20. Society of Perinatal Obstetricians, Miami Beach, 1998.
Critical Care Obstetrics.

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21. University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, 1998.

22. Society for Maternal – Fetal Medicine, San Francisco, 1999.
Meeting and Plenary Sessions

23. University of Chicago, Oak Brook, 1999.
Pregnancy Loss: Early and Late Fetal Demise.


25. Society for Maternal – Fetal Medicine, Miami Beach, 2000.
Controversies in Management of Hypertension and Diabetes in Pregnancy.

26. Society for Maternal – Fetal Medicine, Reno, 2001.
Obstetric Ultrasound 2001: New Applications and Old Dilemmas.

27. UCLA School of Medicine, Reno, 2001.
First Trimester Obstetrical Ultrasound and Prenatal Screening.


29. Society for Maternal – Fetal Medicine, New Orleans, 2002.
Medical Complications of Pregnancy.

30. Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Phoenix, 2002.
Obstetrical Challenges of the 3rd Millennium.


32. 12th World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, New
York, 2002.

Doppler Ultrasound in the High Risk Pregnancy.

34. Wake Forest University School of Medicine, New Orleans, 2003.
Advanced Applied Ultrasound in Obstetrics.

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36. Society for Maternal – Fetal Medicine, New Orleans, 2004.
Genetics.

37. Society for Maternal – Fetal Medicine, Reno, 2005.
Identification and Management of Patients with Premature Labor and
Premature Rupture of Membranes.
Ultrasound and Prenatal Diagnosis: An Update.

Nuchal Translucency Credentialing Course through Maternal – Fetal
Medicine Foundation.

39. Society for Maternal – Fetal Medicine, Miami Beach, 2006.
Advanced Imaging in Obstetrics.


41. Banner Health Systems, Chandler, 2007.
Obstetrical Challenges of the 3rd Millennium.

42. Society for Maternal – Fetal Medicine, Dallas, 2008.

43. Fetal and Women’s OB/GYN Ultrasound Conference, Scottsdale, 2008

44. Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, 2008.
17th Annual Urogynecology and Disorders of the Female Pelvic Floor.

45. Society for Maternal – Fetal Medicine, San Diego, 2009.
Clinical Genetics.

46. World Robotic Gynecology Congress, Chicago, 2009.
Meeting and Live Surgeries.

47. Society for Maternal – Fetal Medicine, Chicago, 2010.
48. British International Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Belfast, 2010.

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49. Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, New York, 2010.
Presentations, Meeting and Plenary Sessions.

50. American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists, Las Vegas, 2010.

51. Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, Los Angeles, 2011.

52. American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, 2011.

53. American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists, Hollywood, 2011.

54. Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, Boston, 2012.

55. American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists, Las Vegas, 2012.

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INTERNET REGISTRATIONS

Society of Elite Laparoscopic Surgeons www.EliteSurg.org

Two Kilo Club www.TwoKiloClub.com

Desert Women’s Care www.DesertWomensCare.com

YouTube Video Channel Elite Laparoscopic

LinkedIn www.LinedIn.com/in/demir/md

LICENSURE AND REGISTRATION

State of Arizona Medical License License Number 36773

State of Illinois Medical License License Number 036-073263
Controlled Substances License Number 336-036865

State of Ohio Medical License License Number 88904

Federal DEA Number BD0981147

National Provider Identifier Number 1255410791

Taxonomy Code 207V00000X

UPIN C44352 IL

PIN 114819

Medicaid Number 203537

Tax I.D. Number 271178404

FCVS 65207

ABOG Diplomate Number 884081

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