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Paul B. Hofmann, Dr. P.H., FACHE, President
Hofmann Healthcare Group
1042 Country Club Drive, Suite 2D
Moraga, CA 94556

925/247-9700 (phone)
925/247-9702 (fax)

Email: hofmann@hofmannhealth.com


Retained in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Washington, and Washington, D.C., as an expert in hospital administration qualified to render an opinion after assessing medical records, hospital policies and procedures, medical staff bylaws and regulations, JCAHO standards, depositions, etc.  Served as expert witness for plaintiff and defense counsels.

Background Highlights:
·  Executive Vice President/COO of Alta Bates Corporation, nonprofit health system in northern California
·  CEO of two academic medical centers: Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, Stanford University Hospital and Clinics at Stanford, California.
·  Past chairman of the national advisory board for the University of Chicago’s Center for Clinical Medical Ethics.
·  A variety of appointments with the American Hospital Association, including current membership on Quest for Quality Award Committee and past chairman of both the Council on Research and Development and the Special Committee on Biomedical Ethics.
·  Co-editor of Management Mistakes in Healthcare: Identification, Correction and Prevention, published by Cambridge University Press in 2005.
·  Co-editor of Managing Ethically: An Executive's Guide, published by Health Administration Press in 2001.
·  Author of over 125 publications, including articles for USA Today, Health Management Quarterly, Trustee, Health Progress, the Journal of Health Administration Education, Frontiers of Health Services Management, Bioethics Forum, Modern Healthcare, Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, Stanford Medicine, and Healthcare Executive among others.
·  Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, a past member of its Leadership Advisory Committee, and the College's consultant on healthcare management ethics since 1994.
·  Previously served as Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Stanford University’s Center for Biomedical Ethics.
·  Faculty appointments held at Harvard, UCLA, Stanford, Emory, the University of California, and Seton Hall University.
·  Bachelor of Science, Master of Public Health, and Doctor of Public Health degrees from the University of California, Berkeley.

Complete CV and descriptive list of representative cases available upon request.

Accreditation standards, credentialing, hospital administration, hospital liability, hospital governance, hospital policies and procedures, hospital safety, informed consent, medical malpractice, medical staff privileges, quality assurance, risk management