MD degree from SUNY Downstate, residency in Diagnostic Radiology at Mount Sinai Medical Center, and joined Hudson Valley Radiologists/DRA Imaging in Dutchess County, NY, practicing radiology for thirty years and President of the group 1989 – 2000. Board Certified and active in the American College of Radiology and the NY State Radiological Society, serving as President 2006–2007. Founder of Hudson Imaging Network, a Radiology Benefits Management Company (RBM) which later became CareCore National, the largest Specialty Benefits Management Company in the country and now wholly owned by Cigna. Served as Chair 1994 -2001. Founder of Imaging On Call in 2002, exiting in 2011.