Name: James Dana Leo, M.D., FACP, FCCP

Employer: James D. Leo, M.D., Inc.

Business Address:

2840 Long Beach Blvd.
Suite 408,
Long Beach, CA 90806
Phone: (562) 988-8661
Facsimile: (562) 426-7787
e-mail: jleo@memorialcare.org

Date Of Birth: May 4, 1956

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, CA

Current Position:

• Private Practice
  Internal Medicine and Critical Care
• Medical Director of MemorialCare Best Practice and Clinical Outcomes
  MemorialCare Medical Centers
  Memorial Health Services, Inc.
  17360 Brookhurst Street, Fountain Valley, CA 92708
• Associate Chief Medical Officer
  Medical Director of Clinical Quality
  Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
  2801 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90806

Past Position:

• Medical Director, APACHE Critical Care Decision
  Support System
• Medical/Surgical Intensive Care Units
  Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
  1996 - 2008

Education:

• B.S. (Biology): 1977
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Cambridge, MA 02139
• M.D.: 1981
  University of California at San Francisco
  San Francisco, CA 94143
• Internship (Internal Medicine): 1981-82
  Wadsworth Veterans Administration Hospital
  Los Angeles, CA 90073
• Residency (Emergency Medicine) 1982-84
  UCLA Center for Health Sciences
  Los Angeles, CA 90024
• Residency (Internal Medicine) 1985-87
  Los Angeles County - USC Medical Center
  Los Angeles, CA 90033

Board Certification:

• Subspecialty Board in Critical Care Medicine
  American Board of Internal Medicine
  February 1992, June 2001
• American Board of Internal Medicine
  January 1988
• American Board of Emergency Medicine
  March 1986, December 1996

Honors and Awards:

• Regent's Scholar
  University of California at San Francisco
  School of Medicine 1977
• Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
  University of California at San Francisco
  School of Medicine 1981
• VHA West Coast Award
  Physician Champion
  November, 2006
• Fellow, American College of Physicians
  April, 2009

Medical Licensure:

• 1982: California #G49243
  Renewed 1984, 86, 88, 90, 92, 94, 96, 98, 2000, 02, 04, 06, 2008
• 1982: Drug Enforcement Administration
  #AL1915581
  Renewed 1984, 85, 86, 88, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 2002, 2005, 2008

Professional Society Membership:

• Member, American Medical Association
• Member, Society of Critical Care Medicine
• Member, American College of Physician Executives
• Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians
• Fellow, American College of Physicians

Current Teaching Position:

• Attending Physician
  Intensive Care Unit Teaching Service
  Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
  2801 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach,CA 90801
  (Supervision of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine Fellows and Internal Medicine Residents)

Current Staff Positions:

• Attending Physician (Active Staff)
  Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
  Long Beach, CA 90801

Current Committee Positions Held at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center:

• Co-Chairman, Council for Performance Improvement
• Chairman, Careline Executive Directors Committee
• Chairman, Intensivist Committee
• Chairman, Surgical Care Improvement Project Committee
• Chairman, Physician Disaster Response Task Force
• Chairman,StAR (Rapid Response) Team Work Group
• Chairman, Organ Donor Council
• Member, Medical Executive Committee
• Member, Quality Review Committee
• Member, Critical Care CareLine Committee
• Member, Cardiac CareLine Committee
• Member, Ortho-Neuro-Rehab Committee
• Member, Epidemiology Committee
• Member, Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee
• Member, Patient Safety Committee
• Member, Graduate Medical Education Committee
• Member, Patient Flow Committee
• Member, Disaster Preparedness Committee

Other Committee Membership:

• Member, Board of Directors
  MemorialCare Physician Society
• Chair, Clinical Committee
  Memorial Health Services Board of Directors
• Member, Pulmonary/Critical Care Best Practice Team
  MemorialCare Physician Society
• Chair, Sepsis BPT Working Group
  Pulmonary/Critical Care Best Practice Team
  MemorialCare Physician Society 2009 –
• Member, H1N1 Task Force
  MemorialCare Medical Centers
• Member/Sponsor
  Healthcare-Acquired Infection Best Practice Team
  MemorialCare Physician Society

Previous Positions Held:

• Director, Critical Care Care-Line
  Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
  2801 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90801
  September 1995 - April 1997
• Principal, Hospitalists of Long Beach, Inc.
  Hospitalists for Long Beach Memorial IPA
  January 1, 1997 - December 31, 1998

Previous Staff Positions:

• Director, Emergency Department
  Burbank Community Hospital
  Burbank, CA 91501
  July 1984 - August 1985
• Emergency Physician
  Mission Valley Medical Center
  Lake Elsinore, CA 92330
  1984-1985
• Emergency Physician
  Panorama Community Hospital
  Panorama City, CA 91402
  1984-1985
• Emergency Physician
  Canoga Park Community Hospital
  Canoga Park, CA
  1984-1985

Pre-Doctoral Research:

• Research Assistant in Evaluation of Pulmonary Interstitial Deposition of Immune Complex in an Animal Model of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
  UCLA Center for Health Sciences
  June - September 1974, June - September 1975

Publications:

• Chapters in Textbooks:
  Leo, J.D., and Simon, R.R: "Upper Airway Obstruction", in Comprehensive Management of Respiratory Emergencies. B.E. Brenner, ed.;
  Aspen Publications, Maryland, 1985.
• Peer-reviewed articles:
  Leo, JD; Thomas D; and Alhadeff G: "A Unique Hospital Physician Disaster Response System for a Non-Employed Medical Staff"
  Am. J. Disaster Medicine Vol. 4(2) pp. 95-100, Mar/Apr 2009

Invited Lectures:

• "Head and Spinal Trauma"
  UCLA EMT-1 Training Course
  Los Angeles,October 1982.
• "Metabolic Disorders: Diabetes Mellitus"
  UCLA MedStar Flight Nurses Training Course
  Los Angeles, March 1983.
• "Emergency Thoracotomy in Penetrating Cardiac Trauma"
  UCLA Emergency Medicine-Trauma Surgery
  Combined Morbidity and Mortality Conference
  Los Angeles, November, 1983.
• "Facial and Cervical Trauma"
  UCLA Emergency Medicine Residents Lecture
  Los Angeles, February, 1984.
• "Toxic Psychoses"
  Burbank Community Hospital
  Medical Staff Weekly CME Conference
  Burbank, CA 1984.
• "Upper Airway Obstruction"
  UCLA Emergency Medicine Grand Rounds
  Los Angeles, May 1985.
• "Antihistamine Overdose"
  LAC - USC Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine
  Morbidity and Mortality Conference
  July 1986.
• "Clinicopathologic Conference: An Unusual Colonic Tumor"
  Clinicopathologic Conference
  Long Beach Community Hospital
  Long Beach, April 1987.
• "The Physiology of Swallowing and Dysphagia"
  International Symposium on Swallowing Disorders
  Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
  December, 1988.
• "Sepsis and Septic Shock"
  Combined Critical Care/Trauma Service Grand Rounds
  Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
  Long Beach, December 1991.
• "Diagnosis and Management of Shock States"
  Intensive Care Unit Housestaff Lecture
  Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
  Long Beach, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995.
• "APACHE III Severity Scoring System"
  Department of Medicine Quarterly Meeting
  Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
  Long Beach, August 1996.
• "APACHE III Severity Scoring System: An Update"
  Quarterly Medical Staff Meeting
  Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
  Long Beach, March 1998.
• "Ventilator Management of the Spinal Cord Injured Patient"
  UC Irvine - Long Beach VA Medical Center Combined Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Resident Conference
  Long Beach VA Medical Center, November 2000
• "Critical Care Management of the Trauma Patient"
  Fundamentals of Critical Care Support Lecture
  UC Irvine/Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
  Internal Medicine Residents Lecture
  July 26, 2002
• "Medical Ethics in the Intensive Care Unit"
  Fundamentals of Critical Care Support Lecture
  UC Irvine/Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
  Internal Medicine Residents Lecture
  July 26, 2002
• "Ventilator Management of the Spinal Cord Injured Patient"
  UC Irvine - Long Beach VA Medical Center Combined Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Resident Conference
  Long Beach VA Medical Center, November 2003
• "Surviving Sepsis Campaign": Acute Management of Septic Shock
  Fundamentals of Critical Care Support Lecture
  UC Irvine/Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
  Internal Medicine Residents Lecture
  September 25, 2004
• "Facilitating Physician Participation in Quality Initiatives"
  Presented at
  "Medical Staff and Hospital Collaboration in Perfomance Measurement and Quality Care" Conference
  California Medical Association/Institute for Medical Quality
  Newport Beach, California May 21, 2005
• "Community-Acquired Pneumonia"
  Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
  Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
  July 28, 2005
• "Current Approaches to Septic Shock"
  UC Irvine/Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
  Internal Medicine Housestaff Noon Conference
  August 15, 2005
• "Quality Measures in Cardiac Care"
  Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
  Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
  November 10, 2005
• "Quality and Patient Safety: The Physician's Role"
  Family Practice Residents' Lecture
  Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
  June 16, 2006
• "Management of Septic Shock and Severe Sepsis - 2006 Update"
  Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
  Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
  July 6, 2006
• "Ventilator Management of the Spinal Cord Injured Patient: Update 2007"
  UC Irvine - Long Beach VA Medical Center Combined Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Resident Conference
  Long Beach VA Medical Center, February 2007
• Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: Update 2007
  Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
  Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
  August 16, 2007
• "Building Medical Staff Enthusiasm for the Fight against Multiple Drug-Resistant Organisms"
  Hospital Association of Southern California and Hospital- Acquired Infection Task Force
  Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
  September 11, 2007
• "Methicillin-Resistant Staph aureus Infections in the Hospital Setting"
  MemorialCare Wound Conference
  Costa Mesa,CA
  October 10, 2007
• "Implementing an Effective Leadership Structure Framework for System-Level Improvement"
  19th Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care
  Institute for Healthcare Improvement
  Orlando, Florida
  December 11, 2007
• "Using APACHE III/IV to Drive Performance Improvement in the ICU"
  Los Angeles Critical Care Symposium
  Los Angeles,CA
  May 28, 2008
• "Quality, Transparency, and Public Reporting"
  Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
  Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
  June 26, 2008
• Using APACHE III/IV to Drive Performance Improvement in the ICU"
  Long Beach Memorial Medical Center
  Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
  October 9, 2008
• MRSA and Multiple Drug-Resistant Organisms
  MemorialCare Wound Conference
  Costa Mesa,CA
  October 15, 2008

Other Professional Activities:

• Member, Critical Care Transformation Council
  Charles M. Watts, M.D., Chairman
  November 2003 - 2005
• Member, Emergency Department Technical Expert Panel
  Advisory Panel to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
  June 2007 -
• "Surveillance Screening for MRSA in Hospital Patients: SB 1058"
  Testimony before the California Assembly Health Committee
  Sacramento, California
  June 24, 2008