ABOUT DR. SCHULTZ |
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Dr. Kenneth Schultz is the President of WitnessCoachMD, LLC. For the past 32 years, he has specialized in Risk and Claims Management issues for large medical groups. He is still currently active in Witness Coaching of healthcare professionals in their preparation for deposition and trial testimony. From 2017-2019, Dr. Schultz had been a Medical Consultant to a multistate TPA providing case review for the County of Los Angeles (COLA) Medical Malpractice Program. He is currently licensed in the State of Florida. Formerly, he was the Director of the Risk and Claims Management Division of Bettinger, Stimler, Schultz & Associates, LLC, Medical Director Claims and Risk Management for Team Health, Medical Director Claims and Risk Management InPhyNet Medical Management, Inc. and Medical Director of Risk and Claims Management for Emergency Medical Services Associates. A Summa Cum Laude graduate of S.U.N.Y. Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, N.Y., Dr. Schultz completed his internship in General Surgery, his Residency in Internal Medicine, and a Fellowship in General Internal Medicine at the University of Miami affiliated hospitals. Dr. Schultz received an M.B.A. from Temple University School of Business in 1988. In the late 1980s, Dr. Schultz was appointed Medical Director, Corporate Risk Management, for EMSA, the forerunner of InPhyNet Medical Management, Inc. He remained in this role until 1997. In addition to his expertise in Risk and Claims Management, Dr. Schultz has extensive experience in hospital-based emergency medicine. Dr. Schultz served as Director of Emergency Medicine at a large Pennsylvania teaching hospital for eight years. He has worked extensively with hospital administrators, attending medical staff and house-staff members, directors of hospital-based departments, quality improvement specialists, hospital board members and EMS system leaders throughout his career. Dr. Schultz was instrumental in helping to develop the EMS and Trauma Systems in South-Central Pennsylvania area from 1980-1988. Dr. Schultz was given the Mayor of Harrisburg's Distinguish Service Award as "Father of Emergency Medicine." Dr. Schultz has experience in academic and teaching settings, which includes:
Dr. Schultz has managed over 1,000 professional liability incidents, claims, and suits while supervising PLI programs with aggregate limits as high as $55 million. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine (retired 2012) and is a Fellow in both the American College of Physicians and the American College of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Schultz has experience in the Captive Insurance Industry and held Board Level or Executive Management appointments to several Medical Liability Captive Insurance Companies. He is currently the Medical Consultant to the Claims Committee of a large Medical Malpractice Retention Group in the Western United States encompassing 11 hospitals. |
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