PROFILE
Board Certified surgeon with two terminal degrees [MBBS & DPM] and two master’s degrees [MBA & MEd]. Confirmed executive and entrepreneurial leadership and financial advisory coach. Twenty-five years of IPO start-up, new product development and university endowed professorships, chair and business school teaching experience. Proven track record for C-suite clinical innovations [Physician Practice Management Corporation – 1,650 employees] and solutions within business, finance, investing, Wall Street [SEC, NASD and FINRA], economic, medical and healthcare ecosystem realms. Multiple copyright holder with expert witness and polymath disciplinary insights and acumen with high skills, standards and ethical judgement.
FORMAL EDUCATION:
- Allopathic Medical School: Medicinae Baccalaureus – Baccalaureus Chirurgiae: Marianne University City Hospital, Aaken Germany, Earned MBBS degree – honoris causa
- Podiatric Medical School: Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine: Doctorate Podiatric Medicine and Surgery – Conferred DPM degree
- Osteopathic Medical School: [PCOM] Metropolitan Osteopathic Surgical Hospital Philadelphia, Specialty Medical – Surgical Training
- Hershey Medical Center: (PA and Europe) Continuing medical education
- Business School: Kellogg-Keller Graduate School Management (Chicago), Finance, Economics and Business Management, MBA degree
- Graduate School: Georgia Baptist / Atlanta Hospital; Pedagogy, Andragogy and Heutagogy: MEd degree/certification in health and business management
- Loyola University Maryland: Major Biochemistry BSc. Minor Finance & Economics
- Mt. St. Joseph College Preparatory School: National Merit Scholarship Program [PSAT] Finalist.
- University Maryland Dental School: Physiology GERD laboratory intern for George W. Kidder III PhD.
- Oglethorpe University Georgia: Certification in Financial Planning [CFP™]
- Internship: Atlanta Hospital and Medical Center (Atlanta, GA). Medical
- Senior Resident: Atlanta Hospital Medical Center (Georgia). Surgical
- Chief Resident: Atlanta Hospital Medical Center (Georgia). Surgical Resident
- Fellowship: American College: Foot Ankle/Leg Surgeons (Las Vegas, NV), FACFAS
- Board Certification: Foot Surgery
- Board Certification: Foot and Ankle Traumatic Surgery
- Board Certification: Lower Leg Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
- Professor: Surgical Education: (Dusseldorf, Germany), Visiting Professorship.
- Executive Coach: Board Certified Physician Coach.
- Intelligence Quotient (IQ): 146
PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL CERTIFICATIONS [active-inactive]:
- Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ)
- Certified Medical Planner™ professional designation (CMP™)
- American Board Quality Assurance Utilization Review Physicians (ABQAURP)
- Certified Physician in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ)
- Society of Physician Entrepreneurs (SoPE)
PROFESSIONAL FINANCIAL, INVESTING, SEC & NASD BUSINESS CERTIFICATIONS [inactive/active]:
- Series #7 license (general securities)
- Series #63 license (uniform securities state law)
- Series #65 license (investment advisory)
- National Assoc Securities Dealers (NASD)
- Certified Financial Planner (CFP)
- Georgia State: life, health, disability, variable, LTC and PC insurance licenses
- American Society of Health Economists (ASHE)
- International Health Economics Association (iHEA)
- American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)
- Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
- Microsoft Professional Accountant’s Network (MPAN)
- Microsoft Health User’s Group (MS-HUG)
- American Management Association [AMA]
- Sun Executive Boardroom program sponsored by CEO Jonathan Schwartz
- Healthcare Informatics Executive Panel [HIE]
- SUNSHINE [Solutions Healthcare Information, Networking and Education]
- IT society of HIMSS and Sun Microsystems (NASD-SUNW)
- European Medical Association
- American Medical Writers Association [AMWA]
Dr. David Edward Marcinko FACFAS MBA MEd is a board certified physician-executive, surgical fellow, noted Health 2.0 speaker, journal publisher and researcher, public and population health advocate, former hospital medical staff Vice-President, Chief Executive and Education Officer and philanthropist with more than 400 published papers; 5,150 op-ed pieces and over 125+ international presentations to his credit; including the top 10 biggest pharmaceutical companies and financial services firms in the nation. He is a best-selling Amazon author with 30 published text books in four languages [National Institute of Health, Library of Congress and Library of Medicine].
Dr. Marcinko is also past Editor-in-Chief of the prestigious “Journal of Health Care Finance” who was named “Health Economist of the Year” in 2010. He is a Federal and State court approved expert witness featured in hundreds of peer reviewed medical, business, management and trade publications [AMA, ADA, APMA, AAOS, Physicians Practice, Investment Advisor, Physician’s Money Digest and MD News].
As a former Certified Financial Planner©, licensed insurance agent, RIA and SEC registered endowment fund manager, Dr. Marcinko wss Founding Dean of the fiduciary focused CERTIFIED MEDICAL PLANNER® chartered designation education program; as well as Chief Editor of the HEALTH DICTIONARY SERIES® Wiki Project. His professional memberships [active/inactive] include: ASHE, AHIMA, ACHE, ACME, ACPE, MGMA, FMMA and HIMSS. Dr. Marcinko was a MSFT Beta tester, Google Scholar, “H” Index favorite and one of LinkedIn’s “Top Cited Voices“.
Interim Healthcare Practice Leader: Deloitte and Touche Consulting, Atlanta, GA 1995-1996
Recruited, developed and launched a creative marketing staff. Initiated merchandising, branding, market research, operations and promotions:
- New product development with sales revenue, market share and profitability objectives
- Created and execute departmental business plans with budgets and forecasts.
Co-Founding Partner: Northlake Ambulatory Surgery Center (NASC, LLC) – Atlanta, GA1988-1997
Operated a successful Ambulatory Surgery Center with employed physician anesthesiologists, registered nurses and related employees that was sold to a public company.
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer Foot and Ankle Research Consortium, Inc (FARC, Inc) – Ft. Lauderdale, FLA, 1992-2022
Leading industry on-ground print publisher of medical / surgical textbooks [Original first editions in English, German and Spanish]; medical legal consultant as court approved State and federal expert witness!
First Global Financial Advisors [FGFA], Inc – Atlanta, GA. Certified Financial Planner™ Practitioner 1999-204
Financial planner to physicians, specializing in the integration of personal finance, wealth management with medical practice management; Co-AUM management to $500-M. Securities Exchange Commission [SEC/FINRA/NASD] licensed practitioner.
Financial Planning Associates, Inc (FPA) – Baltimore, MD. Certified Financial Planner™ Practitioner 1998-1999
Financial planner to physicians, specializing in the integration of personal finance with medical practice management; AUM $45-M
President and Academic Dean – Physicians Services Group Inc (PSGi) – St. Paul, MN 1998-2000
Privately held Physician Practice Management Corporation (PPMC) in the Midwest that consolidated 95 solo medical practices with 1,35 FTEs, 625 PTEs and $150 million in sales revenues; IPO roll-up attempt withdrawn in 2000. Responsible for overall leadership and execution of BP including implementation and execution.
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Podiatry Prep, Inc: Atlanta, GA. 1998-2022
Innovative internet publisher of computer based testing (CBT) programs, CD-ROMs and SAAS delivery methods of preparing for professional examinations by the: American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery; American Board of Foot and Ankle Podiatric Orthopedics and Primary Podiatric Medicine; Diabetes, Infections and Wound Care; and the National Board of Medical Examiners [8,250 students].
Chief Visionary Officer [CVO]. Dot Com Internet Telecommunication Firm, Duluth, GA 2000-2001.
Interim crisis management executive with Business Planning and Venture Capital presentations for successful private corporate restructuring.
ACADEMIC UNIVERSITY AND HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:
- Advisory Board of Directors Member: Medblob; Emerging and secure military encrypted health information exchange and data warehouse; Boston, MA [2021-2026]. Venture Capital Partner Pre-IPO.
- Marcinko Associates [CEO & Managing Partner 2022]: Virtual healthcare business and medical practice management, concierge consulting, investment advisors and personal financial planning specialists for savvy medical professionals.
- Endowed Distinguished R&D Sabbatical Scholar for iMBA Inc; Atlanta, GA [2017-2022].
- L.V. Hackley Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor of Capitalism and Free Market Economics. Fayetteville State University, UNC; State governor appointed; 2016.
- Visiting Distinguished Professor-of-the-Practice in Health Economics, Finance and Policy Management for Physician’s Nexus Entrepreneur Advisory Board; San Jose, CA 2013-2015
- Teaching Professorships: Ten years on-site class room and on-line teaching and educational experience [University of Phoenix, DeVry University, Rushmore University, Capella University and Keller Graduate School of Business and Management].
- Founding Online CEO – Certified Medical Planner® board certification program 2010-2012.
- Managing Partner — Co-Founded and managed one of the nation’s first Single Specialty Physician Management Groups and grew that organization to 95 offices. Later developed and managed 3 high-profile multi-specialty Ambulatory Surgery Centers.
- CEO – Institute of Medical Business Advisors, Inc., Atlanta, GA 2003-2026.
- Editor-in-Chief: Journal Healthcare Finance, Aspen Publishers, NY 2001-2002.
- Registered Investment Advisor: First Global Financial Advisors Inc, 1999
- Managing Partner: Peachtree Podiatry Medical-Surgical Group, PC 1984-2002.
- President Medical Staff: Kindred Hospital, Atlanta, GA 1994.
- Vice President Medical Staff: Vencor Hospital, Atlanta, GA 1993.
- Dean Medical-Surgical Education: Atlanta Hospital and Regional Medical Center, 1992.
- Chief Education Officer: Atlanta Hospital and Regional Diabetes Center, 1991.
- Eminent Endowed Chair: Department Medicine and Surgery, Atlanta Hospital and Medical Center, GA, 1990.
- Chair: Department of Healthcare Policy, Management and Administration, Atlanta Hospital, 1990.
- Distinguished Professor Health Economics and Finance – Atlanta Hospital, 1989.
- Associate Professor Healthcare Finance – Atlanta Hospital.1988.
- Assistant Professor Health Economics – Atlanta Hospital, 1987.
UNDERGRADUATE / GRADUATE COURSES DESIGNED, DEVELOPED AND TAUGHT [Content, Case Models, Rubrics, Tests, Quizzes and Examinations]
ECONOMICS AND CHOICE THEORY
- Macro and Micro-Economics
- Entrepreneurship and MBA Capstone Plan Production
- Monetarists, Keynesian and Austrian Economics
- Free-Market Capitalism and Psychology of Economic Choice Theory
- Health Care Economics, etc.
FINANCE AND INVESTING
- Psychology of Investing, Finance and Risk Management
- Investing, Wall Street, SEC, Derivatives and Real Estate
- Stocks, Bonds, Cash, Mutual Funds and ETFs
- Financial Planning, Budgets, Special Situations and Financial Statement Analysis
- Brokerage Accounts, Investment Management, Market Neutral and Hedge Funds
- Investment Policy Statement Production and Portfolio Construction
- Endowment Fund Management, Securities and Risk Return Principles, etc.
RISK MANAGEMENT AND INSURANCE
- Life, Property, Business and Casualty Insurance
- Workplace Violence Issues and Prevention
- Romantic Workplace Entanglements
- Pre, Post and Intra-Nuptial Divorce Planning, Mediation and Trials
- Medical Malpractice, Tort Reform and Malpractice Trials
- Asset Protection and Risk Management
- Retirement Planning
- Estate Planning, etc.
ACCOUNTING AND TRANSACTIONS
- Personal Accounting, Business Accounts Receivable and Payable Management
- Internal Medical Office Controls and Embezzlement Protection
- Managerial Healthcare Accounting
- Cash Flow Analysis, IBNR Healthcare Claims and Revenue Cycle Management
- Medical Cost Accounting and Activity Based Cost Management
- Physician Recruitment, Retention and Compensation, etc.
HEALTHCARE POLICY, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ADMINISTRATION
- Physician Branding and Executive Leadership versus Management
- Medical Records, IT, Interactivity, EMRs and Cyber Security Risks
- HIPAA, PP-ACA, Non-Disclosures Agreements, Sar-Box and Stark Laws
- Pay Models: Private, Medicare / Medicaid, Managed Care, HMOs, PPO and IPAs
- VBC, ACOs, Traditional / Capitation Reimbursement, Retail & Concierge Medicine
- Medical Office, Negotiation Skills and Clinic Compliance Regulations
- Public Health
- Population Health
- Patriot Act and Medical Ethics
- Medical Practice Appraisals for Transfer and Fair Market Valuations for Sale, etc.
MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, SALES, INNOVATION AND INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION
- Business Management [traditional and contemporary]
- Marketing, Advertising and Sales [internal and external]
- Public Relations, CRM, Change and Crisis Management
- Lean Management, Khan-Ban and Six Sigma Process Improvement
- Strategic and Competitive Management
- Human Resource Management
- Evidence Based Medical Engineering, etc.

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As a former academic Scholar and Dean, appointed and Endowed Department Chair, Distinguished Professor and physician-executive, David Edward Marcinko MBBS DPM FACFAS MBA MEd BSc CMP® is originally from Loyola University MD, Temple University in Philadelphia and the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in PA; Oglethorpe University, Emory University and Atlanta Hospital & Medical Center in GA; the Kellogg-Keller Graduate School of Business and Management in Chicago; and Aachen City University Hospital, Koln-Germany. He is one of the most innovative global thought leaders in medical, financial, economics and business management and didactic entrepreneurship education today by leveraging and adding value with strategies to grow revenues and EBITDA while reducing nonessential expenditures and improving operational efficiencies. Dr. Marcinko is a board certified physician, surgical fellow, hospital medical staff Vice President, public and population health advocate, and Chief Executive & Education Officer with more than 400 published papers; 5,150 op-ed pieces and over 135+ domestic / international presentations to his credit; including the top 10 biggest pharmaceutical companies and financial services firms in the nation. He is also a best-selling Amazon author with 30 published text books in four languages [National Institute of Health, Library of Congress and Library of Medicine]. Dr. Marcinko is past Editor-in-Chief of the prestigious "Journal of Health Care Finance", and a former Certified Financial Planner®, who was named "Health Economist of the Year" in 2010, by PM magazine. He is a Federal and State court approved expert witness featured in hundreds of peer reviewed medical, business, management and trade publications [AMA, ADA, APMA, AAOS, Physicians Practice, Investment Advisor, Physician's Money Digest and MD News]. As a licensed insurance agent, RIA and SEC registered endowment fund manager, Dr. Marcinko is Founding Dean of the fiduciary focused CERTIFIED MEDICAL PLANNER® chartered designation education program; as well as Chief Editor of the HEALTH DICTIONARY SERIES® Wiki Project. His professional memberships include: ASHE, AHIMA, ACHE, ACME, ACPE, MGMA, FMMA and HIMSS. Dr. Marcinko is a MSFT Beta tester, Google Scholar, "H" Index favorite and one of LinkedIn's "Top Cited Voices". Presently, Professor Marcinko is "ex-officio" and R&D Scholar-on-Sabbatical for iMBA, Inc.












