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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 prestigiousJournal 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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