Teach a 1 credit Intensive Course annually entitiled: THe Role of the CEO in Maximizing Patient Safety."Mentor graduate students, administrative residents& fellows

I serve as a testifying expert witness in litigation involving licensed care facilities including acute care hospitals 7 health systems, freestanding ambulatory surgery facilities, subacute healthcare facilities.Our firm has a faculty of highly trained experts in collateral field including nursing, psychiatry and nursing homes.

Founder Arthur S. Shorr & Associates: Consultants to Healthcare Providers.I have retired from day to day full time activities but still available to consult to a limited number of healthcare and Expert Witness clients.Have recently (July 2014) published the 3rd edition of "Hospital; Negligence:Legal & Administrative Issues" for WestLaw Thomson ReutersMy ongoing interest in Expert Witness activities is hospital negligence matters.My special ongoing interest in healthcare is focused to Succession Planning but am open to Hospital projects as well.I am teaching a course at The George Washington University. Milken Graduate School of Public Health, Health Services management & Leadership (HSML) in the Fall 2014 semester.I now live in Rancho Mirage CA and Lee MA as the season allow. 760.610.2311

President and Founder Shorr & Associates Inc.has offered consulting services to the healthcare industry continously since 1983. The firm's clients include:Hospitals, Nursing Homes,Psychiatric & Ambulatory Care FacilitiesShorr & Associates Inc. Offers the Following Consultative Services:Strategic Planning Governing Board Retreats Conflict Resolution & Consensus BuildingPhysician/Hospital Collaboration, Physician Credentialing & PrivilegingRegulatory Compliance, & JCAHO Compliance Issues Strategic Planning & Business DevelopmentMedical Practice Management Consultative Services :Medical Practice Operational AssessmentsMedical Practice Productivity Improvement , Practice AcquisitionsSucession Planning Appraisals & Valuations Group Formation & Consolidation ,Medical Practice Management Shorr and Associates Inc. offers legal profession expert witness services on matters relating to community standards compliance for licensed healthcare facilities..

Shorr & Associates has 4 senior healthcare consulting principals, each representing in excess of 30 years of professional experience in the healthcare industry. All are Board Certified in Healthcare Administration and are either Diplomates" or "Fellows" of the American College of Healthcare Executives.Arthur S. Shorr FACHE, founder and president has testified in excess of 500 cases representing both Defense and Plaintiff attorneys.He is recogninzed as Expert Witness in Federal court as well as in 50 state court jurisdictions.SpecialtiesBoard, Medical Staff Strategic Planning Retreats, Operational Program Consulting,Hospital/Physician relationshipsJCAHO compliance audits. Business & Practice Management services including: Appraisal and Valuation of Medical Practices, Financial and Systems Turnaround Services,Strategic Planning & Business Developement Services.Expert Witness consulting services:Hospitals,& licensed healthcare facilities relating to Corporate Negligence.

* Medical Practice Appraisals & Valuation * Succession Planning for Private Practice Physicians * Strategic Planning Facilitator -Hospitals & Healthcare Providers* Board, Medical Staff Strategic Planning Retreats

Invited faculty - ACHE Annual Congress on Adminstration. In 2008 presentation limited to CEO Roundtable members.

Was responsible for all operating departments of the Medical Center. Served on the Governing Body. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is the largest voluntary hospital west of hte Mississippi.

I was the Administrator and Chief Operating Officer of this 400 University Affiliated, Tertiary Care teaching hospital. For one year. I served as acting president and chief executive officer as well. I served as a member of the Governing Body.