An investigator with broad medical background and specific experience in medically-related testimony
(CA Lic. 26739)

• Ron Lopez is licensed by the CA Bureau of Security & Investigative Services as an investigator.  He has passed the examination to become a Certified Professional Investigator - a distinction achieved by only those investigators with breadth and depth of knowledge.
• Experienced in Federal & State superior court criminal and civil case testimony
• Former medical investigator & County EMS Coordinator,  Solano County, CA.

• Former Director, San Francisco Disaster Registry for Seniors & Persons w/Disabilities
• Ambulance services (EMS) Quality Assurance/Improvement

• Well-established successful track record in new program development and complex project management

• Successful research grant recipient
• Trauma Systems consultant & former Trauma Case Manager, Memorial Hospital Association, Modesto, CA
• Pharmaceutical research nurse
• Student Research Associate, Dept. of Chemical Physics, CalTech.
• Graduate, Stanford University - Human Biology w/emphasis in neurophysiology completing his undergraduate degree @the Stanford Medical School.

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Medical, Administrative, and Teaching Credentials

• ICU, ER, and Critical Care transport nurse experience w/national board certification, multiple specialties
• Supervisory Nurse Specialist, National Disaster Medical System, Disaster Medical Assistance Team CA-6; founding member, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security
• Full-time medical disaster planner, San Francisco Public health department; Director of persons w/Special Needs programs

• Founding member, National Urban Search & Rescue Task Force TF-7, based at the Sacramento City Fire Department
• Founding member, US Dept. of Homeland Security
• Member of the former, original International Wound Ballistics Association with Dr. Martin Fackler and Duncan MacPherson (publishers of the Wound Ballistics Review - the IWBA is now disbanded)
• Former member, Diversion Evaluation Committee, State of CA Board of Registered Nursing.  Evaluated & made treatment recommendations for drug or alcohol impaired nurses 
• Medical Officer, Butte Co. Sherriff's Dept., Wilderness Search & Rescue team