James Lineback – MD, FCCP – Medical Legal Expert

• Internal Medicine and Chest Medicine: 1984 – present
• Preventive Cardiology and Anti-Aging Medicine: 2005 – present
• Emergency Medicine: Glendale Memorial, Santa Marta, and Daniel Freeman Hospitals; LAC/USC Medical Center: 1978-1988

Practice Specialties: Cardiopulmonary Medicine and Medical Physiology

• Case review and evaluation; deposition and trial appearance for personal injury and medical malpractice cases:  1984 – present

Areas of Expertise: Causation, Disability, and Life Expectancy in Complex, Multi-System Catastrophic Injury Cases

• Autopsy Assistant; Hektoen Institute, Division of Pathology; Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois:  1975 – 1976
• Laboratory Assistant; West Suburban Hospital, Oak Park, Illinois:  1972 – 1973

• Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California Riverside, School of Medicine; Lecturer in Physiology: 2013 – present
• Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine; University of California Los Angeles: 1997 – 2013

Lecture Series: Pathophysiology and Mechanisms of Disease: Practicum For Second-Year Medical Students

• Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Department of Anatomy; Guest Lecturer: 1995 – 2005
• LA County/USC Medical Center, Department of Internal Medicine; Attending Physician:  1986 – 1997
• National College of Chiropractic; Lombard, Illinois, Department of Anatomy; Teaching Assistant Human Anatomy:  1973 – 1974
• University of Illinois College of Medicine, Department of Anatomy; Teaching Assistant Human Anatomy & Neuroanatomy: 1972-1974

• Illinois State University, Departments of Chemistry and Biology, Major:  Chemistry; Minor: Biology – Bachelor of Science:  1971
• University of Illinois, College of Medicine, Department of Human Anatomy and Neuroanatomy – Masters of Science:  1974
• University of Illinois, College of Medicine – Doctor of Medicine:  1977

Internship:  University of Southern California, Los Angeles County Medical Center; Rotating Intern: 1977 – 1978
Residency:  University of Southern California, Los Angeles County Medical Center; Internal Medicine: 1978 – 1980
Chief Resident:  University of Southern California, Los Angeles County Medical Center; Internal Medicine: 1980 – 1981
Fellowship:  University of California Irvine Medical Center; Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine: 1981 – 1983

• American College of Chest Physicians: 1980 – present
• American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine: 2004 – present

• Research on the histological effects of long-term sensory deprivation in the cat visual system, 1971 -1974
• Specific Afferent Projection to Cat Visual Cortex: Master’s Thesis, University of Illinois; Chicago, Illinois, 1974
• “Respiratory Diseases: Diagnostics, Prevention and Therapeutic Interventions”.  In Health Practitioner’s Guide to Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine 1st ed. A4M Publications: Chicago, 2009; 313-367″Respiratory
• Diseases and Impairments:  Diagnostics, Prevention and Therapeutic Interventions”.  In Encyclopedia of Clinical Anti-Aging Medicine and Regenerative Biomedical Technologies. A4M Publications: Chicago, 2012; 539-568
• “Respiratory Diseases and Impairments:  Considerations in Special Environments”.  In Anti-Aging Therapeutics, Vol.XV,American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine: Chicago, 2013; 95-10
• “Respiratory Diseases and Impairments:  Diagnostics, Prevention and Therapeutic Interventions”.  In Guide to Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine, eds. Drs. Ronald Klatz and Robert Goldman. A4M Publications: Chicago, 2013-2015; 577-606

• American College of Chest Physicians: 1993
• American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine: 2005

American College of Chest Physicians Annual Updates – 1986 to present:

American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine Annual Updates – 2005 to present: