EDUCATION
1978-1981 University of California, Davis
Completed residency and internship in Family
Practice
1975-1978 Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and
Science, The Chicago Medical School, Chicago, IL
Received M.D. degree with Honors
1971-1975 Washington University
Received B.S. degree
AWARDS
2010 Recertified Family Practice
Currently certified through 2020
1981 Board Certified Family Practice
1978 Valedictorian Chicago Medical School
1976 Mosby Scholarship Award
LICENSURE
MD License current through State of California
until 9/30/2014
APPOINTMENTS
2009–PRESENT Board member
Jewish Community Foundation of the West
2009–2010 Clinical Faculty,
Samuel Merritt University, School of Nursing
2006–2008 MedData appointee to CORE/CAQH healthcare
Electronic Data Interchange Workgroup
2006–2012 Board member of Mosaic Law Congregation
1981–1997 Clinical Faculty, University of California, Davis
Department of Family Practice
1980–1981 Chief Resident, University of California, Davis
Department of Family Practice
1988–1990 Chairman, Department of Family Practice,
Sutter Community Hospital, Sacramento, CA
1985–1986 President, Sacramento Academy of Family Physicians
1984–1990 Board Member, Capitol Medical Group,
Independent Practice Association
1991–1995 Board Member, Sacramento Physicians Network,
Independent Practice Association
1985–1986 Committee on Natural Childbirth,
State of California
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP
1981–2006 Sacramento Medical Society
1981–1997 Sacramento Academy of Family Physicians
1984–1995 National Association of Childbearing Centers
1976–PRESENT Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Fraternity
PUBLICATIONS
2003 Using Technology to Facilitate
and Manage Patient Communications
1998 Nutrition in Pregnancy:Little Brown & Co.
1998 Drugs in Pregnancy:Little Brown & Co.
1973,'74,'75 Genetic Components of Ribosome Proteins:
Journal of Molecular and General Genetics
EMPLOYMENT
2011–PRESENT Family Practice-Sockolov & Sockolov Medical Group
March 2009- Family Practice - including pain management
June 2010 Midtown Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
2009 Quickhealth Urgent Care Center, W. Sacramento, CA
July 2005- Senior Vice-President of Business Development
June 2008 MedData, a division of AGDATA, L.P.
Jan 1990- President and CEO
June 2005 Insurance Benefit Spot Check, Inc.
1991 – Created first successful POS/swipe card based
multi-payor system for verification of insurance
eligibility processing live electronic data
information (EDI) transactions.
1994 – Succeeded in a multi-million dollar private
placement fund raising effort.
1997 – Enhanced eligibility system with a live
real-time Internet service
2003 – Created mdSOS – A patient/provider Internet
portal for medical information messaging. Service
included one of the first personal health record
(PHR) services in the USA that included storage of
medical information as well as medical directives.
2005 – Company acquired by MedData, a division of
AGDATA, L.P.
July 1981- Family Practice
June 1995 Private Solo/Group Practice
1985 – Created first Family Practice/Hospital
based urban Midwifery service at Sutter Health,
Sacramento, CA.
1985 – Early adopter of computer based practice
installing multi-user system for accounting,
electronic claims, and scheduling.
1995-1997 Practice acquired by UC Davis Medical Center
consisting of 10,000 active patients, 4 MD’s,
2 Family Nurse Practitioner’s (FNP), and 2
Certified Midwives (CNM).
