Author Dr. Ben Harer
October 21, 2007W BENSON HARER, JR, MD, DHL, FACOG.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Riverside County Regional Medical Center
A. EDUCATION
1948-1952 A.B., Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
1952-1956 M.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
1956-1957 Internship, Fitzgerald Mercy Hospital, Darby, Pennsylvania
1957-1960 Residency, OB-GYN, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
1964 Diplomate, American Board of OB-GYN
1980: Recertified
B. PRACTICE-RELATED ACTIVITIES
1957-1960 Captain, USAF-MC as resident physician
1960-1964 Chief, OB-GYN, 2796th USAF Hosp., Norton AFB, CA
1964 Awarded USAF Commendation Medal
1964-1965 Instructor OB-GYN, University of Colorado Medical Center
1965-1996 Private Practice in OB-GYN, San Bernardino, CA
1965-1996 San Bernardino Community Hospital
1976-1979 President, Board of Directors
1965-1996 St. Bernardine Medical Center; many committees, including OB-GYN chair
1965-2004 Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Colton, CA
1969-1989 President, OB-GYN Medical Group of San Bernardino, six physicians
1996-2004- Valley OB-GYN Medical Group, Colton, CA
1998-2004 Riverside County Regional Medical Center, Moreno Valley, Ca
1998-1999: Chief, Department OB-GYN
C. ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
1964-1965 NIH, Special Fellow, Pharmacology and OB-GYN, University of Colorado Medical Center
1965-1976 Resident Instructor, San Bernardino County Medical Center
1974-1976 Assistant Clinical Professor, UCLA School of Medicine
1996–2004 Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (formerly,San Bernardino County Medical Center), Residency Instructor
1998–2004 Clinical Professor, OB-GYN, Western University of Health Sciences
D. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
1. San Bernardino County Medical Society
1966-2004 Member
1969-1986 Board of Directors
1969-1974 Secretary/Treasurer
1974 Vice-President
1975 President-Elect
1976 President
2. California Medical Association
1965-2004 Member
1972-1991 Delegate to CMA House of Delegates
1975 Vice-Chair, CMA Task Force on National Health Insurance
1976-1979 Chair, CMA Task Force on National Health Insurance
1986-1991 Member, Scientific Board
1986-1991 Chair, OB-GYN Advisory Council
1988 Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Peer Review in the Ambulatory Setting
1989-1991 Member, Executive Committee of Scientific Board
1989-1991 Member, Maternal & Child Health Committee
3. American Medical Association
1965-2004 Member
1979-1981 Alternate Delegate
1982-1986 Delegate
4. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
1964 Fellow
1979-1984 Vice-Chair and Chair, Section IV, District IX
1984-1990 Vice-Chair and Chair, District IX
1992-1998 National Secretary
1999-2000 President-Elect 986-1994
2000–2001 President Reviewer, Voluntary Review of Quality of Care Program
1987-1993 Insurance Committee
1988-1993: Chair
1990-Present Ad hoc Reviewer, Obstetrics and Gynecology
1991 Search Committee forExecutive Director
1991-1992 Member, Long-Range Planning Committee
1991 Member, Search Committee for Executive Director
1992-1998 Secretary. Ex officio work with Finance, Planning, and Coding Committees
1998-2005 Member, Committee on Practice Management
1998- Task Forces for Accreditation Activities and on Future of OB-GYN
2002-2004,2006 Nominating Committee
2006 Compensation Committee
E. OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
1969 President, Riverside/San Bernardino Obstetrical Society
1971-1973 Director, San Bernardino/Riverside Blood Bank
1972-1974, 1978-1979: Founder & President, TelMed, Inc., Nationwide program providing free telephone access to tape-recorded health information (over 200 million calls to date)
1976-1982 Founder, California Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
1978: President
1979 Administrative Member, California Blue Shield
1988-1995 Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care; Surveyor, AAAHC/California Medical Association
1992-1999 Representative for OB-GYN, AMA/RBRVS Update Committee (RUC)
1990-1995 California Medical Review, Inc. (PRO) Physician Advisor
1990-1993 Member, Technical Expert Panel, Harvard Resource-Based Relative Value Scale (RBRVS) Study
1991 Panel Member, Physician Payment Review Commission, Interspecialty Advisory
1994-2005 Contributing Editor, OBG Management
1994-Present Member, American Society of Forensic Obstetricians and Gynecologists
1996: Vice-President
1996-2004 Member, Association of Professors of OB-GYN
1997-2002 Member, California Medicare Carriers Advisory Committee
1997-2004 National Committee on Quality Assurance Member, Practicing Physician Advisory Committee
1999-2002 ACOG Liaison to American Board of OB-GYN
1999-Present Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine
1999-2004 Member, Riverside County Regional Medical Center Foundation Board
2000-Present Founder, Physicians for Women’s Health, Inc.
2001 President
2002-2004 National Association Public Hospitals
Sometime Peer reviewer for OB-GYN Survey, Women’s Health Care, International Journal of Obst & Gynec, Primary Care Update for OB/GYNs, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Am J Obst& Gynec
ACTIVITIES RELATED TO INTEREST IN EGYPTOLOGY
1977-Present Egypt Exploration Society, London
1979-1981 Member, UC Berkeley Theban Mapping Project
1981-Present Annual Volunteer archaeologist, Brooklyn Museum Expedition to the Precinct of the Goddess Mut at South Karnak, Egypt
1981-Present Member, American Research Center in Egypt
1984-Present: Member, Board of Governors
1992 Elected National Fellow, Explorers’ Club
1991-Present Member, Visiting Committee, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
1993-2005 Adjunct Professor of Egyptology, Department of Art, California State University, San Bernardino, CA
1994-Present Member, Sudan Exploration Society
1995-Present International Council of Museums, Egyptology Committee
1996-2005 Robert V. Fullerton Museum, CSUSB, Advisory Board
G. COMMUNITY SERVICE AND RECOGNITION
1985 Commendation, California State Legislature
1987 Nicholas E. Krikes Award for Outstanding Contributions to the San Bernardino County Medical Society
1991 National District Service Award, ACOG
1996 Commendation, San Bernardino County Medical Society
1996 Commendation, City of San Bernardino
1996 Egyptian Study Society, Honorary Member, July 1996
1996 Elected member, Phi Beta Delta, International Honor Society
1998-2000 International Business School, Orange County, Health Science Advisory Board
1998-2004 California State University San Bernardino, University Advisory Board
2000 Commendation, San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors
2000 Honorary Fellow, Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada
2000 Honorary Member, Southwest Obstetrical & Gynecological Society
2001 Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, California State University San Bernardino
2001 American Society of Forensic Obstetricians and Gynecologists “Man of the Year”
2001 Honorary Member, Texas Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
2001 San Bernardino County Medical Society, award for Outstanding Contribution to Medicine.
PUBLICATIONS
1958-1994: 40 peer-reviewed articles, one audiovisual, two books (co-author), medical book reviews (for Journal American Research Center in Egypt, Journal Near East Studies, and Jacobs Institute)
Revised: 30 August 2004