Dr. Ochs is a board certified ANESTHESIOLOGIST specializing in ambulatory anesthesia with an emphasis on elective cosmetic and complex maxillofacial surgery. He is a former department chairman at two large community hospitals in Montana and Colorado. He co-founded one of the first ambulatory surgery centers in Colorado. Dr. Ochs holds separate clinical academic university appointments where he continues to instruct and supervise resident physicians and medical students in anesthesiology. He maintains current medical licenses in Colorado, Montana and California. He holds membership in multiple medical specialty organizations including anesthesiology, cosmetic surgery and ambulatory surgery.
Dr. Ochs is a TRIAL ATTORNEY who limits his practice to medical negligence and medical product liability litigation. He is licensed in Colorado from where he has litigated and consulted on cases in multiple states in the Mid-Continent and Far West regions. He has obtained verdicts or settlements into seven figures. He continues to speak at medical and/or legal educational meetings throughout the country.
Dr. Ochs performs selective consultative reviews of business, legal and/or medical processes in ambulatory surgery centers and office based private medical/dental practices. His primary interest is in professional liability issues as related to risk management, sentinel event prevention and PATIENT SAFETY.