Correctional Healthcare Nurse Expert Witness

Expert Witness No.2245

Professional Experience

1997-present A Medical Consultants Company, NJ
Founder and Co-owner
Providing Infection Control Programs to Municipal employees

1991-present Ocean County Jail
Toms River, NJ
Staff Nurse, Infection Control, Quality Improvement

2001 to present American Correctional Association
Accreditation auditor (consultation basis)

October 2006-present Southern Ocean County Hospital
Manahawkin, New Jersey
Charge Nurse Emergency Department

2000-2006 Specialty Professional Services, Inc 2000-2006
Emergency Department Staff Nurse

2003-2004 Medical Center of Ocean County
Emergency Department Staff

9/97-3/99 & 1/00-11/00 Atlantic County Justice Facility
Mays Landing, New Jersey
Health Service Administrator

3/95-10/95 Middlesex County Adult Correction Center
North Brunswick, NJ
Director of Nursing

1989-1994 Centra State Medical Center
Freehold, NJ
Emergency Department Staff Nurse/Relief Charge Nurse

1981-1989 Community Medical Center
Toms River, NJ
Paramedic, ED Staff and Assistant Head Nurse

Education

Bergen Community College
Paramus, New Jersey
Associate of Science-Nursing’

Essex County College
Newark, New Jersey
Associate of Science-Paramedic

Licensed and Certifications

Professional Registered Nurse in the State of New Jersey
Professional Registered Nurse in the State of Pennsylvania
American Heart Association C.P.R.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
Certified Correctional Health Professional Advanced (CCHP-A) **currently the first and only person to achieve this certification in the State of New Jersey

Current Appointments:

Auditor for the American Correctional Association: approximately 35 audits since 2000
Board of Trustees: Advisory Council for Basic and Intermediate Life Support Services
Board of Directors: Academy of Correctional Health Professionals
Academy of Correctional Health Professionals: Mentor Committee co-chairperson
New Jersey State Nurses Assoc. Forum Correctional Healthcare Co-Chairperson
American Correctional Association: member of the Professional Development Faculty
New Jersey State Nurses Association; 2006 and 2007 convention committee

Organization Memberships:

Forum for Correctional Health Care, NJ State Nurses Association
American Correctional Association (ACA)
Academy of Correctional Health Professionals (NCCHC)
New Jersey State Nurses Association (NJSNA)
American Jail Association (AJA)
Silverton Volunteer E.M.S.
New Jersey League of Nursing
American Health Services Health Association (AHSHA)
Correctional Accreditation Managers Association (CAMA)

Speaker Experience

Nursing Spectrum Career Expo
(April 2004, September 2004)
Full Titles and Information Available Upon Request.

American Correctional Association
(January 2002, August 2002 (twice), January 2003, January 2004
Full Titles and Information Available Upon Request.

Nursing Program Presentations: “Introduction to Correctional Nursing”
March 2005: Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Jersey
April 2005: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ
September 2005: University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ, Newark, NJ
Full Titles and Information Available Upon Request.

New Jersey State Nurses Association
March 1999, April 2000 (twice), April 2003, March 2005 (twice), March 2006
Full Titles and Information Available Upon Request.

National Commission on Correctional Health Care
November 1999, September 2000 (twice), November 2001 (twice), April 2002, October 2002, April 2003 (twice), October 2003 (twice), May 2004 (twice), November 2004 (twice), April 2005 (twice), October 2005 (twice), April 2006, November 2006
Full Titles and Information Available Upon Request.

Publications

Total of 18 articles published to date.
Full Titles and Information Available Upon Request.

Awards

Information Available Upon Request.

Consultations

To prepare sites for NCCHC or ACA accreditation:
County jails in Virginia, Colorado, and Oklahoma

References available upon request.