Physical Rehabilitation Medicine Expert Witness

Expert Witness No. 3203

Current Position

Residency Program Director: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation – A University Hospital

Chief, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: A University Hospital - NY

Previous Position

Clinical Director, Consultation Services: Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation

Education

Undergraduate University of Arizona: Graduate and Professional
New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, Westbury, New York: Doctor of Osteopathy, May 1998

Postdoctoral Training

Internship: Long Beach Medical Center, Long Beach, New York July 1998-June 1999

Residency: Johns Hopkins University-Sinai Hospital of Baltimore - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
July 1999- June 2002

Fellowship: Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation - Spinal Cord Injury Medicine July 2002- June 2003

Licensure

New York; New Jersey

Certification

Board Certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Board Certified Spinal Cord Injury Medicine; Narcotics Certification

Teaching Experience

Lectures:

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine- Sinai Hospital of Baltimore Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: April 2000: “Impingement Syndrome of the Shoulder, literature review of rehabilitation aspects”; November 2000: “Entrapment Syndromes of the Upper Extremity”; February 2001 “Postconcussion Syndrome”

UMDNJ-Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation PM&R Departmental lectures: September 2002: “Anatomy of the thoracic spine”; October 2002:  “Functional Electrical Stimulaton in Spinal Cord Injury”

Mountainside Hospital Lectures:
August 2003- “Rehabilitation of low back injuries”
October 2003- “Treatment and Diagnosis of Spasticity in Upper Motor Neuron Lesions”
July 2004- “Management and treatment of pressure ulcers in the elderly”
March 2005- “Management and treatment of pain in the elderly”
February 2006- “Rehabilitation in Parkinson’s Disease”
July 2006- “The Benefit of Exercise in the Elderly”
November 2006- “Botox in the Treatment of Spasticity”

New Jersey Association of Orthotists’ and Prosthetists’

January 2007- “Rehabilitation after Stroke” - Saint Barnabas Medical Center Stroke Symposium

March 2007- “Rehabilitation after Spinal Cord Injury” - Grand Rounds- Hackensack University Medical Center

September 2007- “Rehabilitation after Stroke” - New Jersey Association of Orthotists’ and Prosthetists’

February 2008- “The Role of the Physiatrist in Wound Care” - Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation

November 2008- “Conservative Management of Back Pain” - North Shore- LIJ Spine Committee

January 2009- “Functional Outcome After Spinal Cord Injury” - Grand Rounds- North Shore University Hospital Department of Neurology

March 2009- “Rehabilitation for Low Back Pain” - Forest Hills Senior Center

April 2009- “Rehabilitation of the Individual with Neuropathy” - Neuropathy Support Group- North Shore University Hospital

University Appointments
UMDNJ

Hospital Appointments

Long Island Jewish Hospital; North Shore University Hospital

Professional Societies

American Medical Association; American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Association of Academic Physiatrists; American Spinal Injury Association

Publications

Available Upon Request

Abstracts

Available Upon Request

Awards/ Honors/ Other

Available Upon Request