Psychiatric Physician Associate Expert Witness

Work Experience:

06/06 – 05/09  Internal Medicine Physician Assistant
East Side Medical Associates, New York, NY
Duties included assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up for medical problems of a broad-based patient population.  Duties also included conducting nuclear and non-nuclear stress tests on patients with possible cardiovascular disease.  Specialization in treatment of hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and mental health issues.

01/06 – Present  Psychiatric Physician Assistant  (per diem)
Jacobi Medical Center (Psychiatric Emergency Room), Bronx, NY
Duties include assessment, diagnosis, intervention, and treatment of acute psychiatric illness in adults, adolescents, and children.  Duties also include medical assessment and initiation of treatment for all admitted patients.

02/06 – 05/06  Neuro-Oncology Physician Assistant (locum tenes)
New York Cornell –Weill Medical Center, New York, NY
Duties included initial, pre-operative and post-operative assessment, examination, diagnosis, and treatment of persons with brain tumors for the Neurologic Surgery Department of this major metropolitan hospital.

03/05 – 02/06  Primary Care Physician Assistant
PSCH Habilitation Clinic, Astoria, NY
Duties included assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up for medical problems of people with special needs, such as those with Down Syndrome, Mental Retardation, Autism, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder

03/04 – 10/05  Psychiatric Physician Assistant
Long Island Psychiatric, Roslyn, NY
Duties included pharmacologic treatment and regular follow up of children and adolescents with mental illness and developmental disabilities

02/02 – 02/05   Primary Care Physician Assistant
Center for Developmental Disabilities, Fresh Meadows, NY
Duties included assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up for medical problems of people with special needs, such as those with Down Syndrome, Mental Retardation, Autism, and Pervasive Developmental Disorder.

06/01 – 02/04   Psychiatric Physician Assistant
Rikers Island Correctional Facility (Acute Mental Observation Unit), East Elmhurst, NY
Duties included assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up for medical and psychiatric problems of inmates of the nation’s largest jail facility.

 

Education:

09/02 –12/03   Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies (Concentration in Family and Emergency Medicine) – Arizona School of Health Sciences, Mesa, AZ
08/99 – 06/01   Physician Assistant Certificate – Saint Vincents-Catholic Medical Centers Physician Assistant Program, Fresh Meadows, NY
09/91 -06/96    Bachelor of Arts – Hofstra University, Uniondale, NY

 

Teaching Experience:

01/05 – Present   Clinical Assistant Professor  SUNY Stony Brook Physician Assistant Program
01/02 – 04/05      Guest Lecturer  St. Vincents-Catholic Medical Centers Physician Assistant Program

Distinctions:

04/03    Master Clinician Award for Psychopharmacology
Neuroscience Education Institute, San Diego, CA
01/05 – Present   Peer Reviewer
Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants

 

Certifications:

05/08       Advanced Cardiac Life Support, American Heart Association
12/07       Basic Cardiac Life Support, American Heart Association
04/01       Physician Assistant National Certification, NCCPA
04/01       Certificate for Special Recognition in Surgery, NCCPA

 

Affiliations:

American Academy of Physician Assistants
New York Society of Physician Assistants
Association of Family Practice Physician Assistants
Association of Psychiatric Physician Assistants
Neuroscience Alliance for Physician Assistants

 

References:  Furnished upon request