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Forensic Psychiatrist, Forensic Psychiatry, IME, Psychiatric Malpractice, Personal Injury, Psychosomatic, Addictive Disorders, Medically Ill, Psychosomatic Psychiatry, Psychopharmacology, Traumatic Brain Injury, Pain Management, alcoholism, Article 81 Decisional Capacities Competencies, Divorce, Visitation, osteopathic
Education
9/88-5/92
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine
New York College of Osteopathic Medicine
Old Westbury, NY
Post-Graduate Training:
7/92-6/96
Psychiatry Residency
Appointment as Chief Resident
Long Island Jewish Medical Center – Hillside Hospital; Glen Oaks, NY
7/96-6/97
Consultation-Liaison Psycho-Oncology Fellowship
Appointment as Clinical Instructor
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; New York, NY
Professional Experience
01/02-Present
Co-Chief of Consultation-Liaison Services
Coordinator of Medical Student Education
Department of Psychiatry, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center; Jamaica, NY
7/97-01/02
Attending Physician – Department of Psychiatry
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center; Jamaica, NY
10/00-Present
Forensic Psychiatric Practice
Great Neck, NY
9/00-Present
Consultant Psychiatrist
St. Francis Hospital; Roslyn, NY
8/94-Present
Medical Director
Community Organization for Parents and Youth; Great Neck, NY
10/94-08/04
Staff Psychiatrist
Alcoholism Counseling Services; Glen Cove, NY
Licensure
New York State Licensure – 195060
DEA Registration – BK4689153
Certification
1998 American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
1999 American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology – Added Qualifications in Forensic Psychiatry
2005 American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology – Added Qualifications in Psychosomatic Psychiatry
2008 Recertification – American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
2009 Recertification – Added Qualifications in Forensic Psychiatry
Publications & Presentations
Available Upon Request
Academic Affiliations
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Behavioral Medicine
New York College of Osteopathic Medicine; Old Westbury, NY
Clinical Assistant Professor and Clinical Director of Psychiatric Clerkship
St. Georges Medical School; Grenada, West Indies
Hospital Affiliations
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center; Jamaica, NY
St. Francis Hospital; Roslyn, NY
Hospital Committees
Selection and Promotions Committee, Residency Training Program
Education Policy Committee, Residency Training Program
PGY II Supervisors’ Committee, Residency Training Program
Teaching Experience
Psychosomatic Fellows, Psychiatric Residents, Medical Students, Family Practice Residents, Internal Medicine Residents, Ob-Gyn Residents, Podiatric Residents at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
Topics include : Affective, Anxiety, Postpartum, and Substance Abuse Disorders, Psychiatry Board Review, Forensic/Ethics Issues, Psychiatric Illness in the Medically Ill/Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, and Psychopharmacology
Annual lectures at New York College of Osteopathic Medicine
Topics include: Psychosis, Addictive Disorders
Professional Interests
Psychiatric Care of the Medically Ill/Psychosomatic Psychiatry, Psychopharmacology, Traumatic Brain Injury, Pain Management, Addictive Disorders, Forensic Psychiatry
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