Professional Medical Experience.
Attending Physician, CITYMD
November 2020- Present
New York, New York, United States
Lead in delivering exceptional patient care as a clinician and physician for 100-150 patients on a weekly basis
Attending Physician, Danbury Hospital
June 2015- April 2020
Danbury, Connecticut, United States
Lead in delivering exceptional patient care as a clinician and physician for 100-150 patients on a weekly basis.
Director of Education, Department of Emergency Medicine, Lennox Hill Hospital
October 2005- January 2015
Greater New York Area, United States
• Planned and delivered a curriculum for groups of 20 to 100 off-service residents, as well as medical and physician assistant students, mentoring them to ensure full understanding of the material.
• Pioneered and facilitated an ultrasound course and other continuing medical education initiatives for faculty members.
• Cultivated an interdisciplinary action team education program to minimize errors and improve service quality concerning high risk, low frequency patient encounters.
• Developed and compiled content for patient education programs to address common emergency department complaints.
• Conducted case and process reviews to identify shortcomings in order to develop and introduce new Quality Improvement initiatives.
• Reduced door to cath lab time to less than 60 minutes, while increasing the rate of severe sepsis cases with a door to antibiotic time under 60 minutes from 32% to 88%, subsequently improving patient satisfaction to 89.9% with a likelihood to recommend services.
• Headed the Adverse Action Committee to conduct resident performance reviews.
• Contributed as a member of institutional leadership in bioethics by conducting case reviews of complex situations to provide guidance concerning patient care in real time.
Physician, Columbia University
May 20078- June 2010
New York, New York, United States
Part time clinical faculty member charged with patient care and supervision and instruction of emergency medicine and medicine residents in the emergency department.
Assistant Professor, Director of Urgent Care, Voluntary Attending, Mount Sinai Medical Center
July 2000- December 2008
Queens, New York, United States
Clinician in both the Main Emergency Department and the Urgent Care. Administrative responsibilities included reorganization of patient throughput and process in UC utilizing physician and mid-level providers. Participant in department leadership process: operations and QA. Core faculty for EM program.
Acquisitions Editor, Reed Elsevier
2003-2005
Reviewed existing medical content and strategized revision of format using multimedia and increase in content for FIRSTConsult.
Director of Quality Improvement, Assistant Medical Director, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
November 2003- December 2004
Newark, New Jersey, United States
Clinician and core teaching faculty involved with resident teaching and supervision. Responsible for Quality and Performance Improvement for the department with monitoring patient outcomes and core measures; collaborated with hospital Quality and PI to improve patient outcomes and process.
Emergency Medicine Resident, Johns Hopkins Hospital
1997-2000
Baltimore, Maryland, United States