Education | |
Undergraduate: |
SUNY at Stony Brook (1976-1980)
- Highest Honors
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Honors Department of Biology
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Phi Beta Kappa
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Medical School: |
SUNY Downstate Medical School (1980-1984)
- Summa Cum Laude
- Alpha Omega Alpha
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Internship & Residency Training: |
- Barnes Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine
(1984-1990), Samuel A. Wells, Jr., M.D., Chairman
- Chief Resident - Barnes Hospital,
Washington University School of Medicine
(1990-1991) Samuel A. Wells, Jr., M.D., Chairman
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Research Fellowships: |
Department of Surgery,
Washington University School of Medicine
(1986-1988)
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Academic & Administrative Appointments: |
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Faculty Appointments: |
- Clarence and Mary Dennis Professor and Chairman,
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, 2001-present
- Coordinator, Molecular Genetic Biomaterials and Drug Delivery Tract, of the
Joint SUNY Downstate/Brooklyn Polytechnic BioEngineering PhD Program, 2004
- Acting Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery,
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, October, 2001- January 2003.
- Visiting Professor of Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 2001- present.
- Vice Chairman and Program Director, Surgical Residency, Department of Surgery, Montefiore Medical
Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, December 1998-2000.
- Associate Professor of Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, May, 1996-2000.
- Chief, General Surgical Service, Jack D. Weiler Hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1996-1999.
- Assistant Professor of Surgery, Chief, Gastrointestinal Surgery,
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, July, 1994- May, 1996.
- Assistant Professor of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
July, 1991 - June 1994
- Special Volunteer - Diabetes Unit, National Institute on Aging Gerontology Research Center,
April, 1992 - June, 1994
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Hospital Appointments: |
- Attending Surgeon, University Hospital of Brooklyn (SUNY), Feb, 2001-present
- Attending Surgeon, Kings County Hospital, Feb 2001-present
- Attending Surgeon, Brooklyn VA Hospital, Feb 2001-present
- Attending Surgeon, Lutheran Hospital, Jan 2003-present
- Attending Surgeon, Long Island College Hospital, Nov 2002-present
- Attending Surgeon, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, July, 1994-present
- Attending Surgeon, Montefiore Medical Center, July, 1994-present
- Attending Surgeon, Jacobi Medical Center, July, 1994-1997
- Attending Surgeon, Calvery Hospital, May, 1996-2001
- Attending Surgeon, Johns Hopkins Hospital, July, 1991- June, 1994
- Attending Surgeon, Francis Scott Key Medical Center, July, 1991 - June, 1994
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Professional Societies: |
- American Surgical Association, 2006
- New York Academy of Medicine, 2003
- Society of LaproEndoscopic Surgeons, 2003
- American Bariatric Society, 2002
- Brooklyn Medical Club, 2002
- International Society for Digestive Surgery, 2001
- Society of Surgical Chairs, 2001
- Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), 2000
- American Physiological Society, 1999
- FASEB, 1999
- Society of University Surgeons, 1998
- American Pancreatic Association, 1997
- Surgical Biology Club I, 1996
- New York Surgical Society, 1996
- New York Academy of Sciences, 1996
- Association for Surgical Education, 1995
- Fellow, American College of Surgeons, 1994
- American Gastroenterological Association, 1994
- International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, 1994
- Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 1994
- Pancreas Club, 1992
- Baltimore Academy of Surgery, 1993
- Association for Academic Surgery, 1992
- American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1991
- Baltimore City Medical Society, 1991
- Fellow, Southeastern Surgical Congress, 1991
| Awards & Honors: |
- Outstanding Leadership Award, SUNY Downstate National Healthcare Quality Week, October, 2005
- Outstanding Leadership Award, SUNY Downstate National Healthcare Quality Week, October,2004
- Attending of the Year, Montefiore Medical Center/AECOM Surgical Residency, June, 1998
- Member, Diabetes Training and Research Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1997
- Faculty Fellowship, American College of Surgeons, 1993
- Summa Cum Laude, SUNY Downstate Medical School, June, 1984
- Clarence Dennis Award for Surgical Scholarship, SUNY Downstate Medical School, June, 1984
- Alpha Omega Alpha - June, 1984
- David Scherf Award for Cardiovascular Research, New York Academy of Medicine, April, 1982
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NIH Student Summer Research Fellowship, Downstate Medical School,
7/81-8/81, 7/82-8/82
- Phi Beta Kappa, 1980
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Highest Honors, SUNY at Stony Brook, June, 1980
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Honors, Department of Biology, SUNY at Stony Brook, June, 1980
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Academic Administrative Experience: |
- Co- Director, Annual Symposium of Selected Topics in Surgery,
SUNY Downstate and Lutheran Medical Center, 2005- 2006
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Member, Task Force on Geriatric Surgery, American College of Surgeons Division of Education
10/04-10/07
- Editorial Board, Am College of Surgeons Web Portal- Geriatric Surgery Community- 2005-present
- Editorial Board, World Journal Gastroenterology, 2003- present
- Editorial Board, Archives of Surgery, 2002- present
- Councilor, NY Surgical Society, 2002-present
- President, Brooklyn Surgical Society, 2002-3
- Member, Board of Directors, Brooklyn and Long Island Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, 2002
- Chairman, Student and Resident Education Committee,
Brooklyn and Long Island Chapter of the American College of Surgeons, 2002
- Vice President, Brooklyn Surgical Society, 2001
- Member, Committee on Education, Society of University Surgeons, 2001- 2003
- Member, Promotions Committee, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 2000- 2001
- Member, Program Committee, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, 1999-present
- Course Director, Surgical Controversies in Appendicitis, Pancreatitis, and Soft Tissue Infections,
American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA, Oct 10, 1999
- Course Director, Management of Complications of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy,
American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA, Oct 10, 1999
- Administrative Editor, Practical Reviews in General Surgery, 1997-2001
- Member, Center for Scientific Review, Surgery and Bioengineering Study Section (SB)
National Institute of Health, Feb, 1998
- Member, Center for Scientific Review, Special Emphasis Panel, (ZRG1 SB-01)
National Institute of Health, Feb, 1998
- Ad hoc Reviewer, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2000
- Ad hoc Reviewer, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2000
- Ad hoc Reviewer, Journal of Surgical Research, 1999-present
- Ad hoc Reviewer, International Journal of Cancer, 1998-present
- Ad hoc Reviewer, Surgery, 1998-present
- Course Faculty and Lecturer: General Surgery Board Review, Department of Surgery
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1994- present
- Course Faculty and Lecturer: Controversies, Problems and Techniques in Surgery, Department of Surgery
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1994- present
- External Reviewer, VA Merit Review Program, 1996-1998
- Member, Admissions Committee, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1997- 1998
- Site Director, AECOM Student Rotation, 7/94-2/98
- Member, Membership Committee, Association for Academic Surgery, 11/93-11/95
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Hospital Administrative Experience: |
- Assistant Medical Director for Quality of Care, University Hospital of Brooklyn, 2005-present
- Director of Surgical Services, Jack D. Weiler Hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 7/96- 5/99
- Chair, Peer Review Board, Montefiore Medical Center, 8/96-present
- Member, Palliative Care Initiative, Montefiore Medical Center, 2/98-present
- Member, GCRC Advisory Committee, AECOM, 1/97- present
- Member, Bioethics Committee, Montefiore Medical Center, 8/96-2/98
- Chair, O.R. Committee, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 7/96- 10/96
- Chair, Quality Improvement Coordinating Council, Albert Einstein College of Medicine 7/95-7/96
- Course Director, Basic Science Course for MMC Surgical House Staff, 9/94-6/99
- Institutional Review Board, Francis Scott Key Medical Center, 8/91 - 6/94
- Advisory Board, General Clinical Research Center, Francis Scott Key Medical Center, 9/91 - 6/94
- Standards Committee,Francis Scott Key Medical Center 7/92 - 6/94
- Geriatric Steering Committee, Francis Scott Key Medical Center, 11/93 - 6/94
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