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CURRICULUM VITAE
Updated: 1/1/06
CURRENT PROFESSIONAL
ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE: Administrative Office Address:
3618 Lantana Rd, Suite 201
Lake Worth, FL 33462
561-296-2220
F 561-296-2221
Satellite offices:
7713 N Military Tr, Suite #1
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 33410
561-296-2220
150 SW 12th Ave., Suite 440
Pompano, Florida 33069
561-296-2220
210 Jupiter Lakes Blvd
Suite 103, Bldg 5000
Jupiter, FL 33468
561-296-2220
DATE OF BIRTH: February 25, 1962, USA
MARITAL STATUS: Married, Two Children
COLLEGE: State University of New York at Stony Brook
Long Island, New York
Honors Graduated Cum Laude,
Phi Beta Kappa
Dean’s List, Sigma Beta Honor Society
June 1985
B.S. Biochemistry
MEDICAL SCHOOL: State University of New York at Syracuse
Syracuse, New York
May 1988
Doctor of Medicine
INTERNSHIP (SURGICAL): North Shore University Hospital
Affiliate of Cornell University Medical College
Manhasset, New York
1988-1989
General Surgery Internship
RESIDENCY: State University of New York
Health Science Center at Brooklyn Brooklyn, New York
1991-1992
Chief Resident
SPECIAL SERVICE: Liaison of SUNY HSC at Brooklyn to the
American Academy of Physical Medicine
& Rehabilitation
*BOARD CERTIFICATION: *Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
1993
*Pain Management
1992
Southeastern Neuroscience Institute: Certification inThermography Interpretation
1994
Certified Independent Medical Examiner (CIME) - 1999
Disability Examining Physician
- Pending
LICENSURE: New York State # 179647
Florida State # ME0061951
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
! American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
! American Congress of Rehabilitation
! American Medical Association
! American Academy of Pain Management
! Palm Beach County Medical Society
! Florida Medical Society, Florida Society of PM&R
! American Pain Society
PROFESSIONAL TITLES:
1998-Present: Chief Medical Officer of State
Of Florida for Inpatient and
Outpatient Care for HCR/
MANOR CARE.
1996-Present: Medical Director of CARF
Accredited Pain Program for
Heartland Pain and Rehab
Center.
1996-Present: President of Tierra Del Rey
Community Association.
1996-1998: Treasurer of Tierra Del Rey-North
Community Association.
1998-Present: Vice President of Tierra DelRey
-North Community Association.
1998-Present: Board of Director of Urecoats
International
1996-1998: Physician of HCR/MANOR CARE
1995-1996: Rehabilitation Director of IHS
West Palm Beach- SubacuteRehab
1992-1996: Private Practice-Partnership
HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS: Pinecrest Rehabilitation Hospital,
Delray Community Hospital
West Boca Medical Center
GoodSamaritan Hospital
St. Mary’s Medical Center
SPECIAL INTEREST: Acute and Chronic Pain Management,
Sports Medicine
Electrodiagnostic Studies: EMG, NCV, BAER
Orthopedic Rehabilitation, General Rehabilitation
CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION:
Risk Management
5 credits - 12/11/93
AIDS Update
2 credits - 11/9/93
American Academy of PM&R
24.5 credit hours - 10/31/93 to 11/4/93
Low Back Pain
1 credit hour - 11/15/93
Expanding Your Practice:
1994 Update in Pain Management
22 credit hours - 4/28/94 to 5/1/94
American Academy of PM&R
25 credit hours - 10/7/94 to 10/12/94
American Pain Society
25 credit hours - 11/10/94 to 11/13/94
Southeastern Neuroscience Institute: Certification inThermography Interpretation
12/19/94 to 12/20/94
State-Mandated Certification Course for Physicians in Workers’ Compensation
5 credit hours - 5/12/95
Risk Management
2.5 credit hours (DRCH) - 5/25/95
Treatment of Fibromyalgia
1 credit hour (DRCH) - 11/22/95
Meeting the Chronic Pain Challenge
14 credit hours - 12/2/95 to 12/3/95
Considerations in Rehabilitation of Lower Back Injury
1 credit hour - 5/123/96
American Academy of Pain Management
23 credits - 9/26/96 to 9/29/96
NIH Statement on the Treatment of Chronic Pain and Insomnia
1 credit hour
Nursing Implication
Self-study audio program,
American Pain Society
2 credit hours - 5/6/97
6th John J. Bonica Pain Conference
Aspen Colorado
18 credit hours - 3/17 to 3/20/97
Florida Workers’ Compensation Institute, Inc.
Healthcare Provider Breakout of 52nd Annual Florida Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference
3 credit hours - 1997
Clinical Case Reviews:
Management of Severe Chronic Pain
Program 701
2 credit hours - 8/15/97
Life Care Medical Directors,
St. Louis University School of Medicine
13 credit hours - 9/22 to 9/23/97
Preoperative Analgesia:
Approaching the 21st Century,
American Pain Society
2 credit hours - 10/3/97
AIDS Update
1 credit hour - 10/29/97
Domestic Violence
1 credit hour - 10/29/97
Comprehensive Review of Pain Management,
American Society of Regional Anesthesia
28 credit hours - 11/12/97
Pain Management & Chemical Dependency
18 credit hours - 1/15 to 1/17/98
Domestic Violence
1 credit hour - 10/27/98
Florida Board of Medicine Medical Practice Guidelines
For Practitioners Using Opioids for the Management of Pain,
Chronic Pain,
Physician Fears and Regulatory Changes
2 credit hours - 11/9/98
Chronic Pain, Physician Fears
and Regulatory Changes,
Intercostal Health Systems, Inc.
2 credit hours - 1/25/99
Pain Management and Chemical Dependency,
International Medical Experience Exchange, 18 credit hours - 1/28 to 1/30/99
Medical Records Documentation,
Pinecrest Rehabilitation Hospital
1 credit hour - 4/27/99
Pain Management 2000
Pinecrest Rehabilitation Hospital
1 credit hour- 7/27/99
American Academy of Disability Evaluating
Physicians: Clinical Training Program
26.5 credit hours - 9/25-28/99
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 10/27/99
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 11/3/99
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 11/10/99
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 11/17/99
Medicare Changes and Patient Reimbursement
US Seminar Corporation
Miami, Fl
4.5 credit hours- 12/14/99
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 12/15/99
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 1/5/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 1/12/00
Harvard Medical School
Current Clinical issues in Primary Med.
Fort Lauderdale,FL
11 credit hours- 1/14-16/00
Current Considerations in Chronic Pain
Management Monograph
10 credit hours- 1/18/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour - 1/19/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 2/2/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 2/9/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 2/16/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 2/23/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 3/01/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 3/15/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 3/22/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 4/5/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 4/19/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 4/26/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 5/03/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 5/10/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 5/24/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 6/7/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 6/21/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 6/28/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 7/5/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 7/12/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 7/19/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 7/26/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 7/28/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 8/2/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 8/9/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 8/16/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 8/23/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 9/27/00
Current Trends in the diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Neuromuscular Pain Syndromes: Myofacial Pain Syndrome, Chronic Tension- Type Headache and Fibromyalgia. American Academy of Pain Management.
3 credit hour- 9/27/00
Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation, Pain.com Sept Module 1
1 credit hour- 10/2/00
Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation, Pain.com Sept Module 2
1 credit hour- 10/2/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 10/4/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 10/11/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 10/28/00
Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation, Pain.com Aug Module 3
1 credit hour- 10/19/00
Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation, Pain.com Sept Module 3
1 credit hour- 10/19/00
Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation, Pain.com Oct Module 1
1 credit hour- 10/19/00
Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation, Pain.com Oct Module 2
1 credit hour- 10/19/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 10/25/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 11/22/00
Pharmacologic Management of Cocaine Abuse and Dependence
Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation
1 credit hour- 11/22/00
Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation, Pain.com Nov Module 1
1 credit hour- 11/28/00
Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation, Pain.com Nov Module 2
1 credit hour- 11/28/00
3rd International CRPS Conference
RSD Diagnostic and Treatment Update
Neuropathic Pain Research Institute
Sponsored by Fl Medical Ass.
11 credit hours- 11/30/00-12/3/00
Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation, Pain.com Nov Module 3
1 credit hour- 12/3/00
JFK Medical Center,
Domestic Violence.
1 credit hour - 12/5/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 12/6/00
Domestic Violence
JFK Med Center
1 credit hour-12/6/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 12/13/00
JFK Medical Center,
Stereotactic Radiosurger
1 credit hour - 12/14/00
Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation, Pain.com Dec Module 3
1 credit hour- 12/17/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 12/20/00
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 12/27/00
Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation, Pain.com Dec Module 1
1 credit hour- 12/28/00
Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation, Pain.com Dec Module 2
1 credit hour- 12/28/00
HIV and Hepatitis C Co-Infection
Delray Community Hospital/Pinecrest
1 credit hour- 1/16/01
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 1/3/01
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 1/10/01
Current Issues in HIV & Hepatitis C
Delray Comm Hosp
1 credit hour- 1/16/01
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 1/17/01
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 1/24/01
Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation, Pain.com Jan Module 1
1 credit hour- 1/29/01
Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation, Pain.com Jan Module 2
1 credit hour- 1/29/01
Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation, Pain.com Jan Module 3
1 credit hour- 1/29/01
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 2/7/01
Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation, Pain.com Feb Module 1
1 credit hour- 2/12/01
Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation, Pain.com Feb Module 2
1 credit hour- 2/12/01
Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation, Pain.com Feb Module 3
1 credit hour- 2/12/01
Advances in the Treatment of Myofacial Pain Syndrome, Dannemiller
Memorial Education Foundation, Pain.com, Self Study Test
1 credit hour- 2/12/01
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 2/14/01
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 2/21/01
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 2/28/01
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour-3/7/01
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 3/14/01
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour-3/21/01
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 3/28/01
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 4/4/01
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour-4/11/01
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 4/18/01
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 4/25/01
HIV/DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
1 credit hour-4/24/01
Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation, Pain.com MARCH’01
Module 1
1 credit hour- 4/30/01
Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation, Pain.com MARCH ‘01
Module 2
1 credit hour- 4/30/01
Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation, Pain.com MARCH‘01
Module 3
1 credit hour- 4/30/01
Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation, Pain.com APRIL ‘01
Module 1
1 credit hour- 4/30/01
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 5/2/01
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour-5/9/01
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 5/16/01
Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation, Pain.com APRIL ‘01
Module 2
1 credit hour- 5/20/01
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 6/13/01
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 6/20/01
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 6/27/01
Florida Academy of Pain Medicine, 6/29/01-7/1/01
Tampa Conference, Pain Management
16 credit hours
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 7/4/01
Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation, Pain.com April Module 3
1 credit hour- 7/6/01
Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation, Pain.com May Module 3
1 credit hour- 7/6/01
Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation, Pain.com June Module 1
1 credit hour- 7/6/01
Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation, Pain.com Migrain and Headache Pain Module
1 credit hour- 7/16/01
Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation, Pain.com June Module 2
1 credit hour- 7/16/01
Delray Medical Center: End-of-Life Care: Pain Management
1 credit hour- 7/17/01
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 7/18/01
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 8/15/01
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 8/22/01
Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation, Pain.com Sept’00 Module 1
1 credit hour- 8/26/01
Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation, Pain.com Oct‘00Module 1
1 credit hour- 8/26/01
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 9/26/01
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 10/3/01
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 11/7/01
RISK MANAGEMENT
11/8/01
1 CREDIT HOUR
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 11/21/01
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 12/19/01
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 12/26/01
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 1/2/02
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 1/9/02
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 3/20/02
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 3/27/02
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 4/17/02
Advanced Directives, Baker Act: Pinecrest Rehab Hospital
1 credit hour- 4/23/02
Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation, Pain.com MAY’01 Module 2
1 credit hour- 4/24/02
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 4/17/02
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 5/22/02
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 6/12/02
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 6/19/02
JAMA Reader’s Choice CME
Self Study
1 credit hour- 6/26/02
The Florida Medical Assoc
Imaging Never Tasted so Good
1 credit hour-11/2/02
Reality of Pain in America
3 credit hour - 5/10/03
Aids Update
1 credit hour- 7/1/03
Medical Education Resources
Lower Ext Skin Care for Diabetic
2 credit hour- 6/25/03
Medical Education Resources
Therapy for chronic hepitites
2 credit hour- 6/25/03
Medical Education Resources
The cost of pain
1.5 credit hour- 6/25/03
Medical Education Resources
Management of Constipation
1 credit hour- 6/25/03
Medical Education Resources
Mult presentations of migraine
1 credit hour- 6/25/03
Medical Education Resources
Optimizing Tx for Patients with risk for NSAID effects
1 credit hour- 6/25/03
Medical Education Resources
Costipation due to disease
2 credit hour- 6/25/03
CME Consultants, Inc
Emerging treatment options for pain and headaches
2 credit hour- 3/5/04
Delray Medical Center
HIV/AIDS Update 2004
1 credit hour- 6/1/04
Delray Medical Center
A Prescription for Medical Error Safety 2004
2 credit hours - 6/29/04
Amer Board Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians
Successful return to work strategies for FL Work Comp Physicians
4 credit hours - 8/22/04
Danimiller Ed Foundation
Optimizing Opioid Therapy for Nonmalignant pain
1 credit hour - 5/24/04
Danimiller Ed Foundation
Dispelling Myths in Chronic pain Management
1 credit hour - 5/24/04
Continuing Education, Inc
Clinical Applications of CPM and Micro Z stimulators
5 credit hours - 7/20/04-8/1/04
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine
Spectrum of pain part 1
1 credit hour- 8/6/04
University of Kentucky
Opioid Dosing in the management of noncancer breakthrough pain
1 credit hour - 9/13/04
CME Consultants
Manageing Chronic Pain with Opioids
1 credit hour - 11/8/04
Amer Academy of Pain Medicine
Pain and Depression
1 credit hour - 11//7/04
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine
Spectrum of pain part 3
1 credit hour- 11/7/04
Academy for Healthcare Education
Answers from the faculty of the national pain forum
1.5 credit hours - 1/16/05
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine
Spectrum of pain part 4
1 credit hour- 1/16/05
Thomson Professional Post graduate Services
Pain Management Today: Controlling Pain, Improving Lives
2 credit hours - 1/20/05
Doctors Assistance Corporation
Medicare Changes & Patient Reimbursment
4.5 credit hours- 2/17/05
Thomson Professional Postgraduate Services
Pain Management Today: Controlling Pain , Improving Lives
2 credit hours- 3/2/05
Thomson Professional Postgraduate Services
Pain Management Today: Controlling Pain , Improving Lives
2 credit hours- 3/24/05
Delray Medical Center
HIV/AIDS Update 2005
1 credit hour- 5/19/05
LECTURES: Grand Rounds and Presentations as
Resident Physician and Chief Resident:
1. Bladder and Bowel Incontinence
2. Functional Restoration of the Stroke Patient
3. Rehabilitation of the Spinal Cord Patient
4. Rehabilitation of the Brain-Injured Patient
5. Management of Spasticity
6. Physiatric Approach to the Amputee
7. Acute and Chronic Pain Management
8. Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
9. Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain
“Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
(RSD) Seminar” - June 12, 1993
CEU Credits Offered
Audience: Physicians, Physical Therapist, Acupuncture Therapists, Rehabilitation Nurses, Case Managers, Adjusters and Attorneys
Objectives:
1. Educate audience about Diagnosis, Treatment and Management of Patients with RSD
“Chronic Pain: Fibromyalgia vs Myofascial Pain Seminar” - November 10, 1994
No CEUs offered
Audience: Physicians, Rehabilitation Nurses and Rehabilitation Case Managers, Palm Coast Chapter of Rehabilitation Nurses (PCARN)
Objectives:
1. Differentiate Fibromyalgia from Myofascial pain
2. Outline diagnostic criteria
3. Outline treatment options
“Managing Chronic Pain”- Jan 23, 1996
No CEU offered
Audience: General Public
Location: Springhouse Senior Residences
Objectives:
1. Educate audience about Diagnosis, Treatment and Management of Patients with pain.
“Ethical Dilemma in Workers’ Compensation Claims Associated with the Pain Patient”
One hour CEU available to Florida Board of Nursing, CCM, CDMS, CRC
Audience: Case Managers, Nurse, Insurance Adjusters, Vocational Specialist
Objectives:
1. Introduce and educate on Ethics and how it relates to dilemmas in the current healthcare system
2. Explore avenues in which ethical issues arise, and hear examples as to how a situation can be handled ethically
3. Identify familiar terminology used to define ethical principles
4. Explore areas in which an ethical principal has been an issue in healthcare practice
Dates and Companies:
1. July 30, 1998: _________________
2. December 11, 1998 for AmComp Pinnacle Benefits in North Palm Beach, Florida
3. January 12, 1999 for Genex Ins. Co. In Coral Springs, Florida
4. March 25, 1999 for FCCI in Sarasota, Florida
5. April 29, 1999 for Stirling Cooke in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
6. May 7, 1999 for Publix Insurance Co. In Lakeland, Florida
7. June 10, 1999 for Kemper Ins. Co. In Plantation, ,Florida
8. July 9, 1999 for USF&G, Firemans’ Fund, Cigna and St. Paul, in Tampa, Florida
9. July 23, 1999-
10. November 11, 1999 for Sterling Cook Insurance Company, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
November 19,1999 for Heritage- Summit Insurance Company, Lakeland, Florida.
December 15,1999 - for
12. Wausau Ins.Co., Maitland, Florida
With emphasis on fibromyalgia.
13. Jan, 9 2001 for Kemper Ins. Co. In
Plantation, ,Florida
14. March 30, 2001 for Concentra Managed Care Services
Tampa, Florida Contact Jill Warren, RN
15 April, 25, 2001 for Broward County Risk Managers
Ft Lauderdale, Florida
16 July 20, 2001 Bunch & Associates, Lakeland, Fl
17 December 7, 2001, Open conference for adjusters, RN,
Hilton Deerfield Beach
18 March 8, 2002, Kemper Ins Company, Broward County
“Acute and Chronic Pain of Fibromyalgia”
Audience: Nurse Case Managers, Vocational Specialist, Insurance Adjusters, Southeast Florida Chapter of NARPPS
Objectives: To Teach Healthcare Professional the Difference between Acute and Chronic Pain with respect to definition/ diagnosis and treatment
Date: June 25, 1999,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
“Control” of Chronic Pain Syndrome
Audience: Certified Accredit Rehab Facilities of Heartland Pain and Rehabilitation, including Jupiter, Lantana, Hollywood, Pompano and Miami personnel. Multiple disciplines; Physical and Occupational Therapists, Biofeedback Specialists, Psychologist, Physicians, Program Directors, Physical Therapy Assistants and Aides
Objective: To understand the process of transition from acute to chronic pain; to identify the barriers to functional restoration and pain management; emphasize Operant Conditioning; Understand the difference of Acute and Chronic Pain Treatment
Date: July 27, 1999
Delray Beach, Florida
“Disability Assessment and Life Care Planning” (joint lecture with Dr. John Williams and Dr. Tony Dorto)
Audience: Attorneys, Physicians, Chiropractors
Objectives: Introduce Physiatry and identify a Physiatrist’s background training: explain why Physiatrists are uniquely qualified to evaluate claimants from a disability perspective; Describe the vocational experts role and identify key issues in Life Care Planning; Define an Independent Medical Examination from the Physiatrist’s viewpoint and its utility in the Disability Process; Define and describe Quality of Life Assessment issues and their relationship to Disability Assessment
Date: July 29, 1999
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
“Acute and Chronic Pain Management”
Audience: Grand Rounds of Columbia Hospital, Fort Lauderdal. Audience of Hospital Staff and Physicians
Objectives: To Teach Healthcare Professional the Difference between Acute and Chronic Pain with respect to definition/ diagnosis and treatment
Date: October 18, 1999
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Audience: Fort Lauderdale Florida lAss Occupational Health Nurses
Objectives: To Teach Healthcare Professional the Difference between Acute and Chronic Pain with respect to definition/ diagnosis and treatment
Date: April, 10th, 2001
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
“Acute and Chronic Pain Management of Fibromyalgia” - November 17, 1999
No CEUs offered
Location: Lantana Office of Heartland Pain and Rehab Center
Audience: Physicians, Rehabilitation Nurses and Rehabilitation Case Managers, Palm Coast Chapter of Rehabilitation Nurses (PCARN)
Objectives:
1. Differentiate Fibromyalgia from Myofascial pain
2. Outline diagnostic criteria
3. Outline treatment options and differences of acute v. chronic pain
4. Understand the use of chronic narcotics with chronic pain patient.
“Non- Medicinal approach to Chronic Pain Management”.
10th Annual meeting of the Case Management Society of America,
Location:Tampa Florida, 6/9/00
Audience: Case Managers, Nurses
Objectives:
1. Differentiate medicinal vs non-medicinal treatment
2. Differentiate Acute vs Chronic Pain
3. Understand the different options of non-medicinal treatment for Chronic Pain
“Acute vs Chronic Pain Management”
Location: Orlando, 9/7/00 9am
Company: Specialty Risk Ins Co
Audience: Case managers, Nurses and Adjusters
CEU Certification
Objectives:
To understand the process of transition from acute to chronic pain; to identify the barriers to functional restoration and pain management; emphasize Operant Conditioning; Understand Multi-Displinary approach to a chronic pain patient. Understand the difference of Acute and Chronic Pain Treatment
“Acute vs Chronic Pain Management”
Location: Orlando, 9/7/00 11:30am
Company: Pinnacle Ins Co
Audience: Case managers, Nurses and Adjusters
CEU Certification
Objectives:
To understand the process of transition from acute to chronic pain; to identify the barriers to functional restoration and pain management; emphasize Operant Conditioning; Understand Multi-Displinary approach to a chronic pain patient. Understand the difference of Acute and Chronic Pain Treatment
“Acute vs Chronic Pain Management”
Location: Orlando, 9/7/00 2pm
Company: GAB-Robbins Ins Co
Audience: Case managers, Nurses and Adjusters
CEU Certification
Objectives:
To understand the process of transition from acute to chronic pain; to identify the barriers to functional restoration and pain management; emphasize Operant Conditioning; Understand Multi-Displinary approach to a chronic pain patient. Understand the difference of Acute and Chronic Pain Treatment
DWC Rehabilitation Provider Workshop
“Ethical Issues in Rehabilitation”
Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Sheraton, 11/17/00
Audience: International Association of
Rehabilitation Providers(IARP)
CEU Certification
Objectives:
To understand the Ethical principles we face in Worker’s Comp.
An open forum to discuss difficult issues and to see how we deal with them from a Physician standpoint.
A panel discussion between a Physiatrist, Psychiatrist and an Orthopedist about how we may respond to different issues
“Acute vs Chronic Pain Management”
Location: Plantation, Fl 4/9/01
Company: Concentra Managed Care Services
Audience: Case managers, Nurses and Adjusters
CEU Certification
Objectives:
To understand the process of transition from acute to chronic pain; to identify the barriers to functional restoration and pain management; emphasize Operant Conditioning; Understand Multi-Displinary approach to a chronic pain patient. Understand the difference of Acute and Chronic Pain Treatment
“Acute and Chronic Pain Management”
Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL 4/10/01
Audience: Fort Lauderdale Florida lAss Occupational Health Nurses
Objectives: To Teach Healthcare Professional the Difference between Acute and Chronic Pain with respect to definition/ diagnosis and treatment
“Opiod Management in the Chronic Pain Patient”
Location: West Palm Beach, Fl 7/10/01: Sponsored By Purdue Pharmaceuticals
Audience: NURSE PRACTITIONER ASS OF PALM BEACH
Objectives: To teach opiod management: Physiology of opiods; Discuss tolerance, dependence vs addiction.
“Pain overview/Importance of Assessment, Documentation/ FL Board of Medicine Guidelines”
Location: Players Club, 13410 Souuthshore Blvd, Wellington, Fl 8/10/01 (sponsored by Purdue Pharm)
Audience: Attendings, Residence and Medical Students
Objectives: to teach acute vs chronic pain management and opoid management
“Optimizing Pain Management”
Location: New York Prime, 2350 NW Executive Center Dr, Boca Raton, FL 8/15/02
Audience: Physicians
Objectives: Control and optimize Acute and Chronic Pain
PERIODIC PUBLICATIONS
OF ARTICLES: “Growth Inhibitory and Bacteriocidal Effect
Of Human Parotid Salivary Histidine Rich
Polypeptides on Streptococcus Mutants”
Study of Cationic Proteins in Host Defenses Publication: Mackay, B.J., Iacono, V.J.,
Krost, S.B., Pollack, J.J.
Infection and Immunity 1984:44:695-701
HONORS: Who’s Who
Selected Honored Member of
the National Directory of “Who’s Who in
Executive and Professionals”
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