• 7/03 to Present Clinical Educator in Hospice & Palliative Medicine
• 7/04 to Present Visiting Professor to Florida International University
• 6/98 to Present Associate Clinical Professor Nova South Eastern University, Department of Medicine, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• 6/98 to Present Voluntary Faculty, University of Miami School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Miami, FL
• 6/89 to Present Practice of Internal, Geriatric, Hospice & Palliative Medicine Office & hospital based patient care in FL
• 1995 to Present Expert Medical Reviewer for Department of Professional Regulation (D.P.R.) for state of Florida
• 1989 to Present Community Educator Giving educational talks on health & self improvement subjects to communities across the state
• 2006 to Present Delegate for American College of Physicians to FMA
• 2011 to Present Chair, Medical Economics Regulatory Commettee, American Collage of Phycisians

PAST

• 7/88 to 6/89 Chief Resident Department of Internal Medicine, Jersey Shore Medical Center, (New Jersey University system), Neptune, New Jersey
  • Managing all the medical residents
  • Teaching & managing the "ward" medical service
  • Conducting the morning report & attending-rounds
  • Co-supervising the Ambulatory Care Clinic (ACC) & assisted in developing the Preventive Medicine Program in ACC
  • Combining specialty lectures with clinical practice for the residents
  • Assisting 4^th year medical students in their sub-internship & teaching physical diagnosis to 2^nd year students
  • Supervising the procedures done in the internal medicine department (i.e., lumbar puncture, Swan-Ganz catheter, paracentesis, thoracentesis, etc.)
• 6/86 to 6/89 Post Doctoral Training, Department of Internal Medicine Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune, New Jersey Ranked at top of the class in the residency program
• 7/87 to 6/88 Secretary of the House Staff Association Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune, New Jersey

• 1979 to 1986 Teaching Assistant UTESA School of Medicine & University of California, Los Angeles
  
  • Tutored medical students in the subjects of Physiology, Pathophysiology & Internal medicine & undergraduate students in the areas of Chemistry & Mathematics

Assignments

• Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune, New Jersey
  7/87 to 6/89 Education Committee
  • Involved in the selection process for the Chief of Internal Medicine
  • Streamlined the education programs for the residents & nurses

  Infection Control Committee

  • Providing education to patients, nurses, residents, nutrition staff, & housekeeping staff
  • Assisting in the planning & implementation of infectious waste disposal
  • Determining the effectiveness & flora altering effect of antibiotics in the hospital
  • Assessing superinfections, resistant flora & communicable diseases in the hospital

  Quality Assurance Committee

  • Examining the use of different procedures & their appropriateness
  • Reviewing patients' charts to evaluate the quality & standard of care
  • Presenting conferences on morbidity & morality

  Nutrition Committee

  • Educating the house staff & determining the nutritional needs of cardiac, renal, critically ill, elderly, & cancer patients

  Peer Review Committee

  • Evaluating residents' clinical & academic progress
  • Reviewing charts with residents & offering recommendations to improve documentations regarding the patients' history, physical exam, & diagnosis & plan of care.

  Sat On Hospice Advisory Board