Chair and Program Director

Office Location

Physician Assistant Studies
Tandet Building 231
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Professional Interests

  • Emergency Medicine
  • Primary Care Medicine
  • Service Learning and Community volunteering

Primary Professional Service/Affiliations

  • Physician Assistant Education Association(PAEA)
  • American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA)
  • Connecticut Academy of Physician Assistants (ConnAPA)
  • National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
  • Board Member World Health Clinicians, Norwalk, Connecticut
  • Greenwich Hospital - Yale New Haven Health

Professional Experience

  • Chief Physician Assistant Emergency Medicine Greenwich Hospital for 18 years

Degrees & Certifications

  • D.M.Sc., 2023, AT Stills University, Mesa, AZ
  • MBA, 2003, University of New Haven, New Haven, CT
  • BS, Physician Assistant, 1996, Long Island University/Brooklyn Hospital
  • BA, Biology, 1990, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT

Certifications

  • National Board Certified Physician Assistant

Teaching Responsibilities

  • PA 504 Principles of Medicine I: Ophthalmology module
  • PA 505 Principles of Medicine II: GU module
  • PA 506 Principles of Medicine III: Emergency Medicine module
  • PA 510 & 511 Patient Assessment and Clinical Reasoning I/II
  • PA 524 Clinical Integration
  • PA 606 Behavioral Health
  • PA 607 Emergency Medicine
  • PA 610 Clinical Elective
  • PA 612 Co-teach Masters Capstone

Research Interests & Grants

  • Clinical Preceptor, PA and medical students
  • Hospital Administration: Strategic planning, design and continuous quality improvement
  • Patient satisfaction 
  • Hospital Information Systems

Awards & Fellowships

  • Partner in Care Award, 2008, Greenwich Hospital
  • Dale Carnegie graduate, 2006
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