Specialties:

• Cardiovascular Consultation and Evaluation
• Stress Testing
• Preventative Cardiology
• Lipid Management
• Nuclear Cardiology
• Echocardiography

Started Practice: Since 1986.

Board Certifications:

• Diplomate, National Board Of Medical Examiners, 1982.
• Diplomate, The American Board Of Internal Medicine, 1987.
• Diplomate, The American Board Of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, 1987.
• Diplomate, American Society of Nuclear Cardiology 1998

 Current Hospital Positions:

• Attending Physician, Department Of Cardiology, The Hospital Of St.Raphael.
• Attending Physician, Department Of Cardiology, Yale New Haven Hospital.

Academic Appointments:

• Clinical Instructor, Department Of Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York. 1986-1987
• Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine Yale University School of Medicine.
• Attending, Goodyear Firm Department Of Medicine, Yale University School Of Medicine.

Professional Background & Educational Training:

College
Brooklyn College, City University of New York.

Medical School
Mount Sinai School Of Medicine, 1977-1981.
City University of New York, NY.

Advanced Training
Medical Internship and Residency, 1981 - 1984
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, NY.
 

Cardiology Fellowship, 1984 - 1986
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, NY.

Professional Organizations:

• Fellow; The American College Of Cardiology
• Vice President, The American Heart Association
  Connecticut Affiliate Member, Council on Clinical Cardiology
• Society of Nuclear Cardiology
• Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society
• American Society of 2-D Echocardiography
• Past President, New Haven Chapter of the American Heart Association

Lectures By Invitation:

• Regional Faculty Member- Cardiovascular Specialist,
  Merck & Co. Inc, West Point, PA.
• Goodyear Lecture Series. Guest Attending
  Yale University School of Medicine
• American Heart Association Conference on Outcomes Research and Quality Improvement
  Invited Presentation : "Improving AMI Care"; September, 2001
• Grand Rounds Presentations at Veterans Memorial Hospital, Meriden CT; Backus Hospital, Norwich, CT; Stamford Hospital Center, Stamford: Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, CT; Danbury Hospital, Danbury, CT.; Manchester Memorial Hospital, Manchester, CT.; Vassar Brothers Hospital, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; Topics include management of congestive heart failure, insights into hypercholesterolemia, preventive cardiology, non-invasive evaluation of the cardiac patient and others.
• National Physicians Assistant Conference, New York, New York 1996
  Invited Presentation: " Preoperative Evaluation of the Cardiac Patient".
• Numerous Resident Physician education programs at Yale- New Haven, Hospital of Saint Raphael and other institutions in the Northeast

Hospital Positions

• Medical Director of Cardiovascular Quality Improvement
  Yale Heart Center
  Yale New Haven Hospital
• Co-Chair
  Customer Satisfaction Steering Committee, 1998
  Yale-New Haven Hospital
• Elected Community Representative
  Executive Committee
  Yale Heart Center
  Yale New Haven Hospital
• Founder and Director
  Yale Atherosclerosis Treatment Program (YATAP)
  Yale- New Haven Hospital

Community Service

• Medical Consultant to the Woodbridge EMS
• Vice Chair of the EMS Commission
  Woodbridge EMS
  Woodbridge, CT