Clinical Experience

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

BRONX VAMC           
Bronx, NY

Research Assistant, Psychology Service, September 1994 – July 1995
Administered structured interviews to spinal cord injured patients to seek prevalence of PTSD.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE IN PSYCHOLOGY

FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY
Teaneck, NJ
Instructor, Summer 1996.
Course Title: General Psychology 101
Designed and taught undergraduate course, created syllabus.

RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PALISADE PLASTIC SURGERY ASSOCIATES, P.C.          
Fort Lee, NJ
Image Consultant, 2003-Present
Evaluation and Counseling for certain patients who are candidates for cosmetic and reconstructive surgery,
Post-surgical psychotherapy.

WEST BERGEN MENTAL HEALTHCARE     
Ridgewood, NJ
Psychotherapist, May 2003-2008
Psychotherapy with adult Individual and couples.

BAUMEL-EISNER NEUROMEDICAL INSTITUTE            
Boca Raton, FL

Psychometrician / Clinical Research Associate, July 1999 – April 2000
Duties included: administered cognitive and neuropsychological tests (e.g. Mini-Mental Status Exam,
Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale, HAM-D, SCID); assisted study coordinator in all facets
of protocol, patient recruitment, completion of case report forms and maintenance of data. 

COMMUNITY INTERVENTION AND RESEARCH CENTER     
West Palm Beach, FL
Intervention Specialist, March 1999 – June 1999.
Duties included: Provided in-home therapy to children and adolescents with behavioral problems. 
Created and implemented treatment plans, documented treatment progress for Medicaid;
worked closely with Department of Children and Families on several cases.

FOUR WINDS HOSPITAL      
Katonah, NY
Research Coordinator, Department of Psychological Testing,  July 1993 – July 1994
Coordinator of a hospital-wide treatment study looking at outcome. Designed, implemented and initiated project
which characterized the treatment of approximately 1,000 inpatients per year and following short and intermediate
outcomes.

Duties included: collection of diagnostic information, assessment of treatment progress, management of a database,
statistical analysis of data, diagnostic interpretation and symptom rating of patients at follow-up,
and the preparation of reports on the progress of the study.

MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER       
New York, NY
Research Assistant, Psychiatry Department at the Bronx VAMC, July 1992 – July 1993
Coordinated research projects examining the biological basis of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in
Vietnam Veterans.

Duties included: subject recruitment and screening, administering neuropsychological tests,
data management and collection, preparation of blood and urine samples, participation in weekly case conferences;
assisted in writing of grant proposals.