Experience

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  NEW YORK YEARLY MEETING OF THE RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS

  • New York, United States

  • Community Director for Children, Youth and Young Adults

    • May 2022 - Present
    • New York, United States

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  NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn

  • Staff Chaplain

    • Aug 2014 - Sep 2021

    Spiritual Care and support to inpatient COVID-19 units.Spiritual Care and support to acute rehabilitation patients, family and staff.Spiritual Care to pediatric patients, family, and staff.Spiritual Care to behavioral health (inpatient psychiatric) patients, family, and staff.Conducting weekly Spirituality Groups for behavioral health patients.Mentoring of students in Clinical Pastoral Education residency program.Curriculum revision for and leadership of Mindfulness Meditation groups in the health care settings. Coordination of NYU Lutheran's Think Tank on Mindfulness in Health Care Workplaces. Development and leadership of memorial services for patients and staff at NYU-Lutheran Medical Center, NYU-Lutheran Augustana Center, and NYU-Lutheran Family Health Centers. On-call duties as assigned, including intensive care and palliative care services, and trauma response. Duties as on-call administrator as assigned.

  • Chaplain Resident

    • Sep 2013 - Aug 2014

    Pilot project in spiritual assessment at Augustana Center for Rehabilitation and Long-term CareResearch in spiritual practices and forgiveness among new physiciansFounding member of Lutheran Health Services Think Tank on MindfulnessPediatrics ChaplainTrauma Service and Intensive CareGeneral Medicine/SurgeryEcumenical and Interfaith worship servicesSpecial training in shame resilience, PTSD, suicide, grief, mindfulness meditation, palliative care ethics, and behavioral health

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  Young New Yorker's Chorus

  • New York, NY

  • Choral Libraran

    • Oct 2010 - Jun 2015
    • New York, NY

    Founded position of choral librarianEstablished library and library policies for volunteer chorusAcquisition and curation/maintenance of choral scores and archival materialsParticipation in creation of concert programsActive participation in social development of chorusActive participation in decision-making of leadership team

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  Woodhull Medical Center

  • Brooklyn, NY

  • Chaplain Volunteer

    • Apr 2013 - Sep 2013
    • Brooklyn, NY

    Supervised chaplaincy to patients in pediatrics, post-partum, and inpatient psychiatry.Weekly leadership of support groups in inpatient psychiatry.Pastoral support to clinical staff.

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  HealthCare Chaplaincy

  • New York, NY

  • Chaplain Intern

    • Sep 2010 - Jan 2012
    • New York, NY

    Three units of Clinical Pastoral Education with experience in: Oncology at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital General Medicine at St. Luke's-Roosevelt HospitalEmergency Medicine at St. Luke's Roosevelt HospitalHIV Services at St. Luke's-Roosevelt HospitalOn-call service at St. Luke's-Roosevelt HospitalThoracic Medical Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterBone Marrow Transplant at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterIntensive Care at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterExpertise in outcome-oriented chaplaincy and electronic medical records.

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  Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation

  • Greater Chicago Area

  • Patient Service Representative

    • Sep 2008 - Jul 2009
    • Greater Chicago Area

    Scheduled patients/managed physician schedulesConfirmed demographic and insurance informationConfirmed patient educationSoothed patient anxietiesReconciled patient payments

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  Northwestern Memorial Hospital

  • Greater Chicago Area

  • Chaplain per diem

    • Jan 2007 - Jan 2008
    • Greater Chicago Area

    Provided per diem chaplaincy services with focus on trauma response, telemetry, surgical services, and intensive care. Functioned as part of pastoral care team.Provided orientation and informal mentoring to interns.Recorded visits in electronic medical records.