Experience

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  Center for Vein Restoration

  • Morristown and Union New Jersey

  • Regional Medical Director and Venous and Lymphatic Medicine Program Director

    • Mar 2015 - Present
    • Morristown and Union New Jersey

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  The Brooklyn Hospital Center

  • 121 Dekalb Ave, Brooklyn, NY

  • Chairman-Department of Surgery

    • Aug 2010 - Dec 2015
    • 121 Dekalb Ave, Brooklyn, NY

    As the Chairman of Surgery, I was responsible for managing all aspects of the Department as well as overseeing the administration of the General Surgery Residency program and the Podiatry residency program. Primary responsibilities included, clinical program development and growth, physician recruitment, retention and mentorship, process improvement, quality improvement and revenue enhancement. On the hospital level I was very involved in the management of the operating room, enhancing operating room efficiency and throughput, development of our pre-surgical testing unit, managing our peri-operative software systems (Surgical Information Systems, SIS) and utilizing SIS Analytics to manage the operating room. Heavily involved in improving the hospital's electronic medical record (Allscripts) and utilizing medical informatics, Chaired the Meaningful Use Committee and was one of 8% of all US hospitals to achieving meaningful use 2 criteria. Chaired the value analysis committee. Chaired quality improvement projects like compliance with national core measures, JCAHO standards, SCIP core measures. Worked very closely with Case Management to decrease length of stay and improve resource utilization. Partnered with other departments on multi-disciplinary program development (i.e. Bariatric Surgery, Lung nodule program, multi-disciplinary Breast Cancer program)

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  Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

  • Newark, N.J.

  • Profesor of General and Vascular Surgery, Chief-Division of Vascular Surgery

    • Jul 1995 - Jul 2010
    • Newark, N.J.

    While at NJMS I achieved the rank of Full Professor in the Departments of Surgery and Pharmacology and Physiology. I also was the Chief of the Division of Vascular Surgery, Program Director for the General Surgery Residency Program and the Vascular Surgery Residency Program, The Medical Director of the Non-invasive Vascular Laboratory and Physician Liason for University Hospital. I also conducted basic science research and had a KO8 Grant from the NIH.