Experience

SUNY Downstate Medical Center

• United States
• Medical Practices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief of Staff

  • Sep 2014 - Present

  Maintain administrative staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting and training employees; maintain a supportive work environment; develop personal growth opportunities.Accomplishes staff results by communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; coaching, counseling, and coordinating and enforcing systems, policies, and procedures. Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.Prepare and manage the Academic Affairs budgets and design systems to accurately record and monitor allocations and expenditures for use in budget planning.Participate in strategic planning initiatives. Serve as a liaison between curricular leadership and staff and serve on Academic Affairs leadership team.Plan, manage projects and facilitate meetings essential to curriculum delivery and the functioning of the Academic Affairs Office.Identify and recommend process improvement opportunities, facilitation, business requirements definition and project management; process mapping, detailed process design documentation; change management assessment and implementation; and building the plan to sustain and measure results. Establish positive and productive working relationships with other offices, internal and external.Effectively develop strategies to automate processes and implement said processes. Show less

• Director of Special Projects

  • Feb 2014 - Sep 2014

  Designed, developed and collaborated with faculty on various projects includingproject management to ensure institutional compliance with nationalaccreditation standards. Managed special projects such as grants, pilotprograms for faculty development, tracking faculty effort, accreditationlimited site visit, including research, collating information and editingreports.Oversaw and managed operating budget(s) totaling $500,000 by generatingrequisitions in support of educational activities, travels, acquisitions andmiscellaneous functions. Prepared annual budget forecast. Allocated resources tosupport the office mission including new techniques, materials and approaches.Oversaw and processed registration, travel arrangement and reimbursements forfaculty development and conferences at external sources.Oversaw bidding and contracting: negotiated contracts with vendors for servicesand/or materials needed for educational activities.Oversaw the hiring of all professional and classified staff, providing advice andcounsel on personnel issues, including assessment of staffing needs. Initiated allemployment requests. Interview and select staff. Maintained time & attendance recordsof faculty and staff. Worked with Human Resources and others on hiring and changesin employment terms as well as other related issues. Assisted Senior Associate Dean as needed. Show less

• Director of Curriculum Support Services

  • Oct 2002 - Feb 2014

  Assured smooth functioning of the Office of Education, coordinated work and projects that fall within the domain of the Office of Education Deans, Directors and Thread Masters. Resolved problems and conflicts within the Office of Education and/or with affiliated offices.Ensured adherence to all LCME standards by supporting the educational enterprise of the curriculum. Establish positive and productive working relationships with other institutional offices and the respective Colleges (CHRP, Nursing, Public Health). Managed Endowment, Research and State IFR accounts allocated to the department.Attended monthly Administrators’ meetings and other budgetary meetings.Ordered office supplies and other supplies and/or equipment needed to carry out educational activities.Negotiated contracts with vendors for services and/or materials needed for educational activities.Provided oversight to the development and coordination of all medical education activities relating to the overall objectives of the organization.Coordinated with Facilities Management & Development to maintain/upkeep office(s).Attended management and leadership conferences and outside meetings.FacultyProvided allocated resources to support medical education faculty that may be used to advance goals and objectives, including new techniques, materials and approaches.Provided administrative support to the Dean’s Council of Education.Served as liaison between Unit Director and students, communicating with students curricular expectations.StaffSupervised staff in the Office of Education on a daily basis, by establishing performance expectations and managing workflow. Met with and evaluated staff and their performance.Handled Human Resources related issues regarding staff.Maintained time & attendance records. Show less

• MS1 Curriculum Coordinator

  • Aug 2000 - Oct 2002

  Manage schedule for 1st year medical students using PRIME software. Coordinate all handouts for 1st year students along with distributing handouts & lab manuals. Develop and maintain schedules for Case Based Learning (CBL) sessions, identifying faculty resources and unmet needs for CBL instruction. Recruit faculty for CBL sessions. Draft and distribute all correspondences relating to the 1st year educational program. Organize and schedule meetings, such as Block Directors and Student Liaison Committee Meetings. Facilitate preparation and administration of exams. Proctor exams. Prepare handouts for all CBL sessions. Distribute all materials for each CBL sessions to respective locations. Maintain record of attendance for all small group learning sessions. Prepare graphs of exam breakdowns for 1st year students. Coordinate the daily activities of the 1st year students, including room scheduling, printing, etc . Plan student/faculty events. Show less


NYU School of Professional Studies
• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee
• PMP Training

  • Aug 2014 - Nov 2014