Curriculum Vitae

• New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, NY
• Associate Adjunct Attending/Clinical Instructor, Facial Plastic Surgery and Otolaryngology, 1995-present
• Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY
• Adjunct Attending and Clinical Instructor, 1996-present
• Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York, NY
• Assistant Attending and Clinical Instructor, 1996-present

• Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York, NY
• Chief Resident, Otolaryngology, 1993 - 1995
• Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, New York, NY
• Resident, Otolaryngology, 1991 - 1993
• Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY
• Resident, General Surgery, 1990 - 1991
• Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY
• Intern, General Surgery, 1989 - 1990
• Boston University Six-Year Medical Program, Boston. MA
• Combined BA-MD, 1982 - 1989

• Magna Cum Laude - Boston University Combined BA-MD Program
• United States Presidential Scholar
• Honorarium in Otolaryngology Research
• Johns Hopkins University Scholars' Program
• Gordon Johnson Memorial Scholarship Science Award
• American Legion Award - Leadership and Community Service
• Academic Excellence in Spanish

• Diplomate, Federation of State Licensure: June, 1989
• Junior Fellow, International College of Surgeons
• Medical Advisory Board, United Healthcare and Oxford Healthcare
• Medical Director, Brooklyn Youth Chorus
• Associate Member, American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery
• Committee Member, FACE-TO-FACE: The National Domestic Violence Project
• Committee Member, Women in Otolaryngology
• Associate Member, American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
• Associate Member, New York Facial Plastic Surgery Society

• SUNY Downstate and Yale University Medical Center, February-August 2010
• The effects of ingestible peptides and lipids on hair growth in women.
• Lenox Hill Hospital, January 1995 - present
• A new hand-held instrument (trademark and patent pending) for use by the non-ophthalmologist in screening corneas of patients before and after blepharoplasty.
• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, July 1993 - 1996
• Subcellular changes in cell differentiation as a biomarker for malignant transformation. Correlation of immunohistochemical changes in cytokeratins (a marker of cell differentiation status) to spectral patterns in cellular autofluorescence (a new, non-invasive diagnostic modality).
• Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, September 1993 - 1996
• The effects of intranasal steroids on intraoccular pressure.

• Licenses: New York, New Jersey, Florida, California
• Languages: English, Spanish, Italian, Hebrew