Professional Experience

9/95 – Present     St. Vincent’s Medical Center        Bridgeport, CT

Attending Pediatrician, Outpatient Services Family Health Clinic

Attending Pediatrician: Inpatient Services (Delivery Room, Emergency Room and Hospital Admissions)

In addition to Clinical Duties, position includes teaching and supervision of students and housestaff rotating through the department.

6/92–8/95            California Pacific Medical Center         San Francisco, CA

Director of Hospital Based Physicians for Newborn Intensive Care and Critical Care Transport Services

Teaching of medical students and residents rotating through the NBICU.

Administrative services, including scheduling and coordination of credentialing.

9/89—8/95        Kaiser Foundation Hospital         Vallejo, CA

Attending Pediatrician/Outpatient Department

Management of Urgent Care Pediatric Patients.

9/87–9/89         St. Mary’s Hospital           San Francisco, CA

Inpatient Attending Pediatrician

In house night and weekend coverage for Inpatient, Delivery Room, and Pediatric Emergency Services.

Professional Affiliations

   Fellow American Academy of Pediatrics

   Faculty, Olser Institute – Lecturer

   Diplomate National Board of Medical Examiners

   Diplomate American Board of Pediatrics

Publications

Co-author What About Me?: Growing Up with a Developmentally Disabled Sibling Plenum/Insight Books 1993 (IBN#0-306-44650-2)

Education

1985      State University of New York/Downtown Medical Center          

Scholarships:

   Kings County Medical Society

   Downstate Medical Center Alumni Scholarship

1981      State University of New York at Buffalo                            

Scholarships

   New York State Regents Scholarship

   Knights of Pythias Scholarship

   University of Buffalo Alumni Scholarship

Honors

   Magna Cum Laude

   Phi Beta Kappa

   Alpha Epsilon Delta

Training

Internship:

Kaiser Foundation Hospital – Pediatrics                        July 1985 – June 1986

Residency:

California Pacific Medical Center – Pediatrics               July 1986 – June 1987

                                                          Pediatrics               July 1991 – June 1992

Non-Medical

Professional Comedy Writer – Performer

Featured Nationally on World News Tonight with Peter Jennings and on other national Radio and TV shows.

“Spoonful of Humor” column appears quarterly in the Buffalo Physician.

States Licensed

   California

   Connecticut

Lectures

“The Impact of Autism and other Developmental Disabilities on the Family”

“The Healing Power of Humor and the Lighter Side of Medicine”

Languages

Conversational Spanish

References

Robert Kleinrock, M.D.

Attending Pediatrician, Kaiser Vallejo
707-648-7538

Toshi Hirata M.D.

Director, Newborn Intensive Care

California, Pacific Medical Center

415-750-6052

Roy Schutzengel, M.D.

Chairman, Department of Pediatrics

St. Vincent’s Medical Center

203-576-5157