Experienced GI Nursing Educator

 

Current Activities as Medical Educator

 

Academic Appointments

  • 2003-present
    Associate Clinical Professor (community based) University of Connecticut School of Medicine  

  • 2010-present
    Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine (Community Based) University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine     

 

  • 2016-present
    Associate Professor Frank H Netter, MD School of Medicine

  • 2006-present
    Professional Speaker on GI Issues for Local and National Audiences

Select Presentations

 

International Conferences

  • MER Conference  Sydney, Australia “Hepatology Review for Primary Care Primary Care Providers”, Feb. 2018

  • MER Conference Vienna, Austria “Irritable Bowel Syndrome and the Primary Care Doctor, Update on Liver and Gallbladder Disease for the Primary Care Doctor, How to Assess GI Bleeding”, July 2014

  • MER Conference Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada “What a Primary Care Doctor Needs to Know About Fatty Liver Disease, Update on Irritable Bowel Syndrome, GI Bleeding and the Primary Care Doctor, Clinical Dilemmas in Diagnosing and Treating Gall Bladder and Liver Diseases”, June 2015

 

  • University at Sea “What’s New In Gastroenterology 2016; A Case Based Review” Mexico, Nov 2016

    MER Conference, “Update of GI for the Primary Care Provider” Southampton Bermuda, Oct. 2017

National/ Regional Conferences

  • AAPA “Assessing Acute Abdominal Pain,”  “Bootcamp for Elevated Liver Function Tests” Virtual Conference, August 2020                                                       

  • Nurse Practitioner Association of NY State “Evaluation of Abnormal Liver Function Tests” Verona, NY, October 2019

  • AAPA “What You Need to Know About Inflammatory Bowel Disease” Denver, CO, May 2019

  • NCNP “Celiac Disease or Something Else?” Chicago, IL, May 2019

  • SGNA “Understanding and Treating Elevated Liver Function Tests.” “Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Clinical Challenges,”  “Celiac Disease or Something Else?” Portland, Oregon, April 2019

  • NPACE “Assessing Elevated Liver Function Tests” Boston, MA, Nov 2018

  • NCNP  “Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Tools for Successful Treatment” Anaheim, CA, Sept 2018

  • AAPA “How Has the Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Changed 2018” New Orleans, LA  May 2018

  • SGNA “Celiac Disease or Something Else?” “Successful Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome,” “Changing Paradigms in the Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease” Orlando, FL, May 2018

  • SGNA Webinar “Celiac Disease, or Something Else?”, April 25, 2018

  • MER “Update in GI” April 2018

  • PESI “Practical Review of GI for Nurses, APRNs and PAs”  New York, NY, March 2018

  • MER “Changing Paradigms in Gastroenterology: What You Need to Know” Poipu, HI, May 2017

  • AAPA “Evaluation and Treatment of Chronic Diarrhea” Las Vegas, NV, May 2017

  • SGNA “The Evolving Therapy of Inflammatory Bowel Disease” New Orleans, LA, May  2017

  • MER “What’s New in GI 2017” Las Croabas PR, March 2017

  • CMEI “Update in Gastroenterology for Primary Care Providers” Maui, HI, Feb 2017

  • University Learning Systems “Evaluation and Treatment of GI Bleeding” “The Spectrum of Alcohol Induced Liver Disease” Las Vegas, NV, Feb 2017

  • MER “The Evaluation of Lower GI Bleeding” “Update in Gastroenterology 2016” Honolulu, HI, Dec. 2016

  • CME Meeting “Bootcamp for Elevated Liver Function Tests” “Practical Guide to GI Bleeding for Primary Care Providers” Maui, HI, October 2016

  • AMSN “Up and Down the GI Track”  Washington, DC, October 2016

  • Southern Medical Association “Bootcamp for Elevated Liver Function Tests”  “Practical Guide to Probiotics”  “”Successful Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome” Kiawah Island, S. C. , July 2016

  • CME Meeting: “How to be Successful When Treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome”,  “Primer on Elevated Liver Function Tests” Palm Coast FL, July 2016

  • Contemporary Forums “The Consequences of Fatty Liver Disease”, “Understanding and Treating Chronic Diarrhea”, “Reflux, Barrett’s, Gastritis and Gastroparesis 2016”  Jackson Hole WY, June 2016

  • AANP “Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Tools for Successful Treatment” San Antonio TX, June 2016

  • SGNA “Update on Chronic Pancreatitis” and “What You Need to Know About Sprue”  Seattle, WA, May 2016                   

  • CME Meeting: “Understanding Elevated Liver Function Tests: A Primer for Primary Care Providers”, Palm Coast, FL, March 2016.

  • CMEI: “What Every Primary Care Provider Should Know About Hepatitis C”, Marco Island, Florida, March 2016.

  • MER: “Gastroenterology Update 2016”, Key West, Florida, February 2016.

  • CMEI: “Update in Gastroenterology and Primary Care”, Marco Island, FL, January 2016. 

  • McDonald Army Health Center, Ft Eustis: “Best Practices in Treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Clinical Dilemmas in GI Bleeding, Elevated Liver Function Tests and the Primary Care Provider”, Newport News, VA, November 2015.

  • Interstate Postgraduate Medical Association: “Evaluation and Treatment of Chronic Diarrhea, Celiac Disease or Something Else?” & “Meet the Professor” (discussing audience questions on any aspect of Gastroenterology), Orlando, FL, November 2015.

  • AMSN: “Update on Inflammatory Bowel Disease”, Las Vegas, NV, September 2015.

  • Contemporary Forums: “What Works for Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Diagnostic Dilemmas in G.I Bleeding, How To Assess Abnormal Liver Function Tests, Probiotic Use 2015”, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, July 2015.

  • Pri Med: “Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency”, Washington, D.C, July 2015.

  • AANP National Meeting, “What You Need to Know About Irritable Bowel Syndrome”, New Orleans, LA, June 2015.

  • SGNA National Meeting: “Inflammatory Bowel Disease Update: What You Need to Know”, Baltimore, MD, May 2015.

  • SGNA National Meeting: “Update on Chronic Pancreatitis”, Baltimore, MD, May 2015.

  • CMEI: “Gastroenterology Review for Primary Care Physicians”, Marco Island, FL, April 2015. 

  • CMEI: “What’s New in Gastroenterology 2015”, Maui, Hawaii, March 2015. 

  • Pri Med: “Sprue and Non Celiac Gluten Sensitivity”, Baltimore, MD, December 2014.

  • Pri Med: “Sprue and Non Celiac Gluten Sensitivity”, Indianapolis Convention Center, October 2014.

  • University Learning Systems: “What You Need to Know About Gastro Intestinal Diseases: Clostridium difficile, GERD, Barrett’s, Gastroparesis, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome”, Las Vegas, NV, September 2014.

  • Pri Med: “Inflammatory Bowel Disease and the Primary Care Doctor”, Boston, MA, September 2014.          

  • Pri Med: “Sprue and Non Celiac Gluten Sensitivity”, San Jose Convention Center, September 2014.

  • SGNA National Meeting: “What You Need to Know About Irritable Bowel Syndrome”, Nashville, TN, May 2014.

  • St. Louis Gut Club: “Update on Inflammatory Bowel Disease”, St. Louis, MO December 2013.

  • Pri Med: “Up and Down the GI Track”, Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA, September 2013.

Local Conferences

  • U Conn: Gastroenterology Fellows Journal Club, 2008-2020

  • University Learning Systems  Virtual Conference “Bootcamp for Elevated Liver Function Tests,” “Colon Cancer Prevention 2020,” “Understanding and Treating Chronic Diarrhea”, September 2020

  • Connecticut Pharmacists Association Virtual Grand Rounds “What Every Pharmacist Should Know About Inflammatory Bowel Disease”, September 2020

  • University of Tampa PA Program  Full GI Curriculum (teleconference), September 2020

  • Johnson and Wales University PA Program GI Curriculum, January 2020

  • University of Bridgeport PA Program Full GI Curriculum (teleconference), August 2020

  • Springfield College PA Program GI Curriculum, October 2019

  • Quinnipiac University PA Program Full GI Curriculum, October 2019

  • Westfield State University PA Program Full GI Curriculum, June 2019

  • St Francis Hospital Grand Rounds  “Evaluation of Elevated Liver Function Tests”, Hartford, CT, April 2019

  • CT  Physician Assistants “The A, B, C’s of Hepatitis”, Mystic, CT, March 2019

  • Springfield College PA Program GI Curriculum, October 2019

  • Quinnipiac University PA Program Full GI Curriculum, October 2018

  • Regional Osteopathic Medical Education  “You Are What You Eat”, Mystic, CT, August 2018

  • Maine SGNA “Successful Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Celiac Disease or Something Else?”, April 2018

  • Minnesota SGNA “What’s New in GI 2018”, Minneapolis, MN, April 2018

  • Quinnipiac University PA Program Full GI Curriculum, October 2017

  • New England Pharmacists Annual Convention “A Pharmacist’s Guide to Probiotics” Foxwoods, September 2017

  • St Joseph’s University PA Program “ABC’s of Hepatitis”, “Bootcamp for Elevated Liver Function Tests” and “Comprehensive Review of the Manifestations and Treatment of UGI Illnesses”, April 2017 and 2018

  • University of CT, St Francis Program Grand Rounds, March 2017

  • Sacred Heart University PA Program GI curriculum, March 2017 and 2018

  • UNECOM “Bootcamp for Elevated Liver Function Tests”, “Update of Gastroenterology 2016”, “Evaluation and Treatment of Constipation” and “Difficult Cases with GI Bleeding”, July 2016

  • CT SGNA “Evaluating and Treating Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency”, Plainville, CT, June 2016

  • Downstate Medical Center Grand Rounds, Brooklyn, N.Y. “Transition from Fellowship to Practice”, June 2016

  • U Conn Workshop: “How to Deliver a Compelling and Memorable Lecture”, U Conn, May 2016.

  • UNECOM: Poster Presentation Judge, April 2016.

  • UNECOM: GERD, “Barrett’s and Gastroparesis Review”, March 2016.

  • U Conn: “Work/Life Balance: Changing the Equation in Your Favor”, February 2016.

  • UNECOM Housestaff/students: “The Unanswered Questions of Inflammatory Bowel Disease”, January 2016.

  • U Conn: Transition from Fellowship to Practice, January 2016.

  • St. Francis Hospital: Dep’t of Family Med Residency: “Maximizing Colon Cancer Detection”, December 2015.

  • CT SGNA: “Celiac Disease or Something Else?”, Rocky Hill, CT, October 2015.

  • New York State APRN Association: “What Works in Treating IBS?”, October 2015.

  • UNECOM house staff: “The Unanswered Questions in IBS”, September 2015.

  • Regional Osteopathic Medical Education: “Celiac Disease or Something Else?”, August 2015.

  • Regional Osteopathic Medical Education: “Probiotics: Fulfilling the Promise”, June 2015.

  • U Conn: “Updated Diverticular Disease Guidelines”, June 2015.

  • UNECOM: “Liver and Gallbladder Review”, May 2015.

  • UNECOM: “Leaky Gut the Science and the Fiction (so far)”, May 2015.

  • UNECOM: “Celiac Disease or Something Else”, May 2015.

  • UNECOM: “Pancreatic Insufficiency”, May 2015.

  • UNECOM, “What a Primary Care Doctor Should Know About Inflammatory Bowel Disease”, January 2015.

  • U Conn: “Transition from Fellowship to Practice”, January 2015.

  • UNECOM: “Update in Irritable Bowel Syndrome”, January 2015.

  • U Conn: “The Limitations of Endoscopy and Colonoscopy in the Very Elderly Patient”, January 2015.

  • U Conn: “How to Minimize Gastroenterology Malpractice Cases”, January 2015.

  • University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, Manchester Staff: “What a Primary Care Doctor Should Know About Inflammatory Bowel Disease”, November 2014.

  • UNECOM: “Introduction to Clinical Gastroenterology”, August 2014.

  • SGNA of Clifton Park, NY: “Update on Inflammatory Bowel Disease”, June 2014.

  • Eastern Connecticut Health Network: “What You Need to Know About Abdominal Pain”, June 2014.

  • University of Massachusetts School of Medicine: “Pancreatic Insufficiency”, May 2014.

  • Mid Hudson SGNA: “Update on Inflammatory Bowel Disease”, March 2014.

  • U Conn: “Update on Gastric Polyps”, February 2014.

  • UNECOM: “Update on Inflammatory Bowel Disease”, December 2013.

  • UNECOM: “Update on Irritable Bowel Syndrome”, November 2013.

Prior Professional Experience

Private GI Practice

  • Digestive Health Specialists of Eastern Connecticut, 2007-2015, Manchester, Connecticut

  • Klipstein Medical Group, 1981-2007, Manchester, Connecticut

Additional Professional Activities

 

Reach MD

  • Contributor

  • GI Moderator 

Audio Digest GI

  • Contributor

Audio Digest Family Medicine

  • Contributor

Coordinator for Internal Medicine subspecialties UNECOM/ECHN, 2010-2011

National and Local Committees

  • American College of Gastroenterology National Affairs Committee, 2008-2011

  • American College of Gastroenterology FDA Committee, 2014-present

  • American College of Gastroenterology Patient Care Committee, 2015-present

  • American Gastroenterological Association Public Policy Committee, 2005-2008

  • American Gastroenterological Association Coding and Payment Subcommittee, 2014-2015

American Gastroenterological Association

  • Mentoring of colleagues, 2010-present

Department of Medical Education at Manchester Memorial Hospital, Manchester, Connecticut

  • Committee Member, 1982-2001

    Chief, 1981-1982

    • Developed a program to promote, train and integrate quality improvement activities into daily routines of physicians, nurses and technologists

    • Developed activities to promote physician acceptance of quality improvement activities 

    • Led peer review to identify areas of concern, develop educational programs for physicians, and improve physician quality efforts as part of the Joint Commission Accreditation of Hospital Organizations preparation

    • Developed a national network of gastroenterologists to conduct Grand Rounds and other Continuing Medical Education activities

    • Developed a new format for quality improvement involving six different hospital departments

    • Established “How to Obtain the Best from the Healthcare System”, an annual public program devoted to patient concerns

    • Motivational Speaker

Membership Affiliations

 

  • Fellowship, American Gastroenterological Association (AGAF), 2006-present

  • American College of Physicians (FACP), 2005-present

  • Hartford County Medical Association, 1982-present

  • American College of Gastroenterology (FACG), 1982-present

  • Connecticut State Medical Society, 1982-present

  • American Medical Association, 1977-present

Editor

 

  • Advanced Research on Gastroenterology and Hepatology Journal, 2015-present

  • American College of Gastroenterology Case Reports Journal, 2014-present

  • Gastroenterology and Hepatology Open Access, 2014-2019

  • Journal of Digestive Diseases, 2015-present

  • Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology, 2015-present

Education

 

  • Long Island Jewish Hillside Medical Center         

    • Fellowship, 1979-1981

    • Internship and Residency, 1976-1979

  • Downstate Medical Center 

    • Doctor of Medicine, 1972-1976

  • Queens College (CUNY)

    • Bachelor of Arts in Biology, 1968-1972