Experienced GI PA, APRN, and Pharmacist Educator

 

Current Activities as Medical Educator

 

Academic Appointments

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

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

Professional Speaker on GI Issues for Local and National Audiences

  • 2006–present

 
  • 2016–present
    Associate Professor Frank H Netter, MD School of Medicine/Quinnipiac University

 

Select Presentations

 

International Conferences

  • 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.

  • 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

  • Update of GI for the Primary Care Provider “ Southampton Bermuda, Oct 2017

  • Sydney Australia “Hepatology Review for Primary Care Providers,” February 2018

  • Dublin, Ireland “What’s New in Gastroenterology 2022,” June 2022

Recordings/Podcasts

  • ReachMD GI Insights, Host, October 2020 – ongoing

  • Audio Digest GI topics, Feb 2020 – ongoing

National/ Regional Conferences

  • Practical Update In Internal Medicine  “Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease”  virtual conference, May 2023 and ongoing

  • National Association for Continuing Education (NACE)  “Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease”  Virtual Conference  November 2022, Feb 2024 and  ongoing

  • American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians  “ GERD, Dyspepsia and How to Successfully Stop PPIs”, Rosemont, III, Aug 2022

  • Southern Medical Association  “Spectrum of Alcohol Induced Liver illnesses,” virtual, April 2022

  • Southern Medical Association  “Women’s Health: GI Perspectives” virtual, January 2022

  • American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians  “Evaluation of Elevated Liver Function Tests,”  virtual, July 2021

  • CME Meeting  “Update in Gastroenterology,” Palm Coast, Fl, July 2021

  • Southern Medical Association  “Geriatric GI’ virtual,  June 2021

  • Southern Medical Association   “Work Life Balance: Changing the Equation in Your Favor” virtual,       February 2021

  • Southern Medical Association  “Evaluation and Treatment of Elevated Liver Function Tests”  virtual, December 2020

  • Southern Medical Association  “Clinical Pearls of Irritable Bowel Syndrome Diagnosis” virtual, October 2020

  • CME  “Evaluation and Treatment of Chronic Diarrhea” & “Geriatric GI”  Naples, Fl,   February 2020

  • MER  “Geriatric GI: Tread Carefully,” Honolulu, HI, February 2019   

  • Southern Medical Association  “Assessing Elevated Liver Function Tests”  and “A Case Based Approach to  Evaluating and Treating GI Bleeding” (Teleconference), January 2019           

  • MER  “Successful Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome”  “How to Evaluate Elevated Liver Function Tests”

  • Celiac Disease or Something Else”   “Evaluation and Treatment of Chronic Diarrhea” Newport Beach, CA, June 2018

  • CMEI “What’s New in GI 2018,” Marco Island, Fl, May 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

  • Rural Family Medicine Residency  Hartford Healthcare/St Vincent’s Medical Center GI Curriculum  August 2024 and ongoing

  • Providence Hospital System San Pedro CA virtual conference   “ Work Life Balance: Changing the Equation in Your Favor”  July 2024

  • West Hills Hospital,  Los Angeles CA virtual conference  “GERD, Dypepsia and Barrett’s Esophagus” April 2024

  • Scripps Healthcare,  La Jolla Ca, virtual conference  “Achieving Personal Well Being,” March 2024

  • St Francis Medical Center, Hartford, CT  “What is MASLD and MASH and How do we Diagnose and Treat?”  December 2023

  • St Charles Health System, Bend Oregon, virtual conference  “New Guidelines for Colon Cancer Screening and Management” June 2023

  • St Francis Medical Center  Hartford, CT  “Hepatitis A,B,C, and D,” April 2023

  • Palisades Medical Center (North Bergen, NJ)     “Update on Peptic Ulcer Disease,” April 2023

  • Bayonne Medical Center  (Bayonne, NJ)  virtual conference  “New Options in the Treatment of Reflux Disease”  December 2022

  • “St Charles Healthcare (Bend Oregon)  virtual conference, Grand Rounds  “Helicobacter Highlights”  November 2022

  • St Vincent’s Medical Center, residency program Bridgeport, CT   GI Curriculum, October 2022-ongoing GI curriculum

  • UNECOM (Eastern Connecticut Health Network  branch)   Manchester, CT  Sept 2016- ongoing GI curriculum

  • St. Francis Hospital, Hartford CT  Grand Rounds “So You Think Your Patient Has IBS?,” August 2022

  • Orear Conference, Kansas City MO   “Geriatric GI” & “Probiotics: What You Need to Know”            June 2022

  • St Francis Hospital, Hartford CT  Family Practice Grand Rounds  “Diverticular Dilemmas” December 2021

  • University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine  GI curriculum February 2021 – ongoing

  • St Francis Hospital, Hartford CT   Family Practice Grand Rounds,  “The Burning Esophageal Problems” Hartford, CT  Nov 2021

  • Bayonne Medical Center teleconference  “What Every Clinician Needs to Know About GERD, Dyspepsia, Proton Pump Inhibitors and Esophageal Cancer”  November 2021

  • Southern Medical Association   “Work/Life Balance, Changing the Equation in Your Favor” (Virtual conference) October 2021

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

  • University of Connecticut, Family Practice Program “Esophagology for Primary Care Providers,” October 2020

  • Virtual Grand Rounds to Natividad Medical Center, Salinas CA  “New Options in the Treatment of Reflux Disease” October 2020

  • Virtual Conference to Connecticut Pharmacists Association”  “What Every Pharmacist Should Know About Inflammatory Bowel Disease”   September 2020

  • Virtual Grand Rounds  Northridge Hospital, Northridge, CA  “ What You Need to Know About Hiatal Hernias, GERD, Barrett’s and Dyspepsia 2020”  September 2020                               

  • Virtual Grand Rounds St Francis Hospital   “What’s New in GI”     Hartford, CT, April 2020

  • “ROME” Conference Northeast  “Geriatric GI: Tread Carefully” and “Constipation Conundrums” Providence RI, Aug 2019

  • “ROME” Conference, Southeast   “Probiotics 2019; Fulfilling the Promise” Savannah, GA, June 2019

  • U Conn  “Work/Life Balance: Changing the Equation in Your Favor”, Farmington, CT, May 2019

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

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

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

  • Southern Connecticut State University APRN School “What You Need to Know About Colon Cancer Prevention,”

  • “Inflammatory Bowel Disease and the Primary Care Provider,”  “Practical Points in Irritable Bowel Syndrome Care”

  • “Dyspepsia/GERD/Barrett’s/etc’” l Review of Peptic Ulcer Disease’” “Making Sense of the Biliary Track” Aug/Sept 2017

  • “ROME” Conference  “Probiotics 2017: Fulfilling the Promise”   Boston, MA       August  2017

  • U Conn “How Do You Want to Practice Medicine: Rekindling the Joy”, May 2017

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

  • University of CT, St Francis Program    Grand Rounds   “IBS Best Practices,” March 2017

  • Sacred Heart University PA Program GI curriculum, March 2017

  • 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: Dept 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.

  • Glastonbury High School Pre Med Club: “So You Want to Become a Doctor?”  Glastonbury, CT, 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.

  • U Mass, U Conn and Yale: “Transition Between Fellowship and Practice”, 2012-2013.

  • UNECOM: “Update of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases”, April 2012.

  • U Conn (Undergraduate) “Health Psychology - Including Health Care Reform, Primary Care Medicine, and Pain Management”, Fall 2009.

Prior Professional Experience

Private GI Practice

  • Digestive Health Specialists of Eastern Connecticut, 2007–2015

  • Klipstein Medical Group, 1981-2007

Additional Professional Activities

 

Coordinator for Internal Medicine subspecialties UNECOM/ECHN 2010-2011

Hospital Committees, Manchester, Connecticut

  • Schwartz Rounds Committee (Schwartz Rounds is a national movement dealing with the most 2010-2014 stressful issues facing medicine today)

  • Eastern Connecticut Health Network Corporator, 2005-2016         

  • Eastern Connecticut Health Network mentor for new physicians, 2005-2020

  • Collaborative Practice Committee, 2011-2012

National and Local Committees  

  • American College of Gastroenterology Education Affairs Committee, 2021-

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

  • American College of Gastroenterology FDA Committee, 2014-2020

  • American College of Gastroenterology Patient Care Committee, 2015-2021

  • 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

Connecticut Chapter of ACP

  • Poster Judge, 2015-ongoing

Membership Affiliations

 
  • International Association of Medical Science Educators, 2020-present

  • AGA Academy of Educators, 2015-present

  • 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

Editor

 
  • Advanced Research on Gastroenterology and Hepatology Journal, 2015-2020

  • American College of Gastroenterology Case Reports Journal, 2014- 2018

  • Gastroenterology and Hepatology Open Access, 2014-2019

  • Journal of Digestive Diseases, 2015-2018

  • Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology, 2015-2022

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

Licensure

 

Connecticut, 1981-present      

New York, 1976-present

 

Board Certifications

 

Gastroenterology, 1981-present

Internal Medicine, 1979-present