Residency

• Ucla Medical Center, 1999, Internal Medicine

Medical Education

• New York University School of Medicine, 1996

Certifications

• American Board of Internal Medicine-Internal Medicine

Awards

Awards and honors

• Outstanding Women Leaders of Long Island, 2014
• “Behind the White Coat” Featured Clinician, Greater New York Hospital Association, 2013
• North Shore LIJ Executive Physician Leadership Program, 2011-2013
• Team STEPPS Master Trainer, 2010
• APDIM National Research Awards Lunch, 2007
• Teacher of the Year, 2003

Professional organizations

• New York State Council on Graduate Medical Education
• Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine
• Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine
• American College of Physicians
• American College of Healthcare Executives
• Greater New York Hospital Association
• Academy Health

Recent publications

• “Gender Differences in Salary of Internal Medicine Residency Directors: A National Survey,” American Journal of Medicine, 2014
• “Curricular Content of Internal Medicine Residency Programs: A Nationwide Report,” American Journal of Medicine, 2014
• “The New Internal Medicine Fellowship Match Timeline: A Change in the Right Direction,” American Journal of Medicine, 2014
• “Impact on House Staff Evaluation Scores When Changing from a Dreyfus to a Milestone-Based Evaluation Model: One Internal Medicine Residency Program’s Findings,” Medical Education Online, 2014
• “Impact of an Educational Intervention on a Post-Discharge VTE Prophylaxis Quality Improvement Initiative,” Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management, 2013
• “Challenges with Continuity Clinic and Core Faculty Accreditation Requirements,” American Journal of Medicine, 2013
• “Moving Forward in GME Reform: A 4+1 Model of Resident Ambulatory Training,” Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2013
• “Resident Recruitment Costs: A National Survey of Internal Medicine Program Directors,” American Journal of Medicine, 2013
• “Milestone-Based Assessment: One Program’s Journey,” Academic Internal Medicine Insight, 2013
• “Anticipated Consequences of the 2011 Duty Hours Standards: Views of Internal Medicine and Surgery Program Directors,” Academic Medicine, 2012
• “Accountability and Transparency in Graduate Medical Education Expenditures,” American Journal of Medicine, 2012
• “Preventive Health Services Delivery to South Asians in the United States,” Journal of Immigrant Minority Health, 2012
• “Challenges with Duty Hour Reforms: A Survey of Residency Program Directors,” American Journal of Medicine, 2011

Presentations

• “National Trends in Medical Education: Presidents Plenary,” Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine National Meeting, 2015
• “Using Quantitative and Qualitative Data to Successfully Report the ACGME Milestones,” Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, 2015
• “Dashboards of Resident Competence for an Academic Department of Medicine,” Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, 2015
• “Payment and Delivery System Reform: What All Medical Students Need to Know,” Hofstra NSLIJ School of Medicine, 2015
• “Initiatives to Reduce Hospital Admission for High-Risk Medicaid Patients,” North Shore LIJ Health System, GMEC Meeting, 2015
• “Team-Based Learning in a Residency Led Patient-Centered Medical Home,” Society of General Internal Medicine Regional Meeting, 2015
• “Health Reform Series for House Staff: Payment and Delivery System Reform,” Department of Medicine, Health Reform Week NSLIJ Health System, 2015
• “Bundled Payments vs. Traditional Fee for Service: A National Debate,” Department of Medicine, Health Reform Week NSLIJ Health System, 2015
• “Anatomy and Physiology of Successful Evidence-Based Medicine: Getting Started,” NSLIJ Health System, 2015
• “Empanelment in Residency to Enhance Continuity of Care,” North Shore LIJ Health System Team-Based Learning Conference, 2015
• “The ACGME CLER Visit: Aligning Patient Safety Across Institutional Aims,” Department of Medicine, NSLIJ Health System, 2015
• “Nominal Group Technique for Qualitative Curricular Evaluation,” Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, 2014
• “Patient Safety and Quality Improvement: Aligning Regulatory and Institutional Incentives,” New York Chapter Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, 2014
• “Assessing Non-Inferiority Trials,” NSLIJ Health System Hospitalist EBM Course, 2014
• “Curricula to Improve Quality of Care in a PCMH Teaching Clinic,” New York State Department of Health, 2014
• “Improving Clinical Teaching Skills in Your Department,” Frank H. Netter, MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University, 2013
• “Resident Physician Competence and Evaluation,” Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, 2013
• “The ‘How-To’ of Faculty Development: Educating Faculty on Resident Evaluation,” Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education National Meeting, 2013
• “Resident as Teacher,” Virginia Commonwealth University, 2013
• “A Block System for Reducing Fragmentation of Care in Academic Teaching Hospitals,” Greater New York Hospital Association, 2013
• “Educating Faculty on Resident Remediation,” North Shore LIJ Health System, 2013
• “Evaluation of Resident Competence in the Era of the ACGME Milestones,” Lenox Hill Hospital, 2013
• “Evaluation of Physician Competence,” St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Association of Program Directors of Internal Medicine New York Chapter Meeting, 2013
• “Oxygen Delivery Systems,” North Shore LIJ Health System, 2014, 2013, 2012
• “A Rational Approach to Chest Pain and the Creation of a Short-Stay Unit,” North Shore LIJ Health System, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
• “Bridging the Milestones Across the Medical Education Continuum,” 33rd Annual Meeting of Generalists in Medical Education, 2012
• “Improving Leadership Skills for Physician Faculty,” King Fahad Medical City, 2012
• “The Role of Hospitalists in Academic Medical Centers: Strategies for Success,” Hospitalist Summit, North Shore LIJ Health System, 2012
• “Defining and Assessing House Staff Clinical Skills through ACGME Competencies,” North Shore LIJ Health System, 2012
• “Improving Leadership Skills for Geneticists,” CW Post, Long Island University, Brookville, New York, 2012
• “Advanced Education in the Areas of Curriculum and Instruction Planning,” North Shore LIJ Health System, 2012
• “The Master Teacher,” Drexel University College of Medicine, 2011
• Grand Rounds, “Information Mastery for Evidence-Based Medicine,” King Fahaf Medical City, 2011
• “Faculty as Leader,” King Fahad Medical City, 2011
• “Use of Decision Aids for Evaluation of Pharyngitis,” Hofstra North Shore LIJ School of Medicine, 2011
• “Update on New Drugs for Atrial Fibrillation,” ACP/SHM Multiple Small Feedings of the Mind, Huntington, New York, 2011