I am an Associate Professor in the Division of Newborn Medicine and in the Department of Public Health at the Weill Cornell Medical Center. I received my undergraduate degree (B.A.) from Queens College, my medical degree (M.D.) from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and a M.S. degree in the evaluative clinical sciences from Dartmouth College. I completed my Pediatric residency training at Albany Medical Center, and my fellowship training in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at Duke University Medical Center.
Following my fellowship, I was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Eastern Virginia Medical School, and an Attending Physician in the Division of Neonatology at Childrens Hospital of the Kings Daughters in Norfolk, VA for three years. I was also Medical Director of the Special Care Nursery at Norfolk General Hospital during this time.
For over a decade I served in varied clinical, academic and administrative roles in South Florida including: Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Miami School of Medicine (1990-1998); Director of Neonatology at West Boca Medical Center in Boca Raton, FL (where I was also the Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics from 1989-1990 and the Chairman of the Department of Neonatology from 1990-1996); and Director of Neonatology at the HCA Women, Infants, and Children Center at Northwest Regional Hospital in Margate, FL.
During the seven years before coming to Cornell, I was an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Albany Medical College and Clinical Associate Professor of Health Policy, Management and Behavior at the School of Public Health at the University at Albany, State University of New York.
I am board certified in Pediatrics and in my specialty, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, and have a wide range of research and clinical experience. I have published extensively, including texts on evaluating and improving neonatal intensive care and on using database technology and statistical software to manage and analyze patient data. Additionally, I work with the New York State Department of Health and clinicians across the state to refine the Statewide Perinatal Database System as a tool to evaluate and improve the care of mothers and infants across New York.
B.A., Queens College, Flushing, NY, 1972
M.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 1976
M.S., Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 1998
Intern in Pediatrics, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, 1976-1977
Resident in Pediatrics, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY, 1977-1978
Chief Residents in Pediatrics, Albany Medical Center Albany, NY, 1978-1979
Fellow Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine,
duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 1979-1981
