Psychotherapist Family Therapist Expert Witness

Expert Witness No.745

Illinois

Education

1/98, M.S. in Management, Health Services Concentration, New York University, New York, NY

9/93, M.S.W., Clinical Program with Internships, New York University, New York, NY

10/90, B.A., Fields of Study: Sociology, Criminology, French and Philosophy, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Honors and Awards

Listed: Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare, 1999-2000
First Place: Schmais Policy Analysis Competition
Awarded: New York State Health Service Corp Merit Scholarship
Elected: Phi Beta Kappa
Elected: Phi Sigma Iota Foreign Language Honor Society
Highest Honors: Department of Sociology, Rutgers University

Licenses

1998-Present, Illinois Licensed Clinical Social Worker
1996-Present, New Jersey Licensed Clinical Social Worker
1994-1996, New Jersey Licensed Social Worker
1994-1996, New York Licensed and Certified Social Worker

Education

1/99-Present, Private Practice, Chicago and Oak Park, IL
Clinical Services: general, consultative, forensic and supervision
Management Consulting: contracting, program/business development, professional education

1/99-05/99, York Behavioral Health Care, Chicago, IL
Manager of Quality and Network Operations for this MBHO with 350,000 at-risk lives

4/95-12/98, PsychPartners (practice management firm) Freehold and Edison, NJ

Coordinator of Quality and Outpatient Networks
02/98 Role expanded to include Advanced Providers Systems, the parent managed behavioral healthcare organization
11/96 Advanced Behavioral Health Systems, a multidisciplinary behavioral health practice - network hybrid with over 90,000 at-risk lives

4/95 Psychotherapist and Family Therapist for Advanced Behavioral Health Systems

6/94-11/98, Private Practice, Piscataway, Freehold and Edison, NJ
Psychotherapist and Family Therapist

10/93-04/95, Harlem Hospital Center, New York, NY
Psychiatric Social Worker, Department of Psychiatry, Inpatient and Outpatient Units

9/92-05/93, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Dunellen, NJ
Psychotherapy Intern, Community Mental Health Center

9/91-08/92, Somerset Home for Temporarily Displaced Children, Bridgewater, NJ
Case Management Intern

Clinical Affiliations

Chicago Lakeshore Hospital, Chicago, IL: Professional Staff
River edge Hospital, Forest Park, IL: Professional Staff
Institute for Adolescent Development, Chicago, IL: Professional Staff
Madonna High School, Chicago, IL: Consultant

Other Affiliations

Coalition of Psychological Services, Board Secretary
Obsessive Compulsive Foundation of Metropolitan Chicago, Advocacy Project Manager
Humana Health Plans, Credentialing Committee
Humana Health Plans, Clinical Care Committee
New York University School of Social Work, Research Dept. Curriculum Committee: 1992-1993

Professional Organizations

National Organization of Forensic Social Work
National Association of Social Workers
American Correctional Association: 1987-1988

Presentations

Available upon Request

Publications

Available Upon Request