Education and Certifications

  • Hahnemann University School of Medicine
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    M.D., 1980
  • University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine
    Farmington, Connecticut
    D.M.D. 1976
  • Southern Connecticut State UniversityNew Haven, CT
    B.A. Chemistry / Biochemistry 1972
    Recipient of The Chesebrough Ponds Award in Chemistry, 1972

Post Graduate Residency Training and Certifications

  • St. Vincent's Medical Center
    Bridgeport, CT
    Internal Medicine 1981
  • University of Medicine and Dentistry
    Rutgers Medical School at Camden, NJ;
    Trauma & Surgery 1984
  • University Hospital of Jacksonville
    Jacksonville, Florida
    Internal Medicine 1985
  • Hartford Hospital
    Hartford, CT;
    Internal Medicine 1986
  • Fellow, Craniofacial Disorders, University of Connecticut
    School of Dental Medicine, 1976
  • NYU College of Dentistry
    TMJ Craniomandibular Disorders; Consultant
    1989 to 1990
  • Aviation Medicine Certificate
    Designated as Senior FAA Aviation Medical Examiner
  • Diplomate, American Board of Forensic Medicine
    Internal Med., Aviation Medicine, TMJ Disorders, and Biotechnology Evaluation - Board Certified
    5/1995 and 1/1996
  • Diplomate, American Academy of Pain Management
    10/19/1995
  • Board Certified Diplomate and Advanced Fellow International
    Academy of Medical Acupuncture
    11/3/1999
  • Advanced Fellow International Academy of Medical
    Acupuncture
    11/3/1999 (400 hours)
  • Medical Acupuncture Training
    Conducted by New York Society of Acupuncture for Physicians
    Dentists and the American College of Acupuncture
  • The American Academy of Acupuncture
    in Conjunction with the New York Eye and Ear

    Infirmary authorized by the New York State Board of Medicine and
    the New York State Board for Dentistry
    1999 to 2000.
  • International Consensus Conference on Acupuncture
    Auriculotherapy and Auricular Medicine
    August 1999

Memberships

  • American Board of Forensic Examiners
  • Aerospace Medical Association
  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • American Academy of Pain Management
  • American Dental Association
  • American Academy of Head, Neck and Facial Pain
  • Connecticut State Dental Association
  • Fairfield County Medical Association

Emergency Room Trauma Attending physician

  • Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center
    Hartford, Connecticut
    1985
  • Bristol Hospital
    Bristol, Connecticut
    1986 to 1987
  • University of Connecticut Health Center
    1986 to 1988

Scientific Pulications

  • Dentistry Today - TMJ trauma
  • Journal of Medical Acupuncture - Acupuncture for the reduction
    of post trauma medication
  • TM Diary - Potential drug interactions faced daily
  • Pain Management: A Practical Guide for Physicians, 5th edition,
    chapter: Post-traumatic torticollis
  • Neurology for Attorneys - text for seminars

Scientific Presentations

  • Sixth international symposium on arthroscopy of the
    temporomandibular joint:
    TMJ neuropathy-mylopathy following
    electric burn to extremities
  • American Academy of Pain Management, 1996: Post-traumatic
    torticollis-dystonia
  • University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Craniomandibular
    Program
  • University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine
  • St. Vincent's Medical Center, Bridgeport, Connecticut
  • Rutgers University Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Camden,
    New Jersey
  • University Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida
  • Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut

Seminars

  • University of Connecticut Health Center, The School of Dental
    Medicine: Atypical facial pain and temporomandibular joint disorder
  • Middlesex County Dental Society - District VII
  • Manchester Dental Society - District VII
  • Northeast Connecticut Dental School
  • New London Dental Society - District VII
  • Naugatuck Dental Society - District III
  • Meriden-Wallingford-Cheshire Dental Society - District II
  • New Britain Dental Society - District V
  • Dental Society of Greater Southington - District II
  • New Canaan Dental Society