EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN – MADISON Madison, WI
School of Education
- Ph.D.: Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis
Dissertation: A Retrospective Study of Medical Malpractice and Safety Comparing Physician Assistants to Physicians and Advanced Practice Nurses. 4.0 GPA in Ph.D. program.
School of Medicine and Public Health
- Bachelor of Science - Physician Assistant, May, 1992.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY Cambridge, MA
- Master of Education - Concentrations in International Development and Education Administration. Magna Cum Laude, June, 1989.
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA Omaha, NB
- Master of Physician Assistant Studies, May, 2005.
BOSTON COLLEGE Chestnut Hill, MA
- Bachelor of Science - Double Major: Biology and Philosophy
Magna Cum Laude, June, 1984.
Accepted to the MD program, Medical College of Wisconsin, 1983, not attended
PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL/CLINICAL EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
EMERGENCY ROOM AND URGENT CARE CLINICIAN
St. Josephs Hospital Emergency Department Milwaukee, WI
Full time emergency medicine and urgent care clinical practice July - Nov. 2006 and Nov. 2007 to present. Part time emergency medicine and urgent care clinical practice from Jan.,1997 through June, 2006 at the sites below. Forty hours average work in emergency medicine and urgent care per month.
St. Josephs Hospital Emergency Department Milwaukee, WI
Stoughton Hospital Emergency Department Stoughton, WI
Mercy Hospital Emergency Department Janesville, WI
The Monroe Clinic Emergency Department Monroe, WI
Meriter Hospital Emergency Department Madison, WI
Sauk Prairie Memorial Hospital Emergency Department Prairie du Sac, WI
CLINIC MANAGER AND CLINICIAN – FAMILY MEDICINE PRIMARY CARE CLINIC
The Medical College of Wisconsin and Froedtert Hospital Milwaukee, WI
Responsibilities included the provision of all aspects of primary medical care to a complex patient population. Providers included six physicians, two physician assistants, a nurse and two medical assistants. Managerial responsibilities included the oversight of clinic staff including a physician assistant, nurse, medical assistants, scheduling of medical staff and providers, staff evaluations, ordering of supplies, patient tracking, development of patient care initiatives. This clinic closed due to cessation of the Milwaukee County "GAMP" insurance program at MCW. Dec. 2006 – Nov. 2007
FAMILY PRACTICE CLINICIAN
Family Practice Medical Clinic, Branch of Central Plains Clinic Ltd., Beresford, SD
One of two full time certified Physician Assistants, working independently of direct MD supervision,managing the full spectrum of general practice patients in a rural, medically underserved setting - all aspects of family practice and primary care including emergency medical services. Basic radiology and laboratory evaluation also performed independently of support staff while on-call. Management of nursing home patients and weekly nursing home rounds included. MD on site and 10% chart review approximately one-half day per week. June, 1992 - June, 1994.
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, HILLSIDE HEALTH CARE INTERNATIONAL
Responsibilities included oversight of overall operations of a mission clinic in Belize, Central America. Specific duties included the continued development of an international health education program for medical students, medical residents, physician assistant students, nurses and therapists from around the world; recruitment of long term volunteer medical staff, physicians, nurses, therapist; public relations, fund raising; oversight of the Belizean clinic employees; collaboration with US and Belizean organizational partners including educational institutions, the Belize Ministry of Health, and NGOs; and the provision of leadership and reporting to the U.S. board of directors. CEO from July, 2006 – June, 2007. Current board member and fundraiser. Milwaukee, WI
HEALTH PROFESSION PROGRAM DIRECTOR
University of Wisconsin Medical School - Physician Assistant Program Madison, WIResponsibilities included management of all aspects of a twenty-four month PA program for sixty-six students including program accreditation, direct oversight of 12 faculty and staff, securing funding, managing budget, student admissions, and teaching both didactic and clinical curriculum. Annual budget near $1M. Accomplishments have included leading the program to the highest accreditation ranking in its history, development of the nation’s only sustainable distance education program for PA certification, development of interdisciplinary partnerships and programs, acquisition and management of $1.5M in grant funding for new program initiatives, and leadership of the transition of the PA program from a bachelor’s to a master’s degree program. July 2001 through June, 2006.
DIRECTOR OF CLINICAL EDUCATION
University of Wisconsin Medical School - Physician Assistant Program Madison, WIResponsibilities included the development and management of student clinical preceptorships, oversight of clinical faculty, curriculum preparation, student clinical supervision and evaluation, classroom and on-site teaching, grant acquisition and management, faculty development, and professional research.
Significant leadership role in program initiatives. Major accomplishments included the development of a network of 150 clinical preceptorship sites including the program’s first international clinical opportunities and development of the program’s first electronic database to manage clinical preceptor appointments, site availability and student assignments. November, 1996 – July 2001.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
DIRECTOR OF CLINICAL EDUCATION
University of Texas - Southwestern, Physician Assistant Program Dallas, TX
Similar duties and responsibilities as employed at the University of Wisconsin. Additional clinical work performed three-four days per month in adult ambulatory medicine at a community oriented primary care clinic. July, 1994 - October, 1996.
DIRECTOR OF ADULT BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Concilio Hispano Incorporated Cambridge, MA
Responsibilities included the creation and management of English as a Second Language, Adult Basic Education, and Immigration Programs for Hispanics and other linguistic minorities; the writing of grant proposals to acquire Federal, State and private funding; contract negotiation; hiring, training and supervising full and part-time teaching staff and interns; preparation of contract fiscal and performance reports and ultimate responsibility for contract performance. 1989-1990.
OTHER TEACHING AND HUMAN SERVICE WORK EXPERIENCE
FATHER MATIGNON HIGH SCHOOL, Cambridge, MA
Teacher: Ninth and Tenth grade theology. 1987-1988.
OUR LADY OF THE MOUNTAIN PREPARATORY SCHOOL, Anjara, Jordan
Teacher: English as a Second Language, grades 7-8, 1987.
Completed while in Jesuit novitiate, 1986-1987.
ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, Belize, Central America
Teacher: Eleventh grade mathematics and college physics. Coach: Managed the school volleyball team to a championship. Scoutleader: Led a parish troop of thirty boys. 1984-1985.
Completed as part of the newly formed post-graduate Jesuit International Volunteer Program
MIGRANT HEAD-START PROJECT, Fairhope, AL
Staff: Interpreted Spanish for families at day camp for migrant workers' children, created programs to boost staff morale, supervised maintenance of facilities and grounds. Summers, 1982, 1983, 1984.
BOSTON COLLEGE JESUIT INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER, Mexico City, Mexico
Participated in social work research and community development projects with Jesuit, Maryknoll and Sisters of Charity mission groups, 2.5 months during the summer of 1982.
GRANT ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT
Managed the Physician Assistant component of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Partnerships for Training Grant for Wisconsin and Minnesota, also known as WisTrec. Ensured grant success through the development of a distance education program for educating Wisconsin and Minnesota students from medically underserved areas, providing access to the PA profession for participants and health care for medically underserved communities. Chaired the Mid-level Provider Utilization Task Force of grant partners to promote the use of NP, PA, and Nurse Midwives. Co-authored an Employment Guide on Midlevel Providers for the hiring and retention of non-physician clinicians.
Acquired and managed four successful Title VII U.S. Bureau of Health Professions Training Grants for PA Education - 1997, 1998, 2001, 2005. Total awarded $1,375,000. Grant initiatives included expansion and enhancements to the distance education PA program; development of a health promotion/disease prevention curriculum; development and utilization of clinical training sites in medically underserved areas; minority student recruitment and retention; development of an evidenced based medicine curriculum; development of a medical informatics CME product for physicians and preceptors; and development of a cultural competency curriculum through web-based learning, standardized patients, and hands-on workshops targeting education about Wisconsin’s Native American, African American, Hispanic and Hmong communities.
Outreach Grant – Grant from UW-Madison’s Office of Continuing Education to fund delivery of three physician assistant program courses to serve non-traditional students through distance education. Awarded January, 2006, $88,000
International Study Grant – Grant from UW-Madison’s Office of International Students and Programs to support student and faculty participation in clinical preceptorship experiences in Mayan Indian villages of Belize, Central America. Awarded March 2000, $7500
Technology Grant – Grant from UW-Madison’s Division of Information Technology to develop and implement clinical cases in interactive CD ROM format for student assignment during clinical rotations and to monitor student progress through examinations and coding of patient encounters via the internet. Awarded June 2000, $33,000
Association of PA Programs Research Grant – A Survey of Accredited PA Programs to Determine the Magnitude and Distribution of Instructional and Non-Instructional Responsibilities. Awarded October, 2004, $4000.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, SCHOLARSHIP, AND LEADERSHIP
Leadership and Committee Positions
Distinguished Fellow, American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA)
President - Wisconsin Academy of Physician Assistants, two terms, current Treasurer
President – Wisconsin Academy of Physician Assistants Foundation: 2003-2007
WI Representative, House of Delegates, American Academy of Physician Assistants, five terms
President – Legal Medicine Caucus, American Academy of Physician Assistants, currently
Executive Council, voting member – Department of Family Medicine, UW-Madison
Advisory Board Member – Task Force on Medical Education and Workforce of the Wisconsin Medical
Society and Wisconsin Hospital Association
Committee Member - International Health Advisory Committee, UW Medical School
Board Member – Hillside Health Care International, 1999-Present
Committee Member – Appeals and Grievances Committee, UW Medical School
Chair - PA, NP and CNM Utilization Task Force - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Partnerships for Training "WisTREC" Project, 1998-2002
Member - Governing Board (Steering Committee) and Advisory Committee for the Robert Wood Johnson "WisTREC" Project, 1998-2002
PA Program Representative - Wisconsin AHEC (Area Health Education Centers) system
Consortia Chair - Association of Physician Assistant Programs, Midwest Region, 1998-99
Scholarship
Publication: Co-author, Physician Assistant portion of "Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Certified Nurse Midwives: Employment Guide." December, 1999, updated annually
Editor: Physician Assistant Employment Guide, 2002, 2004, 2006 editions
Article: Hillside Health Care Clinic: A Rural Belize International Preceptorship, Journal of Physician Assistant Education, Vol. 18, No. 1, 2007 Article Reviewer and Article Editor –
Perspectives on Physician Assistant Education 1999-2005 Article: Guidelines of Program Collaboration on the Use of Clinical Training Sites in Perspective on Physician Assistant Education, Vol. 10, No. 3, Summer 1999
Editor: American Diabetes Association, Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council, Manual of Nutritional Therapy, 1996 Editor: Chronicle Guidance Publications, Inc. Occupational Brief on Physician Assistants, 2002.
Presentation: First Place Award, American Academy of Physician Assistants, Research Poster "PA Program Graduates Choosing Employment in Medically Underserved Areas," 1996
Workshop Leader: "Computer Literacy for Clinical Practice,"
American Academy of Physician Assistants Annual Conference, 1997,1998
Presentation: Association of PA Programs, "Medically Underserved PA Employment," 1996
Presentation: "Effective Utilization of PAs, NPs, and CNMs" at the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation Partnerships for Training Conference, 1998
Presentation: "Keeping Track of Distance Students’ Clinical Competencies" WisTREC Partnerships for Training Conference, March 6, 2003
Faculty Development Workshops– "Eliciting Feedback," "Effective Precepting," 1996, 1998
Examination writer and reviewer - Association of Physician Assistant Programs, 1999-2000
CONSULTANT POSITIONS
President and Founder, PA Experts Network, Malpractice Case Review and Expert Witness
Consultants for Physician Assistant Practice, ongoing
Federal Training Grant - Proposal Reviewer: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, 1998
Distance Education Course Reviewer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2002
OTHER HONORS, ABILITIES, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Assistant Scoutmaster – Boy Scout Troop 61
Youth Ministry Group Leader – Middle School Boys, St. Maria Goretti Church 2001-2005
Chair - Evangelization Committee, Saint Maria Goretti Church, Madison, 1999-2001
Chair - Advancement Committee and Treasurer, Cub Scout Pack 102, 2001-2004
International Medical Volunteer – Belize, 1999-2006
Member - Knights of Columbus, 1992 - 1996
Medical Director - Town of Beresford Volunteer Ambulance Service, 1992-94
Chair, United Way fundraising campaign for the town of Beresford, 1994
The Dr. Ben Lawton Memorial Student Scholarship Award - from the Wisconsin
Academy of Physician Assistants, 1991.
The Massachusetts Academy of Physician Assistants Student Scholarship Award, 1991
The State of Arizona Physician Assistant Academy Student Scholarship Award, 1991
The Albert McGuinn S.J. Award - for excellence in dual disciplines, Boston College, 1984
Order of Cross and Crown -excellence in academics/human service, Boston College, 1984
Alpha Epsilon Delta - pre-medical honor society, 1982-1984
First Place, History research paper, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute competition, 1981
Eagle Scout, National Eagle Scout Association, since 1979
Spanish communication ability
Significant computer/educational technology literacy
CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSE
National Commission on Accreditation of Certified Physician Assistants
Certification with Distinction – Continuous renewal since January, 1993, Certificate #931738
State of Wisconsin Department of Regulation and Licensing - PA License #904-23
US DEA Controlled Substances Prescribing Authorization #MN….77
American Heart Association, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Former Instructor
References Available Upon Request.
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