SKILL HIGHLIGHTS:
A dynamic healthcare leader with over 35 years experience in:
Behavioral health operations
Medical leadership and mentorship
Knowledge of business principles
Customer service
Analytics and connecting with leadership, line staff and consumers
Personal coaching
Psychiatric provision of care
Forensic Psychiatry – Litigation support
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Home Address: 745 Lippincott Avenue
Moorestown, New Jersey 08057
610-***-**** (phone)
Email: **************@*****.***
EDUCATION:
Graduate Education:
1981-1985 State University of New York
Upstate Medical Center
Syracuse, New York - M.D., 5/85
Undergraduate Education:
1977-1981 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, New York - B.S., 5/81
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING:
1985-1989 Psychiatry Residency
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 6/89
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
8/23-present Medical Director
Magellan Health Care
6/22-6/23 Chief Medical Officer
Public Health Management Corporation
4/22 – present CEO and Principal Behavioral Health Consultants, LLC
09/86 – 3/22 Crozer Health
7/19 – 3/22 President and Chief Behavioral Officer of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Crozer-Keystone Health System
8/00 – 3/22 Chairman, Department of Psychiatry
Crozer-Chester Medical Center
12/06 – 7/19 President
Community Hospital of Chester
8/00 – 7/19 Vice President of Behavioral Health
Crozer-Keystone Health System
8/00 – 12/06 Chief Operating Officer
Community Hospital of Chester
10/99 – 7/12 Medical Director
Crozer-Keystone Health System
Community Hospital of Chester
3/98 – 3/22 Chief of Psychiatry
Crozer-Keystone Health System
Taylor Hospital
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
April 1987 – June 1988 Chief Resident
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
July 1989 – June 1990 Volunteer Faculty
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
July 1992 – November 2000 Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Mental Health Services
Hahnemann University Hospital
March 1993 – June 1994 Attending Psychiatrist
Department of Psychiatry
Cooper Hospital University Medical Center
November 1999 – Present Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Temple University
December 2000 – Present Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
Drexel University School of Medicine
November 2017 – Present Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Volunteer Faculty
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
BOARD CERTIFICATION:
Diplomate National Board of Medical Examiners, 1986
Diplomate American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1991
Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, 2002 - present
Certificate Number 34537, No Expiration
LICENSURE:
Pennsylvania: MD-036492E, Exp 12/31/2022
New Jersey: 25MA05539500, Exp 6/30/2023
DEA: BC0591049, Exp 8/31/2024
ACHIEVEMENTS:
1.President of Operations of all inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services with
emphasis on high-quality programs that provide community service, managing 63 providers and over 250 staff.
2.Crozer liaison to Delaware County Office of Behavioral Health securing over $7 million
dollars of funds each year, not including $6.5 million for capital projects.
3.Procurement of 27 individual contracts to provide behavioral health in organizations with
psychiatric needs.
4.Developed and initiated 52 Substance Abuse Inpatient beds, 2018.
5.Achieved Center of Excellence status as a Substance Abuse provider, a Governor Wolf
designation.
6.Developed and initiated a 20-bed Geropsychiatry Unit, 2017.
7.Developed and initiated a program for pregnant, opioid addicted women (PEARL), 2017.
8.Developed and initiated a telepsychiatry service for psychiatric consultation within the
Health System as well as outside contracts in 2010.
9.Testified in Harrisburg, PA regarding the shortage of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
beds in the Commonwealth and disparities in funding.
10.Development and initiation of second Crisis Center in Delaware County at DCMH,
launching in 2022.
11.Development and initiation of 27-bed Substance Abuse Residential level of care at
DCMH, estimated launch August 2022.
12.RFP for the development of a 20-bed multi-county Extended Acute Care Unit, $4 million
RFP awarded to Crozer Psychiatry in May 2021.
13.Development of 16-person Adult Psychiatry Residency program. Initial accreditation
obtained February 2022. First class July 2022.
14.Partnerships with primary care services to facilitate collaboration and easy referral.
15.Multiple appearances on television regarding relevant topics for ABC, FOX, CBS, and
NBC news programs.
16.Featured in Philadelphia Magazine “Top Docs” issue several times over the past years,
most recently 2022.
17.Featured in Main Line Today “Top Docs” issue 12 years consecutively, most recently
2022.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS:
Member, American Medical Association
Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
Member, Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society
Member, American College of Physician Executives
Fellow, American Psychiatric Association
BOARD/COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS:
9/22 – 2/24 GrayHawk Advisory Board
9/22 – 6/23 Board Member, Joseph J. Peters Institute
6/22 – 6/23 Member, PHMC Senior Leadership Team
6/20 – 3/22 Member, Physician Council of CHMG
1/19 – 3/22 Board Member, Accountable Care Organization Board
7/17 – 3/22 Member, Medical Executive Committee (DCMH)
6/17 – 3/22 Board Member, Local Advisory Board, Prospect/Crozer
9/16 - 3/22 Chair of Finance, Prospect Provider Group Pennsylvania
1/01 – 3/22 Member, Leadership Development Committee
3/00 – 3/22 Chair, Behavioral Health Leadership Committee
3/00 - 3/22 Member, Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee
3/00 – 3/22 Member, CCMC Compliance Committee
9/00 - 3/22 Member, Quality of Care Committee
1/99 – 3/22 Member, Nominating Committee of MEC
10/99 – 3/22 Member, Psychiatry Peer Review
9/95 – 3/22 Member, Medical Executive Committee (CCMC)
9/95 – 3/22 Member, Ethics Committee
9/95 – 3/22 Member, Graduate Medical Education Committee
9/95 – 3/22 Member, Academic Committee
7/92 – 3/22 Member, Credentials Committee
3/00 - 7/16 Member, Risk Management Committee
3/00 - 7/16 Member, IS Operations Committee
6/00 - 6/13 Member, Medical Records Committee
6/01 - 7/19 Member, Physician Contracts Committee
10/99 - 1/09 Member, Medical Staff Services Committee
9/95 - 7/15 Member, Chiefs Committee
9/95 - 9/96 Member, Task Force regarding critical pathways
9/95 - 9/97 Institute for Behavioral Health Steering Committee
9/95 - 7/14 Member, Continuing Medical Education Committee
11/95 - 7/14 Member, Allied Health Committee
RESEARCH:
Co-Investigator - Greater than forty studies from 1990 - 1997
Depression Insomnia
Schizophrenia Hypertension
Anxiety Parkinson’s Disease
Panic Disorder Alzheimer’s Disease
Male Erectile Dysfunction Geriatric Depression
PUBLICATIONS:
Targum SD, Caputo KP, Ball SK. Menstrual Cycle Phase and
Psychiatric Admissions. Journal of Affective Disorders, April 1991.
Nifedipine for Treatment Refractory Depression. July 1986.
Letter to the Editor, Journal of Biological Psychiatry.
PRESENTATIONS:
Over 500 Lectures, local, regional, and national on various psychiatric topics and service line leadership