EDUCATION

JD Quinnipiac School of Law, Dean’s Fellow 2012-2015

Resident Denver Health Medical Center, Emergency Medicine 2002-2005

Postdoctoral Fellow UCLA School of Medicine 1998-2002

Department of Molecular & Microbiology

Resident UCLA School of Medicine, General Surgery 1997-1998

Resident Stanford University, General Surgery 1995-1997

MD UCLA School of Medicine 1991-1995

BS Yale University, Biology 1987-1991

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

Assistant Medical Director, Waterbury Hospital/TeamHealth 09/2019-present

Attending Physician, St. Elizabeth’s Emergency Department/TeamHealth 07/2018-present

Assistant Medical Director, St. Elizabeth’s Emergency Department/TeamHealth 07/2018-05/2019

Attending Physician, Stamford Hospital/USACS 07/2005-06/2018

American Health Lawyers Association 07/2015-present

Chair MD-JD Affinity Group 2017-present

Credentialing Committee, Stamford Hospital 02/2014-06/2018

Chair 02/2016-06/2018

Medical Director for EMT-Basic Course (Stamford Hospital) 01/2012-12/2014

Summer Associate, Donahue, Durham & Noonan, P.C. 06/2014-08/2014

Owner/CEO, Toussaint Legal Consulting, LLC 05/2017-present

ORGANIZATIONS/COMMITTEES

American Board of Emergency Medicine, Fellow 2005-present

American College of Emergency Physicians, Fellow 2005-present

Quality Review Committee/The Stamford Hospital 2009-2014

PSLRRG Claims Management Committee/EMP/USACS 2010-2018

EMP Health Policy Group 2013-2018

Bylaws Committee, Stamford Hospital 2015-2018

Risk Management USACS East Region Committee 2017-2018

AWARDS/HONORS

Outstanding Clinical Student Award from the Clinical Legal Education Association 2015

Quinnipiac University School of Law Award for Service to the Law School 2015

Quinnipiac University School of Law Award for Service to the Community2015

Quinnipiac University School of Law Award for Superior Classroom Performance 2015

WEBINARS

Moving Beyond the Basics: A Bootcamp for Hospital Lawyers and Advisors-

Medical Staff, Credentialing and Peer Review 09/20/2018

INTERESTS/VOLUNTEER ACTIVITY

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc 1987-present

Jack and Jill of America Inc., Member 2011-present

Chair of Community Service Committee 2013-2014

Bone Marrow Donor Drive Organizer 10 & 11/2013

The Waiting Room: The delivery of primary care in the ED 11/19/2013

Panelist

Take Back the Night, Panelist 04/16/2015

Everyday Democracy 07/2017-06/2018

Hobbies: Tennis, knitting, gardening, travel, swimming

PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS

Brown VM, Ossadtchi A, Khan AH, Gambhir SS, Cherry SR, Leahy RM, Smith DJ. Gene

expression tomography. Physiol Genomics. 2002; 8: 159-167.

Brown VM, Ossadtchi A, Khan AH, Cherry SR, Leahy RM, Smith DJ. High-throughput imaging

of brain gene expression. Genome Res. 2002; 12: 244-254.

Singh RP, Brown VM, Chaudhari A, Khan AH, Ossadtchi A, Sforza DM, Meadors AK, Cherry

SR, Leahy RM, Smith DJ High-resolution voxelation mapping of human and rodent brain gene

expression. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 2003; 125(1-2): 93-101.

Ossadtchi A, Brown VM, Khan AH, Cherry SR, Nichols TE, Leahy RM, Smith DJ Statistical

analysis of multiplex brain gene expression images. Neurochemical research. . 2002; 27(10):

1113-21.

Brown VM, Ossadtchi A, Khan AH, Yee S, Lacan G, Melega WP, Cherry SR, Leahy RM, Smith

DJ, Multiplex three-dimensional brain gene expression mapping in a mouse model of Parkinson's

disease. Genome research. 2002; 12(6): 868-84.

EMTALA: Anti-patient dumping legislation since 1986; presented at Stamford Hospital Women

Physician’s Group on Wednesday, October 20, 2014.

Introduction of Judge A.C. Robinson, award recipient, SYL141105-Young Lawyers Section

Diversity Dinner, November 5, 2014.

Legal Issues in EMS (CME), November 20, 2019

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