Curriculum Vitae

PRESENT AFFILIATIONS:

• Consultant in Neurology and Electrodiagnostics
• Associate Clinical Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
• Atlantic Clinical Trials LLC

(EMERITUS)

• Lecturer, Northeastern University
• Physician Assistant Program

CERTIFICATION:

• American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
• April 1981
• American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
• April 1995; renewed 2005

ORGANIZATIONS:

• American Medical Association
  • Member, Organized Medical Staff Section (OMSS)
• American Academy of Neurology
• Society For Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology
• Massachusetts Medical Society
  • Member, OMSS
• Massachusetts Neurological Association
  • Webmaster
  • Delegate to MMS House of Delegates
  • Past President and newsletter Editor
• National Headache Foundation
• Amer Assoc of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
  • Fellow

FELLOWSHIP:

July 1979 - June 1980
Neurobehavior/Aphasia, Boston Aphasia Unit
Boston VA Hospital; Boston University

RESIDENCY:

July 1976 - June 1979
Neurology, Duke University Medical Center

INTERNSHIP:

July 1975 - June 1976
Straight Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, MI

MEDICAL SCHOOL:

July 1971 - June 1975
Cornell University Medical College
New York, NY

UNDERGRADUATE:

Sept 1967 - June 1971
Yale Univ, BS Engineering & Applied Science

• Josiah W. Gibbs Science Honor Society
• Adrian Van Sinderen Book Collection Award

Courses/projects in control systems and Artificial Intelligence
Interest in Philosophy
University Crew

RESEARCH AFFILIATIONS:

• Mid 1973
  Medical Research techniques course
  Edinburgh, Scotland
• Mid 1972
  Chronic single electrode recording from rat hypothalamus
  Martin Hamburg, Ph.D.; Graduate School of Medical Science;
  Cornell University, NYC
• Mid 1970
  Research Trainee, Atomic Energy Commission
  (high energy physics)
  Ames, Iowa

PROFESSIONAL ARTICLES:

• Gold MD: "Prevention of Injury in the Workplace"; Work 1992:2(3);2-7;
  Elsevier (previously: Andover Medical Publishers, Inc.)
• Review of NERVLINE software for Computer News for Physicians;
  10/88
• Gold MD: "A View from the U.S.A."; Work 1995: 5;235-237;
  Elsevier

SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS:

"Spinal Stroke in the Absence of Large Vessel Disease or Vasculitis";
Massachusetts Neurologic Association Annual Educational Meeting
3/7/98, Boston, MA

"Progressive Finger Weakness" {autoimmune mononeuropathy multiplex};
Massachusetts Neurologic Association Annual Educational Meeting & 4th New England Regional Neurologic Societies Meeting;
6/4/94, Boston, MA

CLINICAL AFFILIATIONS:

CURRENT:

• Sept. 2008 Caritas Holy Family, Methuen, MA
• Aug. 2002 - Beth Israel Deaconess – Needham Hospital, Needham, MA
• Sept. 1982 - Whidden Memorial Hospital, Everett, MA
  • [now a campus of Cambridge Health Alliance]
  • [was Chief of Neurology from 1982 – 2002; Founding Site Director, Stroke]
• June, 1985 - Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, Melrose, MA [Hallmark Health]
• June, 1985 - Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Medford, MA [Hallmark Health]
• June, 1985 - Winchester Hospital, Winchester, MA

PRIOR:

• Aug. 1980 - July 1982 - New England Neurological Associates Lowell, MA (covering 3 hospitals by day, and a total of 8 in 35 mi. radius on call)
• Feb - June 1980 - Consulting Neurologist, Jewish Memorial Hospital, Roxbury, MA (during fellowship)
• July 1979 - Feb 1980 - Consulting Neurologist, Braintree Hospital Braintree, MA (during fellowship)
• Mar - June 1979 Consulting Neurologist, Cabarrus Memorial Hospital, Concord, NC (during residency)
• Jan - Apr 1989 - Neurologist for the North Shore Pain Center Danvers, MA
• June 1985 - Jan 1999 - Boston Regional Medical Center, Stoneham, MA (hospital closed)
• Dec. 1986 - May 1994 - Winthrop Hospital, Winthrop, MA (hospital closed)
• Dec. 1990 - Nov 1995 - Symmes Hospital, Arlington, MA (hospital closed)
• Jan. 1986 - Nov 1999 - Malden Hospital, Malden, MA (hospital closed)
• Aug 2002 - July 2003 - Newton-Wellesley Hospital (allowed to lapse)

OTHER:

• Member, Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee,
  • Hallmark Health
• Member, Editorial Board
  • Work (journal: Elsevier)
• Speaker's Bureau, Astra-Zeneca (prior)
• Site Director, "Community Neurology"
  • 4th year rotation, Tufts University Medical School (8 years)
• Delegate, Massachusetts Medical Society
• House of Delegates (rep: Mass. Neuro. Assn)
• Delegate to AMA Org Med Staff Section
• Member, Ref Cte. AMA-OMSS, June, 2011
• Member, American Academy of Neurology
• Member Reviewer Network (Quality Standards Subcommittee) and State Affairs Committee (prior)
• Member, Massachusetts Medical Society
  • Committee on Info Technology (prior)
  • Organized Medical Staff Section
• Newsletter Committee member, AAN Clinical Neurophysiology Section
• Alternate Representative, Whidden Memorial Hospital
  • to: Physicians Liaison Committee,
  • Blue Cross/Blue Shield of MA (committee terminated by BSH)
• Stewart Holy Family Hospital

PERSONAL:

• Born: Brooklyn, New York,
  • February 26, 1951
• Languages: Primary: English, Second: French

INTERESTS:

• Secretary, Boston Computer Society-
• Medical/Dental interest group;
• Editor of newsletter HEALTHCOMP & MD section, Professionals (1980-1985)
• (BCS now defunct)
• Computer programming
• Dramatic acting/directing/set design
• Co-founder and four time president, emeritus
• The Brook House Players
• Backpacking/camping; Mountain biking
• Tennis
• Science fiction
• Go (oriental board game)
• Yale Alumni Schools Committee, interviewer
• SCUBA
• Choir - Temple Emanuel, Andover, MA
• Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus
• Berkshire Choral Festival
• Yale Choral Festival
• Photography
• Rotary Club of Andover, MA
• Treasurer, Mystic Office Park Condo Trust (1997-2002)
• Member, Board of Eaton III Condominium (2004-2007)

TALKS GIVEN:

1. Medical Grand Rounds, Newton-Wellesley Hospital
• "Headache - 2002" (November 27, 2002)
• (Newton, MA)
2. Lynn Community Health Center
• "Headache - 2002" (April 3, 2002)
• (Lynn, MA)
3. Quigley Memorial Hospital Medical Conference
• "Parkinson's Disease - 2002" (March 13, 2002)
• (Chelsea, MA)
4. Quigley Memorial Hospital Medical Conference
• "Stroke - 2002" (February 13, 2002)
• (Chelsea, MA)
5. Winchester Hospital Medical Grand Rounds
• "Headache - 2002" (December 14, 2001)
• (Winchester, MA)
6. Malden Hospital Family Practice Residency, Conference:
• "Headache" (August 5, 1998)
• (Malden, MA)
7. National Headache Foundation Public Education Seminar (11/12/96)
• "Headaches: Their Causes, Prevention and Treatment"
• My Topic - "Tension Type Headaches" (one of three speakers for National Headache Soc)
• Sheraton Tara Hotel, Framingham, MA
8. Seventh Annual Stroke Rehabilitation Conference:
• Focus on Functional Outcome (October 13, 1995)
• (Cambridge, MA)
• "Can We Predict the Course of Cognitive Recovery Following Stroke?"
9. 'For the People - Ethical Medical & Mediation Alternatives'
• May 2, 1993 Symposium: "By the People, Of the People, For the People"
• On issues related to medicolegal mediation
10. Medical Grand Rounds, Winthrop Community Hospital (10/25/90)
• "Subarachnoid Hemorrhage"
11. Medical Staff Lecture, Whidden Memorial Hospital (4/11/89)
• "Evoked Potential Procedures"
12. The 1988 Boston Computer Society Wellness Conference
• The Harvard Club, Boston, MA (10/24/88)
• "The Health Risks Faced by 15,000,000 Computer VDT Users in the Workplace: Ergonomic Design & Stress - The Real Issues?"
13. Medical Grand Rounds, The Malden Hospital (11/14/86)
• "The Neurology/Neuropharmacology of Micturation"
14. Psychiatry Grand Rounds, The New England Memorial Hosp (11/6/86)
• "Behavioral Neurology - The Interface Between Psychiatry and Neurology"
15. The 9th Northeast Computer Faire (10/30/86) - World Trade Center, Boston, MA
• "Microcomputers in Health Care" (panelist)
16. Claflin Home Health Centers, Annual Spring Seminar - (5/9/86)
• "Maximizing Rehabilitation After a Stroke"
17. 43rd Biannual Meeting, Licensed Practical Nurses of MA (10/23/85)
• "Oh, My Aching Head" (included review of Pain)
18. Medical Grand Rounds, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital (1/85)
• "Computers in Medicine - A Status Report"
19. Interviewed during preparation of AMA Video Clinic on Computers in Medicine (not on-camera)
20. Periodic in-service lectures to affiliated health personnel,
• Whidden Memorial Hospital, Everett, MA
21. Periodic "Stroke Support Group" lecture/discussions,
• Whidden Memorial Hospital, Everett, MA
• Andover/Newburyport, Massachusetts
• Framingham, MA
22. Merrimack Valley Jewish Seniors (2/15/01)
• "Usual Cognitive Changes in the Elderly"
• at: Temple Emanuel, Andover, MA
23. Periodic Appearances on Cable Television Show, Andover, MA
• Lifestyles By Design

CONTINUING COMPUTER EDUCATION:

1. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
• Northeastern University - spring, 1987
2. Expert Systems Design I
• Northeastern University - fall, 1987
3. International Neural Network Society
• First Annual Meeting - Sept 6 thru 11, 1988

COMPUTER-RELATED MEMBERSHIPS (prior):

• Boston Computer Society
• American Medical InformaticsAssociation

EXPERIENCE IN:

• Machine Language
• BASIC
• LISP
• Unix
• C
• Macintosh Systems
• 486-based Systems
• Pentium Systems
• OS/2
• Windows 3.1, 95/98/2000
• Medical Office Management Systems
• Fortune 32:16
• Online Services
• Web Development
• Palm
• Pentium Systems
• Microsoft Access

OFFICE 1
955 Main Street, Suite 302
Winchester, MA 01890
Telephone: (781) 729-4344
FAX: (781) 721-0338

OFFICE 2
Bid Hospital - Needham
Neurology Clinic
148 Chestnut Street
Needham, MA 02492
Telephone: (781)-453-3696
FAX: (781) 453-3720