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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
Sub-Investigator:
A Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo - Controlled, Parallel-Group, Study to Evaluate the Safety and Impact on Quality of Life of 12 Weeks of Provigil Therapy at Dosages of 200 and 300mg Once Daily as Treatment for Adults With Excessive Sleepiness Associated With Shift Work Sleep Disorder.(Cephalon)
Principal Investigator:
A Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo - Controlled Evaluation of the Safety and Efficacy of Memantine in Patients with Mild to Moderate Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type. (Forest Laboratories)
Principal Investigator:
A Randomized, 26-Week, Double Blind, Placebo - Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Galantamine in the Treatment of Dementia Secondary to Cerebrovascular Disease. (Janssen)
Principal Investigator:
A Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo - Controlled Parallel, Two-Week Efficacy and Safety Study of (S) Zopiclone in the Treatment of Elderly Subjects with Primary Insomnia. (Sepacor)
Principal Investigator:
A Placebo - Controlled Dose-Titration Efficacy and Tolerability Study of Neotrofin in Patients With Probable Alzheimer's Disease. (Neotherapeutics)
Principal Investigator:
A Double Blind Placebo - Controlled Parallel Randomized Study of the Efficacy and Safety of (S) Zopiclone in the Treatment of Adult Subjects with Primary Insomnia. (Sepacor)
Sub Investigator:
Clinical study of new sedative-hypnotic compound (Zaleplon) in healthy, elderly, insomniacs. Sleep Disorders Center, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL.
A retrospective analysis of therapeutic nasal continuous positive airway pressures for patients with obstructive sleep apnea: "All for one and one for all." Topic presented at the Southern Sleep Society meeting; New Orleans, LA; March, 1996.
Geriatric Psychiatry, Georgetown University, 1986. Organized an Alzheimer's disease clinical study. Stimulation of the brain nicotinic receptor and its affect on memory was examined.
Developmental Biology Laboratory, Syracuse University, 1984-1985, Studied the role of extra- cellular matrix in embryo development.
Professional Activities: Medical Director, Broward Research Group, Inc. formerly known as Broward Wellness and Re- search, Inc. Jan 2001- Present.
Co-Medical Director, Sleep-Wake Disorders Center of South Florida; 1997 - Present.
Member Plantation General Hospital Research Committee
Member Hollywood Medical Center Continuing Medical Education Committee
Member Hollywood Medical Center Performance Improvement Council
Neurology and Cardiology Associates, Staff Neurologist, Hollywood, Florida; Aug 2000 - Feb 2001.
Neurologic Consultants, Staff Neurologist, South Miami, Florida; Jan 1999 - July 2000.
Miami Center for Neurological Diseases, Staff Neurologist, Miami, Florida; Jan 1998 - Dec 1998.
Ricardo Garcia Rivera M.D. and Associates, Staff Neurologist, Miami, Florida; Jul 1997 - Dec 1997.
Past Sub-section Chief, Neurology. Baptist/South Miami Hospitals.
Past Member Baptist/South Miami Hospital Department of Medicine DAC.
Past Member Baptist Hospital Sleep Lab Committee.
Past Member Baptist/South Miami Hospital Cardiac Surgery/Miami Vascular Institute Quality Assurance Committee.
SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS:
"The Neurological Examination and Neurological Testing", Soft Tissue Injury Seminar, Florida Defense Lawyers Association, April, 2000.
"Obstructive Sleep Apnea", Annual Sunshine Seminar, Florida Society of Respiratory Care, June, 2000
"REM Behavior Disorder, " Southeast/Southwest Regional A.P.T. meeting, Miami, Florida; September, 1996.
"Sleep Disorders in Post Polio Syndrome," Post Polio Association of South Florida; Miami, Florida; May, 1996.
"REM Behavior Disorder," Sleep Grand Rounds, Veterans Administration Medical Center; Miami, Florida; February, 1996.
"Insomnia and Sleep Hygiene," Sleep Lecture Series, Jackson Memorial Medical Center; Miami, Florida; February, 1996.
"Sleep Related Breathing Disorders in a Patient with Diabetic Phrenic Neuropathy," Pulmonary/Sleep Grand Rounds, Mount Sinai Medical Center; Miami Beach, Florida; November, 1995.
"A Case of Ataxic Breathing While Awake After a Cervico-medullary Hemorrhage," Pulmonary/Sleep Grand Rounds, Mount Sinai Medical Center; Miami Beach, Florida; August, 1995.
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