Curriculum Vitae

David Block MD, PhD, ARM

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Education:

• BA: Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, 1967 (major in Engish and Philosophy)


• MA: Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, 1969 (English)


• Ph.D.: New York University, 1973 (English, with a concentration in Linguistics)


• MD: Abraham Lincoln School of Medicine of the University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, 1979 (with Honors in Independent Study)

Professional Training:

• Internship in Internal Medicine, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, 1979-1980


• Residency in Neurology, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, 1980-1983 (concentration in electromyography)


• Fellowship, American Academy of Disability Evaluating Physicians, 1993


• Curriculum in Occupational Medicine, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 1993


• Certification, American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians, 1995, 1999


• Associate in Risk Management, Insurance Institute of America, 1999

Licenses and Advanced Training:

• Licensed Physician and Surgeon, State of Illinois (036-061145)


• Licensed Physician and Surgeon, State of Georgia (037140)


• Board Certification in Neurology, American Academy of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1986

Theses:

• The moral nature of feudal chivalry in Malory's Le Morte Darthur. Unpublished MA thesis, 1969


• The structure of relative clauses in the early Scots Legends of the Saints. Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, 1973


• The neurological world view: a preliminary report. Unpublished James Scholar thesis, University of Illinois College of Medicine, 1979

Awards:

• New York State Regents Scholarship, 1963-1967


• Perry McDonald Scholarship, New York University, 1963


• New York State Regents Doctoral Fellowship, 1969


• New York State Regents Doctoral Fellowhip for Advanced Graduate Study, 1970


• Adelmann Scholarship, University of Illinois College of Medicine, 1976-1979


• James Scholar in Independent Study, University of Illinois, 1976-1979


• Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners, 1980

Academic Honors and Publications:

• Member, Executive Board, Northeast Modern Language Association, 1969-1970


• Relativization in early Middle Scots. Midwest Modern Language Association offprints, 1973


• The structure of relative clauses in the early Scots Legends of the Saints. DAI. 35, 2A: 1075(1974)


• Signs and symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS): a multivariate analysis. With John Rearden. Draft. (1986)
• Public lectures at St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital, Effingham, IL, in the Public Health Forum
  (subjects included Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Occupational Medicine, and Health Risks in Agriculture)


• "Thimble Farm, Martha's Vineyard" [poetry], Cape Cod Life, 16, 3, June/July 1994


• Block, D. (1997). Confessions of a Workers' Compensation Doctor. Public Risk, August, 1997


• The Macon Telegraph, Theatre and Music Critic, 1995-1997 (various columns on theatre and concerts)


• The Milledgeville Union Recorder, Health Editor for Seniors' Supplement, 1995-1997 (various columns for the general public on stroke, Parkinson's Disease, essential tremor, diagnosing neurological disease in the elderly)
• Seila, A., Block, D., and Samprone, J. "A Computer Simulation of Emergency Department Operations." Poster presentation at the Mid-State Council for Health Care Research, Georgia College and State University, October 1997
• Lectures on documentation in the medical chart, physician reimbursement and coding, and healthcare compliance at various hospitals nationwide, 1998--
• Lectures on Neurology, Risk, and Risk Management at Georgia College and State University, College of Health Sciences, 1995-1999
• Organizer and moderator of "Risk: An Interdisciplinary Forum," Georgia College and State University, April 1999
• Block, D. "Workers' Compensation," Lecture at Risk: An Interdisciplinary Forum, Georgia College and State University, April 1999
• Block, D., et al. "Compliant Documentation Management Program for Physicians" [interactive CD-ROM continuing medical education course certified for 18.5 CME by Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA] Challenger Corp., 2001

Experience:

• Manager of Physician Services, J.A. Thomas & Associates, Smyrna, GA, 2001--
• Consultant, Health Care Management, J.A. Thomas & Associates, Smyrna, GA, 1998--
• Private Practice in Neurology, 1983-1999
• Principal Partner (with A. Seila, PhD, and J. Samprone, PhD) in Emergency Department Processes, under contract with Oconee Regional Medical Center, Milledgeville, GA, for the evaluation of the local Emergency Department, 1997-1999
• Reviewer and consultant, International Healthcare Consultants, Inc., Marietta, GA, 1994-1999
• Reviewer and consultant, Intracorp, Chicago, IL, 1994-1999
• Medical Association of Georgia Workers' Compensation Committee, 1995-1997
• Medical Director, C.T. Harris Corporation, Deepstep, GA, 1995-1999
• Lecturer, University of Illinois College of Medicine, 1985-1993
• Lecturer in Neuroscience, Rush Medical College (Speech and Hearing Dept), Chicago, IL
• Organizer and editor of the Journal of Experimental Research and Medicine (on-line computer journal devoted to medicine, published over the PLATO network, University of Illinois, 1976)
• Assistant professor, Department of English, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, 1972-1976
• Lecturer, Department of English, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, 1972
• Junior High School teacher, New York City Board of Education, 1968-1972
• Social Worker, New York City Department of Welfare, 1967

References:

• Available on request