Retired Surgeon Joel Roskind to Instruct on Business of Medicine
Sunday, February 21st, 2010Plastic surgeon Joel Roskind, who ran a large, successful clinic on Long Island before moving to Miami to consult, has returned to the New York area to instruct, consult and pursue a personal interest in Judaic spirituality. Dr. Joel Roskind, also returns to Boston University Medical School, where he has taught previously, to teach a case management class called Integrated Problems.
Joel Roskind MD approaches medicine from a multidisciplinary and humanitarian perspective. Dr. Joel Roskind also served in the U. S. Navy as part of a three-man plastic surgery team, and during that time he traveled to Mexico to do surgery on deprived children with cleft lips and palates.
Aside from operating a huge, successful plastic surgery office, he also has an active interest in patient safety. Over the course of his vocation, he witnessed an increasing number of surgical procedures moving from hospital settings to ambulatory and outpatient facilities. He observed that while cost effective, this trend also raised a number of patient safety questions. This lead him to form a long and fruitful relationship with the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities (AAASF), subsequently becoming an inspector for that body and helping establish what is now the gold standard for outpatient facility accreditation. He is well qualified to confer with such facilities to help them attain certification.
And, Joel Roskind MD is an knowledgeable teacher. He has previously taught at Boston University, as well as the Nassau University Medical Center, North Shore University Hospital, Cornell Medical School and the University of California, San Diego. He is also the former Voluntary Clinical Assistant Professor or Surgery at the University Of Miami School Of Medicine.
Fulfilling the trust that patients put in their physicians has always been a top priority for Dr. Joel Roskind. He feels that he can continue to contribute to best practices and patient safety in a broader and more comprehensive way through his career as a instructor and advisor. When he is not lecturing or consulting, Dr. Joel Roskind plans to pursue a personal interest in Judaic studies.