Sherman – 1/14/2016
Business address:227 East 30th Street, Room 723
New York University School of Medicine
New York, NY 10016
(646) 501-2636 / (212) 951-3269 (fax)
/ / Home address:
12 Beaver Dam Road
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
(201) 327-8613
DOB: 9/12/60 (Chicago, IL)
3 children
Education/Training
1982 A.B. Brown University, Providence, RI. Major – Mathematics.
1986 M.D. New York University (NYU) School of Medicine
7/86 – 6/89 Primary Care Internal Medicine residency, Bellevue Hospital Center – NYU Med. Center
7/89 – 6/91 Fellowship, General Internal Medicine, Boston University Medical Center (counted simultaneously as a Geriatrics Fellowship)
7/89 – 6/91 Residency, Preventive Medicine, Boston University Medical Center
1991 M.P.H. Boston University School of Public Health. Major – Epidemiology/Biostatistics.
Licensure
1987 Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners
1987 – present License, New York (171632) (inactivated 1992, reactivated 2005)
1989 – 1992 License, Massachusetts (71545)
1989 Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine
1992 – 2006 License, California (G075099)
1992 – present Board-eligible, Preventive Medicine
1994 Diplomate, Geriatric Medicine (recertified 2004)
Academic Appointments
1987 – 1989 Clinical Instructor in Medicine, New York University School of Medicine
1991 – 1998 Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
1998 – 2004 Associate Professor of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
2004 – 2005 Professor of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
2005 – 2007 Associate Professor of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine
2007 – 2013 Associate Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry, New York Univ. School of Medicine
2013 – present Associate Professor of Population Health, Medicine and Psychiatry, Department of Population Health, NYU School of Medicine
2014 – 2015 Associate Professor, Institute of Global Public Health, New York University
2015 – present Associate Professor, College of Global Public Health, New York University
Hospital Appointments
1988 – 1989 Attending Physician, Emergency Room, Bellevue Hosp. Center – NYU Medical Center
1989 – 1991 House Staff Physician, Hahnemann Hospital, Brighton, MA
1990 – 1991 Attending Physician, Jewish Memorial Hospital, Jamaica Plain, MA
1991 – 2005 Attending Physician, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA
1991 – 2005 Attending Physician, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Sylmar, CA (county hospital)
1992 – 1994 Volunteer Physician, Venice Family Clinic, Venice, CA
2005 – present Attending Physician, VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, New York, NY
2005 – present Attending Physician, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, NY
2005 – present Attending Physician, Tisch Hospital/NYU Medical Center, New York, NY
2007 – 2011 Attending Physician, Odyssey House, New York, NY
Other Professional Experience
1989 – 1991 Consultant, Clin. Info. Advantages, Inc. Assisted in designing/testing medical software.
1991 – 2005 Staff Internist, Pilot Ambulatory Care & Education (PACE) Green Primary Care Team, Sepulveda VAMC
1992 – 1994 Senior Internist, PACE Green Primary Care Team, Sepulveda VAMC
1992 – 2005 Director, Smoking Cessation Clinic, Sepulveda VAMC
1993 – 1995 Facilitator, Communication Strategies in the Medical Interview, a national teaching program sponsored by Pfizer Pharmaceuticals/Emory University School of Medicine
1993 – 1998 Director, Preventive Medicine Program, Sepulveda VAMC
1993 – 2005 Sepulveda VA Site Coordinator, VA Center for Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior
1994 – 1996 Chief, Preventive Medicine and Administrative Medicine, Sepulveda VAMC
1994 – 1998 Facilitator-in-training, American Academy on Physician & Patient
1996 – 1998 Chief, Preventive Medicine, Sepulveda VAMC
2008 – 2012 Interim Chief, Section of Geriatric Medicine, NYU School of Medicine
2008 – 2013 Program Director, Fellowship in Geriatric Medicine, NYU School of Medicine
2013 – present Co-Chief, Section on Tobacco, Alcohol and Drug Use, Department of Population Health, NYU School of Medicine
2013 – 2015 Co-Chair, Recruitment and Retention Working Group, NYU-HHC Clinical and Translational Science Institute, NYU School of Medicine
2015 – present Co-Chair, Research Recruitment Unit, NYU-HHC Clinical and Translational Science Institute, NYU School of Medicine
2015 – present Co-Director, Epidemiology and Cancer Control Program, Perlmutter Cancer Center, NYU School of Medicine
Awards Received
1991 Individual National Research Service Award, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, for "Study of Exercise Counseling by Physicians".
3/92 Finalist, Associates Competition, American College of Physicians Annual Meeting. Poster presentation of "Should elderly people exercise?: Results from the Framingham Heart Study."
11/92 Special Contribution Award, Sepulveda VAMC, for outstanding patient education for creation of Smoking Cessation Program.
1994 – 1997 Career Development Award, UCLA Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center.
Major Committee Assignments
National
1989 – 1993 Member, Task Force on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse, Soc. of Gen. Internal Medicine
1991 – 1993 Review Panel, Educational Clearinghouse for Internal Medicine (section on Behavioral Medicine/Psychosocial Dimensions of Primary Care)
1991 – 1996 Director, Bibliography Project, American Academy on Physician and Patient
1998 – 2000 Member, Adoption and Development Subcommittee of the VA National Advisory Committee for Clinical Practice Guidelines
2000 Chair, Educational Grant Review Committee, Contemporary Education Initiative, The Network, San Francisco, CA
2002 – present VA National Smoking and Tobacco Use Cessation Technical Advisory Group (Chair, 2002-2006)
2003 Co-Chair, Veterans Health Administration/Department of Defense Tobacco Use Cessation Clinical Practice Guideline Working Group
2004 – 2008 Chair, Data Safety Monitoring Board, VA Cooperative Study #519, Integrating Practice Guidelines for Smoking Cessation Into Mental Health Care for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
2004 – 2006 Chair, VA National Smoking Cessation Clinical Reminder Working Group
2005 – 2006 VA Health Services Research & Development Service, Chronic Care Study Section
2005 – 2010 Co-Chair, Smoking Cessation Subgroup, VA Substance Use Disorders Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI)
2006 – 2010 Executive Committee, VA Substance Use Disorders Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI)
9/17-9/18/08 Invited participant, NIH Working Group on Smoking Cessation in Hospitalized Patients, Bethesda, MD
12/14/2010 Research Dissemination and Implementation Study Section, Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group 2011/01 ZHL1 CSR-Z (F1), NHLBI
2/3/2011 Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group 2011/05 ZRG1 RPHB-C (03), NHLBI
3/2-3/3/11 Scientific Review Panel, VA Health Services Research & Development Service
2/28-2/29/12 Study Section/Scientific Review Group, Fogarty International Center, NCI/NIDA
4/16/2012 Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group 2012/05 ZHL1 CSR-K (M1), NHLBI
8/26/2013 Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group 2013/10 ZHL1 CSR-K (O1), NHLBI
6/30/2014 Special Emphasis Panel/Scientific Review Group 2014/10 ZRG1 HDM-V (O3), NIH
Local
1992 – 1993 Member, Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee, Sepulveda VAMC
1993 – 1994 Chair, PACE Managed Care Committee, Sepulveda VAMC
1994 – 1996 Member, Evaluation Subcommittee, UCLA Medical Education Committee
1995 Chair, Patient Education Functional Assessment Team, Sepulveda VAMC
1996 – 1997 Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 22 Preventive Medicine Work Group
1996 – 1997 VISN 22 Compensation & Pension Examination Work Group
1996 – 1998 Member, Institutional Review Board, Sepulveda VAMC
1997 – 1998 Chair, Sepulveda OPC Ambulatory Care Performance Improvement Subcouncil, Southern California System of Clinics
1997 – 1999 Chair, Clinical Practice Guideline Steering Committee, Southern CA System of Clinics
1997 – 1999 Member, VISN 22 Clinical Practice Guideline Work Group
2001 – 2004 Member, Institutional Review Board, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
2003 – 2005 Member, Health Services Research Scientific Review Committee, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
2005 – present Member, VISN 3 Smoking Cessation Work Group
2006 – 2008 Mentorship Coordinator, Division of General Internal Medicine, NYU
2006 – 2009 Mentorship Coordinator, RAND/Hartford Geriatrics Training Program, NYU
Societies
1987 – present Society of General Internal Medicine
1989 – present American College of Physicians
1990 – present Task Force on Doctor and Patient, Society of General Internal Medicine
1993 – present Fellow, American Academy on Communication in Healthcare (formerly Task Force on Doctor and Patient, Society of General Internal Medicine)
1996 – 1997 President, California Chapter, Society of General Internal Medicine
1998 – present Fellow, American College of Physicians
2000 – present Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
2008 – present American Geriatrics Society
Editorial Positions
Editorial Board
2015 – present International Journal of Mental Health
Ad hoc reviewer
Addiction, American Journal of Managed Care, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine, BMC Geriatrics, BMC Family Practice, BMC Health Services Research, Drug & Alcohol Dependence, Health Affairs, JAMA, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Journal of General Internal Medicine, Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development, Military Medicine, Nicotine & Tobacco Research, Preventive Medicine
Organizing Conferences/Meetings
1993 Course Director, American Academy on Physician and Patient Regional Faculty Development Workshop on "Teaching the medical interview and related skills"
1994 Abstract Review Committee, 1994 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting
1994 Course Director, American Academy on Physician and Patient National Faculty Development Workshop on "Teaching the medical interview: The doctor-patient relationship in a changing health care environment"
1995 Program Director, Sepulveda portion of National Association of VA Physician Ambulatory Managers annual meeting, Universal City, CA
1995 – 1996 Co-Chair of Special Programs, 1996 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting Program Planning Committee
1996 Program Director, Southern California Regional Chapter of the Society of General Internal Medicine annual meeting, “Building a better primary care doctor: Collaboration between general internists and family physicians”
1997 Abstract Review Committee, 1997 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting
1997 – 1998 Chair, Abstract/Workshop Selection, 1998 VA Health Services Research & Development (HSR&D) Service Annual Meeting
1999 Workshop Review Committee, 1999 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Mtg.
1999 Abstract Review Committee, 2000 VA HSR&D Annual Meeting
2000 Workshop Review Committee, 2000 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Mtg.
2000 Precourse Review Committee, 2001 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Mtg.
2001 Abstract Review Committee, 2002 VA HSR&D Service Annual Meeting
2002 Abstract Review Committee, 2002 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Mtg.
2002 Abstract Review Committee, 2003 VA HSR&D Service Annual Meeting
2003 Precourse Review Committee, 2004 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Mtg.
2004 Abstract Review Committee, 2004 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Mtg.
2004 Abstract Review Committee, 2005 National Conference on Tobacco or Health
2004 Abstract Review Committee, 2005 Soc. for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Ann. Mtg.
2004 Planning Committee, Integrating Tobacco Cessation Treatment Into VA Mental Health Care Conference, 6/3-6/4/04, Seattle, WA
2005 Planning Committee, Integrating Tobacco Cessation Treatment Into VA Mental Health Care Conference, 5/5-5/6/05, Chicago, IL
2006 Co-Chair, Prevention Abstract Review Committee, 2006 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Mtg.
2006 Workshop Review Committee, 2007 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Mtg.
2007 Abstract Review Committee, 2007 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Mtg.
2007 Workshop Review Committee, 2008 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Mtg.
2008 Abstract Review Committee, 2008 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Mtg.
2008 – 2009 Chair of Special Programs, 2009 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting Program Planning Committee
2009 Abstract Review Committee, 2009 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Mtg.
2009 Workshop Review Committee, 2010 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Mtg.
2010 Abstract Review Committee, 2011 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Mtg.
2010 Workshop Review Committee, 2011 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Mtg.
2011 Precourse Review Committee, 2012 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Mtg.
2011 Chair, Prevention Abstract Review Committee, 2012 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Mtg.
2013 Co-Chair, First International Meeting on Waterpipe Tobacco Research, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2014 Planning Committee, Second International Meeting on Waterpipe Tobacco Research, Doha, Qatar
2014 – 2015 Local Planning Committee, World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Abu Dhabi, UAE
2014 Chair, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Abstract Review Committee, 2015 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting
2015 Abstract Review Committee, 2015 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Mtg.
2015 Chair, Career Development Workshop Review Committee, 2016 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting
2016 Mental Health and Substance Abuse Abstract Review Committee, 2016 Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting
Teaching Experience
Courses
6/94, 6/95 “Training seminar for counseling patients about smoking”, created and led a 4.5 hour workshop training providers to be effective counselors about smoking cessation
1994 – 2004 “The physician-patient relationship”, invited speaker for Sociology of Medicine class, Pitzer College, Claremont, CA. 2 hours/year.
1994 – 1996 Seminar creator and leader, “Teaching how to teach”, multicampus seminar for fellows and chief residents in general internal medicine. 10 hours/year.
1994 – 1996 Fellowship director, preventive medicine residency/fellowship, Sepulveda VA/UCLA School of Public Health
1995 – 2005 Behavior modification counseling, seminar given as part of the Behavioral Medicine course at Sepulveda VAMC. 16 hours/year.
Lectures
9/18/91 "Screening for alcohol abuse", Housestaff Conference, Sepulveda, CA
9/19/91 "Should elderly people exercise?: Results from the Framingham Heart Study." VA Health Services Research Seminar, Sepulveda, CA
1/8/92 "Preventive Medicine Guidelines", California Coalition of Nurse Practitioners, Greater Los Angeles Chapter
1/10/92 "Diagnosing and treating depression as an internist – case discussion", UCLA/ San Fernando Valley Program Housestaff Conference, Sepulveda, CA
1/29/93 "Results from the Sepulveda VA Stop Smoking Clinic." VA Health Services Research Seminar, Sepulveda, CA
4/21/94 “Getting your patients to stop smoking”, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Sepulveda, CA
4/26/94 “Getting your patients to stop smoking”, multicampus geriatrics conference, Geriatric Research Education & Clinical Center, Sepulveda, CA
11/10/94 “Preventive care for women”, keynote speaker for Women Veterans Recognition Day, Sepulveda VAMC
11/29/94 “Prevention at the Sepulveda VA”, invited speaker for Seminar in Preventive Medicine (CHS 243C), UCLA School of Public Health
9/25/95 “Getting your patients to stop smoking”, Housestaff Conference, Sepulveda, CA
10/17/95 "Preventive medicine for psychiatrists", Psychiatry Housestaff Conf., Sepulveda, CA
1/9/96 “Measuring the performance of performance-based measures”, research seminar, multicampus lecture series, Geriatric Research Education & Clin. Center, Sepulveda, CA
5/16/96 “Exercise: What every provider should know”, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Sepulveda, CA
8/23/96 “Cost of establishing comprehensive geriatric assessment in the primary care setting”, invited presentation at conference on Practical Approaches to Geriatric Assessment in Primary Care , Culver City, CA