Current Professional Activities
- Engaged in Small Animal Practice on Long Island and Forest Hills, New York
- Long Island Veterinary Medical Association, President 1996-1997
- Board Member New York State Board for Veterinary Medicine 1997-present
- Founding Board Member Long Island Veterinary Medical Association's Animal Health Foundation
- AAHA Council of 100
- Visiting Professor University of Bologna Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Honors & Awards
- Long Island Veterinary Medical Association Regional Service Award 1994
- Molloy College, Teaching Excellence Award 1994
- Stanley Aldrich Award for Service to the Veterinary Profession 2000
Hobbies
- Music, especially Brasilian and Latin American
- Traveling
- Languages (I speak 5)
- Computers
- Martial Arts
Marital Status
Children
- Daniel 18
- Ilana 16
- Gregory 13
Pets
- Lily, 5 year old Bernese Mountain Dog, the sweetest dog that ever lived
- Charlie, 4 year old Mini Long Haired Dachshund with all Intervertebral Disks in place and really spunky
- TJ, 7year old DSH who thinks he's a dog
- Velvet, 3 year old DSH who's invisible most of the time
- Puff, the Bearded Dragon, now about 4 years old
- Alex, 3 year old Quaker parrot who hates me about as much as Lily loves me. He's partial to women.
Favorite Quote
"You can never go wrong if you do what's right".
What I like Best about VIN
VIN is what veterinary medicine was meant to be. A never ending resource of information and a community of colleagues interacting and helping each other be better at what we've all worked so hard to be. I use it daily, and it never fails me. Not many things you can say can do that!