Dedicated, passionate healthcare leader with fifteen plus years of experience in the behavioral health sector, including managed care and community-based provider system; in depth knowledge of the children's system of care, including NYS Medicaid State Plan and Waiver services; extensive advocacy and public policy experience with research, analytics, ability to work cross-systems in coalitions, with government officials, policymakers and stakeholders; experience in child, youth and family policy and program development; ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment; writing and verbal communication skills; and networking skills.
Petit, J., Sheola, R., & Mermel, H.R. The Transformation of New York’s Children’s Behavioral Health System: Specialty Care Matters, Behavioral Health News [New York], Winter 2017, 20, 36
A Prescription for expanding school-based mental health services in New York Public Elementary Schools. Citizens Committee for Children of New York, Inc., 2013
Letter: Mental Care for Children, The New York Times, 12 April 2012, https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/12/opinion/mental-care-for-children.html
Attempted Suicide by Adolescent Latinas: A Public Health Concern, Salud Mental [New York], Summer 2007, 10
Hendin, H. Maltsberger, J.T. Szanto, K. Rabinowicz, H. Desperation and other affective states in suicidal patients, Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2004, 34, 4, 386 – 394
Hendin, H. Maltsberger, J.T. Haas, A.P. Szanto, K. Rabinowicz, H. Factors contributing to therapists’ distress after the suicide of a patient, The American Journal of Psychiatry, 2004, 161, 1442 – 1446