Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Affiliations
Certification
Presentations
Abstracts
Publications
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Jill Deborah Bernstein, MD, FAAP

South Windsor,CT

Summary

To work in pediatrics with the underserved in a collaborative environment that fosters teaching the next generation of pediatricians.

Overview

30
30
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Pediatrician

Staywell Health Center
08.2020 - Current
  • General pediatrician in an FQHC in inner city community
  • Director of quality improvement of pediatrics
  • Physician supervisor of physician assistant
  • Preceptor of medical students from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Medical Director Physician Relations

Connecticut Children's
03.2017 - 08.2020
  • Fostered professional relationships with referring providers in the entire state of CT leading to one point of access for provider concerns
  • Director of the Referring Provider Advisory Board

Pediatrician in Pediatric Urology Department

Connecticut Children's Medical Center
02.2009 - 08.2020
  • Provided non-surgical pediatric urologic care and case management
  • Co-Medical Director of GUPPE program (group managing patients with disorders of sexual differentiation)
  • Prenatal Center Coordinator to foster prenatal pediatric subspecialty consults and collaborative pre and postnatal patient management.

Public School System Medical Advisor

Capital Region Education Council
07.2005 - 06.2012

Pediatrician/Unit Manager

Connecticut Children's Emergency Department
09.2003 - 02.2009
  • Worked as second attending in Main ED from 2003-2006 including precepting pediatric and emergency medicine residents
  • Managed the Kids Express prompt care unit of the Emergency Department 2006-2009 and provided general and urgent pediatric care

Pediatrician

Unionville Pediatrics
08.2003 - 01.2006
  • General pediatrician in suburban pediatric practice

Research Fellow

National Institute of Health
06.1995 - 07.1996
  • Research fellow in NIH lab studying cancer metastasis
  • Presented findings at a national conference

Education

Residency in Pediatrics

University of Connecticut School of Medicine
06-2003

MD -

University of Connecticut School of Medicine
05.2000

BA - Neuroscience and Psychology

Brandeis University
05.1995

Skills

  • Clinical Instructor of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine

Affiliations

American Academy of Pediatrics

Certification

  • National Board of Medical Examiners (USMLE), diplomate July 2001
  • American Academy of Pediatric, Fellow October 2003
  • AAP Maintenance of Certification, Issued October 2013, recertification December 2020
  • Connecticut Medical License, 041337
  • United States DEA Registration, BB8299100
  • CPR Certification, 06/12/26
  • Connecticut Controlled Substance Registration, CSP.0033499

Presentations

  • "Intersexuality: Disorders, Differences, and Identities" 03/2013 ,True Colors Conference, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
  • "Gender Identity Dysphoria" 3/2013, Connecticut Children's Pediatric Grand Rounds, Hartford, CT
  • "When Pink and Blue and Not Enough" 1/2013, Capital Region Education Council School Nursing Professional Development, East Hartford, CT
  • "Ambiguous Genitalia" 3/2012, Connecticut Children's Perinatal Conference, Hartford, CT
  • "Addressing Penicillin Allergy" 4/2002, Connecticut Children's Case Management Conference
  • "Too Much Pressure-Pediatric Hypertension" 12/2001, Connecticut Children's Case Management Conference
  • "Health Issues in Navajo Adolescents" 5/2000, University of Connecticut School of Medicine Pediatric Scholars Conference, Farmington, CT
  • "Macromolecular Substrate Inhibition of Matrix Metalloproteinases" 4/1996, American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA

Abstracts

Leferson, J, D.E. Kleiner, and W.G. Stetler-Stevenson. "Macromolecular Substrate Inhibition of Matrix Metalloproteinases Demonstrated Using a Competing Thiopeptolide Assay." The Faseb Journal 10(6): A1131, 1996 April 30.

Publications

Seftor, RE, EA Seftor, JE De Larco, DE Kleiner, J Leferson, et al. "Chemically Modified Tetracyclines Inhibit Human Melanoma Cell Invasion And Metastasis."  Clinical & Experimental Metastasis 16(3): 217-225, 1998 April.

Oliver, G, J. Leferson, W.G.Stetler-Stevenson, and D.E. Kleiner. "Quantitative Reverse Zymography: Analysis of Picogram Amounts of MMP Inhibitors Using Gelatinase A and B Reverse Zymograms." Analytical Biochemistry 244:161-166, 1997 January.

Timeline

Pediatrician

Staywell Health Center
08.2020 - Current

Medical Director Physician Relations

Connecticut Children's
03.2017 - 08.2020

Pediatrician in Pediatric Urology Department

Connecticut Children's Medical Center
02.2009 - 08.2020

Public School System Medical Advisor

Capital Region Education Council
07.2005 - 06.2012

Pediatrician/Unit Manager

Connecticut Children's Emergency Department
09.2003 - 02.2009

Pediatrician

Unionville Pediatrics
08.2003 - 01.2006

Research Fellow

National Institute of Health
06.1995 - 07.1996
  • National Board of Medical Examiners (USMLE), diplomate July 2001
  • American Academy of Pediatric, Fellow October 2003
  • AAP Maintenance of Certification, Issued October 2013, recertification December 2020
  • Connecticut Medical License, 041337
  • United States DEA Registration, BB8299100
  • CPR Certification, 06/12/26
  • Connecticut Controlled Substance Registration, CSP.0033499

Residency in Pediatrics

University of Connecticut School of Medicine

MD -

University of Connecticut School of Medicine

BA - Neuroscience and Psychology

Brandeis University
Jill Deborah Bernstein, MD, FAAP