Program Director of the Cardiac Critical Care Fellowship

I am a critical care physician in the Cardiac Surgical Intensive Care Unit at Memorial Regional Hospital. I care for patients who are recovering from cardiac surgery, bypass surgery, valve replacement surgery, heart transplants and surgery to implant a mechanical device.

When I meet patients, they are usually just coming out of the operating room and are extremely sick. I enjoy spending the next few days getting to know them and helping them jumpstart their recovery process. Within a few days, I get the opportunity to see them walking and talking, and looking forward to getting back to life post-surgery.

Throughout my career, I have been exposed to some extreme cardiac cases and a wide range of complications. I look forward to bringing this experience with me to care for the South Florida community.

In addition to caring for patients, I am a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the American College of Emergency Physicians. 

• Critical Care

Hospital Affiliations

• Memorial Hospital Miramar
• Memorial Hospital Pembroke
• Memorial Hospital West
• Memorial Regional Hospital

Gender

• Male

Education

University Of Maryland School Of Medicine, 2011

Residency

Montefiore Medical Center, 2015, Emergency Medicine

Fellowships

Montefiore Medical Center, 2017, Critical Care Medicine

Certifications

American Board of Emergency Medicine-Emergency Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine-Critical Care Medicine

Research

• 2005-06: Research Assistant Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Bariatric Surgery, Atlanta, GA; Responsibilities: studying the hormone leptin and the OB-R receptor for its effects on metabolism, resting energy expenditure, and appetite in morbidly obese patients following Roux-en Y gastric bypass surgery
• 2016: Montefiore Medical Center Division of Critical Care Medicine, Bronx, NY; Responsibilities: Scheduling critical care fellows in assessing use of simulation based training versus lecture based training to improve situation awareness during airway management

Presentations

• Washington, M. Effects of Leptin and Leptin Receptor on Resting Energy Expenditure, Metabolism, and appetite in obese women following Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery. Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Poster Symposium at Emory University; 2005. 

Lectures

• Evidence Based Medicine: Efficacy of proton pump inhibitors in upper GI bleeding; 2012. Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY
• Chairman’s Follow-up rounds: A case didactic and discussion of reactive arthritis; 2013. Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY
• Chairman’s Follow-up rounds: A case didactic and discussion of management and approach to acute urinary obstruction; 2013. Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY
• Chairman’s Follow up rounds: A case didactic and discussion of recognizing acute aortic dissection; 2013. Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY
• Chairman’s Follow-up rounds: A case didactic and discussion on identifying and managing tachydysrhythmias in the ED; 2013. Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY
• Chairman’s Follow-up rounds: A case didactic and discussion in acute altered mental status -- gabapentin toxicity; 2013. Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY
• Lecture on managing acute respiratory failure and initiating non-invasive positive pressure ventilation in the emergency room. Academic Conference; June 2016. Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, NY 

Awards

• Chief Resident in emergency medicine 2014-15, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jacobi/Montefiore Medical Centers. Bronx, NY
• Chief Fellow in critical care medicine 2016-17, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jacobi/Montefiore Medical Centers. Bronx, NY