Diane Monsein Levitan,VMD Diplomate American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Small Animals [email protected] 516-655-8720
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Diane Monsein Levitan,VMD Diplomate American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Small Animals [email protected] 516-655-8720 EDUCATION February, 2019 5 day educational activity: Hyperbaric Medicine Team Training for Animal Applications October, 2018 2 day advanced internal medicine course in hepatic, biliary and pancreatic disease. July, 2018 3 day advanced abdominal, non-cardiac thoracic and musculoskeletal ultrasound. Sound Technologies. February 2016 Advanced echocardiography wet lab and lecture course: 22 hours March, 2015 Advanced small animal internal medicine endocrinology course: 20 hours Summer, 2015 Took Animal Crime Scene class through University of Florida, animal forensic certificate course June, 2012 Stenting course at ACVIM meeting. Lecture and lab covering the technical and clinical aspects of intra-tracheal and urethral stenting including case selection, device design and use, and pre and post procedure care of the patient. January, 2011 Essential Soft Tissue Surgery in the Dog and Cat: 2.5 day intense and extended learning opportunity, this course provided participants direct skill building with selected basic and advanced soft tissue canine and feline surgical procedures that are needed in private practice. March 2011 5 day Animal Dental Training Center Advanced Dentistry Course, Baltimore, MD October, 2010 Advanced small animal internal medicine endocrinology course: 20 hours June 7-11 2009 Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania: Executive Veterinary Leadership Program: Making an Impact as Public Health Leaders October-December 2008 Hyperbaric Medicine: Principles and Practice. 40 hour hyperbaric medicine training course. Annually Attendance at the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine continuing education meetings. February 2006,2007,2008 Attendance at the Western Veterinary Conference continuing education meetings. February 2006,2007,2008: Media Training with Jim Humphries and Veterinary News Network; Television Production News Seminar: Five days intensive training to produce eight one-hour news shows. Associate Producer and Reporter. January 2007 One week advanced cardiac ultrasound course at Colorado State University School of Veterinary Medicine given by June Boon and Dr. Jan Bright. Nov. 2002, March 2001 Media training with Dr. Jim Humphries, St. Francis Productions. July 1992-1994 Residency in small animal internal medicine, Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine, North Grafton, MA. June 1991-1992 Internship in small animal medicine and surgery at The Animal Medical Center, New York, NY. 1987-1991 University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine,Veterinariae Medicinae Doctoris 1983-1987 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, Bachelor of Science, Honors in Biology. VETERINARY PRACTICE February 2019- present Member of the Board of Directors of Hyperbaric Medicine International August 2018- present Wag Labs, Inc. Member of Advisory board. Educational material content advisor and contributor as well as public spokesperson for marketing and news. August 2018- present Advisory board member, www.babelbark.com June 2018- present Executive board member, Technology Partners Innovations (TPI). Joint venture with Patterson Companies June 2018- present Associate editor for internal medicine in Journal of Small Animal Practice. May 2018- present Newsday contributor for Long Island Living section. June, 2016- present Founder and director: Insight Veterinary Concepts and Insight Veterinary Mobile CT: bringing insight on sight by providing mobile CT imaging at local veterinary hospitals. June 2014- present Member of The American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine General Exam Committee June 2012 Founder and President, Veterinary Consulting Services, PC. Consulting for veterinarians regarding difficult cases and blood test results as well as providers of continuing education for !1 veterinarians, veterinary technicians and veterinary staff. This organization is an approved New York State Sponsor of continuing education for veterinarians and veterinary technicians. December 2011-present CurePet, Inc./Sapphire: Subject matter expert for a new and unique veterinary practice management software connecting pet owners, referring veterinarians at small practices, specialists at large animal hospitals, academic institutes, software developers and suppliers of medical and general pet supplies. Tight integration across the various modules (practice management, EMR, referral portal and client portal) easily usable interface, extendable architecture provides exceptional flexibility for integration with existing infrastructure investments including PACS, RIS, diagnostic equipment and more, so information becomes unified for easy administration and access. December 2011-2013 Hyperbaric Veterinary Medicine: subject matter expert and advisory board member for a new company promoting hyperbaric oxygen therapy to veterinary patients. June 2011- present VetAura: subject matter expert for a veterinary diagnostic laboratory. Helping with startup, marketing, test resulting formats, consultant formats, consulting, etc. June, 2010- present Owner and founder of Peace Love Pets Veterinary Care, PLLC in Commack, New York. A small animal veterinary care general practice, also specializing in one on one advanced and compassionate internal medicine, diagnostic ultrasound, endoscopy, minimally-invasive surgeries and much more. 2010- present Volunteer veterinarian at Association of Friends for the Animals – Sosua, Dominican Republic. Multiple trips to this establishment to do high volume spays, neuters, vaccinations and care for animals in Sosua, DR. January, 2010- Sept. 2011 Internal medicine consultant for Antech Diagnostics, a national veterinary diagnostic laboratory providing telephone consultation service for veterinarians with questions regarding interpretation of laboratory work and case management. January 2009- present Founder and President of Helping Promote Animal Welfare, Inc (Helping PAW). A 501(c)(3) tax exempt public charity whose mission is to end pet overpopulation through education of the public on the importance of sterilization, basic pet care, humane treatment of animals and its benefits to animals and society and by providing high volume, high quality, targeted, affordable sterilization services of unowned and companion animals. Currently the organization is offering high quality, low cost general health care services and is subsidizing care for animals whose owners are on government assistance. 2008 - 2018 Member of Board for Veterinary Medicine: The Board of Regents, on the recommendation of the Commissioner of Education, appoints a State Board for each licensed profession to advise and assist the Board of Regents and the State Education Department on matters of professional regulation. The Board of Regents also appoints a Committee for Professional Assistance to advise them on matters relating to practice by professional licensees with alcohol or other drug abuse problems. January 2008– Sept.2008 Chief Medical Officer of PetWatch, Inc. A short lived company that hoped to create a network of veterinary specialty and general practice veterinary hospitals. Their mission was to provide the best and most progressive health care options for pets together with fulfilling the emotional and intellectual needs of the entire family; to enable progressive veterinary medicine through focused support of academic institutions and to be the preferred care providers in the field of veterinary medicine. November 2002- 2008 Founder, Director: Specialized Veterinary Care, PLLC, a multi-specialty veterinary referral and emergency/critical care hospital with the world’s first Compassionate Care Center. It has every veterinary specialty under one roof and is the only Center in the north eastern United States offering small animal hyperbaric medicine. In its prime, The Center for Specialized Veterinary Care had 130 employees including 27 doctors (board certified specialists, interns and emergency veterinarians). The Center received great recognition for its contributions to the community and to the veterinary profession. It was featured on the Today Show as well as Fox 5, The Nightly News and more. See http://www.youtube.com/user/peacelovepetsvet?feature=mhum August 2000- Feb. 2003 Owner and Chief of Staff of Veterinary Internal Medicine Specialists, Selden, NY. 24 hour care internal medicine specialty practice. September 1997- Aug 2000 Founding member and Chief of Internal Medicine at Long Island Veterinary Specialists, PLLC, and Animal Emergency and Critical Care Center (AECCC), Plainview, NY, a multi-specialty veterinary referral and emergency/critical care veterinary hospital. July 1996-present President of Mobile Veterinary Ultrasound & Endoscopy, P.C., Syosset, NY, a mobile veterinary internal medicine consultation and diagnostic service for veterinarians. Four internal medicine specialists travel to veterinary offices in and around Long island and New York City providing consultations, !2 ultrasound and endoscopy services. May 2009- present Established www.thevetreporter.com as a means to promote veterinary education and responsible veterinary news and information reporting. This is where you can see Diane in action, take a look. veterinary referral and emergency/critical care veterinary hospital. May 2009- 2012 “Learning a la Carte” established as a new entity of Mobile Veterinary Ultrasound & Endoscopy, PC. Dr. Levitan will offer technical skills training and business management