Legal Nurse Consultant Certificate Program

Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York

M.A. Nursing Education, New York University

New York, New York

B.S. Nursing, Syracuse University

Sigma Theta Tau, Honor Society of Nursing

Syracuse, New York

Litigation Management, Inc.

Mayfield Heights, Ohio

Remote medical analyst for major pharmaceutical litigation-defense

Lewis Johs Avallone Aviles, LLP

Melville, New York

Legal nurse consultant medical malpractice/personal injury-defense reviewing, summarizing, researching and analyzing medical records; assessing causation and damages; locating and conferring with experts; case strategy and support

Shayne, Dachs, Stanisci, Corker and Sauer

Mineola, New York

Legal nurse consultant medical malpractice/personal injury- plaintiff

Pugatch & Nikolis, Garden City, New York

Legal nurse consultant medical malpractice/personal injury-plaintiff

Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Schneider Children’s Hospital

New Hyde Park, New York
        Part time staff nurse Neonatal Unit;

        Nurse-in-Charge, Pediatric Cardiac

              Catheterization Unit;
        Nurse Practitioner, Adolescent Medicine Clinic
        Staff Nurse, General Pediatrics

Adelphi University, Garden City, New York

        Adjunct Professor, Clinical Pediatrics

Brand Glick Brand, PC-plaintiff medical malpractice

Neill T. DeTolla, Esq.-defense medical malpractice

Baxter Smith Tassan Shapiro, PC-defense toxic tort, mold

Seaboard Adjustment Bureau-personal injury defense

Blodnick & Baum, PC-plaintiff medical malpractice,

products liability

The Law Office of Laurence A. Silverman

criminal defense, DWI/DUI

New York

1975 RN #273448

California

2005 RN #658170

Northeast Regional Legal Nurse Consultant Conference, Northampton, MA, 2012, Committee, Treasurer

Northeast Regional Legal Nurse Consultant Conference, Northampton, MA, 2011, Committee

American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants

Member, Attorney Awareness Committee, 2008-

American Legal Nurse Consultant Certification Board (ALNCCB), Item Writing Panelist, 2007-2010

Certified Legal Nurse Consultant (LNCC) by the ALNCCB, 2007 recertified 2012

New York City Chapter of American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants Corresponding Secretary, 2007-2011
 

American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants, member 1998-

Pugatch, Marjorie Berg and Duke-Haynes, Angela M. (2011). LNC First Employment: A Survey of Methods Used. Journal of Legal Nurse Consulting, 22 (1), 3-8

Pugatch, Marjorie Berg (2008). Federal Tort Claims and Military Medical Malpractice. Journal of Legal Nurse Consulting, 19 (2), 3-6

Pugatch, Marjorie Berg (2007). Employment, Networking, and Building a Resume for the Future. AALNC Network News, 9 (2), 1-2

Pugatch, M. B. (2003). LNC for the Defense in a Medical Malpractice Case. The Journal of Legal Nurse Consulting, 14 (4), 11-15

Contributor: Mosby´s Comprehensive Review of Nursing, Dolores Saxton, ed., Eleventh Edition, C.V. Mosby Co. 1984

Contributor: Mosby´s AssessTest: A Practice Exam for RN Licensure, Dolores Saxton et al., C.V. Mosby Co., 1984; 1983

How to Evaluate a Back Injury Case, for attorneys, 1998

Point of View:  Working Up the Case, Plaintiff v Defense, Northeast Regional LNC Conference, Co-Presenter

How to Read Medical Records, power point presentation to attorneys, 11/2006

Member #173, Roslyn Rescue Hook and Ladder Co. #1, EMS service, 2007-

EMT-Basic certificate number 351269, 6/2007 recertification 6/2010, New York State Department of Health, Bureau of Emergency Services

Member, Nassau County Medical Reserve Corps, 2006-

American Red Cross DSHR System Member (resigned due to EMT certification)

Nassau County Chapter 32-236

Member I.D. 114002

Deployed in Monticello, Mississippi as health services member during Katrina/Rita disaster relief

Recipient, Tikkun Olam award for volunteer work related to Hurricane Katrina, awarded by the Roslyn JCC R.E.A.C.H. program, 2006