Marjorie Berg Pugatch, RN, MA, EMT-B, LNCC
| EDUCATION: | |
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| 1998 | Legal Nurse Consultant Certificate Program Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York |
| 1982 | M.A. Nursing Education, New York University New York, New York |
| 1975 | B.S. Nursing, Syracuse University Sigma Theta Tau, Honor Society of Nursing Syracuse, New York |
| EMPLOYMENT: | |
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| June 2005 - Sept. 2006 | Litigation Management, Inc. Mayfield Heights, Ohio Remote medical analyst for major pharmaceutical litigation-defense |
| Sept. 1998 - Present | 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 |
| March - June 1998 Internship |
Shayne, Dachs, Stanisci, Corker and Sauer Mineola, New York Legal nurse consultant medical malpractice/personal injury- plaintiff |
| 1991 - Present | Pugatch & Nikolis, Garden City, New York Legal nurse consultant medical malpractice/personal injury-plaintiff |
| 1975 - 1985 | 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 |
| 1982 - 1985 | Adelphi University, Garden City, New York Adjunct Professor, Clinical Pediatrics |
| OTHER CLIENTS: | 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 |
| LICENSURE: | New York 1975 RN #273448 California 2005 RN #658170 |
| PROFESSIONAL: | American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants, member since 1998 Certified Legal Nurse Consultant (LNCC) by the American Legal Nurse Consultant Certification Board, 2007 American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants Certification Board Item Writing Panelist, 2007- New York City Chapter of American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants Corresponding Secretary, 2007- American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants, Member, Attorney Awareness Committee, 2008- |
| PUBLICATIONS: | 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 |
| UNPUBLISHED: | How to Evaluate a Back Injury Case, for attorneys, 1998 |
| LECTURES: | How to Read Medical Records, power point presentation to attorneys, 11/2006 |
| OTHER: | American Red Cross DSHR System Member Nassau County Chapter 32-236 Member I.D. 114002 Deployed in Monticello, Mississippi as health services member during Katrina/Rita disaster relief Member, Nassau County Medical Reserve Corps Recipient, Tikkun Olam award for volunteer work related to Hurricane Katrina, awarded by the Roslyn JCC R.E.A.C.H. program, 2006 EMT-Basic certificate number 351269, 6/21/2007 New York State Department of Health, Bureau of Emergency Services Member #173, Roslyn Rescue Hook and Ladder Co. #1, EMS service |