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Amy Elizabeth Chused
Vanderbilt Clinic Bldg., 5 th Floor
622 West 168 th Street
New York, NY 10032-3720
Tel. 212-342-1637
Email: amy.chused@dbmi.columbia.edu (professional)
achused@solarium.org (personal/permanent)

EDUCATION  
Medical School Tufts University School of Medicine, 1998-2002
Doctor of Medicine

Graduate Study Harvard Extension School, 1996-1998
Coursework in Biomedical Statistics, Philosophy of Ethics, and Computer Systems Programming

Undergraduate Harvard College, 1989-1993
Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science (cum laude)

Study Abroad Alexander Muss High School in Israel , 1988
Two month intensive course on Jewish culture and history

POST-GRADUATE TRAINING :  
Internship and Residency University of Washington Affiliated Hospitals, Seattle , Washington
Internal Medicine, Traditional Track, 2002-2005

Fellowship Columbia University Department of Biomedical Informatics, NY , NY
Post-doc masters program, 2005-present

HONORS / AWARDS / GRANTS  
Fellowship National Library of Medicine grant for post-doctoral training, 2005

Medical School Alpha Omega Alpha, Medical Honor Society, 2002, Tufts University chapter
Funding from the General Clinical Research Center Scientific Advisory Committee for work done on “Diagnostic Markers of Neonatal Sepsis”, 2001

Undergraduate John Harvard Merit Scholarship for academic excellence: 1992
Elizabeth Cary Agassiz Certificate of Merit for academic excellence: 1990, 1991, 1992

BOARD CERTIFICATION ABIM, expires 2015.
LICENSURE New York State, Registration expires 10/31/2007
DEA license, expires 8/31/2008

WORK EXPERIENCE  
2000-2002 Medical Student Co-Investigator Clinical Research Study, "Diagnostic Markers of Neonatal Sepsis” (Dr. Cynthia Cole, Principal Investigator), Division of Newborn Medicine, New England Medical Center . Developed data-organizing software and collaborated with interim analysis while learning principles of clinical research.

1994-1998 Senior System Administrator, Bolt Beranek & Neuman
Large-scale computer infrastructure development and support, culminating in the planning and execution of a million dollar transition to a new data center while providing uninterrupted IT services.

1993-1994 Computer Teacher, Munich International School , Germany
Assisted teachers integrating computers with junior high Math and English classes; taught 9th and 10th grade classes on computer science.

1992 Summer Intern, Brigham & Women's Hospital, working for Dr. Sharim Khoshbin. Development work on EEG imaging program and aphasia diagnosis teaching program.

1991 Summer Intern, National Institute of Mental Health, working for Dr. Judith Rapoport and Dr. BJ Casey. Software development for psychiatric testing and associated library research.

ORGANIZATIONS Alpha Omega Alpha
American College of Physicians
American Medical Association
Massachusetts Medical Society
American Medical Informatics Association

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES  
Medical School Tufts Medical School Medical Ethics Discussion Group, founder, 1998-2000
Student Representative to the Medical Education Committee for Gross Anatomy, 1999
Health Care provider and Patient Management Software Developer for Sharewood, a free community health care clinic organized by Tufts medical students, 1998-2000

TEACHING ACTIVITIES  
Residency Electronic Medical Resources, Primary Care Conference, 2004
Clinical Diagnosis of Strep Throat, Evidence Based Medicine, 2003

Medical School Problem Based Learning instructor for 1 st year medical students, academic year 2001-2002

PUBLICATIONS Casey, B. J; Vauss, Yolanda C; Chused, Amy ; Swedo, Susan E."Cognitive functioning in Sydenham's chorea: II. Executive functioning." Developmental Neuropsychology. V ol 10(2), 1994, 89-96.

H.O.Kasaroglu, N.Weinschenk, A.Chused , G. Gupta, J.Hagadorn, J.Griffith, C.H.Cole "Normative Values of IL-6, CRP, CD 11b and CD 66b in Noninfected Infants <1500g." Pediatrics Research , vol 51:2002. Presented as a poster at Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting, Baltimore , MD , May 4-7, 2002

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES 2005 - present NYC_psinging, a community singing group
2003 SLGC, a Seattle area chorus
1994-2002 Psinging, a community singing group
1991-1992 Mather House Singers
1989-1990 Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus

>1990-2006 Volunteer for Arisia, a Boston area convention that has grown from under 1000 to over 2000 attendees. Venders' Liaison for the 1999 and 2000 conventions. Panelist for the 2002 and 2006 conventions.