Former Surgeon Dr. Joel Roskind to Provide Practice Management Expertise to Doctors
Plastic surgeon Dr. Joel Roskind, who ran a large, successful clinic on Long Island before moving to Miami to advise, has returned to the New York area to teach, advise and pursue a personal interest in Judaic spirituality. Dr. Joel Roskind, also returns to Boston University Medical School, where he has taught previously, to teach a case management course called Integrated Problems.
Dr. Joel Roskind approaches medicine from a multidisciplinary and humanitarian perspective. Joel Roskind MD also served in the U. S. Navy as part of a three-man plastic surgery team, and during that time he traveled to Mexico to do surgery on deprived children with cleft lips and palates.
As a practicing surgeon, Joel Roskind MD witnessed firsthand changes in the healthcare sector leading to an progressive number of procedures being performed outside the traditional hospital atmosphere. Always patient oriented, Dr. Roskind’s worries about the safety of outpatient and ambulatory surgery facilities extended to a long association with the AAAASF, including over 20 years of service as a facilities inspector. He is well positioned to help operators of such facilities meet the highest quality standards demanded by insurers today.
Joel Roskind was heavily involved with the AAAASF during the cost-induced shift from hospital to outpatient procedures, and is well versed in patient safety and regulatory compliance matters surrounding outpatient and ambulatory clinics. He has also taken a good interest in the business side of medicine and now consults in the region of practice management.
Fulfilling the trust that patients put in their doctors has always been a part of Dr. Joel Roskinds personal mission as a physician. Through his work as a instructor and advisor, Dr. Joel Roskind hopes to continue to contribute to the medical profession in a broader and more comprehensive way. When he is not instructing or consulting, he plans to pursue a personal interest in Judaic studies.