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PROFESSION
Rehabilitation Nurse/Case Management/Life Care Planning Specialist
SPECIAL INTERESTS
Health Policy/Quality Health Care/Case Management/Medical Legal Consultation/Life Care Planning
PRESENT/PAST POSITIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
- President, Roughan & Associates at LINC. Created, marketed, and implemented an independent medical, psychiatric, and legal case analysis and management business. The primary areas of service encompass the Western Region of the United States. Specialization includes both adult and pediatric population.
- Consultant to MediCal with regard to establishing an internal case management program.
- Independent Consultant to health care reimbursement and provider communities.
- Chairman of the Group Health Committee of the National Insurance Rehabilitation Study Group.
- Insurance Advisor to the National Head Injury Foundation
- Consultant to the Surgeon General of the United States on Health Affairs (e.g., Pediatrics)
- Product Development Consultant for industry response to continuum of care needs for special populations.
- Peer Reviewer for Annual National Symposia, National Head Injury Foundation, Spinal Cord Injury Association
- Chairman of Case Management Society of America Third Annual Southern California Conference
SELECTED PREVIOUS POSITIONS
- Vice President and Business Manager/Director -- The Equitable Life Assurance Society, Case Management Services
- Healthcare Administration -- Nursing Supervisor of multispeciality acute care hospital
- Independent Critical Care Contractor -- Multispecialty acute care hospitals
- Critical Care Instructor -- Multispeciality acute care hospitals
- Health Promotion Consultant/Instructor, California State University (Los Angeles), Pasadena Community College and City of Alhambra, California
- Head Nurse, Cardiac Surgical Unit, National Medical Enterprises
- Program Director, Cardiac Rehabilitation, National Medical Enterprises
EDUCATION
- Claremont Graduate School, Executive Management Certificate Program, 1987
- California State University at Los Angeles, Bachelor of Science Degree/Public Health Nurse Certification, Nursing, 1981
- Rio Hondo Community College, Associate of Science Degree, Nursing, 1974
REGISTRATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS
- Registered Nurse, License Number Z257276
- Critical Care Registered Nurse #073884, 1979/1982/1985
- Certified Disability Management Specialist, 1985/1990/1995/2000
- Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurse, 1991/1996/2001
- Certified Case Manager 1993/1998/2003
- Certified Developmental Disabilities Nurse 1995/1997/1999
- Certified Nurse Life Care Planner 2004
RECOGNITIONS AND HONORS
- Named to Who’s Who in American Rehabilitation Professionals in recognition of distinguished service in rehabilitation nursing, 1986
- Named to the National Distinguished Service Registry in recognition of distinguished service in medical and vocational rehabilitation, 1987
- Named to Who’s Who in American Nursing in recognition of outstanding service provided in the field of nursing, 1993
- Named to Marquis Who’s Who in America, 48th Edition in recognition of outstanding service provided to the field of nursing, 1994
- Peer Reviewer for the American Association for Spinal Cord Injury Nurses
- Peer Reviewer for the National Head Injury Foundation
MEDIA
Television Interview, KNBC (i.e. Channel 4) News, Long Term Healthcare Needs/Costs for Spinal Cord Injury: Christopher Reeve
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Monrovia, California 91016