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Department of Science Education Abraham B. Bornstein, M.D., F.A.C.C. Assistant Professor of Science Education Website: http://medicine.hofstra.edu/faculty/index.html Office: 516-463-7503 Fax: 516-463-7520 Mobile: 917-846-1346 Email: abraham.b.bornstein@hofstra.edu Department of Science Education Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine Hempstead, New York, 11549

Abraham Benjamin Bornstein, M.D., F.A.C.C. 363 East 76th St. Apt 6-F New York, NY 10021 917-846-1346 (mobile)

Academic Training: 1959-1965 High School: Boston Latin School. 1965-1969 College: Boston University; BA -Magna cum Laude. 1969-1973 Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine; MD. 2007-2008 Graduate School: Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. New York, NY. Biomedical Informatics. Licensure: 11/05/1998 NY # 209279-1. 06/05/1978 CT # 37549. 01/09/1975 MA # 20187. DEA: # BB7321843. Traineeship: 1973-1974 Internship: Internal Medicine; Tufts Medical Center. Boston, MA. 1974-1975 Residency: Internal Medicine; Tufts Medical Center. Boston, MA. 1975-1978 Fellowship: Invasive/Interventional Cardiology; Tufts Medical Center. Boston, MA. 1997-1998 Fellowship: Cardiac Positron Emission Tomography; Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. New York, NY. 1998-1999 Fellowship: Nuclear Cardiology; St Lukes Roosevelt Hospital. New York, NY.

Board Certification: 10/19/1977 Diplomat, American Board of Internal Medicine; Subspecialty in Cardiovascular Diseases. 06/16/1976 Diplomat, American Board of Medical Examiners. 07/01/1974 Diplomat, American Board of Internal Medicine. Academic Appointments: 2010-Present Assistant Professor of Science Education, Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Hempstead, NY. 2008-2010 Assistant Professor of Public Health, Weill Cornell Medical College. New York, NY. 2001-2008 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College. New York, NY. 2000-2001 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. New York, NY. 1985-1998 Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, New York Medical College. Valhalla, NY. 1981-1985 Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, New York Medical College. Valhalla, NY. 1978-1981 Clinical Instructor of Medicine, New York Medical College. Valhalla, NY. 1975-1978 Clinical Instructor of Medicine, Tuft Medical Center. Boston, MA. Professional Societies: 1980-Present Fellow of American College of Chest Physicians. 1979-Present Fellow of American College of Cardiology. 1979-Present Fellow of American College of Angiology. 1978-Present Fellow of Council on Clinical Cardiology. Hospital Appointments: 2001-Present New York Presbyterian Hospital. New York, NY. 1998-2001 St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center. New York, NY. 1978-1998 St. Joseph Medical Center. Stamford, CT. 1978-1998 the Stamford Hospital. Stamford, CT. 1978-1998 Norwalk Hospital. Norwalk, CT. Medical Writer/Editor and Medical Consultant: 2010-Present Committee on Curriculum Development Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Hempstead, NY. 2004-2006 Scientific Director; Corbett Accel Healthcare Communications; CME Division. New York, NY. 2004-Present Co-founder; International Medical Forum for Multimedia Medical Education (in partnership with the New York Presbyterian Hospital). New York, NY. 2004-Present Co-founder; Hospitals Without Borders Telemedicine (in partnership with New York Presbyterian Hospital). New York, NY. 2003-2004 Medical Consultant and Editor; Rogers Medical Information Systems; CME division. New York, NY. 2001-2003 Co-founder; Medical Data Integration Systems (MDIS was one of the first online browser-based electronic medical records [EMR] application service providers). New York, NY. 1998-1999 Clinical Research Associate; Stamford Therapeutics Consortium (STC), Stamford, CT. (Clinical investigational site specializing in phase II, III, and IV clinical trials for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries).

Teaching Experience & Awards: 2010-Present Committee on Curriculum Development Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Hempstead, NY. 2001-2010 MPS I (Medicine, Patients and Society) Instructor, Weill Cornell Medical College. New York, NY. 2001-2010 PBL (Problem Based Learning) Instructor, Weill Cornell Medical College. New York, NY. 2000-2001 Physical Diagnosis Course Instructor (M6106), Columbia P&S. New York, NY. 1999-2001 Cardiology Fellow Lecture Series on Adult Congenital Heart Disease. St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Center. New York, NY. 1998 Coordinator and Lecturer; CME Symposium on Adult Congenital Heart Disease, San Juan, PR. 1997 How to Find the BEST DOCTORS: New York Metro Area. Certificate of Recognition; published by Castle, Connolly Medical Ltd., New York Magazine. 1996-1997 Physician Executive Leadership Program, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Connecticut. West Haven, CT. 1996 Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award. St. Joseph Medical Center. Stamford, CT. 1980, 1984, 1988, 1994, 1995 & 1996 Teachers Award, American Academy of Family Practice. St. Joseph Medical Center. Stamford, CT. 1983, 1989 Teacher of the Year Award the Stamford Hospital. Stamford, CT. 1985 Director of Cardiac Ultrasound: Director of Cardiac Fellowship training in Cardiac Ultrasound, Norwalk Hospital. Norwalk, CT. 1985 ACLS Instructor, Cardiovascular Section; Paramedic Program. Norwalk Community College. Norwalk, CT. Committees: 2010-Present Committee on Curriculum Development Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Hempstead, NY. 2010- elected to the EBM (evidence-based medicine) Core at the New York Academy of Medicine 2006-2010 Obesity Research Council. Department of Pediatrics. New York Presbyterian Hospital. New York, NY. 2000-2001 Quality Improvement Committee; Department of Medicine. Roosevelt Hospital. New York, NY. 1999-2001 Hospital CME Committee; St. Lukes Roosevelt Hospital Center. New York, NY. 1996-1997 Associate Grant Manager, Bureau of Health Professions Federal Grant. Risk Factor Reduction in a Clinically Underserved Population, St. Josephs Family Medical Center. Stamford, CT. 1996-1997 Member, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of CT Medical Advisory Committee; Cardiology Panel. North Haven, CT 1995-1997 Co-Director, the Heart Institute, St. Joseph Medical Center. Stamford, CT. Responsible for house staff cardiovascular education, administration of cardiology grand rounds, & management of new Coronary Risk Assessment Program. 1995-1997 Chairman, Formulary Committee, St. Joseph Medical Center. Stamford, CT. 1995-1997 Member, Institutional Review Board, Department of Medicine, St. Joseph Medical Center. Stamford, CT. 1991-1996 Member, Panel on Clinical Excellence in Cardiology, CT Hospital Association. North Haven, CT. 1991-1997 Member, Medical Policy & Q.I. Council, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of CT. North Haven, CT. 1992-1994 Elected to the Medical Board; the Stamford Hospital. Stamford, CT. 1982-1991 Chairman, Coronary Care Unit Committee, the Stamford Hospital. Stamford, CT. 1981-1990 Director, Cardiac Ultrasound, Norwalk Hospital. Norwalk, CT.
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Memberships: 1980-1998 Connecticut Heart Association. 1979-1998 Fairfield County Medical Society. 1978-1998 Stamford Medical Society. 1975-2002 American Heart Association. 1978-1991 Norwalk Medical Society. 1976-1986 American Society of Internal Medicine. Publications: 1) Bornstein AB, Zambrano SS, Morrison RS, Spodick DH. Cardiac Effects of Hemodialysis: Non-Invasive Monitoring by Systolic Time Intervals. Am J Med. Sc.1975. 269(2): 189-192. 2) Andrias CW, Gaasch WH, Deane LV, Bornstein AB. Echocardiographic Assessment of Left Ventricular Function; Superiority of Systolic Time Intervals over Echocardiography in the Assessment of a Positive Inotropic Intervention in Normal Subjects. Heart.1979.153: 781-789. 3) Bornstein, AB, Salem, DW, Banas, J, Levine, HA. An Unusual Case of Electrode Fracture Presenting as Pulse Generator Depletion. Chest. 1978. 108(suppl): 277s-280s. 4) Bornstein AB, Gaasch WH, Harrington JT. Assessment of Cardiac Effects of Hemodialysis with Systolic Time Intervals and Echocardiography. Am J Card. 1983. 51(2): 332-335. 5) Bornstein AB, Sandroni S. Left Atrial Thrombosis in a Patient with Mitral Bioprosthesis: Non-embolic Complications. CT Med. 1982; 54:434-438. 6) Bornstein AB, Michaelson SP, Prakash D, Tischler J, Novack S. Acute Myocardial Infarction in 36 year old Postpartum Female; Report of a Case and Review of the Literature. Angiol.1984; Vol.35 (9): 591-584. 7) Bornstein AB. Shock Syndromes. Stamford Hosp Med Bulletin. Feb.1984. pp 11-14. 8) Bornstein AB. Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction. Stamford Hosp Med Bulletin. May.1985. pp.3-7. 9) Feinstein R.E., Bornstein A.B., et al. Primary Care Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine. Feinstein R.E. and Brewer A.A. [Editors] 1998, 408pp. Part 2: Behavioral Medicine in Primary Care. Chapter 12 & 13: Cardiovascular & Psychosocial Risk Factor Reduction-Office Based Interventions. 10) Bornstein A, Qureshi E, Rozanski A. Postexercise Left Ventricular Function: A Comparative Assessment by Different Noninvasive Imaging Modalities. Progress in Cardiovasc Diseases. Vol.43, No.4; (Jan/Feb) 2001: pp.335-350. 11) Supino P, Bornstein A, Prebiszj J. Epidemiology of Valvular Heart Disease. Cardiol Clin. 2007. 25(2): 233-246. 12) Coronary Angiography & IVUS in Children with Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia Jayakumar KA, Pass RH, Golden A, Bergman G, Hudgins L, Undemir C, Tyberg T, Gordon B, Bornstein A, Alevi D, Cooper RS. AHA Abstract submitted 04/2008.
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13) Title: Public Health in the 21st Century. Editor: Finkel, Madelon Lubin (EDT) Chapter on Obesity and the Heart. Publisher: Greenwood Pub Group Publication Date: 2010/12/13 Number of Pages: 1101 Library of Congress: 2010039064. Lectures Delivered as Assistant Professor of Medicine at Cornell Medical College and as an Attending at NYPH (07/01-Present) Weill

2004-2006 Multimedia Databases: Introduction to medical imaging standards. TOPICS IN COMPUTING FOR CLINICAL RESEARCHERS; Sponsored by the General Clinical Research Center (GCRC). New York Presbyterian Hospital. New York, NY. 03/15/2004 Evaluation of the Child with Cyanotic or Acyanotic Shunt. Pediatric Grand Rounds, Downstate Medical Center. Brooklyn, NY. 06/10/2004 Evaluation of Cyanotic and Acyanotic Shunt Lesions. Pediatric Grand Rounds, Downstate Medical Center. Brooklyn, NY. 06/23/2003 ACHD Primer for the Internist. Weill Cornell Internal Medicine Update. New York Presbyterian Hospital. New York, NY. 04/20/2003 Cardiac Auscultation Demonstration. Downstate Pediatric and Medical House Staff. Brooklyn, NY. 02/14/2003 Acute Coronary Syndromes. Medical Grand Rounds, Mercy Medical Center. Rockville Center, LI, NY. 03/05/2003 Cyanotic and Acyanotic Shunt Lesions. Cornell Pediatric House staff Rounds. New York Presbyterian Hospital. New York, NY. 10/08/2003 Novel Coronary Risk Factors. Medical Grand Rounds, Mercy Medical Center. Rockville Center, LI, NY. 2004-2006 EKG Puzzles: 5 Lecture Series. Medical and Pediatric House Staff Rounds. Weill Cornell New York Presbyterian Hospital. New York, NY. 2003-2005 Adult Congenital Heart Disease; Cardiology & Medical Board Review. Weill Cornell New York Presbyterian Hospital. New York, NY. 08/2002 The Vulnerable Plaque; IFL Dinner Conference. New York, NY. 05/2002 Utility of Coronary CT Calcium Score and CT Angiography; IFL Dinner Conference. New York, NY. 2002-2003 The Metabolic Syndrome and Coronary Disease. GlaxoSmithKline Medical Dinner Symposia. New York, NY. 10/2001 The Metabolic Syndrome as a Coronary Risk Factor. Endocrine Grand Rounds, St. Lukes Hospital. New York, NY. Presentations at Professional Meetings: 1973 A Students Perspective of the Importance of Community Medicine. Tufts Medical Alumni Annual Dinner Meeting. Boston, MA. 1978 Natural History of Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis. Medical Grand Rounds. Norwalk Hospital. Norwalk, CT.
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1979 Management of the Child with Congestive Cardiomyopathy. Pediatric Grand Rounds. Norwalk Hospital. Norwalk, CT. 1980 CPC discussion of case presentation of unknown: Patient with Carcinoma & HF: Pathology: Infiltrative Cardiomyopathy & Constrictive Effusive Pericarditis 2ndary to Metastases. Medical Grand Rounds. Norwalk Hospital. Norwalk, CT. 1980 Nuclear Myocardial Imaging. Medical Grand Rounds. St. Joseph Hospital. Stamford, CT. 1981 Clinical Utility of M-Mode & 2-D Echo in Acute MI. Medical Grand Rounds. Norwalk Hospital. Norwalk, CT. 1981 The Shock Syndromes. Annual Pulmonary Symposium. St. Joseph Hospital. Stamford, CT. 1982 The Shock Syndromes. Annual Pulmonary Symposium. St. Joseph Hospital. Stamford, CT. 1982-1985 Connecticut Society of Cardiac Imaging: Complex Diagnostic 2-D Echocardiography. Presentation of 4 Complex Teaching Cases; Chairman & Discussant. Norwalk Hospital. Norwalk, CT. 1981-1984 Lectures to Norwalk Hospital-Yale Cardiology Fellows in Cardiac Ultrasound: 1) The Physics of M-Mode and 2-Dimensional Cardiac Ultrasound. 2) Principles and Physics Doppler Echocardiography. 3) Utility of Cardiac Ultrasound in Coronary Artery Disease. 4) Correlation of Anatomic Prosections with TEE. 5) Echocardiography in Adult Congenital Heart Disease. 1985 Physician workshop on atrial lead placement. Guest speaker. Cordis Corporation. University of Miami Laboratories. Miami, Fla. 1985 Connecticut Society of Cardiac Imaging. Discussant. 1) Echocardiographic Assessment of Tamponade Secondary to Lung Cancer Metastatic to Pericardium & Epicardium. 2) Echo-Doppler Assessment of a Proximal Aortic Dissection. 3) Echocardiographic Assessment of Left Atrial Myxoma. 1985 Pathophysiologic Mechanisms of Essential Hypertension. New England Regional Society of Osteopathy Symposium. Newport, RI. 1985 Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly. Grand Rounds. Rockland County Health Center, NY. 1985 New Concepts in Essential Hypertension. Medical Grand Rounds. Charlotte Hungerford Hospital. Torrington, CT. 1995 Lipid Education Faculty Symposium. Bristol-Myers Squibb. Incline Village, Nevada. 1999 Acyanotic and Cyanotic Shunt Lesions. Adult Congenital Heart Disease Symposium for Physicians; CME accredited. San Juan, PR. 2000 Coronary Risk Factor Assessment. Cardiology Rounds. St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center. New York, NY. 2000 Acyanotic and Cyanotic Shunt Lesions in Congenital Heart Disease. Cardiology Fellows Lecture Series. St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center. New York, NY. 2001-2004 Adult Congenital Heart Disease; Cardiology (& Medical) Board Review. St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center. New York, NY.
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10/2001 The Metabolic Syndrome as a Coronary Risk Factor. Endocrine Grand Rounds. St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center. New York, NY. 02/2002 The Metabolic Syndrome and Coronary Disease. GlaxoSmithKline Medical Symposia. New York, NY. 06/2003 ACHD Primer for the Internist. Weill Cornell Internal Medicine Update. New York Presbyterian Hospital. New York, NY. 01/2003 Cardiac Auscultation Demonstration. Downstate Pediatric & Medical House Staff. Brooklyn, NY. 02/2003 Acute Coronary Syndromes. Medical Grand Rounds. Mercy Medical Center. Rockville Center, LI, NY. 03/2003 Cyanotic and Acyanotic Shunt Lesions. Cornell Pediatric House Staff Rounds. New York Presbyterian Hospital. New York, NY. 03/2004 Evaluation of the Cyanotic Newborn. Pediatric Grand Rounds. Downstate Medical Center. Brooklyn, NY. 06/2004 Evaluation of Cyanotic & Acyanotic Shunt Lesions. Pediatric Grand Rounds. Downstate Medical Center. Brooklyn, NY. 03/2009 Evidence Based Medicine on Harm & Etiology. Weill Cornell-New York Presbyterian Hospital. New York, NY.

Lectures to House staff and Rotating Clinical Clerks: Electrophysiology of Reentry Arrhythmias. Differentiating Supraventricular from Ventricular Tachycardia. Physiology and Clinical Utility of Intra-aortic Counterpulsation in Cardiogenic Shock. Anatomy and Histology of the Normal Heart. Management of Acute Pulmonary Edema and Chronic Congestive Heart Failure. The Shock Syndromes. Complications of Acute Myocardial Infarction. Aortic Valvular and Aortic Outflow Tract Diseases: Subvalvular Stenosis, Primary IHSS vs. Secondary Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Valvar & Supravalvar Aortic Stenosis. Diastolic Compliance (Lusitropic) Abnormalities of the Left Ventricle. Physics of M-Mode, 2-D Echocardiography & Doppler Echocardiography. Basics of Transesophageal Echocardiography. Role of Calcium Antagonists in the Management of Coronary Artery Disease. Essential Hypertension-Physiologic & Demographic Approach to Stepped Care. Electrophysiology & Hemodynamics Associated with VVI Pacing vs. A-V Sequential (DDD) Pacing. Management of Coronary Risk Factors-Mechanisms of Atherosclerotic Plaque Formation. Stress & Sudden Cardiac Death. Differential Diagnosis of Constrictive Pericarditis versus Restrictive Cardiomyopathy.
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 Mechanisms & Risk Factors for Sudden Cardiac Death. Clinical Utility of Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Coronary Artery Disease. Coronary Thrombolytic Therapy versus PCI as New Approaches to Treating Acute MI. Pericardial Diseases. Preservation of Ischemic Myocardium. Distinguishing SVT from VT. Ventricular Tachycardia- an Overview. Diagnosis & Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Clinical Experience: Highlights of professional career in private practice of cardiology with Cardiology Associates of Fairfield County include the following: 1978 - Insertion of the first successful Intra-Aortic Balloon for the management of cardiogenic shock in Fairfield County; expansion of the indications to include unstable pre-infarction angina as well as ischemia induced, intractable ventricular tachycardia; training of the nursing staff & house-staff in the theory and principles of the procedure resulting in improved understanding and improved management of the device. 1980 - Insertion of the first percutaneous in-dwelling pigtail catheter for malignant pericardial effusion. 1982 - First delivery of emergency Intracoronary Streptokinase in a 40-year-old male who had had a previous inferior wall MI and currently presented with a massive anterior wall MI complicated by ventricular fibrillation & shock. 1983 - Insertion of first dual-chambered temporary & permanent pacemaker for atrioventricular sequential pacing in patients presenting with complete heart block. 1990 - First Transesophageal echocardiographic study at Stamford Hospital. 1993 - Establishment of the Heart Institute at the St. Joseph Medical Center in Stamford, CT; appointed associate director. 1990-1997 Member, Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield Medical Advisory Board and CT Hospital Association Panel on Clinical Excellence in Cardiology; intimately involved with the development of clinical guidelines, participated in business issues including marketing, provider relations, physician recruitment, legislative affairs, managed care as well as insurance administration.