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Michael Evan Schwartz

Clinical Experience
PSYCHOLOGIST
Independent Private Practice, LLC
Linwood, NJ and Springfield, NJ
January, 1994 - present

Duties: Provision of behavioral psychological healthcare to diverse patient population consisting of adults, adolescents, children, and families. Special areas of focus include health and rehabilitation psychology, marital/couples' therapy, cognitive-behavioral treatment of anxiety disorders, anger management, and sexual dysfunction. Also conduct Independent Medical Examinations (IME's), cognitive screenings, and medical psychology assessments and therapies. Fully credentialed on most major NJ insurance provider panels.

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF PSYCHOLOGY;
COORDINATOR OF POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING;
STAFF PSYCHOLOGIST
Bacharach Institute for Rehabilitation
Pomona, NJ
Jan., 1998 - June 2000
Sept., 1995 - June 2000
Sept., 1994 - June 2000

Duties: Coordinated Divisions of Health and Rehabilitation Psychology. Served as primary psychologist on Cardiac, Pulmonary, and Spinal Cord Injury teams. Conducted general hospital consultations and neuropsychological screenings. Coordinated all phases of Postdoctoral and staff training. In the absence of the Director, responsible for the administrative and clinical supervision of all staff. Served as Chair of Institutional Research Review Board (IRB).

CONSULTANT, PSYCHOLOGY SERVICE
Atlantic City Medical Center
Atlantic City, NJ
Sept., 1996 - June 2000

Duties: Provided diagnostic screening evaluations on a physician-consultation basis at comprehensive acute care hospital. Extensive experience with neuropsychological consultations for acute trauma patients, and supportive clinical services for traumatic spinal cord and brain injured patients and families.

POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW
Bacharach Rehabilitation Hospital
Pomona, NJ
Sept., 1993 - August, 1994

Duties: Full range of psychological services with a diverse rehabilitation population. Duties included assessment and psychological treatment of cardiac patients, chronic pain patients, spinal cord injured patients, brain-injured patients, and stroke patients. Neuropsychological evaluations of both in- and outpatients were performed. Research on psychosocial aspects of cardiac disease was initiated. Lectured medical residents at Atlantic City Medical Center.

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY INTERN
Temple University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
July, 1992 - June, 1993

Duties: Year-long APA-accredited clinical internship entailed hospital rotations in four major areas with a neuropsychology emphasis. Rotational responsibilities were as follows:

    • Neuropsychology: Performed full assessments within a diverse medical population. Assessments included evaluation of pre- and post-operative heart transplant patients and assessment of patients with a range of neurologic dysfunction.
    • Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation: Consultant to multi-disciplinary rehabilitation team. Evaluated changes in cognitive and emotional functioning in patients with physical illness and disability. Performed neuropsychological screenings and provided supportive therapy. Worked part-time at Moss Rehabilitation Hospital in Philadelphia, doing full psychological screenings within a diverse patient population.
    • Outpatient: Provided outpatient individual psychotherapy with an adult population. Employed a variety of therapeutic modalities, including psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and conjoint therapy.
    • Inpatient: Worked with acute and chronic psychiatric population representing a range of psychopathology. Performed psychological testing including neuropsychological and personality assessment.
PSYCHOTHERAPIST
PsychResource Associates
Swarthmore, PA
July, 1991 - June, 1992

Duties: Responsibilities included full-range delivery of therapeutic services to diverse clinic population. Clients included children, adolescents, and adults.

PSYCHOTHERAPIST
Comprehensive Psychological Services
Havertown, PA
June, 1991 - June, 1992

Duties: Delivery of therapeutic services to diverse clinic population. Clients included children, adolescents, and adults. Problems ranged from severe depression to family dysfunction to marital distress. Full range of therapeutic modalities employed: psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and interpersonal.

PSYCHOTHERAPIST
Wilmington Medical Center
Wilmington, DE
Sept., 1990 - June, 1991

Duties: Outpatient based therapy and assessment with population of acutely and chronically distressed adults. Problems ranged from depression and anxiety to a variety of developmental and organic disorders. Administered full testing batteries. Served as co-leader of dynamic group therapy with chronically distressed inpatients/outpatients in partial hospital program.

PSYCHOTHERAPIST
Psychological Services Training Center
University of Delaware
Newark, DE
Sept., 1989 - June, 1991

Duties: Responsibilities included individual therapy, couples therapy, and case presentations at staff meetings. Also performed intelligence and personality testing of young children in school and resident-based settings.

YOUTH SERVICES COUNSELOR
Family Service Association
New London, CT
Sept., 1987 - June, 1988

Duties: Provided psychological services to emotionally distressed adolescents in Junior and Senior High Schools. Responsibilities also included psychological testing and leadership of weekly social skills and study skills groups.

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