Joseph Vincent Thakuria, MD - Harvard University



Joseph Vincent Thakuria, MD

929 Mass Ave., PHB, Cambridge, MA 02139 • (917) 774-3346 • jthakuria@genetics.med.harvard.

HOSPITAL & ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS: Instructor of Medicine / Inpatient Specialist

Long Island Jewish Medical Center

North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System

New Hyde Park, NY

July 2002- June 2005

• Responsible for daily management of the inpatient medical service

• Participate in medical student, intern, and resident education and conduct teaching rounds

• Provide written and verbal evaluations for interns, residents, and students after each rotation

• Interview and recruit new physicians every year

• Member of Housestaff Evaluation Committee

• Supervise interns/residents in the Ambulatory Care clinic

• Run hospital’s Medicine consult service

• Responsible for Palliative Care service

• Conducted sports physicals for all Hofstra University varsity teams

• Arranged independent rotations through cytogenetics laboratory

• Awarded $50,000 research grant through Medtronix, Inc. for candidate gene study of congestive heart failure

• Clinical consultant for MTV special on HIV

Assistant Director of Medical Education

Frankford Hospitals

Frankford Health Care System

Philadelphia, PA

June 2000 – June 2002

Clinical and administrative duties included:

• Supervise interns/residents at all three hospitals in the Frankford Health System

• Lead teaching attending rounds for floor and ICU teams.

• Oversee and review all medical codes and assist the housestaff with management of critically ill patients

• Internal Medicine group

• Prepare lectures for housestaff

• Lead discussion and critique current articles from the medical literature for biweekly journal clubs

• Prepare and run morning reports

• Provide written and verbal evaluations for interns, residents and students after each rotation

• Meet with hospital staff to review intern/resident performance (including recognizing deficiencies and planning appropriate remedial training or disciplinary action)

• Communicate with program directors and hospital administration changes and trends in Medical Education

• Address day to day problems with housestaff coverage/performance

• Interview and recruit new physicians every year

• Communicate hospital policies to housestaff

EDUCATION: Fellowship: Medical Genetics

Harvard Medical School Genetics Training Program

Boston, MA

July 2005 - Present

Harvard Scholars in Clinical Science Program

Boston, MA

July 2006 - Present

Residency: Internal Medicine

Pennsylvania Hospital

University of Pennsylvania Health System

Philadelphia, PA

June 1997 – June 2000

Preliminary Year (Internal Medicine)

Presbyterian Medical Center

University of Pennsylvania Health System

Philadelphia, PA

June 1996 – June 1997

Medical School: St. George’s University School of Medicine

Grenada, West Indies

September 1990 – December 1995

Degree: MD

College: Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania

January 1986 – June 1990

Degree: B.S. Psychology

CERTIFICATIONS & LICENSURES: Board Certified in Internal Medicine

Unrestricted MA, NY, and PA Medical Licenses

Valid DEA License

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Basic Life Support

ECFMG Certification

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS: American Medical Association

American College of Physicians

American College of Medical Genetics

American Society of Human Genetics

New England Regional Genetics Group

New York State Medical Society

Thomas Bond Society

AWARDS & HONORS: Genzyme Fellowship in Clinical Biochemical Genetics Award (starts July 2007)

PCOM Physician Recognition Award for Academic Excellence

Harrison Fellowship (awarded 3 times for each consecutive year of IM residency) Geoffrey Bourne Scholarship

COMMITTEES: Member of Graduate Medical Education Committe

July 2005-Present

Member of Housestaff Evaluation Committee

July 2002- June 2005

Member of Medical Education Committee

June 2000-June 2002

Member of Residency Selection Committee

June 2000-June 2002

Elected Chairman of Housestaff Executive Committee

June 1999 – June 2000

Elected Chairman of Housestaff Social Committee

June 1998 – June 1999

PRESENTATIONS: “Disorders of Fatty Acid Beta Oxidation”

Presented to the Division of Genetics, Childrens Hospital Boston

September 2007

“GBA mutations in alpha-synucleinopathies”

Presented to the Division of Genetics, Childrens Hospital Boston

February, 2007

“Clinical Case Workshop: Hemochromatosis”

Presented at the 2006 HMS Genetic Basis of Adult Medicine Conference

October 2006

“Phenotypic Analysis of Ectopia Cordis: Emphasis on Etiology, Prenatal

Diagnosis and Cardiovascular Malformations”

Presented at the 27th Annual D.W. Smith Workshop on Malformations and

Morphogenesis, September 2006

“Case Report of a Newborn with Muenke’s Syndrome”

Presented at the 2006 American College of Medical Genetics Annual Meeting,

March 2006

“Case Report of a Patient with Fucosidosis”

Presented at Massachusetts General Hospital, September 2005

“Case Report of a Patient with Lemierre’s Syndrome”

Presented at Frankford Hospital, May 2002

“Case Report of a Patient with Parvovirus B19 Infection”

Presented at Frankford Hospital, March 2001

“Case Report of a Patient with Wegner’s Granulomatosis”

Presented at Pennsylvania Hospital, April 2000

“Use of Methotrexate in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus”

Presented at Pennsylvania Hospital, October 1999

“Case Report of a Patient with Factor VIII Inhibitor”

Presented at Pennsylvania Hospital, September 1999

“Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Update”

Presented at Pennsylvania Hospital, March 1999

“Case Report of TB Peritonitis”

Presented at Pennsylvania Hospital, July 1998

PUBLICATIONS: Oh A., Thakuria J., Kimonis V., Mulliken J., “Subglossopalatal Synechia in

Association with Cardiac and Digital Anomalies,” Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal,

June 18, 2007

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