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PITTER, Jean
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Jamaica
Paediatric Neurology, USA
1974
Biography 2018
Rotating internship 1974-1975; 6 months as Casualty Officer at Kingston Public Hospital; 6 months in Public Health in St Catherine, then in the Parish of St. James; 18 months working in Pediatrics at Cornwall Regional Hospital; which ended in being certified in the Diploma of Child Health in 1978; Pediatric Residency training at the Bronx Lebanon Hospital, NY, 1978-198; Fellowship training in Child Neurology at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, 1981- 1984; and Diplomate - American Board of Pediatrics - 1984, and past Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
I practiced Pediatrics and Child Neurology as an Attending in a teaching hospital for 4 years; then joined the staff of the Stanley Lamm Institute for Child Neurology and Developmental Disabilities, at Long Island College Hospital in New York; where I practiced for 17 years. The children had a wide spectrum of neurological problems, including Learning Disability, Cerebral Palsy, intractable seizures and Mental Retardation. I was also involved in teaching Pediatric Residents and Medical Students rotating through Child Neurology there. Assistant Clinical Professor in the Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics at SUNY for about 10 years of those 17 years, and was a preceptor of Child Neurology Fellows, and a lecturer to Medical students during this time.
I also authored 1 publication in the Journal of Child Neurology and co-authored a few others.
I received a Masters Degree in Health Care Administration at Central Michigan University, with the idea that I may pursue a new career when retired from Medicine, but cancelled that idea when I realized that retirement was far more attractive. Retired in 2008.