Curriculum Vitae
 

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING, EDUCATION AND HONORS
 

BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, BOSTON, MA.    July 1995-June 1997
RESIDENCY TRAINING IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, OSHA, WASHINGTON, DC.    Summer 1996
Internship; Office of Occupational Medicine

CLEAN HARBORS, INC.  BRAINTREE, MA.        Fall 1996
Corporate medicine internship; consultant to environmental services and hazardous waste company.

BOSTON UNIVERSITY LABORATORIES      Fall and Spring 1996-7
Corporate internship re medical surveillance program for workers exposed to dioxins and polyaromatic hydrocarbons.

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CAMBRIDGE, MA.    Spring 1997
Clinical Elective: Department of Environmental Medical Services, Robert McCunney, MD, MPH.
Clinical occupational medicine including asbestos physicals.  Projects on diagnosis, treatment and neurophysiology related to repetitive strain injury and ergonomics; workers compensation and return to work systems; and latex allergies.

BETH ISRAEL-DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER     Spring 1997
NEUROPHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY, DEPT OF NEUROLOGY, BOSTON, MA..
Electromyography training.  Under the direction of Seward Rutkove, MD.

BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH,  BOSTON, MA.   July 1995 to May 1997
MASTER'S OF PUBLIC HEALTH

BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, BOSTON, MA.     July 1995-June 1996
CLINICAL FELLOWSHIP IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL NEUROLOGY

AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY.     July 1995 to June 1997
CLINICAL FELLOWSHIP IN ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE

MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER, NY, NY.        July 1992 to June 1995
RESIDENCY TRAINING IN NEUROLOGY

ST. LUKE'S-ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER, ST. LUKE'S DIVISION, NY, NY   June 1990 to July 1991
INTERNAL MEDICINE INTERNSHIP

HAHNEMANN  MEDICAL COLLEGE,  PHILADELPHIA, PA.     August 1986 to May 1990
DOCTOR OF MEDICINE

COLUMBIA COLLEGE IN THE  CITY OF NEW YORK, NY, NY.     August 1982 to June 1986
BACHELOR OF ARTS. DEAN'S LIST. 1982 and 1984

COLUMBIA COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS. New York, NY   Summers 1984, 1985
FELLOWSHIP AT THE H. HOUSTON MERRITT MUSCLE RESEARCH CENTER
 
 
 

ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH POSITIONS

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SAN FRANCISCO.       Pending Nov 2000
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE, DIVISON OF OEM.

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO)       July 1999
VISITING SCIENTIST,  INTERNATIONAL POISON CONTROL SERVICE (IPCS).

BOSTON UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, BOSTON, MA.   July 1998 to present
ADJUNCT CLINICAL INSTRUCTOR, DEPT OF NEUROLOGY

BOSTON UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, BOSTON, MA.
LECTURER, DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, NY, NY.
LECTURER, DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
 
 
 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (N).  Board Certified Diplomat #44166, 1997.

American Board of Preventive Medicine.   Board Certified Diplomate 2001.
California Medical License: #G85804
New York Medical License: #186145
Massachusetts Medical License: #81427
New Jersey Medical License: MA 71634

The  American Academy of Neurology,  1992 to present.

The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.  1995 to present.

California State Medical Society: License # G85804

Massachusetts State Medical Society: License # 81427.

New York State Medical Society: License # 186145.

Western Section, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine,  August 2000 to present.
 
 

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

NEOMA. MILL VALLEY, CA       January 1999 to present
NEUROLOGY, ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE ASSOCIATES.
Clinical evaluations and treatment, including electromyography, disability and independent medical evaluations of individuals and populations with suspected neurological illness or injury from workplace injuries or chemical exposure.  Industrial and legal consulting, academic writing and research.

KAISER PERMANANTE OF CALIFORNIA      August 2000 to present
CONSULTANT, NEUROLOGIST AND OCCUPATIONAL/ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE PHYSICIAN

INDUSTRIAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, WHITE PLAINS, NY    January to August 2000
PHYSICIAN, NEUROLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE

PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY, PARSIPPANY, NJ    September 1997 to present
MEDICAL DISABILITY CONSULTANT

EMEDICINE, INTERNET NEUROLOGY TEXT, WWW.EMEDICINE.COM  July 1999 to present
MEDICAL EDITOR, SECTION ON NEUROTOXICOLOGY

PROPEER RESOURCES        April 2000 to present
MEDICAL CONSULTANT

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, OSHA, WASHINGTON, DC.    July 1996 to present
Internship in the Office of Occupational Medicine.
Participated in three projects under the direction of  Melissa McDiarmid, MD, MPH, Director: the impact of the OSHA's Blood Borne Pathogens Standard on the incidence of Hepatitis B virus in health care workers; mercury toxicity in a Nevada gold mine; and the use of neurophysiological endpoints as a means to lower the permissible exposure limit for carbon disulfide, mercury, manganese, toluene and other neurotoxins.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   July 1996 to present
CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL, CINCINNATI, OH.
Consultant to government agency on human health hazard evaluations: (1) the association of asthma and headaches in a Connecticut submarine manufacturing company that uses an epoxy resin paint; (2) problems associated with carbon disulfide exposure in a Texas viscose rayon manufacturing company; (3) neurological effects from lead and arsenic in teachers who worked in a Utah school that had been built over a defunct mine and (4) neurological sequellae to mercury vapor in a Wisconsin mercury waste recycling plant.

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND REHABILITATION, INC., BOSTON, MA.   October 1997-December 1998
MEDICAL DIRECTOR,  DIVISION OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL NEUROLOGY

GENERAL ELECTRIC,  AIRCRAFT ENGINE DIVISION, LYNN, MA.   October 1997-Dec. 1998
CONSULTANT NEUROLOGIST AND ASSOCIATE MEDICAL CENTER DIRECTOR

THE AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCE AND DISEASE REGISTRY (ATSDR)   July 1995 to June 1997
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.
Clinical Fellowship in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Funded two year fellowship entitled "Assessment of Integrity of Peripheral and Autonomic Nervous System Physiology in Persian Gulf Veterans."  Co-sponsored by Boston Medical Center’s Department of Neurology, (RG Feldman, MD); and The Environmental Hazards Center, (D Ozonoff, MD, MPH and RF White, PhD) of the  VA Medical Center,  Boston, MA.

VETERAN'S ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CENTER.  BRONX, NY.    Dec. 1993-July 1995
Emergency Room Physician.  Evening and weekend duties.

WORLD JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE.        March - June 1992
CASABLANCA, MOROCCO.
Medical consultant.  Studied and proposed a program to improve a health care system for a dwindling population of Jews in six cities; urban and rural areas of this third world country.  Served on the staff and studied the organization of a 110 bed convalescent-type home in Casablanca.  All of work conducted in French.

NEURENTOX, INTERNATIONAL, INC.  WASHINGTON, DC.      Nov 1991 to March 1992
Physician- Researcher. Worked with Peter G. Bernad, MD, MPH; clinical neurologist with interest in occupational medicine and toxicology.  Responsible for clinical and research projects involving environmental and toxicological issues, medical- legal matters and electroencephalography with brain mapping.

US PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, ANCHORAGE AREA INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
BETHEL, ALASKA.           Sept. and October, 1991
General Medical Officer.   One of approximately 20 physicians working in a facility with large outpatient and inpatient departments caring for Alaskan natives from villages in the Yukon- Kuskokwim Delta Region with a population exceeding 25,000.  Work also included brief stays at primitive village clinics on the Bering Sea caring for pregnant patients, immunizing school children and the elderly, and examining walk-in patients.

US PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, ALBUQUERQUE AREA INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
ZUNI, NEW MEXICO.           July and August 1991
General Medical Officer.  One of eight physicians working in a small primary care facility caring for a native population of approximately 8,000.  Common pediatric, obstetric and gynecological, internal medicine, and minor surgical cases in this outpatient and inpatient setting.

COLUMBIA COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS    Fall 1984 through Spring 1986
DEPARTMENT OF ANATOMY AND CELL BIOLOGY, NEW YORK, NY.
Laboratory researcher.  Studied the cooperativity of calcium in rabbit skeletal and human dystrophic muscle.
 
 
 

PUBLICATIONS  (Available upon request; * full manuscript in preparation)

Rutchik, JS and Feldman, RG. Tetrachloroethylene. In Feldman RG. Occupational & Environmental Neurotoxicology. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Raven. 1999

Rutchik, JS and Feldman, RG. Carbon Disufide. In Feldman RG. Occupational & Environmental Neurotoxicology. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Raven. 1999

Rutchik, JS and Feldman, RG. Xylene. In Feldman RG. Occupational & Environmental Neurotoxicology. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Raven. 1999

Rutchik, JS and Feldman, RG. Ethylene Oxide. In Feldman RG. Occupational & Environmental Neurotoxicology. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Raven. 1999

Rutchik, JS and Feldman, RG. Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals. In Feldman RG. Occupational & Environmental Neurotoxicology. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Raven. 1999

Rutchik JS.  Occupational Slow Virus Disease.  In Couturier A, ed.  Occupational Infectious Diseases.  Boston: OEM Health.  Massachusetts: OEM Press.  1999.

Rutchik JS.  Hazards of Anatomical Pathology.  In: McCunney RJ, ed.  Medical Center Occupational Health and Safety.  Philadelphia: Lipincott, Williams and Wilkins.  1999.

Rutchik JS.  Occupational and Environmental Neurology.  In:  Bowler R, ed.  Occupational and Environmental Medicine Secrets.  Philadelphia: Hanley and Belfus.  1999.

Rutchik JS, Rutkove S.  Effect of Temperature on Motor Responses in Organophosphate Intoxication.  Muscle and Nerve (1998), 21, 958-960.

Rutchik JS, Barbanel C and Boskiewicz B.  Addressing Dioxins in the Workplace.  Occupational and Environmental Medicine Report (1998); 12, 2.

Rutchik JS.  An Environmental and Occupational Neurology Sub specialty.  Neurology (1998), 50, 4, S4,  A54

Rutchik JS.  Neurological Sequellae from Occupational and Environmental Exposure to Chlorinated Ethylenes.  Neurotoxicology. (1998); 19,3,473.

Rutchik JS.  Neurological Sequellae from Chlorinated Ethylenes.  Clinical Care Update.  NAOHP.  10/27/97.

Rutchik JS.  Toxicology of the Visual System.  Journal of Occupational Medicine (1997), 39,4, 356a.

Rutchik JS. Chronic Neurological Sequellae From An Acute Occupational Exposure to Lithium Salt: Case Report and Review of the Literature.  (Manuscript submitted to Archives of Environmental Health Summer 1999)

Rutchik JS.  Revising a Medical Surveillance Plan For A Hazardous Waste Company.
(Submitted to OEM Press)

Rutchik JS, Richards KR.  Toxicology of the Visual System: Industries and Populations.  (Submitted to Archives of Environmental Health, Summer 1999)

Rutchik JS.  Clinical Experiences of an Environmental and Occupational Neurology Program.*

Rutchik JS.  Perchloroethylene Induced Dementia; Case Report and Review of the Literature.*

Rutchik JS.  The Neurotoxicology of Ethylene Oxide.*

Rutchik JS.  Drug Use Rises in 1995 Among Youth.  Medical Review Officer  (MRO) Update (1996) .

Rutchik JS.  Neurology data collection from ICD-9-CM codes to encourage departmental statistical record keeping and analysis.  Neurology (1995) 45 (Supp 4), 59P.

Simpson DM, Tagliati M, Rutchik JS, Reichler B, and Lorch G.  Brainstem syndrome associated with CMV encephalitis in AIDS.  Annals of  Neurology (1995), 38, 2, T243.

Brandt PW, Diamond MS, Rutchik JS, Schachat FH.  Cooperative interactions between troponin and tropomyosin units extend the length of the thin filament in skeletal muscle.  Journal of Molecular Biology (1987) ,195, 885-896.

Brandt PW, Diamond MS, Rutchik JS, Schachat FH.  Cooperative Interactions between troponin-tropomyosin units extend the length of the thin filament in skeletal muscle.  Biophysical Journal (1987) 51, 28a.

Diamond MS, Brandt PW, Rutchik JS, Schachat FH.  The thin filament of skeletal muscle acts as a unit. Biophysical Journal (1985) 49, 46a.
 
 

LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS

"Practical Occupational and Environmental Neurology." Northern California Occupational Medicine Chiefs Meeting. Kaiser Permanente. Oakland, CA November 2000.

“Clinical Experiences of an Occupational and Environmental Neurologist.”  Poster presentation.  AOHC 2000. Philadelphia, PA. May 2000.

“Introduction to Neurotoxicology.”  Spring Semester.  Industrial Toxicology Course.  Columbia University School of Public Health.  New York, NY.  March 2000.

“Chlorinated Ethylenes: Neurological Sequellae.”  Environmental Health Grand Rounds.  School of Public Health.  Columbia University.  New York, NY.  November 1999.

“Occupational and Environmental Neurology: Case Presentations.”  Occupational and Environmental Medicine Grand Rounds.  Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute.  Rutgers Unversity.  Piscataway, NJ.  October 1999.

“Neurological Sequellae in Ammunitions Workers.”  Symposium Presentation.  American Psychological Association.  Annual Meeting.  Boston, MA.  August 1999.

“Neurology in Occupational Health.”  Invited Lecturer.  HIP Worker’s Compensation Division. New York City Adjusters and Nurse Case Managers.  New York, NY.  May 1999.

“Practical Occupational and Environmental Neurology.”  Postgraduate Seminar.  American Occupational Health Conference.  New Orleans, LA., April 1999.

"Practical Occupational and Environmental Neurology."  Invited Lecturer.  Arbella Insurance.  Massachusetts Insurance Adjusters and Case Managers.  Foxborough, MA.  November 1998.

“Clinical Experiences from a University Occupational and Environmental Neurology Program.”  Poster Presentation.  State of the Art Conference in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.  Phoenix, Arizona.  October 1998.

“Neurology in Occupational Health.”  Invited Lecturer.  Chubb Insurance.  Eastern Massachusetts Adjusters and Nurse Case Managers.  Westboro, MA.  August 1988.

Invited Participant.  Planning Committee Meeting for Persian Gulf War Syndrome Conference.  Center for Disease Control and Prevention.  Washington, DC.  July 1998.

“Musician Injuries.”  Invited Speaker.  Berklee School of Music, Boston, MA.  Summer Program.  June 1998.

“Choosing Neurology as a Career.”  Lecture.  National Youth Leadership Forum.  Boston, MA.  JulySub specialist 1996, 1997 and 1998.

“An Occupational and Environmental Neurology Sub specialist.”  Poster presentation.  American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting.  April 1998.

“Practical Occupational and Environmental Neurology.”  Lecture.  Grand Rounds.  Occupational Medicine Program.  Harvard School of Public Health.  April 1998.

“Introduction to Neurotoxicology.”  Guest Lecture.  Toxicology Course.  BU School of Public Health.  April 1998.

“Neurological Sequellae to Chlorinated Ethylene.”  Poster Presentation.  International Neurotoxicology Conference.  Little Rock, Arkansas.  October 1997.

“Toxicology of the Visual System.”  Poster presentation.  American Occupational Health Conference.  American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Annual Meeting. Orlando, Florida.  May 1997.

“Neurotoxicological Sequellae to Chlorinated Ethylene.”  Lecture.  Seminar on Chlorinated Ethylenes.  Boston University School of Public Health.  April 1997.

“Utilization of Electromyography and Nerve Conduction Velocity to Evaluation of the Peripheral Nervous System Dysfunction of Viscose Rayon Workers.”  Lecture.  Environmental Epidemiology Course.  Boston School of Public Health.  October 1997.

“Toluene and Manganese Neurotoxicity.” Lecture.  Health Standards Division.  Department of Labor.  Occupational Safety and Health.  February 1997.

“Neuropathy and Carbon Disulfide.”  Lecture.  Health Standards Division.  Department of Labor.  Occupational Safety and Health.  August 1996.

“Toxicology of the Visual System.”  Lecture.  Grand Rounds.  Department of Ophthalmology.  Boston Medical Center.  May 1996.

“Neurology Data Collection From ICD-9-CM Codes to Encourage Departmental Statistical Record Keeping and Analysis.”  Poster presentation.  American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting, May 1995.

“Axonal Neuropathy and Carpel Tunnel Syndrome.”  Lecture.  Division of Neuromuscular Diseases.  Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Spring 1995.

"Case studies in Occ and Env Neurology". Occupational Medicine Grand ROunds. UCSF. January 2001.