Former Plastic Surgeon Joel Roskind MD to Consult at Boston University Again
Dr. Joel Roskind is retired from plastic surgery, but busier than ever furnishing know how reaped from 30-year occupation to physicians and medical scholars. As a surgeon, Joel Roskind specialized in body enhancements, but he also made a point of acquiring multiple interests in the medical area, giving broad expertise and perspective which he now plans to leverage as a instructor and consultant
Dr. Joel Roskind approaches medicine from a multidisciplinary and humanitarian perspective. Dr. Joel Roskind also served in the U. S. Navy as part of a three-man plastic surgery team, and during that time he traveled to Mexico to do surgery on underprivileged children with cleft lips and palates.
At Boston University he will lecture a differential diagnosis class titled Integrated Problems. Dr. Roskind has previously taught at Boston University, as well as the University of California, San Diego, the Nassau University Medical Center, North Shore University Hospital, Cornell Medical School and the University Of Miami School Of Medicine.
In addition to running a busy plastic surgery practice specializing in body enhancements, Dr. Joel Roskind also developed a second specialty in facilities accreditation, eventually becoming an inspector for the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities (AAASF), and is now lecturing with clinics to help them achieve certification. He also took a smart interest in practice management and now consults with doctors in the areas of hiring and training team, setting up electronic systems, error prevention and patient relations.
Joel Roskind MD has always considered that because patients put so much trust in their doctors, physicians have a special obligation to make sure patients get the best possible care, and he has worked throughout his work to make sure they are protected by stringent safety standards. He promises to continue to contribute to the medical field in this field as a consultant. In what promises to be a very active retirement, Dr. Joel Roskind also plans to engage a personal interest in Judaic spirituality.