October 2007 - Assistant in Clinical Medicine and Assistant Attending in Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia, since 1998. www.nyp.org

December 2005 - Completed the rigorous recertification requirements of the American Board of Internal Medicine.

August 2004 - Elected to membership of the Board of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture"; elected to Secretary of the Board in April 2005.

April 2003 - Inducted into Fellowship at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture www.medicalacupuncture.org

July 2002 - Completed certification to become fully a credentialed Aviation Medical Examiner by the Federal Aviation Administration.

April 2002 - Inducted into Fellowship at the annual meeting of the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine in Philadelphia. www.acp.org

October 2001 - Awarded Board Certification by the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture. www.medicalacupuncture.org

CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION

April 2007 - Attended the annual meeting of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture and served on the Planning Committee.

October 2006 - Renewed certificationin Advanced Trauma Life Support according to the standards established by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma.

April 2006 - Attended the joint meeting of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture and the International Council of Medical Acupuncture and Related Techniques, for which Dr. Cooke served on the Planning Committee.

September 2005 - Attended the 3rd Worldwide Congress of Acupuncture of the World Medical Association of Acupuncture in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

April 2005 - Attended a 3 day seminar at the Marion Institute, Mass.,  in European Biological Medicine led by Dr. Thomas Rau of the Paracelsus Clinic in Switzerland.

March 2005 - Completed Recertification for both Advanced Cardiac Life Support and for the FAA Aviation Medical Examiner certification.

March 2005 - Attended the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture in Atlanta, Georgia, for which Dr. Cooke served on the Planning Committee.

January 2003 - July 2003 - Continuing clinical biochemistry review under the supervision of Nicholas Abrishamian, PhD, Clinical Biochemist

March 2002 - Attended Metabolic Typing workshop given by Dr. Harold Kristal; www.bloodph.com

March 2002 - Attended 3 day seminar with Dr. Qingming Zhu on introduction to scalp acupuncture, with a focus toward its application to neurological disorders. www.scalpacupuncture.org

September 2001- Traveled to Cuba on a special interest tour, approved by the Treasury Department, with emphasis on holistic health care delivery.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND EXPERIENCE

October 2007 - Serving as Clinical Preceptor in Clinical Diagnosis at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, for her ninth consecutive year

August 2002 to Present - Per Diem Physician, Columbia Urgicare Center

May 1999 to May 2002 - Active Member of the Consensus Health Credentialing Committee, Acupuncture division

September 1998 to Present - Per Diem Physician under Comprehensive Health Services to the New York Stock Exchange Clinic

July 1995 to February 2002 - Locum Tenens Physician in Emergency Medicine under contract to Comphealth, Salt Lake City, with regular ER assignments, including Phoenix Indian Medical Center, and Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital, Plattsburgh, NY