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"The Place of Arts Medicine in Diagnosis and Healing" was presented at the 6th International Conference on Humanities Therapy at Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea, and was published in the Journal of Humanities Therapy, Volume 5, December 2104, pp 129-163. At the conference, Dr. Kaufman also facilitated the workshop, Becoming  Pegasus from the Blood of Medusa: Creativity, Hurt and Healing.   
                                                                                                   CURRICULUM VITAE
 
NAME:                                  Diane Leslie Kaufman, MD
 
EMAIL ADDRESS:            artsmedicine@hotmail.com
 
WEB SITE:                          www.artsmedicineforhealthandhealing.com
 
OFFICE ADDRESS:         Mind Matters, PC 
(in Oregon)                       18650 NW Cornell Road  Suite 315
                                               Hillsboro, Oregon 97124
                                             
 November 2016 - Present
  
                                              
Morrison Child & Family Services
                                              11035 NE Sandy Boulevard
                                              Portland, Oregon 97220
                                              Email: Diane.Kaufman@morrisonkids.org  
                                              Outpatient Child Psychiatrist
                                              August 2014 – September 2016
                                     
CITIZENSHIP:                   USA
 
EDUCATION:
 
A.                         Undergraduate Graduate and Professional
 
                                                Mount Holyoke College
                                                South Hadley, Massachusetts
                                                Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) 1975
                                                
B.                      Graduate and Professional
             
                                                 Downstate Medical Center
                                                 State University of New York (SUNY)
                                                 Brooklyn, New York
                                                 Medical Degree 1979                                               
 
POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING:
 
A.                      Internship and Residencies
 
                                                  New York University Medical Center – Bellevue Hospital
                                                  Psychiatry Residency and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
                                                  July 1982 - December 1985                 
 
                                                  New York University Medical Center – Bellevue Hospital
                                                  Pediatric Internship and Residency
                                                  July 1979 - June 1982
                      
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
 
                         Department of Pediatrics
                           Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences 
                         New Jersey Medical School  
                         Assistant Professor
                         July 2013 to August 2014
                         
                        Department of Pediatrics
                          University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
                         New Jersey Medical School  
                         Assistant Professor
                         October 1987 - June 2013
 
                         Department of Psychiatry
                         Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
                         New Jersey Medical School  
                         Assistant Professor
                         July 2013 to August 2014
 
                         Department of Psychiatry
                          University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
                         New Jersey Medical School  
                         Assistant Professor
                         January 1986 - June 2013
 
                         Department of Primary Care/Institute for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
                         Rutgers School of Health Related Professions
                         Adjunct Assistant Professor
                         October 2013 – August 2014 
 
HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:
 
                         Attending Privileges – University Hospital
                         July 2013 to August 2014     
 
                         Department of Psychiatry
                         University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
                         Attending Privileges – The University Hospital
                         January 1986 – June 2013
                           
PAST EMPLOYMENT:
 
            Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
            University Behavioral Healthcare
            Senior Psychiatrist (Newark)
            In consultation with the Medical Director of University Behavioral Healthcare to provide
            administrative and clinical psychiatric leadership for the Newark campus treatment services.       
            July 2013 to August 2014  
 
            Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
            New Jersey Medical School           
            Liaison of the Healthcare Foundation Center for Humanism and Medicine to the New Jersey
            Council for the Humanities’ Literature and Medicine Program: Humanities at the Heart of
            Health Care
            Provide support and assistance in the coordination of the literature and medicine program.
            July 2013 to August 2014
 
            Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
            New Jersey Medical School            
            Rotation Site Director for Child Psychiatry at University Behavioral Healthcare
            In consultation with the Division Director and Training Director of Child and Adolescent
            Psychiatry to help coordinate and implement clinical and supervisory needs for the child
            psychiatry fellows.
            July 2013 to August 2014        
 
            Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
            University Behavioral Healthcare
            Attending Child Psychiatrist in Child and Adolescent Services
            Psychiatric assessment and treatment of children and adolescents, participation in the intake
            team meeting and the high risk patient management team; weekly and as needed supervision of
            child psychiatry fellows and as assigned, psychiatry residents, and medical students; supervisor
            to the child psychiatry fellow for evening and weekend on-call.                        
            September 2005 to August 2014              
          
            University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
            University Behavioral Healthcare
            Senior Psychiatrist (Newark)
            In consultation with the Medical Director of University Behavioral Healthcare to provide
            administrative and clinical psychiatric leadership for the Newark campus treatment services.       
            July 2008 to August 2014
 
            University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
            New Jersey Medical School           
            Liaison of the Healthcare Foundation Center for Humanism and Medicine to the New Jersey
            Council for the Humanities’ Literature and Medicine Program: Humanities at the Heart of
            Health Care
            Provide support and assistance in the coordination of the literature and medicine program.
            January 2007 to August 2014
 
            University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey 
            New Jersey Medical School            
            Rotation Site Director for Child Psychiatry at University Behavioral Healthcare
            In consultation with the Division Director and Training Director of Child and Adolescent
            Psychiatry to help coordinate and implement clinical and supervisory needs for the child
            psychiatry fellows.
            September 2005 to July 2013
 
            University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
            University Behavioral Healthcare
            Attending Child Psychiatrist in Child and Adolescent Services
            Psychiatric assessment and treatment of children and adolescents, participation in the intake
            team meeting and the high risk patient management team; weekly and as needed supervision of
            child psychiatry fellows and as assigned, psychiatry residents, and medical students; supervisor
            to the child psychiatry fellow for evening and weekend on-call.                        
            September 2005 to July 2013  
          
            University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
            University Behavioral Healthcare  (Newark and Cranford)                                      
            Attending Adult and Child Psychiatrist in Brief Treatment Services
            Psychiatric assessment and treatment of children, adolescents, and adults, participation in the
            intake team meeting; as assigned weekly and as needed supervision of child psychiatry fellows,
            psychiatry residents, and medical students; supervisor to child psychiatry fellow for evening 
            and weekend on-call.                        
            1997 - 2005
 
            University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
            Community Mental Health Center and University Behavioral Healthcare (as of March 1996)  
            Attending Adult and Child Psychiatrist, Managed Care Resources
            Psychiatric assessment and treatment of children, adolescents, and adults, participation in the
            intake team meeting, as assigned weekly and as needed supervision of child psychiatry fellows,
            residents, and medical students; supervisor to child psychiatry fellow for evening and weekend           
            on-call.                                                         
            1995 – 1997

            University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
            Community Mental Health Center
            Medical Director of the Crisis Intervention Mobile Outreach Program
            Program and team psychiatric leader, staff supervisor to ensure quality of mental health care,
            direct psychiatric assessment and treatment of children and adolescents at risk for inpatient
            admission and as follow-up to an emergency room evaluation, as assigned weekly and as
            needed supervision of child psychiatry fellows, residents, and medical students; supervisor to
            child psychiatry fellow for evening and weekend on-call.                                                         
            1993 - 1995          
 
            University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
            Community Mental Health Center
            Medical Director of The Family Program for Infants & Young Children
            Program and team psychiatric leader, staff supervisor to ensure quality of mental health care,
            direct psychiatric assessment and treatment of children in the preschool outpatient service,
            therapeutic kindergarten and therapeutic nursery, as assigned weekly and as needed supervision
            of child psychiatry fellows, residents, and medical students; supervisor to child psychiatry
            fellow for evening and weekend on-call, program development through grant writing.                                                      
            1991 - 1993                                  
                       
            University of Medicine and Dentistry of Dentistry of New
            Community Mental Health Center
            Medical Director of Preschool Services
            Program and team psychiatric leader, staff supervisor to ensure quality of mental health care,
            direct psychiatric assessment and treatment of teenage parents and their infants, outpatient
            preschool service children, the therapeutic nursery (half day partial care), and as of 1989 the
            therapeutic kindergarten (half day partial care), as assigned weekly and as needed supervision
            of child psychiatry fellows, residents, and medical students; supervisor to child psychiatry
            fellow for evening and weekend on-call, program development through grant writing.                  
            July 1987 - 1991
 
            University of Medicine and Dentistry of Dentistry of New Jersey
            Community Mental Health Center
            Attending Psychiatrist, Child and Adolescent Services                            
            Psychiatric assessment and treatment of children and adolescents, participation in the intake
            team meeting, as assigned weekly and as needed supervision of child psychiatry fellows,
            residents, and medical students; supervisor to child psychiatry fellow for evening and
            weekend on-call.                                                                    
            January 1986 - June 1987                                           
 
 PRIVATE PRACTICE:
 
              1987                 31 Paterson Road, Fanwood, New Jersey
                                        Adult and child psychiatric assessment, therapy, and medication treatment
 
              1985                  412 Sixth Avenue, Suite 700, New York, New York                                        
                                         Adult and child psychiatric assessment, therapy, and medication treatment                                              
 
.             1984-1985       78 Irving Place, Suite 1A, New York, New York
                                         Adult and child psychiatric assessment, therapy, and medication treatment
             
LICENSURE:
 
                            Oregon Medical License - xxxxxx    Exp: 12/31/15
 
 DRUG LICENSURE:
 
                            DEA: xxxxxxx                                                Exp: 12/31/16
 
                            NATIONAL PROVIDER IDENTIFIER (NPI)   xxxxxxxx      
 
CERTIFICATION:
 
a. Specialty Board:
 
                             Adult Psychiatry – Certified: 1986
 
                             Pediatrics – Certified: 1984
 
b. Sub-specialty Board:
 
                             Child Psychiatry – Board Eligible: 1985
 
MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
 
                International Expressive Arts Therapy Association
 
               National Association for Poetry Therapy
 
               American Academy of Child Psychiatry
 
               Phi Beta Kappa
 
               Sigma Xi Society
 
               2005 - 2007 Advisory Board Member, Good Grief, Summit, NJ
                                       Resource center and support groups for grieving children and families to help
                                       them mourn their loved ones in healthy ways
 
               2005 - 2007   Advisory Board Member, Creative Heartwork, Boonton Township, NJ
                                          Healing arts (visual, musical, literary, and performing) for physically and                                                     
                                          emotionally disabled children to enhance their independence and recovery
 
2005 - 2006   Advisory Board Member, Barat Foundation, Newark, NJ
                             Arts workshops, education, and cultural exchange programs to enhance the
                             lives of underserved youth
 
2002 - 2006    Advisory Board Member, Arts in Prevention Institute - Center for the Arts
                              Morganville, NJ 
                              Promotes positive youth development and prevention of delinquency through
                              self-expression via the creative arts
 
1995 - 1999     Advisory Board Member, Communities in Schools Newark, NJ
                              Develops resources for children in public schools by establishing a network of                      
                              relationships with social service, healthcare, and business organizations
                  
 1994                  Curriculum Review Committee Member, Essex County Planned Parenthood, NJ                                       
 
1993                    Advisory Council Member, Goodstarts Program, Newark Public Schools, NJ                                                                                                                    Enhancement of educational services on behalf of Newark school children
 
1992-1994       Honorary Member, Newark Chapter 1 Parents District Advisory Council
                              Executive Board, NJ
                              Promotes parent involvement to enhance children’s educational experience
 
1991-1994       Member, Governor’s Committee on Children’s Service Planning, Trenton, NJ                       
 
1990-1993      Charter Member, New Jersey Association for Infant Mental Health
           
1990-1992      Advisory Council Member, Urban Pre-Kindergarten Program, Newark, NJ                   
                            Promotes educational programming excellence for pre-kindergarten children 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
HONORS AND AWARDS:
 
               Teaching Excellence Award
               Department of Psychiatry, Division of Child Psychiatry
               Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences-New Jersey Medical School   
               2014
 
               Inclusion in Guide to America’s Top Psychiatrists
               Consumers’ Research Council of America
               SLD Industries
               2011
 
                Lester Z. Lieberman Leadership Award for Humanism in Healthcare
                Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey
                2011
 
                Selected for the National Endowment for the Arts funded Hospital Artist in Residence                       
                Training Institute
                The Creative Center, New York, New York
                2010
 
               Teaching Excellence Award
               Department of Psychiatry, Division of Child Psychiatry
               University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School   
               2009
 
                Humanism in Medicine Recognition Award
                Health Care Foundation Center for Humanism in Medicine
                University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
               2008
 
                 Master Clinician Award
                 University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
                 University Behavioral Healthcare
                 2007  
 
                  Inducted Member, Gold Humanism Society (Arnold P. Gold Foundation)
                  University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School
                  2005               
 
                  Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award
                  The Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey (first New Jersey Medical School faculty member
                  chosen to receive this award)
                  2000
 
                   Honoree, in recognition of excellent service for establishing and facilitating the Writer’s  
                   Circle, poetry for healing group as a volunteer
                   Integrity House (residential substance abuse treatment program, Newark, New Jersey)
                   1998

                    Honoree, in recognition of establishing and facilitating Creative Recovery, a women’s creativity group as a                                                  volunteer
                    Integrity House (residential substance abuse treatment program, Newark, New Jersey)
                    1997 
               
                    Finalist candidate, Community Outreach Excellence Award
                    University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
                    Community Mental Health Center
                    1997
 
                    Quarterly Achievement Award (with Carol Waters, A.S.) in recognition of outstanding achievement in community                                    mental health and the prevention of child abuse and neglect
                    University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
                    Community Mental Health Center
                    1995
 
                    Finalist candidate, Community Outreach Excellence Award
                    University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
                    Community Mental Health Center
                    1992
 
                    Honoree for outstanding contribution to children
                    Essex County New Jersey Child Care Coalition
                    1991
 
                    Magna Cum Laude
                    Mount Holyoke College
                    1975
 
                   Sarah Williston Scholar
                   Mount Holyoke College
                   1975
 
                   Sigma Xi Society (Associate) 
                   Sigma Xi Chapter at Mount Holyoke College
                   1975
 
                   Phi Beta Kappa Prize (Honorable Mention)
                   Mount Holyoke College
                   1975
 
                   Phi Beta Kappa
                   Mount Holyoke College
                   1975
                                     
BOARD OF DIRECTORS/TRUSTEES POSITIONS:
 
1989-1993  Board of Directors, New Jersey Association for Infant Mental Health
                      Raise awareness and increases knowledge of infant psycho-social and emotional development as critical to healthy                                maturation and was editor of The Phoenix, Association for Infant Mental Health Newsletter, 1991-1993  
 
SERVICE ON MAJOR COMMITTEES: 
                 
A.   Medical School/University
 
       Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Education Committee Meeting
       University Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School    
       2005-2012

       Humanism and Medicine Executive Committee
       University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School
       2005-2007
 
       Student Assistance/Faculty Assistance Campus Committee
       University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School
       2002-2003
 
       Child Abuse and Neglect Work Group
       University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School
       1996-1997    
                                    
 SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY:
 
                 Newark Chairperson Emeritus at Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences 
                 Do the Write Thing Challenge, National Campaign to Stop Violence
                 Washington, D.C.
                 July 2013 to August 2014
 
                 Newark Chairperson Emeritus at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
                 Do the Write Thing Challenge, National Campaign to Stop Violence
                 Washington, D.C.
                 2002- July 2013   
 
                 Newark Chairperson at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
                 Do the Write Thing Challenge, National Campaign To Stop Violence
                 Washington, D.C.
                 1999-2002
              
TEACHING RESPONSIBLITIES:
 
A. Lectures or Course Directorship                       
                        
                 New Jersey Medical School
                 Creative Arts in End of Life Care (non-credit elective)
                 From Diagnosis to Death: Essential Communication Skills 
                 Fall 2010 (7 sessions)
 
                 New Jersey Medical School
                 The Healthcare Foundation for Humanism and Medicine
                 Effective Communication Skills with Seriously Ill Patients
                 From Diagnosis to Death (non-credit elective)
                 Fall 2009 (5 sessions)  
 
                 New Jersey Medical School
                 Department of Psychiatry – Division of Child Psychiatry
                 Arts and Mental Health
                 July 2008 – June 2009
 
                 New Jersey Medical School
                 Department of Psychiatry – Division of Child Psychiatry
                 Evaluation and Formulations
                 September 2005 – June 2008
 
                 New Jersey Medical School
                 The Healthcare Foundation for Humanism and Medicine
                 Conversations in Humanism and Medicine (non-credit elective)
                 Envisioning and Becoming and Humanistic Practitioner
                 Spring 2008 (5 sessions)
 
                 New Jersey Medical School
                 The Healthcare Foundation for Humanism and Medicine
                 Conversations in Humanism and Medicine (non-credit elective)
                 Envisioning and Becoming a Humanistic Practitioner
                 Fall 2007 (4 sessions)  
 
                 New Jersey Medical School
                 The Physician’s Core
                 Humanism and Professionalism
                 January 2008 - March 2008            
            
                 New Jersey Medical School
                 The Physician’s Core 
                 Cultural Dynamics in Medicine
                 March 2007 - May 2007        
 
                 New Jersey Medical School
                 The Physician’s Core
                 Humanism and Professionalism
                 January 2007 - February 2007
 
                 New Jersey Medical School
                 The Healthcare Foundation Center for Humanism and Medicine
                 Conversations in Humanism and Medicine ~ Film and Discussion
                 Touching Souls in the Doctor Patient Relationship
                 November 2006
 
                 New Jersey Medical School
                 Conversations in Humanism and Medicine ~ Film and Discussion
                 The Healthcare Foundation Center for Humanism and Medicine
                 The Nature of Suffering
                 July 2006
 
                 New Jersey Medical School
                 The Healthcare Foundation Center for Humanism and Medicine
                 Conversations in Humanism and Medicine ~ Film and Discussion
                 The Doctor Patient Relationship
                 May 2006
 
                 New Jersey Medical School
                 The Physician’s Core 
                 Humanism and Professionalism
                 January 2006 - February 2006
 
                 New Jersey Medical School              
                 Faculty Advisor, Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Club                        
                 1999-2001
                 New Jersey Medical School
                 Poetry and Medicine (non-credit elective)
                 Fall 1999
 
CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITES:
                
                  Child Psychiatrist
                  Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences
                  University Behavioral Health Care
                  July 2013 to August 2014  
 
                  Child Psychiatrist
                  University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
                  University Behavioral HealthCare
                  January 1986 – June 2013
                              

GRANT SUPPORT:    
 
A.  Principal Investigator or P.I. of Sub-Contract
 
                     Simply Being Human: Expressive Arts for Healthcare Students and Providers
 
                     Simply Being Human is an expressive arts experiential workshop series (monthly ninety
                     minute session for nine months) where healthcare students and providers are given permission
                     to stop frantic their “human doing” and reconnect with themselves as “human being.” With a
                     sense of wonder and a beginner’s mind, the goal is for students and staff to become refreshed
                     and revitalized as both individuals and members of a healing community, as they learn to
                     come back to their embodied senses, thoughts and feelings, to reflect upon, and ultimately
                     respect (meaning to “see” again) themselves and each other in life affirming ways. As the           
                     healthcare provider group and student group became combined due to attrition in the student
                     group, with approval by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation., an IRB modification and 
                     continuation was approved by IRB to open attendance to a single or more workshop during
                     participation in this second phase of the grant, as the original grant funding has not all been
                     expended.. Virginia Cowen, PhD, Institute for Complimentary Medicine, has also been added
                     to the grant as researcher. The grant ended with a final workshop on July 17, 2013. Data
                     analysis is in process.
 
                     Arnold P. Gold Foundation
                     Simply Being Human: Expressive Arts for Healthcare Students and Providers
                     June 2011 – May 2012
                     (with IRB approval the grant cycle was extended to July 22, 2014)
                     $3,360
 
                     Life Lines – Arts in Medicine Health Initiative
 
                     The Arts in Medicine Health Initiative is a special interest group at the University of Medicine
                     and Dentistry of New Jersey and is an integral part of Creative Arts Healthcare. The Life
                     Lines Poetry and Expressive Arts Group is a series of five workshops co-facilitated by a
                     writer/poetry therapist and an expressive artist specializing in drama, dance, music, etc. on the
                     theme of Connections. The goal of Life Lines is to provide a safe and nurturing environment
                     for creative self expression, deep listening to self and others, and to foster renewal.
       
                    The Institute for Poetic Medicine
                    Life Lines – Arts in Medicine Health Initiative
                    Poetry and Expressive Arts Group for Medical Students
                    May 2011 – April 2012
                    $800
 
                     ArtHealth Solutions Consultation Grant
 
                     The grant award is 18 hours of expert consultation to further the development of Creative Arts
                     in healthcare at UMDNJ from the Society of Arts in Healthcare. The goal is to facilitate
                     strategic planning with an emphasis on sustainability and ability to institutionalize arts in
                     healthcare as an added competency for providers at all levels and develop inpatient and
                     outpatient services.
                     Society for the Arts in Healthcare
                     ArtHealth Solutions Consultation Grant
                     April 2011 – August 2011
 
                     Parents Are People Too!
            
                     The “Parents Are People Too!” education/training and service grant and subcontracts listed  
                     below provided child abuse and neglect prevention education onsite at community agencies
                     consisting of weekly facilitated group sessions with parents, guardians, and/or grandparents
                     implementing the “Parents Are People Too!” workbook which integrated the psychological
                     personhood of the parenting adult with effective parenting skills. An “In Celebration of
                     Parents” event with guest speakers for all the participating agencies and their graduates was
                     held each year. The “Parents Are People Too!” program was selected in 1996 by the Children’s
                     Trust Fund of New Jersey as an exemplary child abuse prevention resource to represent the
                     state of New Jersey for inclusion in an electronic national data base compiled by the National
                     Alliance of Trust and Prevention Funds with the National Center for Child Abuse and Neglect.
                
                    New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services
                    Parents Are People Too!                     
                    July 1993 - June 2004
                    $203,028         
 
                    Babyland Family Services, Inc
                    Parents Are People Too!                     
                    July 1996 - June 2004
                    $34,050
 
                   Essex County Superior Court - Family Division
                   Parents Are People Too!                     
                   July 1999 – February 2004       
                   $65,000                        
 
                   Apostles House
                   Parents Are People Too!                     
                   July 1995 - June 2003
                   $35,000
 
                   Newark Public Schools
                   Parents Are People Too!                     
                   September 1999 - June 2000
                   $2,500   
 
                   International Youth Organization
                   Parents Are People Too!                     
                   July 1995 – June 2000
                   $19,500
 
                  Communities in Schools
                  Parents Are People Too!                     
                  September 1997 - June 1999
                  $7,500

                  17th Avenue Newark Public School
                  Parents Are People Too!                     
                  September 1996 - June 1998
                  $4,800
    
                  University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
                  Center for Family Partnerships
                  Parents Are People Too!                     
                  July 1996 - June 1997
                  $2,500 
 
                  Cities in Schools
                  Parents Are People Too!                     
                  September 1995 – June 1996
                  $2,500
  
                  Newark Public Schools, GoodStarts Program
                  Parents Are People Too!                     
                  September 1995 - June 1996
                  $2,500
 
                  New Jersey Children’s Trust Fund
                  Parents Are People Too!                     
                  July 1992 - June 1995 
                  $42,264                  
                      
                  Therapeutic Foster Home Project
 
                  The Therapeutic Foster Home Project education/training and service grant focused on the special  
                  mental heath needs of abused and neglected children who were placed in multiple foster homes.  
                  The foster parents participated in “Parents are People Too!” parenting education groups and the 
                  children received mental health treatment. An “Every Child Deserves a Home” child abuse 
                  awareness poster was also designed to support recruitment of foster parents.
                  
                  Turrell Fund
                  Therapeutic Foster Home Project
                  July 1992 - June 1993
                  $25,000   
 
                  National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, Department of Health and Human Services   
                  Therapeutic Foster Home Project
                  July 1990 – June 1991
                  $55,551
                                                           
                 Daycare: Focus on Children’s Rights (videotape and training manual)
 
                 The Daycare: Focus on Children’s Rights education/training grant educated Newark preschool  
                 program staff on infant and child development with a focus on early warning signs of delayed 
                 and/or deviant psycho-social and emotional development that should warrant referral to mental 
                 health program. This was also presented within the context of legal rights for such assessment 
                 and treatment services.
 
                Rutgers Community Health Foundation
                Daycare: Focus on Children’s Rights
                July 1988 - June 1989
                $10,000            
      
B. Co-Investigator
 
                  Creative and Expressive Writing in Medical Education.- Literature Review
 
                  Comprehensive review of the literature on creative and expressive writing modalities as a
                  teaching method to enhance humanism and clinical care in medical education 
 
                  Arnold P. Gold Foundation Research Institute
                  PI - Virginia Cowen, PhD, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences – Institute for
                  Complimentary and Alternative Medicine  
                  $5000 (will pay for ICAM graduate student)
                  July 2013 – July 2014 
 
                 Poetry in the PALM Room
                 (co-investigator Theresa Rejrat, RN, MA – University Hospital)
               
                 Monthly poetry workshops with neurologically challenged adults in the PALM Room (planned
                 activity less medication) of University Hospital. Poets and/or Poetry Therapists facilitate the
                 workshops and assigned nursing staff also actively participate with the patients during the
                 workshop. As part of the standard practice of care, the nursing staff documents patient status
                 and functioning during activities. It is anticipated that with IRB approval, once the project is
                 concluded that a retrospective study of impact will be conducted by chart review. Creative Arts
                 Healthcare has also contributed $440 to this project for salary support to the facilitators.    
 
                 Hospital Auxiliary – University Hospital
                 May 2013 thru April 2014 (time to be extended per reorganization of Rutgers)
                 $1000
 
                 Early Childhood Education and Consultation Outreach Service
                 (co-investigator – Linda Taylor, PhD)
 
                 The Early Childhood Outreach and Consultation Service education/training and service grant    
                 developed a child development curriculum for Newark preschool programs to educate staff on  
                 social-emotional development and also provided onsite consultation for children who were
                 experiencing difficulties in the preschool setting. The purpose of the consultation was to obtain
                 a better understanding of that child’s unique needs, to support the preschool staff in assisting
                 that child and parent in the preschool program, and to refer the child for mental health
                 assessment and treatment when deemed appropriate.
                   
                Prudential Newark Mothers and Children Grant
                Early Childhood Education and Consultation Outreach Service
                July 1993 - June 1996
                $150,000
            
                Professionals for Children: Together We Can Make a Difference
                (co-investigator – Dionne Ledford, M.A.)
 
                The Professionals For Children: Together We Can Make a Difference education/training grant        
                brought together child and family serving agencies to support respectful collaboration and
                knowledge of community resources through guest speakers, display tables, and networking
                luncheon(s) at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
 
                Prudential Newark Mothers and Children Grant
                Professionals for Children: Together We Can Make a Difference
                July 1993 - June 1994
                $2,500
 
 
PUBLICATIONS:

  1. Refereed Original Article in Journal
 
                     1.  Blumenfield, M., Levy, N., & Kaufman D.; Current attitudes of medical students and
                          house staff toward terminal illness; General Hospital Psychiatry, 1: 306-310, 1979
 
                     2.  Blumenfeld, M., Levy, N., & Kaufman, D.; Do patients want to be informed of a fatal Illness;
                           Journal of Death and Dying – Omega, 9: 323-326, 1979

  1. Books, Monographs and Chapters
 
                     1. Kaufman, D., Chalmers, R., & Rosenberg, W. Chapter 9, Poetry Therapy; In Integrating
                         Expressive Arts and Play Therapy: A Guidebook for Mental Health Practitioners and
                         Educators,1st Edition; E. J. Green and A. A. Drewes (Eds.); John Wiley, Hoboken, New
                         Jersey; November 2013
 
                     2. Kaufman, D., Cowen, V, Rabinowitz, J., & Schneider, M., Chapter 2, Expressive Arts
                          and Practitioner Self Care: “Simply Being Human”; In Creative Arts in Humane Medicine,
                          L. McClean (Ed); Brush Education Limited, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; August 2013 
 
                     3. Kaufman, D., Nash, E., Wise, S. & Rabinowitz, J., Archetypes, Hurt and Healing: The
                         Bird That Wants to Fly. In: 4th Global Conference on Storytelling, Inter-Disciplinary Press,
                         Online chapter at http://www.inter-disciplinary.net.publishing/id-press, Oxford, United
                         Kingdom; July 2013
               
                     4. Kaufman, D. & Kalatsei, O.; Bird That Wants to Fly, Create Space; March 2013    
          
                     5. Kaufman, D. & Goodman, K.; Cracking Up and Back Again: Transformation Through
                          Music and Poetry; In: The Meaning Management Challenge: Making Sense of Health,
                          Illness and Disease, Z.Li and T. Long (Eds.), pp 117-119, Inter-Disciplinary Press,
                          published online at http://www.inter-disciplinary.net.publishing/id-press, Oxford, United
                          Kingdom; 2010  
 
                     6.  Kaufman, D.; Cracking Up and Back Again: Transformation Through Poetry, Palabras       
                           Press, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; 2007                  
 
C. Other Articles (Reviews, Editorials, etc) in Journals; Chapters; Books; other Professional Communications
 
                     1.  Kaufman, D.; Missing Mommy. The Arnold P. Gold Foundation for Humanism in
                          Medicine, 2000, published online at http://humanism-in-medicine.org
 
                     2.  Kaufman, D.; Student Clinician’s Ceremony Presentation - University of Medicine and
                          Dentistry of New Jersey - New Jersey Medical School; The Arnold P. Gold Foundation
                          for Humanism in Medicine, published online at http://humanism-in-medicine.org., 1999
 
                      3. Blumenfeld, M., Levy, N., & Kaufman, D.; Do patients want to be told? (Letter to Editor),   
                          The New England Journal of Medicine, 299, 1138, 1978
 
 D. Abstracts
 
                      1. Kaufman, K.R., & Kaufman, D.L.; Themes in cultural competence: Ritual cleansing and
                          medicine noncompliance; Presented at 15th European Psychiatric Congress, 2007;                           
                          European Psychiatry, 22 (Suppl. 1): S340-3
 
PRESENTATIONS:
 
A.Professional (Clinical):
 
                      International
 
                      The Place of Arts Medicine in Diagnosis and Healing (presentation) and Becoming Pegasus
                      from the Blood of Medusa: Creativity, Hurt and Healing (workshop), 6th International
                      Conference on Humanities Therapy, Kangwon National University, South Korea, July 2014
 
                      Becoming Pegasus from the Blood of Medusa: Creativity, Hurt and Healing (workshop),
                      Korean Society for Poetry Therapy, South Korea, July 2014
                      
                      Archetypes, Hurt and Healing: The Bird That Wants to Fly (co-presenter Emily Nash,
                      LCAT), 4th Global Conference on Storytelling, Interdisciplinary, Net, Prague, Czech
                      Republic, May 2013
 
                      Creative Collaborations: Creative Arts Healthcare Poster (co-presenter Marilynn Schneider
                      Director WAE Center), Living with Uncertainty: Multiplicity as a Healing Pathway through
                      Expressive Arts, International Expressive Arts Therapy Conference, Lima, Peru, August 2011
 
                      Patient as Person – Using Creative Arts to Promote Humanistic Practice in End of Life
                      Care; National Symposium for Arts in End of Life Care, (co-presenter Helen Blank, PhD), 
                      St. Christopher’s Hospice, London, United Kingdom; 2010   
 
                      Cracking Up and Back Again: Transformation through Music and Poetry; 8th Global                
                      Conference: Making Sense of Health, Illness and Disease, (co-presenter Karen Goodman,
                      MS, RMT, LCAT), Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom; 2009
                   
                      Poetry and the Evocation of Empathy; Creativity and Madness Conference, Barcelona,
                      Spain; 2009
 
                      Themes in Cultural Competence: Ritual Cleansing and  Medicine Noncompliance Poster              
                      (Kaufman, K.R., Kaufman, D.L); Association of European Psychiatrists, 15th European
                      Psychiatric Congress, Madrid, Spain. (Dr. Kenneth Kaufman presented at the conference);           
                      1997
      
      National     
 
       Trauma and the Work of Art, Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Rutgers – Robert Wood Johnson
       Medical School, April 9, 2015 
 
       Trauma, Creativity and Healing: The Bird That Wants to Fly (co-presenter Jodi Rabinowitz,
       MA), The New School for Public Engagement, Creative Arts and Health Certificate Program,
       February 2013
 
       Children’s Mental Health, The Islamic Community Health Collaborative Unified Pre-
       Ramadan Health Fair “A Family Affair,” University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
       July 2012
 
       Archetypes, Hurt and Healing: The Bird That Wants To Fly, (co-presenter with Jodi
       Rabinowitz, MA, “The Illumination of Human Experience: How Psychology and Art Help Us
       to Understand Ourselves New York State Psychological Association 75th Annual Convention,
       June 2012
 
       The Poetry Prescription: Re-Claiming Soul and Restoring Voice in Trauma and Recovery,
       (co-presenter with Sherry Reiter, PhD, LCSW, Registered Drama and Poetry Therapist and
       Jack Morris), The 44th Annual Addictions Institute – Trauma and Addictions Across the Life
       Cycle: Assessments and Interventions, The Addictions Committee of the New York City
       Chapter National Association of Social Workers, New York, New York, June 2012
 
       Poetry and the Evocation of Empathy, Essex County Hospital, New Jersey, April 2012
 
       Explorations in Music and Poetry Therapy: Reflections from a Substance Abuse Treatment
       Program (co-presenter Karen Goodman, MS, RMT, LCAT), Creative Arts Therapies:
       Promoting Wellness Across the Lifespan, New Jersey Coalition of Arts Therapies
       Associations and the Healing Arts @ Atlantic Health Conference, Morristown Medical
       Center, Morristown, New Jersey, 2012
 
       Making the Connection: Humanizing the Healthcare Experience for Patients and Providers,
       (co-presenter Helen Blank, PhD), Humanism Day Conference, The Healthcare Foundation
       Center for Humanism and Medicine, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New
       Jersey, 2012
   
       Creative Collaborations: Creative Arts Healthcare Poster (co-presenter Marilynn Schneider
       Director WAE Center) and Poetry in the Treatment of Child Abuse Poster, Humanism Day
       Conference, The Healthcare Foundation   Center for Humanism and Medicine, UMDNJ-New
       Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, 2012
 
       Transdisciplinary Use of Poetry Therapy and Music Therapy in a Substance Abuse Setting,
       (co-presenter Karen Goodman, MS, RMT, LCAT), Expressive Therapies Summit, New York,
       New York, 2011 
      
       Patient as Person: Integrating Creative Arts to Foster Humanistic End-of-Life Care,
       Effective Ethics Tool at the Bedside: Promoting Excellence in Decision Making, (co-  
       presenter, Helen Blank, PhD); New Jersey Health and Hospital Association, 2011
 
       Patient as Person ~ Using Creative Arts to Promote Humanistic Practices in End-of-Life-
       Care, (co-presenter Helen Blank, PhD), Society for Arts in Healthcare Annual Conference,
       San Francisco, California, 2011
 
       Opening Remarks, Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism Society Induction, University of
       Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (Newark), 2011
          
       Creative Arts Healthcare, (co-presenter Judy Colorado, RN, MA), Alliance for Arts and
       Health New Jersey, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton New Jersey, 2011
     
       Poetry and the Evocation of Empathy ~ Patient Creativity in Psychiatric Treatment;     
       Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Jacobi Hospital, Bronx, New York, 2011
 
       Transformational Love and the Healing Process; (co-presenter Helen Blank. PhD), Film and     
       History Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2010
 
        Poetry and the Evocation of Empathy ~ Patient Creativity in Psychiatric Treatment;
        Behavioral Health Grand Rounds Coney Island Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, 2010 
 
         Guest Speaker with Mary Rizzo, Ph.D. (New Jersey Council for the Humanities) and 
         Suzanne McConnell, BA, MFA (scholar facilitator); University of Medicine and Dentistry
         of New Jersey Literature and Medicine Program, Radio Interview, Farleigh Dickinson
         University; 2010
 
          From Diagnosis to Death: Essential Communication Skills in Caring For Seriously Ill Patients,
          (co-presenter Helen Blank, PhD), New Jersey Hospital Association, 2010
 
           Guest Panelist; Newark Art Council’s Teaching Artist Showcase and Forum, Newark, New                             
           New Jersey; 2007

            Poetry in the Treatment of Child Abuse Poster; International Society of the Study of Trauma
            and Dissociation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2007
 
            The Art of Healing: Poetry and Medicine; Pre-Medical Honors Program, University of
            Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, 2007
 
             Journey into Poetry: The Art and Mind of Emotional Healing; Creativity and Madness                                                    
             Conference, Santa Fe, Mew Mexico, 2007      
 
             Poetry and the Art of Living: A Personal and Professional Perspective; Psychiatry Grand
             Rounds, University of Medicine and Dentistry, 2007          
 
             Poetry and Medicine; Mini-Med School University of Medicine and Dentistry of New
             Jersey, 2007
 
             Poetry and Recovery from Addiction; Language and the Mind Conference, Union County
             Mental Health Association, New Jersey, 2006
 
             Poetry and Psychiatry; Psychiatry Grand Rounds, University of Medicine and Dentistry of
             New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, 2006    
           
             Group Discussion Facilitator; CavanKerry Press and Arnold P. Gold Foundation at the                                      
             University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - New Jersey Medical School, book
             reading of the memoir To The Marrow by Richard Seder, 2006
      
             Invited Panelist; Documentary Film: Pillar of Salt: The Angry Woman Syndrome,
             sponsored by Babyland Family Services Violence Program, Newark, New Jersey, 2005                              
 
              Journey into Poetry; National Expressive Therapy Association Annual Conference, St.
              Petersburg, Florida, 2006
                 
              Poetic Healing; Annual Arts Festival. University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey -
              New Jersey Medical School, 2005       
           
              Journey into Poetry: The Art of Emotional Healing; Art and Health Initiative Conference
              Montclair State University, New Jersey, 2005
                     
Note: A list of presentations and conferences prior to 2005 is available upon request.
 
APPENDIX 1
 
During summer study experiences with Dr. Kaufman, the following parenting guides were written with New Jersey Medical Students:
 
            “You and Your Child’s Language Development” (co-author Niranjana Rajan), 1990
 
            “You and Your Child’s Social Development” (co-author Niranjana Rajan), 1991
 
            “A Parents Guide to Self and Self Esteem” (co-author Eric Meir), 1992
 
Successfully initiated and coordinated a community agency-based effort to have “Parenting Services” established in 1996 as a cross listing in the regional Bell Atlantic Yellow Pages.
 
Appointed as judge for the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine medical student annual essay contest, 1999-2006.
Psychotherapy training:
 
Gestalt Center for Psychotherapy and Training
New York, New York
1981-1983
       
Poetry Therapy and Expressive Arts Training:
 
Psychodrama and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Workshop
Hudson Valley Psychodrama Institute
2011
 
The Wellspring Summer Series: Honoring the Artist Within
Remembrance and Renewal, Integration and Identity, Challenge and Celebration
Therapeutic Arts Alliance of Manhattan, New York, New York
2010
 
Expressive Arts Educational Facilitator Certification
Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island
2008
 
Drama Therapy Workshop
Creative Alternatives, New York, New York
2006 
 
Poetry Therapy Certification Training
Creative “Righting” Center, New York, New York 
2006 to 2014        
 
Poetry Therapy: Toward Self Knowledge
Creative “Righting” Center, New York, NY          
1999
 
Amherst Artists and Writers Institute Training
Amherst, Massachusetts
1997
 
Arts and Healing Online Course Developer and Teacher:
 UMDNJ-SHRP Department of Nutritional Sciences
Expressive Arts and Healthcare
Institute for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine
Fall 2012
 
Poetry and Arts Collaborations:
 
              *  The Bird That Wants To Fly Children’s Opera debut January 2014, composed by Michael
                  Raphael and performed by Trilogy: An Opera Company was inspired by Bird That  
                  Wants to Fly by Diane Kaufman, MD and illustrated by Olya Kalatsei
 
               *  In Memory of the Future
                   Poem on the Newtown, Connecticut killings rendered in voice, music, dance and art
                   by Newark Arts High students under the creative leadership of James Manno, Director of
                   Performing Arts. It is anticipated that the multimedia recording will be shared with the
                   Newtown community upon the first anniversary, December 2013.
                   
Poetry Honors:
 
              *  My Mother Wore Red Lipstick
                   Poem featured on the CavanKerry Press website to highlight the Poetry Heals workshops
                   across New Jersey (April 2013) in collaboration with the New Jersey Council for the
                   Humanities.
 
              *  Poem of Remembrance
                   Chosen for permanent display at the Springfield, New Jersey 9/11 memorial site and was 
                   the dedication poem in the written program for the opening ceremony.
 
              *  America’s Children Are Singing
                   Chosen as the benediction poem to the 1997 Share Our Strength Literary Fundraiser, inspired
                   the Hawkin’s Street School (Newark, New Jersey) “I Hear My Community Singing” evening
                   poetry event in 2000 featuring the “Natural Born Poets” (seventh grade language arts literacy
                   students), and was sung by a public school children chorus in the Changing Ourselves Saving
                   Our Children Domestic Violence Event sponsored by Babyland Family Services held at the
                   Newark Museum in 2007.            
 
               *  Questions to A Child (with artwork by Paul Anderson)
                   Poem on child abuse raised funds for Prevent Child Abuse New Jersey and was featured
                   in the Changing Ourselves Saving Our Children Domestic Violence Awareness Event
                   sponsored by Babyland Family Services held at the Newark Museum in 2007.
 
 
 
 
           

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