Although retired from his career as a plastic surgeon, Joel Roskind MD stays involved in the medical sphere. In addition to lecturing a case management class at Boston University Medical School, Dr. Joel Roskind will also be providing his services as a consultant in the fields of practice management and facility accreditation.

Joel Roskind, who ran a Long Island plastic surgery clinic specializing in body enhancements for over a decade, brings a wealth of clinical experience as well as academic know how, and experience in the business of medicine. He is also intensely involved in the area of practice management, which deals with hiring and training staff, setting up electronic systems and patient relations.

Besides operating a large, successful plastic surgery office, he also has an active interest in patient safety. Over the class of his vocation, he witnessed an increasing number of surgical procedures moving from hospital settings to ambulatory and outpatient facilities. He observed that while cost efficient, this trend also raised a number of patient safety questions. This lead him to form a long and fruitful relationship with the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities (AAASF), subsequently becoming an inspector for that body and helping establish what is now the gold standard for outpatient facility accreditation. He is well qualified to advise with such facilities to help them attain certification.

Dr. Joel Roskind was heavily involved with the AAAASF during the cost-induced shift from hospital to outpatient procedures, and is well versed in patient safety and regulatory compliance matters surrounding outpatient and ambulatory clinics. He has also taken a keen interest in the business side of medicine and now consults in the field of practice management.

Dr. Joel Roskind looks forward to bringing his knowledge to a broader audience of medical scholars, practicing physicians and surgeons and operators of ambulatory surgery facilities. In what hopes to be a very active retirement, Dr. Joel Roskind also plans to follow studies in Judaic spirituality.