Dennis Sklenar. LCSW

5 East 22" St., New York, NY 10010347-380-2295

dbbps5@,2mail.com

EDUCATION

May 1977 Bachelor of Arts, CW Post College of Long Island UniversityMay 1979 Master of Social Work, New York University:

1977- 1978 Graduate School Internship: Montefiore Medical Center1978- 1979 Graduate School Internship: Postgraduate Center for Mental Health

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

May 1979 - present New York University Lan one Medical Center, Department of Social Work

09/2017 - Present Director of Social Work -

Manages Staff, including direct reports and provides oversight of

the entire staff of the department with the Senior Director.

Establishes departmental goals in accordance with hospital mission.

Organizational goals and the needs of the patient/family populationand develops programs and services to meet these goals.

Participates in appropriate Medical Center activities and committees

to further hospital mission and organizational goals and represents

the Medical Center in professional and community organizations.

Administers the operational activities of the department and ensures the

The quality of social work services in the Medical Center includingprograms for quality improvement.

Directly oversees quality of social work services to Children s Services

and to Obstetrics.

Serves as Child Protection Coordinator for the Medical Center,

ensures that all cases of suspected child abuse/maltreatment are

Managed with the Medical Center policy and NY State Law guidelines,and provides education to Medical Center staff.

Acts as co-educational coordinator for the Social Work Department’s

social work intern graduate education program.

2011 - 09/2017 Assistant Director of Social Work -

Responsible for assisting in planning, organizing and managing delegatedaspects of the departments functions.

Supervises and maintains social work programs for designated sites,

clinical service lines and/or departments, patient care units and grant

funded special services.

Direct supervision of professional and non-professional staff.

Membership on multiple medical center wide committees.

2009 - 2011 Social Work Administrative Supervisor -Pediatrics and Maternal Child Health Services,provides clinical supervision to 9 professional social workers.

Executes department wide administrative tasks.

Membership on multiple medical center wide committees.

2010 - Present Educational Coordinator for social work intern program

1998-2009 Senior Clinical Social Worker - Institute of Reconstructive

Plastic SurgeryMember of multidisciplinary treatment team.

Provided clinical social work to children and adults with varyingcraniofacial conditions.

1990-Present Child Protection Coordinator -

Member of hospital wide multidisciplinary team to identifyand address child protection issues.

Drafts hospital policy.Trains hospital staff to identify and address child profecfion issues.Assures suspecfed cases are managed within the statues of the

law and medical center s policy.

Maintains database on child protection cases within the medical

center system.

1985-Present Adjunct Associate Professor of Social Work/Field Instructor

New York University School of Social Work.Columbia School of Social Work.

1979-2009 Senior Social Worker, Pediatric Inpatient Units -Provided clinical social work to children with varying medical conditionsthat included life-threatening and serious chronic illnesses.

Intervened with siblings and families providing counseling, familycounseling, crisis intervention, and bereavement eounseling.

Coordinated discharge planning for patients/families.

February 1998July 2000Part-time

Child and Adolescent Comprehensive Medical Headache Care Center

Member of interdiseiplinary team devoted to providing a comprehensive

approach to the diagnosis and treatment of headaches in the pediatricpopulation.

Provided psychosocial evaluation and counseling services to patients

with chronic headaches.

ADDITONAL EXPERIENCE

July 1972- United States ArmyJuly 1975 Social Work/Psychology Specialist at a mental health clinic and family

services center.

- Provided counseling to personnel returning from active duty in Vietnam

and to their families- Stationed in Nuremberg, Germany and assigned to an Army Correctional

Facility.- Provided counseling to personnel servicing criminal sentences.

PROFESSOINAL CERTRIFICATIONS AND LICENSES

New State License Number: R023562-1Moving Forward with Patient-and Family-Centered Care: Partnerships for Quality and Safety - An Intensive TrainingSeminar, Chicago, II, 4/2016.Resolve Through Sharing, Neonatal and Pediatric Death Counselor Training and Coordinator Training, 2/2016.Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative - Institutional Review Board Certification, 2015.Certification of Completion, Introduction to Hypnosis, NY Society of Ericksonian Psychotherapy and Hypnosis, 2002.Certification of Completion, The Grieving Chili What to Do When Death Enters the Life of a Child, 1998.Certificate of Completion, Perinatal Death Counselor & Coordinator Training, 1997.Certificate of Completion, NY State Education Department, Coursework/Training in Identification and Reporting of ChildAbuse/Maltreatment, 1991.Certification of Completion, NYU Graduate School of Social Work, Seminar for Field Instructors, 1984.Academy of Certified Social Workers (ACSW), 1982.Social Work Certification, 1980.

Membership in Professional Organizations

National Association of Social WorkersManhattan Interhopsital Child Protection Committee - Manhattan Task ForceNew York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene - Pediatric Disaster Advisory GroupAmerican Case Management AssoeiationAmerican Professional Society on the Abuse of ChildrenSociety for Social Work Eeadership in Health Care

Publications

Gordon R.M, Corcoran J, Bartley-Daniele P, Sklenar D, Roach Sutton P, Cartwright, F. A (2014) Transdisciplinary Team

Approach to Pain management in Inpatient Health Care Settings, 15(1), 426-435.

Sklenar, D., Haslett, C., Burnett, W., Rubin, M. (2009). Resources: A Guide for Parents of Children with FacialDifferences. A publication of the National Foundation for Facial Reconstruction, New York, NY.

Blitz, A., Sklenar, D., Burnett, W., Rubin, M. (2009). Parenting: A Guide for Parents of Children with Facial Differences.

A publication of the National Foundation for Facial Reconstruction, New York, NY.

Blitz, A., Sklenar, D., Burnett, W., Rubin, M. (2009). Self-Esteem: A Guide for Parents of Children with Facial

Differences. A publication of the National Foundation for Facial Reconstruction, New York, NY.

Blitz, Aileen, Sklenar, Dennis. (2004). Facial Difference: Beyond the Medical Issues. The Journal of CraniofaeialSurgery, 15(4), 541-542.

Contributing author: Kramer, Gerri Fried and Maurer, Shari, The Parent s Guide to Children s Con enital Heart Defects.Three Rivers Press, NY, 2001.

Book Review: Helping Children Cope with Death: Guidelines and Resources, Journal of Social Work and Health Care,1982.

Awards and Citations:

Awarded Honorable Mention, American Public Health Association, Poster Presentation, Nashville, TN. Marcie Rubin,MPH, MPA, Dennis Sklenar, LCSW, Aileen Blitz, PhD., Elsa Reich, MS, CGC, Whitney Burnett. Use of FormativeEvaluation by a Community-Nonprofit-Provider Partnership to Develop Educational Materials for Parents of Childrenwith Craniofacial Conditions. 2009.

NYU Langone Medical Center - Team Spotlight Award - Cleft Lip/Palate Team. 2004.In recognition of a one-time extraordinary contribution by a team of employees to their department, medical center

programs or the community.

NYU Langone Medical Center - 25 Year Dedicated Service Award - Employee Recognition Program. 2004.

NYU Langone Medical Center - Team Spotlight Award - Crisis Support Team for Bio-Terrorism. 2003. In recognitionof a one-time extraordinary contribution by a team of employees to their department, medical center programs or thecommunity.

Citation for distinguished services and outstanding dedication to children and their families from the NYU LangoneMedical Center Department of Pediatrics - 2002.

The Wholeness of Life Award. Awarded by the Hospital Chaplaincy in recognition of a person who manifests wholenessthrough quality in their life and work, 1993.