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Resume
of Susan L. Updike
Medical-Legal Specialist
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Preparatory
Education:
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Southern Illinois
University, 1972-1975 Rush University, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, 1977
Dean's List 1976-1977 |
Legal
Education:
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Southwestern
University School of Law, Juris Doctor, 1984
Oxford University, Oxford, England, 1984 |
Professional
Organizations and Activities:
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Member, Rush-Presbyterian-St.Luke's
Nurses Alumni Association
Member, American
Association of Nurse Attorneys
Member, American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants - Los Angeles Chapter
Member, PTA, Vice President, Pacific School, 1996,1997
Parliamentarian, 1998,1999, 2000
CERTIFICATION:
Medical Reserve Core Certified
State Disaster Service Worker, Los Angeles County, 2005
PUBLICATIONS:
Updike, Susan, "Records
Can Make a Case," NURSEweek, June 11, 1990
Updike, Susan, "The Role of the Medical Legal Specialist,"
NURSEweek, November 12, 1990
TEACHING:
Medical-Legal Nursing
Issues, 1987 Advanced Clinical Nursing Elective, Pacific Union College, 1989
"Triage & Beyond" Medical Legal Issues for Emergency Room
Nurses, 1991, 1992
Invited Speaker - Medicolegal Aspects of Pediatric Emergency Care, 1993,1994
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Professional Nursing Experience:
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LICENSED PROFESSIONAL REGISTERED NURSE: CALIFORNIA,
ILLINOIS AND LOUISIANA
United Medical Personnel,
Beverly Hills, California 1980 - present
Nursing Services International,
Beverly Hills, California 1980-1985, Registered Nurse; staff relief, critical
care areas and emergency rooms
Professional Medical Services,
Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana, 1979-1980; Registered Nurse, staff relief Tulane
Hospital Emergency Room and Burn Unit
Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's
Hospital, Chicago, Illinois 1977-1979, Registered Nurse, Med-Surg., ICU; ER
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Professional
Legal Experience:
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Medical Legal Specialist,
Fonda and Fraser, LLP, January 2002 to present
Medical Legal Specialist, Fonda, Hilberman & Fraser, LLP, May 1999-2001
Fonda & Hilberman, LLP, 1997-1999
Fonda, Garrard, Hilberman, & Davis, 1994-1996
Fonda & Garrard, 1985-1994
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