Philip J. Rushemeza 14485 Bamboo Court Mishawaka, IN. 46545 Tel. 574-485-7442 EMAIl: philijr@yahoo.com
WORK EXPERIENCE 2000-2004 Case manager/ Therapist. Riverwood community Mental Health Center, Benton Harbor MI. Duties: Clinical assessments and case management Psychiatric evaluations, treatment plans, managing and monitoring patients with mental health. Crisis interventions, hospital care and home management. Program coordinator for Foster homes with mental health patients. Liaison and advocate for the mental health patients at the court and state level Applying for Medicaid, Patient payee. Therapeutical treatment, counseling and determine the level of patient care. Hospitalizing patients with mental health crisis, working with mental health professionals for long term treatment as well as discharging from forester home to group home or independence. Substance abuse counselor and therapist for substance abuse patients Working with communities to find jobs for mental health patients. 2004-2005: Camelot care Director/ Therapist.- MI. Duties Licensing and training Foster home for the adolescents and children. Therapeutically treatment, home replacement. family re- unification. Preparing families for adoptions. Foster home manager and children/ adolescents counselor. Foster care recruiter and educator.
1998- 2000: Ujamma alternative care manager/ Therapist IN. Duties: Case manager / therapist for adolescents. Foster care manager. Advocate the adolescents to the court and in family level Working with court systems to determine the level of care for the adolescents and children Working with parents and forester parents to prepare children for adoptions and re- unifications. Monitoring the therapeutic treatment to both the children and adolescents. Reporting and representing children/ adolescents to court system determination level of care. Working with teacher. Probation officers , school social workers, family to determine the level of care for troubled youth. Evaluation of academic behaviors assessments and counseling. 1998- 2000 Program Coordinator, Dangervin INC. IN Duties Theapeutic treatments with developmental disorder in group home. Behavior modification incorporated with daily treatments. Teaching coping skills of how to deal with everydays challenges Coordinating home care services and liaison clients with health care. 1995-1998 Teacher at Benton harbor- MI Duties: Taught General subjects in high school/ elementally education GM Teacher ( substitute teacher) 1992-1998. Manager at Oliver home. MI Duties: Home care for elderly patients Health and mental therapeutic treatment. Managing finances and every days needs for elderly patients. Working with health care professionals and reporting daily progress.
1985- 1998 Swedish & Norwegian sells man Duties: Promoting health awareness to the families through literatures Advocate and promote books with health, global cultural awareness. Teach and encourage changes unhealthy life style to the communities as well as churches. Selling health/ global cultural books to promote education to the families. 1978- 1981. UNISEF Tanzania under Heri ADVENTIST Hospital. Duties: Providing food / medicine / vaccination to the children and pre- natal mother. Vaccinating expecting mother and teaching better health life style in the communities. Teaching and managing the community health well fair. Providing health awareness to the Families and children.
Volunteer work around the world Duties 1998- Public health awareness at Tanzania. 2003 Public health awareness Tanzania 1985-1995 Public Health awareness, India, Norway, Tanzania. 1998- 2010 Health coordinator at Elkhart SDA Church/ Elder
EDUCATION 2009- Master of Business Administration- Health care management- Davenport university- MI 2005- 2009: Doctor of medicine (AGUSM)- Ohio/Belize/ Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. 1994-1996: Doctor of Philosophy ( Education)- Pacific Western University- CA 1993- 1995: Master of Art ( Counseling) Andrews University, MI 1990-1994: Master of Divinity- Andrews University- MI 1986-1990- Bachelor of Art - Eastern Caribbean University- Jamaica
ServicesPhilip Rushemeza, MD,PhD practices at 14485 Bamboo Court, Mishawaka, IN 46545. Marriage and family therapists diagnose and treat mental and emotional issues and concerns within marriages, couples and families.
For more information, call Health care worker at (574) 485-7442.