Provided patient-centered medical and surgical care in clinic and hospital setting with attending physicians. Examined and treated medical patients in the clinic and in hospital rounding on complex medical patients. Implemented plan of care with attending physicians. Responsible for primary call and consults for colorectal surgery service with surgeon coverage. First assist for laparoscopic, da Vinci robotic assisted, and open surgeries. Provided follow-up for postoperative patients and coordination of care with other specialists. Managed complex wounds and infections. Developed multiple clinic processes, assisted in developing and implementing enhanced recovery protocols for service, standardized colonoscopy preps, postoperative instructions, and medical management. Completed patient history and physicals, ordered and interpreted laboratory testing and imaging, prescribed medications, outpatient IV antibiotic management, discharge summaries, and precepted physician assistant and medical students

Evaluated patients in the clinic with various presentations such as osteoarthritis, adhesive capsulitis, rotator cuff pathology, and fractures to include pre- and post-operative patients. Performed focused orthopedic exams and interpreted x-ray and MRI imaging with supervising physician. Obtained experience in diagnostic and therapeutic injections including the utilization of ultrasound. Assisted in open and arthroscopic surgeries.

First assist and second assist in various open and laparoscopic surgeries. Assisted supervising physician with managing inpatients and their patients in the clinic. Assisted/preformed outpatient procedures such as hemorrhoid ligation, lipoma excision, and abscess incision and drainage.

Provided care for patients presenting to the emergency department with a wide range of complaints, from chest pain to lacerations. Composed visit notes, ordered and interpreted appropriate diagnostic testing and imaging. Worked with a team to implement interventions and consulted on-call specialists for determining appropriate follow-up. Utilized medical records for charting.

Rounded on inpatients at Kootenai Medical Center and participated in Nephrology consults. Worked on a team taking care of patients with complex renal failure and general internal medicine patients. Assisted supervising physician with managing their patients with hypertension, receiving hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis, and recent renal transplant recipients. Utilized medical records for charting.

Worked with the inpatient Psychologist on new admission consults and daily rounds. Participated in outpatient chronic pain program lectures. Followed assigned patients and participated in daily rounds with supervising physician. Performed admission history, physical exams, and assisted with initial inpatient orders and discharge summaries. Wrote daily progress notes on assigned patients and participated in interdisciplinary team meetings. Utilized electronic medical records for charting.

Provided care to over 500 patients with a myriad of diagnostic and therapeutic challenges suffering from uncontrolled diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and depression. Performed problem-focused history and physical exams and formulated assessments and plans with case presentation to preceptor. Ordered and interpreted appropriate diagnostic testing to include labs and x-rays. Completed wellness exams for children and adults. Provided patient education and wrote prescriptions. Referred patients to specialists as needed. Documented patient encounters in electronic medical records. Participated in quarter-day and half-day residency program weekly conferences.

Worked directly with a hospitalist and was assigned inpatients in the ICU and medical floor. Participated in rounds and rounded on assigned daily patients. Assisted supervising physician with managing patients with multiple complex multisystem pathology such as end stage COPD and heart failure. Wrote daily progress notes, performed admit history and physicals, and participated in interdisciplinary team meetings and infectious disease rounds.

​Medical Technologist primarily assigned to Microbiology department covering the areas of Blood Bank, Hematology, Coagulation, Urinalysis, and Chemistry on a rotational basis. Served on the Hospital Infection Control committee and Biosafety Research subcommittee that reviews all current and new research at the facility. Served on the Puget Sound Recombinant DNA Committee that reviewed all recombinant DNA research in the Pacific Northwest. Served on the Root Cause Analysis Team to identify contributing/causal factors associated with adverse events focusing on prevention.

ASCP CM certified Technologist proficient in multidisciplines, routinely working in the areas of Blood Bank, Chemistry, Hematology, and Microbiology at a 400-bed hospital performing inpatient and outpatient testing as well as reference laboratory work.

Lead Technologist responsible for the implementation of RTPCR testing for Influenza A H1N1 2009 pandemic strain. Developed all pertinent procedures, performed validation, and technologist training.