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Conducting pre-operative medical evaluations, optimizing patient safety and surgical outcomes

Continuing to educate the next generation of PAs

Clinical Assistant Professor - Pharmacology, Clinical Correlations

Cardiac Consultations, Cardiac follow-up evaluations

Worked in outpatient Pre-admission Testing Clinic evaluating pre-surgical patients in preparation for anesthesiaDuties include:• evaluating patients for appropriateness to undergo anesthesia for various surgical procedures• reviewing and interpreting laboratory data, ECGs, and x-ray reports• requesting consultations from specialists such as cardiologists or primary care physicians when appropriate

Worked in a hospitalist medicine program providing care for general medicine patientsDuties included:• Admitting patients from emergency department for continued hospitalization• Medical consultations• Responding to urgent medical issues on medical floors ** took leave of absence and eventual resignation to care for ill family member

Worked in a hospitalist program providing inpatient hospital care for general medicine patients and patients in observation/short-stay unit Duties included: • performing daily evaluation and treatment of patients during daily rounds • responding to medical emergencies• ordering/interpreting diagnostic tests • documenting daily progress notes• consulting specialists when appropriate• coordinating discharge plans, dictating discharge summaries

Worked with six-physician assistant team providing inpatient and outpatient care to Cardiology patients Duties included: • acting as house staff providing daily care to Cardiology patients in the Coronary Intensive Care Unit and Cardiology Step-Down Unit• participating in daily rounds with Cardiology Attending Physician and Cardiology Fellow• assessing and managing inpatients at initial presentation, during acute problems, and during continued stay• initiating ACLS as needed • writing admission, daily, and discharge notes/orders• ordering and interpreting appropriate laboratory and diagnostic tests including EKGs and telemetry strips• initiating and coordinating consults to appropriate medical teams• removing arterial and venous catheters following cardiac catheterization• evaluating and treating patients in Cardiology outpatient clinic • conducting exercise stress tests and exercise stress echo tests • constructing physician assistant monthly schedule

Worked in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit participating in post-operative management for pa-tients after general, vascular, urologic, orthopedic, and otolaryngologic surgeryDuties included:• performing daily assessment and treatment of post-operative patients• writing orders and ordering appropriate diagnostic tests• assisting in invasive procedures such as placement of central venous catheters• performing ventilator management• managing continuous infusions of hemodynamic medications• requesting appropriate consults and communicating with consult teams• assisting in post-operative care of patients on general surgical ward as needed