Medical Doctor
Current• Provided high-quality primary care medicine in a respected regional family practice office. • Demonstrated strong work ethic and facilitated exceptional patient access and convenience by jointly providing office visit availability on all evenings, weekends, and holidays of the year.• Provided both inpatient and outpatient primary care to my patients--thus optimizing continuity of care. • Adopted a high volume of patients with heavy opioid use, and profoundly reduced opioid dependence and opiate-induced hyperalgesia through effective patient education, counseling, self-empowerment, and adherence to multi-disciplinary, evidence-based methods of disease management.• Collaborated with administrative and nursing staff to optimize workflows and implement more efficient methods of information-gathering and documentation of structured data. This resulted in significant improvement of quantifiable core clinical quality measures, thus boosting facility profitability.• Consistently maintained same-day completion of chart notes and prompt response to patient correspondence.• Allocated the necessary time with my patients to effectively diagnose, document, educate, and treat my patients. Patient comments often compliment my compassion and skill at active listening and addressing their needs. • Maintained high productivity seeing 16-20 patients/day, with high volume of geriatric patients with multiple co-morbidities.• Worked as a team with colleagues and administrative staff--regularly attending meetings to optimize systemic processes and develop best care practices.• Excelled in the implementation of electronic medical record (EMR) technology--maximizing speed, efficiency, and patient volume via creative use of custom coding and templates.
