Chris Buzzard Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

Work with human resources and department directors to create technologist clinical ladders and other methods for staff recruitment and retention. Work with facilities to design & develop interventional programs including training and procedure manuals. Consult with various medical device companies on product development & training procedures.

Stanford Hospital & Clinics

• Technical Manager CathAngio Labs: Manage daily operations, responsible for the technical expertise, education and quality for adult & pediatric cardiology, electrophysiology, neurovascular and interventional radiology.
• Assists with departmental finances, budget planning and systems operations.
• Developed and implemented a charge capture reconciliation system, current charge recovery of over $2,500,000 in the past 2 years.
• Manages over $9 million inventory. Worked with organizational Value Analysis Team to consolidate duplicated product line, negotiate better tier pricing and removed unused /seldom used items for reduction of almost $2.5.
• Collaborated with CDM team to consolidate and restructure the hospital chargemaster.
• Developed and implemented a clinical ladder to recognize and reward the technical staff.

Regional Medical Center Of San Jose

• Interventional Services Systems Manager: Oversaw departmental finances and systems operations. Responsible for the technical expertise, education and quality for adult cardiology, electrophysiology and interventional.
• Audited the department billing process discovering an estimated $1,700,000 potential loss of revenue due to coding errors. Developed and implemented a process to proactively capture with 100% accuracy with a total lost.
• Worked to develop an automated inventory control system with an estimated first year savings of over $500,000.
• Developed a data analysis system for statistical reporting.
• Instituted process standardization between Cath and IR for increased operational efficiency.
• IT Project manager. Work with IT department, physician groups and department leadership to analyze current state, design and implement integration of electronic systems, increase operational efficiencies and improve.

San Jose, CA

• Full-Time Staff Technologist from Feb 05 to March of 07, Per Diem Technologist in Cardiac Cath Lab from Mar 07 to April 10. Duties include scrub assist and hemodynamic monitoring for diagnostic and interventional.
• Department super user and educator for the new Heartlab PACS system.
• Assisted with the training and mentoring of new Technologists.

National

Co-partner, consult with medical facilities providing expertise in department design, planning, project management, operations, information technology systems, inventory management and staff development. Created custom educational presentations for Cath Lab staff, tailoring programs to specific needs of the department. Create department specific policy and.

Stanford, CA

• Lead Technologist/Clinical Educator Cath Angio Labs: Responsible for the technical expertise, education and quality for adult & pediatric cardiology, electrophysiology, neuro-radiology and interventional radiology.
• Interim Business Manager. Oversaw inventory control, systems analysis, statistics, revenue capture and works in conjunction with management team for strategic planning and growth of the service line. Worked with the.
• IT project Steering & Working Committee member. Work with IT department, physician groups and department leadership to analyze current state, design and implement integration of electronic systems, increase operational.
• Worked with the Unit Educator to organize in-services / continuing education classes for technical and nursing staff.
• Responsible for technical staff performance appraisals.
• Oversaw image quality & improvement processes.

San Jose, CA

• Travel assignment with Aureus Medical for 6 months until accepting a full-time position with the hospital. Duties included scrub assist, hemodynamic monitoring and Radiologic QA in interventional Cath lab.
• Served as inventory control administrator, developing and implementing a new inventory control system.
• Trained and mentored new Technologists.
• Shared charge person rotation directing daily workflow, and bed control.

National

• El Dorado Hospital. Tucson, AZ 85712 Apr 02-July 02Travel assignment with Starmed Staffing in Interventional Cardiac / Specials Lab.
• Routinely performed scrub assist, hemo-dynamic monitoring and circulating for cardiac, pacemaker and special procedures including vertebroplasty, aortic endografts and neurovascular intervention.
• Developed and implemented an inventory control system.

National

• Northern Illinois Medical Center. McHenry, IL 60050 Jan 02-April 02 Travel assignment in Interventional Cardiac Cath / Specials Lab.
• Performed as scrub assist for cardiac and special procedures.

Lake Havasu City, AZ

• Cardiac Cath / Specials Technologist for 3yrs in diagnostic Cardiac / interventional Specials lab. Duties included scrub assist, hemodynamic monitoring, circulating, conscious sedation, pre-op admission, post-op.
• Senior Technologist and Lead CT Tech for 2yrs. Duties included workflow planning, budgeting, supply management, film QA and physician liaison.
• CT and Staff Technologist for 1yr.
• Team member for Disaster Preparedness and Customer Service Committees. Wrote and implemented emergency proceduresfor disaster / crisis events. Helped develop a useful tool to evaluate, modify and improve customer.

Parker, AZ

• Parker Community Hospital. Parker, AZ 85344 June 95-Sept 95
• CT and Staff Technologist.