I love nothing more than researching, learning, and making strong connections in the world where I plan travel. I firmly believe that establishing relationships with the people who are directly connected with the community that I am planning travel for exponentially increases the client’s travel experience.

Provide comprehensive family medical care at an outpatient practice with high patient volume. Order and interpret laboratory studies, spirometry, ICGs, EKGs and nerve conduction studies.Provide patient education and preventative health care.Provide well woman examinations, employment, school and nursing home physicals.Certified Medtronic insulin pump trainer. Instruct patients on insulin pump starts and upgrades with the Medtronic Paradigm insulin pump.Operate the inner office Tidewater Diabetes Management ProgramResponsible for E&M and CPT coding.Documentation with the use of electronic medical records through eMDs.

Provide outpatient primary care in a multi-specialty office with internists, family practice physicians, endocrinologists and rheumatologists. Evaluate and treat patients. Order and interpret radiographs, laboratory studies and EKGs. Provide patient education and preventative health care.Provide well woman examinations, employment and school physicals.Responsible for E&M and CPT coding.Documentation with the use of electronic medical records through Misys Healthcare Systems. Certified Medtronic insulin pump trainer. Assist patients on insulin pump starts and upgrades with the Medtronic Paradigm insulin pump.

a high volume practice providing comprehensive patient care including newborn care/pediatrics, school/sports physicals, well woman examinations, adult medicine and geriatric care. Perform minor surgical procedures, casting, cortisone and joint injections.Provide patient education and preventative health care.Order and interpret radiographs, laboratory studies and EKGs.Responsible for E&M and CPT coding.Involved with the physician staff to generate ways to increase productivity, office efficiency and improve access to care for the office.Documentation with electronic medical records through Practice Partners System.Team Leader for improving morale, effective communication and a pleasant work atmosphere.

Inpatient hospital care with daily rounds to three local hospitals providing patient care on the medical floor, PCU (post-operative care unit), SICU (surgical intensive care unit), CCU (cardiac care unit), IMCU and acute rehab.Outpatient clinical care: provided patient care seeing a range of patients from young adult to geriatric, reviewed laboratory studies and diagnostic test results and made call-backs, prepared FMLA and other forms of paperwork, reviewed and authorized medication refills.Nursing home care: Longitudinal management of residents with diagnostic and laboratory studies and providing medical management.

Surgical Physician Assistant with an advanced orthopedic spine surgeon. Surgeries included minimally invasive anterior lumbar interbody fusions, FDA protocol lumbar and cervical disc replacement, anterior cervical fusion, microdiscectomy and decompression. Outpatient evaluation of new patients, management of ongoing complaints, and post-surgical follow- up.Inpatient hospital care, daily rounds, and discharge planning.