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Orlando, Florida Area

Orlando, Florida

Manages a portfolio of projects and contracts focused on increasing the Hospital & Physician value proposition of a well established high volume cardiovascular service line across a system of 8 campuses.•Strategy, process, and relationship development•Multidisciplinary team collaboration •Projects include: Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Program (BPCI), Gainsharing, and Co-management •Develops and implements evidence based initiatives designed to help improve both the individual Physician and Service line performance•Manages Institute’s medical director, professional service, and consultant services contracts

Walter Reed Army Institute Of Research

Aligned and enhanced operations of a dynamic malaria drug research and development department within the largest and most advanced purpose built medical research facility in the Department of Defense: Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. • Developed and implemented innovative plan to proactively consolidate department’s assets from 24 labs and offices into 15 for a large scale change initiative called the Base Realignment and Closures effort from 2011 to 2012 with zero loss of production time or equipment. • Facilitated data and resource partnering between research groups in Panama and Kenya to the Republic of Georgia and Thailand. • Implemented continuous quality improvement policies for laboratories and their production. • Coordinated safe operation of 11interdiciplinary laboratories through strict regulation compliance and inspections.• Directed acquisition, disposition, and maintenance of department equipment through leasing, integrated division partnerships, and manufacturer service contracts for mass spectrometry, chromatography, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and robotic liquid handling systems totaling $4,000,000. • As the only department government credit card holder, leveraged the General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS) for acquisitions while helping to manage a budget of $3,000,000 for the current fiscal year.• Consulted with division executives and identified key department HR needs to develop/implement a comprehensive plan to train new staff through extensive 1 month/2 phase placement program.• Conducted ongoing reviews of 9 direct reports on a monthly basis to align their needs with department needs which resulted in continuous meeting of goals and 7 successful promotions in 3 years.

United States Army Health Clinic, Baumholder, Germany

Delivered award-winning patient care as a results driven manager of a moderate complexity laboratory serving the second largest Army community in Germany consisting of 15,100 service members, dependents, and retirees. • Re-engineered 2,600 square feet of laboratory and radiology space helping to more effectively comply with HIPAA privacy regulations while increasing the size of the waiting areas.• Increased RVU compensation by increasing patients seen and reducing lab turnaround time. • Created a more child and family friendly phlebotomy area by adding hand-painted murals of popular children’s cartoon characters in the lab waiting and phlebotomy areas.• Increased Women Infant Children (WIC) enrollment by 50% between 2008 and 2010 by refocusing on customer service and a making a more pleasing patient environment. • Collaborated with 14 physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners on two teams to create and implement new policies to make patient care more personal and efficient.• Earned two successful College of American Pathologists (CAP) accreditations (2008 and 2010) and successfully passed two Joint Commission inspections (2008 and 2010).

Columbus Georgia And San Antonio Texas

Undertook Army’s second longest and most rigorous professional training as a medical laboratory specialist (68K). Began training at Fort Benning and concluded at Fort Sam Houston’s BAMC. Course coupled 8 hours of demanding academic classroom training with an additional 5 hours of physical conditioning and military training daily for 76 straight weeks. • Successfully completed advanced classroom and on-the-job training in three core areas: Chemistry, blood bank/hematology, and microbiology.• Selected as squad leader in basic and twice in advanced individual training (AIT) phases one and two.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Healthcare Management, 3.92 Gpa

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Medical Laboratory Science

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Sociology/Anthropology

Activities and Societies: Phi Gamma Delta, Fencing Team, Radio show host, Ceramics

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