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Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan

Urgent Care and Occupational Medicine for civilian contractors on U.S. Airbase in Afghanistan. Orthopedic procedures (joint injections/aspirations), Wound Care (I & D's, debridement), Vaccinations, Mod.11 CENTCOM Physical Examinations, Preventive Medicine (HTN, DM, Hyperlipidemia, Obesity, etc.).

Camp Condor, Baghdad, Iraq

Physician Assistant for Security component for U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. General medicine, preventive medicine, ordering of supplies. Lost my position after Iraqi Ministry of Interior quit providing Visas while I was on R&R.

Juba, South Sudan

Assistant Medical Manager/Lead Medical Trainer for DoS contract to improve the medical capabilities of the Sudanese Peoples Liberation Army (Army) in their transition from a liberating force to a new-country national defense force. Developed and oversaw Combat Medicine Courses, inspected medical facilities & suggested improvements.

In-country (Afghanistan) Medical Operations Manager for Comprehensive Health Services. Designed management system for proposed implementation of remote paramedics at Forward Operating Bases in southern Afghanistan. Established procedures for ordering supplies from military Class 8 system and the the collection, transmission, and distribution of reports.

Physician Assistant at Al Hillah, a Remote Embassy Office site located south of Baghdad, Iraq. Maintained Clinic and clinic supplies, treated patients, and instructed military and contract medics whenever possible. Maintained records on DFAC personnel to insure their health maintenance per government protocols.

DOD Physician Assistant at Army Troop Medical Clinic at Fort Richardson, Alaska. Treated Active Duty, Reserve, and retired soldiers in Outpatient facility and referred to specialists when necessary. Patient load averaged 25-30 patients per day. Left to work for KBR in Iraq.

Temporary position while awaiting processing for DoD position. Sole mid-level provider at Trident Fisheries remote fish-processing facility in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. Responsible for the emergency and outpatient treatment of Somali, Sudanese, Filipino, Japanese, and American employees, and arranging medical evacuations when necessary. Corresponded.

Family Practice and Emergency Medicine Provider at three remote clinics on road system in central Alaska (Delta Junction, Tok, Glenallan). Worked with nurses and ancillary personnel, and occasionally with M.D.'s, providing full range of services to pediatric, adult, and geriatric patients. Arranged medical evacuations to Anchorage or Fairbanks when.

Remote independent P.A., provided Outpatient and Emergency medical services to Alaska natives in remote villages in Aleutian Islands, coastal, and interior Alaska (fly-in villages only). Villages often without EMS service. Provided full-range of general outpatient services and stabilized trauma and medical patients for medevacs whenever necessary. Taught.

Temporary position, helping out North Slope Borough Health and Search and Rescue Departments. Worked as solo medical provider in villages of Nuiqsut and Atqasuk and also flew critical care medevac flights for Search and Rescue Department. Response area was northernmost 90,000 square miles of Alaska, from Chugchi sea to Canada. Left when contract ended and.

First P.A. to be stationed at the South Pole, to assist the contract physician. Inventoried the BioMed Department and maintained supplies. Worked non-medical job for most of the day, becoming available for medical work on an as-needed basis. Unfortunately, I was terminated by the Physician, who was later terminated by another Medical broker (StaffCare) for.

Remote-duty Physician Assistant at remote oil-exploratory and production sites on the North Slope of Alaska and in the Aleutian Islands. Designed and stocked clinics with equipment and supplies, treated patients with non-occupational medical issues and occupational trauma. Arranged medical evacuations to Anchorage when necessary. Taught and.

Contract Physician Assistant to the U.S. Army in Mannheim, Germany. Treated Active Duty soldiers, their dependents, and DoD personnel at clinic at Benjamin Franklin Village. Worked alongside military P.A.'s and Physicians. Occasional Emergency Room duties at ER in Heidelberg.

Physician Assistant in Egypt. Designed and ran small American military outpost clinic in Nile Delta, treating U.S. Army instructor pilots, civilian contractors and their families, and occasionally Egyptian patients. Designed interior of local ambulance. Taught CPR to military personnel. Arranged medical evacuation by ambulance to Cairo when necessary.

Critical-care Medevac Specialist in fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft on North Slope of Alaska (northernmost 90,000 square miles), providing services to 8 villages. Based out of Barrow. Maintained interior of aircraft and medical supplies, taught medevac-escort classes to other escort personnel. Ran medevacs to villages and inter-facility to.

Remote-duty P.A. at Trans-Alaska Pipeline camp during major re-route of the pipeline. Occupational and emergency medical care of workers and occasional truckers enroute from Fairbanks to Prudhoe Bay. Arranged medical evacuation by airplane when necessary. Consulted with Physician's in Anchorage when necessary.

Second-class Radiotelephone Operator and medic on offshore semi-submersible oil-exploratory platforms in Alaska, Brazil, and enroute from Alaska to Scotland. Maintained all radio communications on-board, to include radio-telephone, Single-side-band, and Telex operations. Maintained administrative records for payroll and organized on-board MWR activities..

Cooks Assistant and EMT at remote land-based oil exploratory camps in interior Alaska. Arranged medevac's when necessary.

U.S. Air Force Pararescueman during closing months of Vietnam conflict. After attending U.S. Army Airborne school, U.S. Navy SCUBA School, U.S. Air Force Medical Technician School, U.S. Air Force Survival School, U.S. Air Force Heavylift Helicopter and Pararescue Schools in CONUS (Team Leader throughout training), was transferred to Thailand (NKP, Korat.

B.S. Allied Health, Physician Assistant

Activities and Societies: Study so you don't fail SocietyTaught ACLS to fellow students as part of curriculum Class President

Chemistry, Psychology, Anatomy & Physiology

Activities and Societies: Study so you don't fail SocietyPre-requisities for GW P.A. Program; worked as a paramedic during the day on.

Aas Paramedical Technology, Paramedic Program

Activities and Societies: 9 month program, with > 1500 hours of clinical time in local hospitals and riding in ambulances.Successfully.