Highly motivated, efficient Physician Assistant dedicated to providing patient-centered, compassionate care. Avid lifelong learner eager to take on new challenges, utilizing critical thinking skills and executing decisive action plans. Proactive team player with positive communication and leadership skills. Special interests in translating health prevention and evidence-based best practices to successful patient outcomes and closing gaps in healthcare equity. NCCPA Board certified. Texas Medical Board licensed. Certification in Infection Control. Master of Public Health.Clinical Skills▪ Documentation via EMRs including EPIC, Cerner, Meditech, Athena and eClinicalWorks▪ Telehealth medicine and consulting ▪ Procedure documentation and informed consent▪ Urinary catheterization▪ Electrocardiogram placement and interpretation▪ Injection administration and vaccine education▪ Venipuncture▪ Local anesthesia▪ Incision and drainage▪ Rapid sequence intubation▪ Wound dressing and pressure ulcer staging▪ Incentive spirometry▪ Ultrasound including abdominal and transvaginal▪ Operating room sterility and scrubbing ▪ Personal Protective Equipment donning and doffing▪ Wound closure with suturing and staples▪ Splinting and casting▪ Eye examination with visual acuity testing and Wood’s lamp testing▪ Pelvic exam with pap smears and HPV testingPublic Health Skills▪ Antimicrobial stewardship committee member▪ Microbiology and culture interpretation▪ Sepsis committee member▪ Emergency preparedness including HAZMAT training, Ebola response, and hurricane relief▪ Policy and procedure development▪ Data management and analysis▪ Ventilator optimization▪ Root-cause analysis and risk assessment▪ Sterilization and quality monitoring▪ Dialysis consultation▪ Occupational health consultation▪ Product research and selection▪ Healthcare-associated infection prevention including central line-associated bloodstream infections, catheter-associated urinary tract infections, surgical site infections, ventilator-associated pneumonia