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• Respond to inpatient and emergency room stroke codes, evaluate patients using the NIH Stroke Scale, discuss indication of emergent alteplase or thrombectomy with Stroke Attending and facilitate treatment, manage patients on the inpatient Stroke floor. • Collaborate with the medicine co-management team and the Stroke attending to develop treatment plans, respond to requested consults, communicate in a team-based environment, and provide empathetic, evidence-based medical care. • Answer to overnight general neurology, stroke, and epilepsy consults, manage primary stroke patients throughout night shift, respond to nurse’s pages. • Guide and mentor onboarding Stroke Advanced Care Providers throughout their training.

Serve a key role at Hofstra University's PA Program by observing standardized, system-specific physical examinations and providing feedback to students. Along with this, provide key clinical decision making skills to students while facilitating case studies.

Southside Hospital• Experienced 3 weeks in the CT ICU and 2 weeks in the OR. • Assisted in pigtail placements. • Monitored and interpreted lab values and chest x-rays of CT ICU patients.• Gained understanding of ICU drips and cardiac post-op physiology.• Prepared pre-op patient in the OR by assisting in foley catheter placements and radial arterial line placements using Seldinger technique.

Cohen's Children Hospital• Experienced multiple areas of pediatrics, including newborn nursery, outpatient clinic, inpatient acute setting, adolescent medicine, and pediatric emergency medicine. • Assisted in wellness child checks and interpreted growth charts.

LIJ Medical Center• Developed insight regarding to pain management and opioid use.• Elicited histories and physical exam in a COVID setting• Familiarized to palliative and end-of-life care.

Zucker Hillside Hospital• Collaborated with social workers and psychologists to optimize patient care.

• Participated in laceration repairs and splinting.• Gained the ability to insert ultrasound-guided IVs.

• Rounded on post-op patients and gained understanding of post-op physiology• First-assisted on multiple general surgery cases, such as laparoscopic cholecystectomies, laparoscopic appendectomies, hernia repairs, and lipoma removals.• Second-assisted on breast surgeries, such as mastectomies, breast reconstructions, and lumpectomies

• Assisted in vaginal and cesarean section deliveries. • Performed placental delivery, Pap smears, and fundal height measurements. • Interpreted fetal heart tracings• Assisted in laparoscopic and open gynecologic, obstetric, and oncologic surgeries, including tubal ligations, hysterectomies, cesarean sections, cervical conizations, and myomectomies.

• Administered vaccinations and performed venipunctures, PPD placement, urinalysis, pulmonary function tests, and EKGs.• Coordinated patient care across multiple specialties. • Familiarized to eClinicals EMR system.

• Assist Dentist with patient visits ie suctioning, prepping materials, handing instruments• Sterilize dental instruments• Schedule appointments for patients • Contact insurance companies for coverage