Melanie Casuga Yee Email & Phone Number

Calgary, AB, CA

Calgary, Canada Area

Working under the Mosaic Refugee Clinic, I provide care for newly arrived refugees. I am part of a hard-working and cohesive multidisciplinary team of health care professionals and settlement workers, with a shared goal to provide support to this vulnerable population.

Calgary, Canada Area

Working as part of a multidicsiplinary team to assist the refugee population with their healthcare needs.

Toronto, Canada Area

Worked as Cycle Monitoring Nurse, IVF Nurse, IVF Nurse Educator, IVF Clinical Resource Specialist, Fertility Nurse.Maternity leave from July 2014 - January 2015 and July 2016 - July 2017

160 Bloor St E - 11th Floor, Toronto, ON

Dedicated clinical nurse to Drs. Tom Hannam, Kim Garbedian, and Paul RobbMet with patients to explain specific protocols, including basic cycle monitoring, intrauterine insemination, and IVF.Presented IVF cases to the medical team to maintain quality control/assurance prior to IVF cycle initiationExperience with Ontario funded IVF cycles as well as private.

160 Bloor Street East

Engaged in weekly meeting with the Embryology, Nursing, and Surgery teams to ensure proper conduction of standard operating procedures between all departments.Shared responsibility for gathering information for quality control of IVF cases.Dealt with escalated patient complaints/problem management.Acted as liason between nursing team and physicians as.

Toronto, Canada Area

Worked under Medical Director to prepare patient handouts to be used by patients and the medical teaCompleted Standard Operating Procedures manual for the IVF nursing team

Toronto, Canada Area

Patient instruction given regarding diagnostic testing, IVF protocol, medication information, optional testing (i.e. genetics), operating room proceduresConduction of IVF patient teaching sessions, including medication administration, answering cycle questions, and witnessing clinic consent formsBooking of operating room for IVF procedures, hysteroscopy.

Toronto, Canada Area

Review of daily hormone level and ultrasound results with patientsProficient knowledge of patient cycle and hormone fluctuation from baseline testing to ovulationSubcutaneous injection teaching and administration of subcutaneous or intramuscular medication as per MD instructionDaily interaction with patients via phone or email with next clinic visit.

Daily interaction with clients to review weight loss goals, food assessment, and areas of improvementSkilled in venipuncture, subcutaneous injections, and dieting assessment, as well as interpretation of results to clinic physician as needed.Shared responsibility of inventory reconciliationTraining preceptor to 2 nurses