Michael P. Cafaro Email & Phone Number

➤ Providing comprehensive primary care needs to patients of all ages by addressing symptoms and underlying conditions.➤ Managing day-to-day functions of patient care and safety monitoring as well as overseeing medical personnel on site.➤ Contributing to medical training and supervision of 3 advance practitioners and offering advice based on best practices.➤ Optimizing patient care by working with nursing staff, evaluating current practices, and reviewing alternatives.➤ Determining appropriate imaging and laboratory exams needed based on the various patient symptoms presented.➤ Performing medical procedures including suturing, incising, draining cysts/abscesses, wound care, and debridement.➤ Consulting patients, specialty physicians, and family members to determine best care plans for individual patients.➤ Managing large panels of high acuity patients as well as ordering lab tests, X-rays, and special imaging studies.➤ Educating, counseling, and assisting patients and families regarding health problems and health maintenance activities.➤ Consulting with patient care managers and establishing methods to evaluate, document, and improve interventions.➤ Administering medication including advising on what side effects, complications, or interactions the patient may have.➤ Recognizing conditions that require isolation and ensuring universal precautions are used in all patient encounters.➤ Improving patient outcomes by educating individuals on improved nutrition and proactive exercise plans.➤ Accurately diagnosing acute and chronic concerns based on patient intakes, direct assessments, and laboratory tests.➤ Complying with corporate regulations, policies, and procedures to maximize safety, security, and overall confidence.➤ Teaching, coaching, and mentoring team members in regular monitoring and strategic realignment of treatment plans.➤ Improving operations by working with team members to find workable solutions and meet or exceed workflow needs.

➤ Served a wide range of patient demographics and acuities based on clinic sites with a pediatric and adult patient load.➤ Delivered a full range of outcome-based physician services and care for primary or urgent care and internal medicine.➤ Provided comprehensive primary care to a diverse patient population in collaboration with other physicians.➤ Made referrals to specialists, facilitated hospital admissions and transfers, and performed urgent care procedures.➤ Counseled and educated patients and their families on preventative healthcare and healthy lifestyle modifications.➤ Thoroughly evaluated patients and ordered pertinent tests, analyses, and diagnostic imaging prior to treatment.➤ Performed assessments and developed treatment plans for patients with acute and chronic ailments and injuries.➤ Significantly increased office visit volumes by emphasizing importance of patient follow-up and continuity of care.➤ Served as a clinical preceptor in training of current medical school, nurse practitioner, and physician assistant students.➤ Actively stayed informed of advances in treatments, new pharmaceutical applications, and emergent diagnostic tools.➤ Determined and ordered appropriate imaging and laboratory exams needed based on patient symptoms presented.

➤ Solo Practitioner – Internal Medicine Office Practice, Trumbull, CT – 07/21997 to 05/2012➤ Solo Practitioner – Internal Medicine Office Practice – 08/1995 to 07/1997➤ Emergency Room Physician – Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital, Plattsburgh, NY – 07/1993 to 07/1995➤ Staff Physician – Champlain Valley Physician Hospital Medicaid Clinic – Summer 1995 ➤ IV Technician – Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, NJ – 06/1989 to 03/1990➤ Research Technician – University of Rhode Island – 08/1979 to 09/1980➤ Laboratory Assistant – University of Rhode Island – 05/1977 to 06/1979➤ Nursing Assistant – General Practitioner's Office – 09/1978 to 09/1979➤ Chemistry Laboratory Technician – Veterans Hospital, Providence, RI – 06/1980 to 09/1980

➤ PGY-2/3 University of Vermont College of Medicine/Medical Center Hospital of Vermont. Primary Care Program Internal Medicine, Burlington, Vermont – 06/1991 to 06/1993➤ PGY-I Seton Hall Graduate School of Medicine. Categorical Internal Medicine. Rotated through three teaching hospitals in Newark, Paterson, and Elizabeth, New Jersey – 08/1995 to 07/1997

Captain/Infantry Officer – U.S. Marine Corps – 10/1980 to 12/1993➤ Commanded over 80 marines and sailors while stationed in Beirut, Lebanon as a Rifle Platoon Commander.➤ Served as the company's Embarkation Officer managing all company assets, including overseeing transportation of assets from ship to shore.➤ Served as company's Weapons Platoon Commander performing fire support and coordination of the company's crew-served weapons.➤ Completed Officer Candidate School, Amphibious Embarkation School, and amphibious Warfare School.➤ Served as an Operations Assistant in the Reserves.

Master Of Science - Ms, Human Relations Management

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Zoology

Doctor Of Medicine - Md

School of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies