• Physician Associate working in a high volume setting under the supervision of board-certified, fellowship-trained physiatrist.• Clinical duties include performing patient evaluations and physical examinations, ordering / interpreting diagnostic studies (x-rays, bone scans, MRIs, CTs, EMGs, selective nerve root blocks), establishing diagnoses, recording / dictating findings, developing and executing treatment plans (conservative measures, interventional spinal procedures, surgical consultations), providing patient education, performing pre-procedure and post-procedure patient evaluations, performing minor office procedures including therapeutic injections, and referral to appropriate sub-specialists.

• Physician Associate working in a high volume setting under the supervision of two board-certified, fellowship-trained physiatrists.• Clinical duties include performing patient evaluations and physical examinations, ordering / interpreting diagnostic studies (x-rays, bone scans, MRIs, CTs, EMGs, selective nerve root blocks), establishing diagnoses, recording / dictating findings, developing and executing treatment plans (conservative measures, interventional spinal procedures, surgical consultations), providing patient education, performing pre-procedure and post-procedure patient evaluations, performing minor office procedures including therapeutic injections, and referral to appropriate sub-specialists.

• Physician Associate working in a high volume setting under the supervision of board-certified, fellowship-trained orthopedic spine surgeon.• Clinical duties include performing patient evaluations and physical examinations, ordering / interpreting diagnostic studies (x-rays, bone scans, MRIs, CTs, EMGs, selective nerve root blocks), establishing diagnoses, recording / dictating findings, developing and executing treatment plans, providing patient education, performing pre-operative and post-operative patient evaluations, performing minor office procedures including therapeutic injections, and referral to appropriate sub-specialists.• Hospital duties include rounding on inpatients, responding to consultation requests, obtaining informed consent for procedures, scheduling of inpatient surgeries, surgical assisting in the operating room, providing orders on inpatients, and completion of progress notes on inpatients.• Experienced in candidate selection and peri-operative management of patients for vertebral augmentation, laminectomy/spinal decompression, vertebral interbody-fusion, total disk arthoplasty, and dural repair procedures.

Orthopaedic Surgery, Resurgens Orthopaedics, Cumming, GAOrthopaedics & Sports Medicine (4 weeks), Sports Medicine South, Lawrenceville, GAFamily Medicine (4 weeks), North Atlanta Primary Care, Suwanee, GAEmergency Medicine (4 weeks), Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, GAGeneral Surgery (4 weeks), North Atlanta Surgical Associates, Cumming, GAAdult Medicine 2 of 2 (4 weeks), Piedmont Heart Institute Cardiac Critical Care, Atlanta, GAAdult Medicine 1 of 2 (4 weeks), Wellstar Cardiovascular Medicine, Marietta, GAPediatrics (4 weeks), Rika Medical Clinic, Doraville, GAObstetrics/Gynecology (4 weeks), Cobb Women's Health, Austell, GAPsychiatry (4 weeks), Private Practice, Alpharetta, GAProcedural Experience:• Performed orthopedic dislocation reductions, splinting, suturing, laceration repairs, I&Ds, foley catheterizations, Swan Ganz pulmonary artery catheterizations, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, venipuncture, and pap smears.• Assisted in total joint replacements and revisions, open reduction and internal fixations (ORIF), ligament repairs, arthroscopic procedures, nerve decompressions and releases, gastrointestinal ostomies, bowel resection, laparoscopic cholestcystectomies/cholangiograms and appendectomies, hernia repairs, PEG tube insertions, tracheotomies, caesarean sections, tubal ligations, spinal blocks, intra-aortic balloon pump insertions, periocardiocenteses, and synchronized cardioversion. • Observed joint amputations, breast reductions and reconstructions, intrathecal pump and spinal cord stimulator implants, vein harvesting and coronary artery bypass grafts, valvular procedures, left ventricular-assist device (LVAD) implants, cardiac catheterizations and PCI, ICD implants, endometrial ablations, and robotic-aided procedures.

• Assisted in patient triage, surveys of basic vital statistics and patient health complaints, noninvasive digital autonomic nervous system monitoring, and diagnostic and interventional pain management procedures (including fluoroscopy-guided injections, radiofrequency thermo-ablation procedures, and intrathecal pump or neurostimulator trials and device management). • Performed various administrative and practice management-related tasks, including obtaining pre-authorizations for interventional procedures, training of new hires, obtaining patient prescription drug monitoring reports, fulfillment of medical record requests, and digitization of paper-based medical records.• Assisted in development and refinement of newly-adopted electronic medical record (EMR) system at practice.

• Lead department in the development and adoption of Microsoft SharePoint services electronic document management system (EDMS) to increase the efficiency of filing, storing, and retrieving information that related to the services that the department offered to the university. Key drivers included optimization of the method in which documents were archived in the department, increasing the rate at which such documents could be retrieved, and reducing of physical space required for storage of records, all of which were aimed at making the department more integrated, more effective, and more efficient in their daily activities and business processes.

• Developed logistical plans for the 2009 community-wide drive-thru vaccine point of distribution which vaccinated over 19,000 local citizens against pandemic H1N1 influenza within a 21-hour period.• Administered nasal spray live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) and provided patient education to students during university-sponsored campus-based vaccine points of distribution.

• Researched and developed methods and protocols for measuring mitochondrial complex I (NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase) and complex II (succinate:ubiquinone oxidoreductase) activity in a variety of mouse tissue types that were isolated using various methods.

• Provided general assistance in technology-related areas within the department, including on-site setup of PCs, installation of software updates and security patches, and responding to hardware and software problems throughout the university's division of Student Affairs. • Also maintained an online calendar of university-hosted events, posting of student announcements on departmental website, and maintenance of inventory databases for department technology.