Hospice and Palliative Medicine FellowBoard Certified Hospice and Palliative Care

Department of Family MedicineABFM Board CertifiedNC State License

Medical Student

§ Served as administrative intern to CEO Michael Young at a large safety-net hospital in urban Atlanta; Responsibilities included financial analysis, hospital planning, human resource management, communications, and IT implementation§ Produced presentation summarizing health care reform for Board meeting and helped prepare CEO for local town hall meeting§ Observed consolidation of health centers, changes in safety-net policy, county funding negotiations, and community open houses§ Worked closely alongside management and medical staff on quality control projects and patient safety initiatives and shadowedphysician administrators in clinics such as the Allergy and Asthma clinic and OR§ Met with sales representatives and executives from medical device and IT companies such as Siemens, Epic, and GE and performed cost-benefit analysis evaluating equipment and IT purchases

§ Investigated long-term care environment in Pennsylvania using qualitative and quantitative research methods§ Presented abstract and poster presentation to the 2009 Association of University Programs in Health Administration titled "Ecological Analysis of Long-Term Care in Pennsylvania: Student Collaboration in Applied Public Health Research"§ Produced informational material to direct legislative officials, County Executives, County Commissioners, and Areas of Agencies make informed policy decisions; Spurred interest in further research studies and partnerships§ Spoke at computational modeling grant seminar at School of Public Health