Physician Assistant Medical

Willie T. Shelton *** Lincoln Drive, Leesville, LA 71446

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Physician Assistant

Summary

Certified Physician Assistant with over 10 years experience and 23 years of meritorious service

with the US Army. Served with distinction as a proven and respected leader, combat veteran,

and combat-tested medical provider with vast experience in family practice, orthopedics,

internal medicine, aviation medicine, Soldier-medical readiness and tactical combat casualty

care. Extensive knowledge of medical treatment and operations within a military treatment

facility. Proficient in the use and application of ALTHA, CHCS, MEDPROS, MODS, and E-profile.

An excellent and sought-after clinician with a calming demeanor, polished interpersonal skills,

unwaivering poise under pressure, and superb bedside manner. Certified through the NCCPA

and holds a Masters Degree in Physician Assistant Science with an area of focus in Family

Medicine from the University of Nebraska.

Experience

MEDDAC, Bayne Jones Army Community Hospital May 2013 to Present

Fort Polk, LA 71459

Staff Physician Assistant Family Practice

Provides medical care to Active Duty Service members, dependents, retires and TRICARE

beneficiaries under the Patient Centered Medical Home model.

o Clinical experience diagnosing and treating primary care conditions

o Knowledge of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and related conditions

o Administers routine care, performs minor procedures, wellness examinations and

physicals

o Order and dispense medications

o Orders and interprets proper lab and radiological studies

o Manage complicated, multi-problem patients

o Appropriately refers and consults to physicians and specialty-care providers

o Participates in peer review and performance improvement activities and initiatives

o Performs medical record reviews

o Ensures compliance with HIPAA and JACHO standards.

o Precepts, trains and mentors Interservice Physician Assistant Program Phase II students

o Provides care to Active Duty Soldiers at the Fort Polk Combined Troop Medical Clinic

C Company, 94th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat 2012 to 2013

Team, 10th Mountain Division-Light, Fort Polk, LA 71459

Senior Brigade Physician Assistant / Fort Polk Area Aviation Physician Assistant

Senior Physician Assistant overseeing the medical care of a 4200-Soldier light infantry brigade,

supervising 6 subordinate battalion Physician Assistants and 240 Medics. Provided direct

medical care to over 900 Soldiers of a brigade support battalion during garrison operations, and

ensures a high level of care across the brigade support battalion.

o During combat operations, served as one of the senior medical providers at the brigade

level II medical treatment facility.

o Assisted the brigade surgeon in the duties of senior medical advisor to the brigade

commander.

o Coordinated staffing of the Joint Readiness Training Center Aid Station which provides

medical support to rotational units at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, LA.

o Aid Station Preceptor, trains and mentors Interservice Physician Assistant Program

students performing Phase II residency training at Fort Polk, LA.

o Supervised, mentored, and developed six subordinate Physician Assistants by

conducting continuing medical education, officer professional development, and

monthly peer reviews.

o Trained, mentored and certified medics and practical nurses on clinical, emergent and

traumatic exam, diagnosis and treatment.

o Coordinated the medical coverage for 4 Joint Readiness Training Center rotations,

ensuring combat units in training had essential medical support without degrading the

medical care of the brigade combat team.

o Served as only one of three aviation physician assistants responsible for the healthcare

of all Active Duty, Reserve, National Guard, civilian and initial-entry flight status

personnel by performing acute and routine care and flight duty medical exams.

o Directly oversaw the audit and conversion of all brigade combat team Soldiers' legacy

physical disability profiles into the e-profile system. This contributed to directly to Fort

Polk being recognized as one of the top installations across the Army for e-profile

compliance.

5-25 Field Artillery Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team 2010 to 2012

10th Mountain Division-Light, Fort Polk, LA 71459

Physician Assistant / Officer in Charge / Fort Polk Area Aviation Physician Assistant

Physician Assistant and sole provider for a forward deployed Fires Battalion which conducted

Counter-insurgency operations in the Northern Logar and Eastern Wardak Provinces,

Afghanistan, RC-East. Responsible for the healthcare of 545 Soldiers in five subordinate

batteries, as well as over 300 partnered Afghan Security Forces and Jordanian Task Force

personnel. Advised the Battalion Commander and Staff on all aspects of troop medical

management.

o Quickly took the reins of a Battalion void of a PA for over 1 year. With only five months

to prepare for deployment, ensured the Soldiers were medically ready to successfully

deploy despite the truncated timeline.

o Worked tirelessly to prepare the Battalion's medical platoon for a mission which

involved slicing the platoon in support of 13 different platoon-size elements, dispersed

to 5 operating bases across two Afghan provinces.

o Established and was Officer in Charge of three, Level-1 Aid Stations during Operation

Enduring Freedom 10-11.

o Served as the primary the Brigade Combat Team live tissue lab trainer for the Brigade

Combat Trauma Team pre-deployment training.

o Instructed medics in trauma, tactical combat casualty care, and emergency medical

treatment and evacuation in a combat setting which instilled critical operational life-

saving skills applied during combat operations.

o Supervised, trained and mentored 4 Noncommissioned Officers, 18 Medics, and 1

Medical Officer.

o Served as Aviation Physician Assistant and Emergency Department Acute Care Clinic

provider at Bayne Jones Army Community Hospital, Fort Polk, LA.

83rd Chemical Battalion 2006 to 2010

1st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade Fort Polk, LA 71459

Physician Assistant / Officer in Charge / Fort Polk Area Aviation Physician Assistant

Physician Assistant for a 600-Soldier Chemical Battalion assigned to FORSCOM and under the

operational control of XVIII Airborne Corps with a mission to provide nuclear and chemical

reconnaissance, biological surveillance, decontamination, and smoke support to the Corps and

Joint Task Force Commanders. Responsible for providing medical care to include sickcall,

redeployment education and screening, counseling and preventive medicine for the 3,000-

Soldier, 1st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade with its on-order combat and National Homeland

Security support mission. Worked in conjunction with the Brigade Field Surgeon in advising the

Battalion Commander and Staff on all aspects of troop medical management and Soldier

deployment readiness.

o During the absence of a Brigade Surgeon, was selected over peers to serve as the

Brigade Surgeon and Medical Planner for the 1st Combat Support Brigade's November

2006 National Training Center (NTC) rotation. Treated over 500 real-world patients,

which earned recognition from the NTC Surgeon and Brigade Commander.

o Officer in Charge of a medical section consisting of 2 Noncommissioned Officers, 10

medics and medical equipment worth in excess of $250,000.

o Planned, resourced, instructed and supervised all brigade medical training to include the

enhanced combat lifesaver course and deployment medical threat briefs.

o Developed standard operating procedures and medical policies for the delivery of

healthcare in the Battalion and Brigade.

o Served as Aviation Physician Assistant at Bayne Jones Army Community Hospital, Fort

Polk, LA.

2-52 General Support Aviation Battalion 2005 to 2006

2nd Infantry Division, Camp Humphreys, Korea

Aviation Physician Assistant

Aviation Physician Assistant of the largest Aviation Battalion in Korea. Responsible for the

medical care of 600 Soldiers, their medical records, flight physicals and management of medical

supplies. Served as special staff officer to the Battalion Commander advising him in the areas of

environmental health, field sanitation, Soldier medical readiness and the health status of all

flight-status personnel assigned to the battalion.

o Worked closely with Aviation Commanders enabling the battalion to achieve and

maintain a full medical readiness (FMR) percentage of 96%, the highest in the 2nd

Infantry Division.

o Primary medical skills and certifying trainer for all flight-medics of the Fight Evacuation

Detachment

o Oversaw and enforced proper standards and operations of the Aviation Lifesaving

Equipment Section which received a commendable rating during 2 consecutive semi-

annual inspections.

o Served as medical officer at the Camp Humphreys Troop Medical Clinic, augmenting

medical support for other units, family members, and retirees.

o Trained and provided technical guidance for paraprofessionals and other medical staff

on minor, routine, and emergency procedures.

o Provided emergency medical care for the Camp Humphreys community by serving as

the Medical Officer of the day on a rotating basis at the Camp Humphreys Urgent-Care

Clinic.

o Provided in-flight medical care on aeromedical transfers.

C Co 168th Area Support Battalion 2003 to 2005

2nd Infantry Division, Camp Humphreys, Korea

Physician Assistant / Staff

Served as Staff Physician Assistant at the Camp Humphreys Medical Clinic which serviced over

11,000 beneficiaries to include Active Duty Soldiers, dependents, retirees, GS and contract

employees.

o Administered routine, urgent and emergent care

o Performed minor procedures, wellness examinations and physicals

o Provided immunizations

o Ordered proper lab and radiological studies

o Obtained referral and consultation

o Participated in performance improvement

o Performed medical record reviews, invasive procedure reviews, and quality

improvement activities

o Ensured compliance with JACHO and CAP standards

o Officer in Charge of the Camp Humphreys Health Clinic Laboratory, Radiology and

Patient Administration sections, leading all sections to exceed all requirements of the

April 2004 JACHO survey

o Improved the Lab section quality control standards through equipment and reagent

quality control checks, specimen handling, point of care testing, and training oversi ght.

o Led a Radiology section performance improvement initiative which took the section's

x-ray retake percentage from 20% to 5%; the best in the 18th MEDCOM.

o Established and implemented a Patient Administration personnel schedule resulting in a

90% increase in productivity and efficiency.

o Created and supervised a strategy of successfully cataloging and shipping over 900

retired medical records.

o Authored standard operating procedures for performance improvement.

o Performed medical record reviews, invasive procedure reviews, and quality

improvement activities.

1990 to 2000

Medic

Private - Staff Sergeant

Education

o University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 2003

o MPAS, Master of Physician Assistant Studies in Family Practice

o University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 2002

o B.S., Physician Assistant Studies

o Interservice Physician Assistant Program, Academy of Health of Sciences, Fort Sam

Houston, TX

Skills

o Family Practice: Physical examinations, diagnosis, treatment plans; order and accurately

interpret Laboratory, Radiology, and EKG studies; manage complicated, multi-problem,

chronic pain, and polypharmacy patients; refer and consult appropriately, prescribe and

administer medications, patient education, preventive medicine.

o Procedures: Suture wounds, Incision and Drainage, Lipomectomy, EIC removal, Cryo-

therapy, Nexplanon insertion

o Thrombosed-hemorrhoidal marsulpulization, Toenail removal, Plantar-Fascial

corticosteroid injections

o Advanced Trauma Life Support: Intravenous therapy; Rapid Sequence Induction,

Intubation, Needle chest decompression, Chest Tube insertion, Cricothyrotomy

Affiliations

o Member, American Academy of Physician Assistants 2003-Current

o Member, Society of Army Physician Assistants, 2003-Current

o Member, Society of US Army Flight Surgeons, 2003-Current

Certifications

o PA-C, National Commission the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)- Board

Certified 2003, 2009

o BLS, ACLS. Current

Military Training

o Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant Basic Skills Course, Academy of Health

Sciences, Fort Sam Houston, TX, 2011

o Tactical Combat Medical Care Course, Academy of Health Sciences, Fort Sam Houston,

TX, 2010

o Captain's Career Course, Academy of Health Sciences, Fort Sam Houston, TX, 20 10

o Principles of Preventive Medicine, Academy of Health Sciences, Fort Sam Houston, TX,

2006

o US Army Flight Surgeon Course, US Army School of Aviation Medicine, Fort Rucker, AL,

2003

o AMEDD Officer Basic Course, Academy of Health Sciences, Fort Sam Houston, TX, 2003

o Interservice Physician Assistant Program, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Bayne

Jones Army Community Hospital, 2001 to 2002. Phase II

o Interservice Physician Assistant Program, University of Nebraska Medical Center,

Academy of Health Sciences, Fort Sam Houston, TX, 2000 to 2001. Phase I Class Leader

o AMEDD Basic Noncommissioned Officer Course, AMEDD Noncommissioned Officer

Academy, AMEDD Center and School, Fort Sam Houston, TX, 1999, Commandants List

o Primary Leadership Development Course, Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Fort Polk,

LA, 1993. Honor Graduate

o Medic, Advanced Individual Training, AMEDD Center and School, Fort Sam Houston, TX,

1990.

o US Army Basic Training, Fort Jackson, SC, 1990

Awards

Army Commendation Medal. 1997, 1998, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012

Army Achievement Medal. 1992, 1999, 2000

Army Good Conduct Medal. 1993, 1996, 1999, 2002

National Defense Service Medal. 1990, 2001

Afghanistan. 2011

Global War on Terrorism Service Medal. 2011

Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal. 2011

Korean Defense Service Medal. 2004

NATO Medal. 1997

Noncomissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon. 1994, 1999

Army Service Ribbon. 1990

Overseas Ribbon. 1992, 1997, 1999, 2006, 2011

Flight Surgeon Badge. 2003

Combat Medical Badge. 2011

Expert Field Medical Badge. 1998

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