ASHMEET KALRA

***** ***** ***** # ***, ******* FL-32826

Email: abk9xj@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

APTA certified Clinical Instructor

March 2010

The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

May 2007

MA, Physical Therapy (Focus -Orthopedic Gait Analysis)

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research,

April 2005

Chandigarh, India.

Bachelors of Physical Therapies

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

Physical Therapist

Feb 2008- Current

Florida Hospital

. Evaluate and treat orthopedic patients on

Fracture care unit, attend rounds with surgeons and

attend care conferences with other disciplines.

. Float on other medical /surgical/ neurology/oncology

and Cardiac units.

Physical Therapist

University of Michigan Health System

Sept 2007- Feb 2008

. 8 Week rotation on medical and

Surgical floors (general medicine,

General surgery, orthopedics, Adult psychiatry,

Oncology, bone marrow transplant,

Otolaryngology, pulmonary medicine and ICU's)

. Team projects and orientation to students

Physical Therapist

May 2007-August 2007

University Of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics

. Handled a variety of neurology and neurosurgery

Patients (Stroke, TBI, Spinal fusions etc)

Consultant Physiotherapist

May 2005 - July 2005

VLCC Healthcare Ltd, Chandigarh, India

. Handled a wide variety of obesity patients

Physical Therapist

April 2005 - July 2005

Charitable Hospital, Chandigarh, India

. Outpatient clinical duties.

Volunteer Physical Therapist

October 2004- April 2005

Chandigarh "Hospice", Chandigarh, India

Internship

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research

October 2004- April 2005.

. 3 months posting in Out Patient Clinic

. Special clinics (hand clinic and lymph edema clinic)

. 3 months Ward posting including Intensive Care Units: PICU,

NICU, RCU,CCU, NSICU), Tetanus ward, Surgical and Medical

wards., Cardio- Thoracic and Vascular Surgery unit, Adult

Kidney Unit and Advanced Pediatric Centre)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant

Fall 2005 - May 2007

RESEARCH

The University of Iowa

Fall 2005 - May 2007

Graduate Research Assistant

Orthopedic Gait Analysis Lab

. Kinematic, Kinetic & EMG analysis on clinical & research subjects.

TEACHING

The University of Iowa

Fall 2005 - May 2007

Graduate Teaching Assistant

. Facilitated and coordinated lab sessions.

. Helping with preparation of question papers for

midterms and finals.

. Grading midterms & finals

DPT Curriculum Courses

. Kinesiology & Pathomechanics

Neuromuscular therapeutics

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Attended The 42nd Annual Conference of The Indian Association of

Physiotherapists on "Equal Partners in Health Care" at The Birla Institute,

Jaipur, India. (Feb13 -15, 2004)

Attended CME on Brain matters 2005 on Stroke at PGIMER, Chandigarh. (20th

march 2005.

Presented at "Biennial conference for Canadian Society of Biomechanics",

August, 2006. Waterloo, Canada.

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION

Physical Therapist, State of California # In process

Physical Therapist, State of Michigan, License # 550*******

Physical therapist, State of Florida, License # PT 24519

CPR certified until April 2011

RESEARCH & PRESENTATIONS

Master's Capstone project "Biomechanics of gait and sit to stand activity

after Total Hip Replacement- A Longitudinal Study"

Presented at the Biennial conference for Canadian Society of Biomechanics,

August, 2006. Waterloo, Canada

"Effect of soft versus rigid laterally wedged insoles on the frontal plane

knee varus moments."

Dept. of Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, 2004: Preparation

of N, N, N', N'tetramethylpyridine-2, 6-ithiocarboxamide

Dept. of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics, IISc, Bangalore,

India, 2003: Cloning of Cdx2, a transcription factor involved in regulation

of GCC and sucrase isomaltase genes.

Dept. of Microbiology and Cell Biology, IISc, Bangalore, India, 2002:

Cloning and complementation analysis of Initiation Factor 3 from suppressor

strain of 3GC mutant initiator tRNA.

Dept. of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics

IISc, Bangalore, India, 2001: Techniques in Molecular Biology and

Biochemistry[1]

References available on request.

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