NATALIA NOROOZI
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EDUCATION
Georgetown University, Department of Pharmacology and Physiology Washington, DC
Master of Science in Physiology and Biophysics May 2017
Relevant Coursework: Global Infectious Diseases, Physiology Literature Research and Review, Nutrition, Biostatistics
University of Maryland, College of Computer, Mathematics, and Natural Sciences College Park, MD
Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences May 2016
College Park Scholars, Life Sciences Citation
EXPERIENCE
Gastroenterology Associates of Northern Virginia Fairfax, VA
Medical Scribe/Assistant August 2017-Present
Support the office’s administrative responsibilities such as greeting patients, handling correspondence, and updating and filing patient medical records
Provide key information to patients on their treatment plans and procedures
Facilitate patient examination by setting up equipment and providing operating physician with tools during procedures, thus enhancing the process
Assist physicians in documenting patient’s explanation of symptoms, diagnoses
Contribute to an increase work flow by enhancing more physician-patient contact and decreasing documentation for the physician to complete
Completing notes in an accelerated manner to allow the physician to complete notes promptly and consult more patients on a daily basis
Lead follow-up and order lab work or imaging for patient after office visit
Successfully assigned to specific physicians for scribe work based off of physician’s preference of fast paced work ethic
Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Food Safety Laurel, MD
and Applied Nutrition May 2014-June 2016
JFSAN Intern: Joint institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Designed and performed experiments using the FDA Bacteriological Analytical Manual (BAM) to test the presence of three different pathogens in FDA regulated foods to determine capability to grow the pathogens
Designed, wrote, and presented scientific posters to communicate research at various Scientific Conferences
Trained, managed, and assigned duties to all new interns to ensure project progression and completion
Utilized classic microbiology techniques and performed multiplex real-time Polymerase Chain reaction (PCR) on pathogenic organisms such as: Salmonella, E. Coli, and Listeria monocytogenes
Statistically analyzed and created visualizations of all data from experiments using Microsoft Excel to validate results
CERTIFICATIONS/AWARDS
Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) 2016
Dean’s List Recipient for College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences 2015-2016
PUBLICATIONS
An Improved Method to Simultaneously Detect Salmonella enteritidis, Escherichia coli O157 and Listeria
monocytogenes in Ground Black Pepper Using Multiplex Real-time PCR. 2015. (IAFP, 2015). Venugopal Sathyamoorthy,
Natalia Noroozi, Eunkyeong Park, Yunsoo Kim, Ben D. Tall, Yiping He, Seongeun Hwang, Larisa Trach, Hannah Chase,
Barbara McCardell and Atin Datta.
Molecular Serotyping of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (STEC) from Fresh Produce Enrichments Using
FDA’s Custom Design ECID Microarray. (IAFP, 2015). Isha R. Patel, Jayanthi Gangiredla, Venugopal Sathyamoorthy, Seongeun Hwang, Natalia Noroozi, Chris A. Elkins and Keith Lampel.
SKILLS & LANGUAGES
Technical skills: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Electronic Medical Records (EMR), data organization, data analysis, analytical thinking, group work
Languages: English (native), Farsi (fluent)