Physician Assistant

C O N T A C T

P R O F E S S I O N A L

S K I L L S

• Empathetic

• Physical assessments

• Regulatory Compliance

• Quality Assurance

• Patient & Family Relations

• Patient Education

• Continuity of Care

• Critical Thinking

• Clinical Decision Making

• Excellent Interpersonal Skills

• Organizational & Planning

Skills

• Electronic Medical Record

• Patient Assessment

• Multi-tasking Ability

• Problem-Solving Skills

• Data Analysis

• Research follow up studies

C L I N I C A L S K I L L S

• Suturing

• Research

• Full history and physical

A W A R D S / H O N O R S

• Winner, Capstone Research

Paper Excellence Award

• Recipient, MPAS

Distinguished Student

Scholar Scholarship

• Recipient, SIPIN travel Award

DIANA M. ERASSO, PhD, PA-C

H i g h l y Qualified P h y s i c i a n A s s i s t a n t P R O F E S S I O N A L P R O F I L E

• Enthusiastic, compassionate and professional nationally certified licensed Physician Assistant committed to providing exceptional care with high standards of moral and ethical behavior, exemplary patient care, resulting in strong patient satisfaction, clinical outcomes, and operational efficiency.

• Excellent analytical, decision making, written and verbal communication skills that demonstrates competency and ability to work as a member of a multidisciplinary team to perform advanced assessments as demonstrated by the scientific background and critical thinking, evidenced by collaborations and development of multiple tasks in different aspects of basic and applied research to long lasting projects >10 peer-review scientific publications.

• Creative and self-motivated individual with easy-integration in a multicultural environment with unique combination of detail-oriented mindset, driven personality, and analytical skills to work in a fast-paced work environment. E D U C A T I O N

Florida International University, Miami, FL 07/16- 12/18 Master’s degree in Physician Assistant Studies

Magna Cum Laude

University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 08/06-05/11 Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Sciences

Summa Cum Laude

C L I N I C A L E X P E R I E N C E

Accumulated over 1500 hours of patient care experience through nine (9) clinical rotations throughout South Florida in both hospitals and public facilities, and in private practices.

• Internal Medicine at Leon Medical Center

• Psychiatry at FIU Behavioral Health and Broward Health Medical Center

• Obstetrics & Gynecology at OBG Miami

• Emergency Medicine at West Kendall Baptist Hospital

• General Surgery at Jackson Memorial Hospital

• Family Medicine at Ross medical Centers

• Pediatrics at Healthy Children

• Dermatology at Bay Point Dermatology

• Plastic Surgery at Miami Plastic Surgery

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Ft Lauderdale, FL

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LinkedIn URL

P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E

University of Miami, Anesthesiology Department, Miami FL 06/15 – 06/16 Assistant Scientist

• Identified putative functional variants at the CA10 locus and in related pathway genes association with persistent pain and disability and determination of the relationship between functional variants to phenotypic variation across multiple persistent pain syndromes.

University of Miami, Anesthesiology Department, Miami FL 12/11 – 06/15 Senior Research Associate

• Investigated the effect of unsaturated fatty acids on morphine tolerance.

• Analyzed whether agrin decreases in neuropathic pain development after SCI in an animal model; whether agrin up-regulation by agrin gene delivery with AAV vector suppresses the pain; and the mechanisms of agrin induced pain suppression. L I C E N S U R E S A N D C E R T I F I C A T I O N S

• Physician Assistant Florida State License

• NCCPA Certification

• Prescriptive authority from Florida Medical Board

• National Practioner Identifier (NPI)

• Basic Life Support (BLS), American Heart Association

• Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Heart Association

• Mental Health First Aid USA Certification

P U B L I C A T I O N S

Erasso DM, Tender G, Li Q, Yan J, Culicchia F, Abdi S, Cui JG. The Effects of Agrin Isoforms on Diabetic Neuropathic Pain in a Rat Streptozotocin Model Anesth Analg. 2018. Zhuang GZ, Upadhyay U, Tong X, Kang Y, Erasso DM, Fu ES, Sarantopoulos KD, Martin ER, Wiltshire T, Diatchenko L, Smith SB, Maixner W, Levitt RC. Human carbonic anhydrase-8 AAV8 gene therapy inhibits nerve growth factor signaling producing prolonged analgesia and anti- hyperalgesia in mice. Gene Ther. 2018

Fu ES, Erasso DM, Zhuang GZ, Upadhyay U, Ozdemir M, Wiltshire T, Sarantopoulos KD, Smith SB, Maixner W, Martin ER, Levitt RC. Impact of human CA8 on thermal antinociception in relation to morphine equivalence in mice. Neuroreport. 2017

Levitt RC, Zhuang GY, Kang Y, Erasso DM, Upadhyay U, Ozdemir M, Fu ES, Sarantopoulos KD, Smith SB, Maixner W, Diatchenko L, Martin ER, Wiltshire T. Car8 dorsal root ganglion expression and genetic regulation of analgesic responses are associated with a cis-eQTL in mice. Mamm Genome. 2017

Zhuang GZ, Keeler B, Grant J, Bianchi L, Fu ES, Zhang YP, Erasso DM, Cui JG, Wiltshire T, Li Q, Hao S, Sarantopoulos KD, Candiotti K, Wishnek SM, Smith SB, Maixner W, Diatchenko L, Martin ER, Levitt RC Carbonic anhydrase-8 regulates inflammatory pain by inhibiting the ITPR1-cytosolic free calcium pathway. PLoS One. 2015.

Erasso DM, Tender G, Levitt RC, Cui JG. “Agrin requires specific proteins to selectively activate

<gamma>-amino butyric acid neurons for pain suppression. Exp Neurol. 2014 Erasso DM; Camporesi EM, Mangar D, Saporta S. “Effects of isoflurane or propofol on postnatal hippocampal neurogenesis in young and aged rats” Brain Research 2013 Erasso DM, Chaparro RE, Quiroga Del Rio CE, Karlnoski R, Camporesi EM, Saporta S. “Quantitative assessment of new cell proliferation in the dentate gyrus and learning after isoflurane or propofol anesthesia in young and aged rats” Brain Res. 2012 P R O F E S S I O N A L

M E M B E R S H I P

• Member, Florida Academy

of Physician Assistants

(FAPA)

• Member, American

Academy of PAs (AAPA)

S O F T S K I L L S

• Excellent analytical and

decision making

• Strong written and verbal

communication

• Ability to work as a member

of a multi-disciplinary team

• Competency and ability to

perform advance

assessment and diagnosis

• Critical thinking

• Decisive judgment

• Ability to work with minimal

supervision

• Eye for Detail

• Organization & Planning

Skills

• Quality Patient Care

• Compassion and

Professionalism

A D D I T I O N A L

E X P E R I E N C E

• University of South

Florida/Tampa General

Hospital, Tampa, FL

09/09 – 11/11

Research Associate

C O M P U T E R S K I L L S

• Proficiency with MS Office

Suite (Excel, Word,

Outlook, PowerPoint

A D D I T I O N A L D E T A I L S

• Bilingual in Spanish and

English

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