Dr. Christopher Robert Dobson, MD

Cell Phone: 248-***-****

ac8oug@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION/RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT

Nov 2018- Feb 2019 Concentra Occupational Medicine/USHW Anaheima/Santa Ana/Irvine/Lake Forest/LA, CA

-Evaluated acute injuries of patient’s who were injured on the job and gained a deep understanding of the complex factors that are associated with the time from injury to normal function

-acquired knowledge of the various occupational hazards, prevention, and preventative wear

-Analyzing the true cause of injuries an their relationship to work activity

-Urgent care procedures

-CMD overseeing all employees of facility with no training

-My referral rate for advanced imaging which was often unnecessarily order was <3 percent

-Taught classes to MLPs on the management of various injuries

May 2018-Nov 2018 8-2-8 Urgent Care Oceanside, CA

-Urgent Care Physician at busy clinic seeing a variety of conditions

-Evaluated patients of all ages (infants to elderly) with any condition presenting to clinic in timely and efficient manner

-Completed 60 hour CME certification course focusing on Urgent Care management of a multitude of conditions with a specific emphasis on pediatrics

-Able to perform advanced Orthopaedic procedures including reductions and splinting not traditionally performed at urgent care clinics due to background

-Have received multiple phone calls and compliments for patients with deep expressions of gratitude for emergency room referrals due to previously undetected emergencies by other physicians

-Large array of procedural knowledge

-BLS, ACLS certified

September 2017-Jan2018

Integrated Healthcare Alliance San Diego, CA

-Worked as a mobile physician for the largest mobile physician company in San Diego

-Performed in home visits for Medicare patients, primarily focusing on the sickest ten percent of the population

-Traveled to various Residential Care Facilities, Board and Care group homes, patient homes, Assisted living and Alzheimer’s Living Facilities to perform direct comprehensive health care for patient’s often too sick to travel

-Performed own billing with supervision of medical biller, learned different ICD-10 and CPT codes for appropriate use

-was assigned as primary care physician to a range of patients with Medicare. Complexity of visits ranged from routine urgent care/family medicine (UTI, influenza, lower back pain, etc.) to complex daily visits for the extremely ill (acute CHF exascerbation, etc.)

-performed multiple surgical and wound care procedures to patients on the site including but not limited to wound vacuum changes, minor digital amputations, mass removals, suturing of wounds, joint aspirations and injections

May 2014-Feb2018 University of California, San Diego San Diego, CA

-Orthopaedic Surgery Resident, Class of 2020

-Resigned on good terms after completion of PGY-3

-Elected to pursue different field, letter of recommendation from Program Director supporting decision

2015-2017 Surgical Internship through PGY-3 University of California San Diego San Diego, CA

-Completed nine months of introductory rotations in Orthopaedic Surgery with exposure to all felds including Trauma, Arthroplasty, Foot and Ankle, Oncology, Sports Medicine, Musculoskeltal Radiology, and Rheumatology

-Acquired knowledge in care of both pre and post-operative surgical patients being the direct liason between the surgical team/attending surgeon and the patient

-Amassed knowledge and hands on training in basic Orthopaedic care including fracturreduction, splinting, casting, traction pin placement etc. as the first member of the surgical team to evaluate patients emergently during overnight call

-Achieved basic operative skills often seeing patients from arrival in the emergency room or trauma bay through their surgical stabilization in the operating room and handling their post-operative care and clinic follow up to facilitate continuity of care

-Completed pediatric rotation at Rady Children’s Hospital coordinating care with patients from Emergency Room/Trauma Bay to inpatient stays and post-operative care. Performed multitudes of procedures including fracture reduction, suturing/wound repair, nail bed repairs/removals, etc

-performed pre-season physicals for local students, educated on injury prevention/treatment (sprains, fractures, concussions, etc.)

2010-2014 Wayne State University School of Medicine Detroit, MI

M.D. Candidate, Class of 2014

Cumulative Class Rank: 4

USMLE Step 1 score: 255

USMLE Step 2 score: 261

2005-2009 The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI

B.S. Cellular and Molecular Biology; April 2009; G.P.A.: 3.726

HONORS/AWARDS

Residency:

Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation Scholarship

Best Poster 2017 AAOS annual meeting Orthopaedic Oncology

Awarded Consultant of the year for 2016-2017 by the Emergency Department for prompt service, teaching skills, and excellent patient care

Medical School:

Overall Honors (Year I, II, III)

Alpha Omega Alpha (junior and senior)

Clerkship Honors: Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Neurology, Psychiatry, Obstetrics and Gynecology

Course Honors: Anatomy, Histology, Physiology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Clinical Nutrition, Psychiatry, Pathophysiology, Pathobiology, Pharmacology, Microbiology/Immunology, Clinical Neuroscience

Milton Ratner Scholarship Recipient (Year I, II, III)

Board of Governors Scholarship Recipient (Year I, II, III)

Pretnis Fd Medical Scholarship Recipient

C. Jackson France MD Memorial Scholarship Recipient

Foundation of the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers Research Scholar

Undergraduate:

LSA Merit Scholar Scholarship Recipient (2008, 2009)

BetaTheta Pi Stephen M. Spaulding Scholarship

Magna Cum Laude Graduate

MCDB Summer Fellowship Recipient (2007, 2008)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS/SOCIETIES

2012-Present Alpha Omega Alpha

PRE-RESIDENCY RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

2012-Present Bone and Joint Center Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit MI

Research Assistant

- Studies emphasized importance of microRNAs (miRNA) and their relation to tumor growth, progression, and classification

-Procedures included surgical cartilage isolation from rats, RNA extractions, RT-PCR and Microarrays

-Identified several novel biomarkers of chondrosarcoma in addition to analyzing the validity of the rat chondrosarcoma cell line as a method of studying human chondrosarcoma

- Acquired basic knowledge of statistical models that may be used during scientific investigations to assess the quality and accuracy of reported data

-Two manuscripts are currently under revision and will be submitted for publication.

2012-Present Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit MI

Research Assistant

-Utilized several different patient databases from Henry Ford Hospital including hip arthroplasty, knee arthroplasty, and hip fractures to conduct multiple analyses

-Appreciable amount of time spent intimately reviewing patient charts and organizing data into spreadsheets that efficiently outlined areas of interest

-Each study was designed following an extensive background literature search in order to clearly delineate goals and hypotheses

-Projects were conducted under guidance of six different clinical faculty members

-Three manuscripts are currently under revision and will be submitted for publication.

2011-2012 Department of Neurology WSU School of Medicine, Detroit MI

Research Assistant

- Awarded $5,000 summer research fellowship by Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers during summer following first year of medical school

-Designed a collaborative pilot study that compared results of PET scan with MRI in patients with MS with goal of determining if specific regions of pathology detected on MRI correlated to abnormalities on PET

-The full study is now in progress

-Results presented at CMSC Annual Meeting

2006-2009 Department of MCDB University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI

Research Assistant

- Honors Thesis Research in PI Dr. Laura Olsen’s lab

-Molecular Biology techniques included PCR, RT-PCR, SDS-PAGE, Western Blotting, and many others

-Studies focused on the utilization of an import protein PEX7 in peroxisomal matrix proteins

ABSTRACTS

MicroRNA biomarkers for Chondrosarcoma. Gibson G, Zhang L, Mayer M, Frisch NB, Dobson C, Parsons TW

Submitted to Orthopaedic Research Society

The Validity of a Rat Model for Analyzing miRNA in Chondrosarcoma. Frisch NB, Dobson C, Gibson G, Parsons TW, Mott MP.

Podium presentation at Musculoskeletal Tumor Society Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA; October 2013

Podium presentation at Mid-America Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX; April 2014

Predictors and Complications of Blood Transfusion in Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. Frisch NB, Wessell NM, Charters MA, Dobson C, Sikora-Klak J, Yu S, Jeffries JJ, Silverton CD, Laker M.

Podium presentation at American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Annual Meeting. Dallas, TX; October 2013

Podium presentation at Mid-America Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX; April, 2014

Rivaroxaban versus Enoxaparin for Venout Thromboembolism Prophylaxis after Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. Charters MA, Frisch NB, Wessell NM, Dobson C, Sikora-Klak J, Yu S, Jeffries JJ, Les CM, Silverton CD, Laker M.

Podium presentation at Mid-America Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX; April 2014

Podium presentation at American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA; March 2014

Poster presentation at American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons Annual Meeting. Dallas, Texas; October 2013

Podium presentation at International Society for Technology in Arthroplasty Annual Congress. Palm Beach, FL; October 2013

Podium presentation at Michigan Orthopaedic Society. Mackinac Island, MI; June 2013

Podium Presentation at Detroit Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Research Forum. Troy, MI; May 2013

Winner of the Physician in Training Award

Mortality After Intertrochanteric Hip Fracture: Do Time to Surgery and Comorbidites Affect Mortality? Nicholas Frisch M.D./M.B.A., Michael Charters M.D., Christopher Dobson B.S., Jad Khalil, M.D., Wael Ghacham, M.D., Joseph Hoegler M.D, S. Trent Guthrie M.D., William Hakeos M.D., Clifford Les D.V.M./M.D.

Podium Presentation at Detroit Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Research Forum. Troy, MI; May 2013

Podium presentation at Michigan Orthopaedic Society. Mackinac Island, MI; June 2013

Podium presentation at Mid-America Orthopaedic Association Annual Meeting. San Antonio, TX; April 2014

Retrospective Comparison of Short versus Long Linear Compression Cephalomedullary Nails for the Treatment of Intertrochanteric Fractures. Michael Charters, MD, Nicholas Frisch, MD/MBA, Christopher Dobson BS, Jad Khalil, MD, Joseph Hoegler, MD, S. Trent Guthrie, MD, William Hakeos, MD

Poster presentation at Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting. Phoenix, AZ; October 2013

Poster presentation at Michigan Orthopaedic Society. Mackinac Island, MI; June 2013

Podium presentation at Henry Ford 20th Annual Medical Education Research Forum. Detroit, MI; February 2013

Radiographic predictors of screw cut-out for intertrochanteric fractures treated with cephalomedullary nails. Michael Charters, MD, Nicholas Frisch, MD/MBA, Wael Ghacham, MD, Christopher Dobson BS, Jad Khalil, MD, Joseph Hoegler, MD, S. Trent Guthrie, MD, William Hakeos, MD

Poster presentation at Orthopaedic Trauma Association Annual Meeting. Phoenix, AZ; October, 2013

Poster presentation at Michigan Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Mackinac Island, MI; May 2013

Podium presentation at Detroit Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Troy, MI; May 2013

Brain Structural and Functional Abnormalities in Multiple Sclerosis. Christopher Dobson, Paula Dore-Duffy, Fen Bao, Carla Santiago, Csaba Juhasz, Omar A. Khan

Poster presentation at CMSC Annual Meeting San Diego, CA; June 2012

The Role of PTS2 Cargo Proteins in PEX7 Import into Peroxisomes. Christopher Dobson and Laura Olsen.

Poster presentation at Biology Honors Poster Session at The University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI; April 2009

LEADERSHIP AND EXTRACURRICULAR

2011-2012 World Health Student Organization Detroit, MI

Vice President of External Affairs

-Organized and managed all fund-raising for student trips in excess of $30,000

-Created committees to develop more innovative methods of generating donations, and assisted the president in overseeing the functional and business aspects of the general organization

-Orchestrated the first-annual “World Tuberculosis Day” as a seminar in the Co-Curricular Program

-Established rewards program with Kroger, a large regional supermarket chain, that donated a monetary percentage of each purchase to water purification systems

-Leader of the largest student group at Wayne State University School of Medicine with over 200 members

-Assisted with organization of voluntary mission trips to five different countries with over 80 students

2011 World Health Student Organization Mission Trip La Carpio, Costa Rica

-Febraury 23-March 7, 2011

-Participated in drug and fund raising throughout the year for a 2-week mission trip to Costa Rica during Spring Break. Spent duration of trip providing medical care, supplies, and health information to needy families in the region.

2010-2012Wayne State University Co-Curricular Program

- Completed a medical school elective that required 150 hours throughout year one and year two consisting of community service, clinic volunteering, and seminar attendance centered around humanism in medicine

2006-2009 Beta Theta Pi Ann Arbor, MI Philanthropy Chairman

- In charge of planning, reorganizing, and supervising all educational and community service actions for 80 members

INTERESTS/HOBBIES:

Golf, weightlifting/working out, traveling

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