Epidemiologist, Data analyst, SAS, SPSS, SQL, Medical graduate

Mandar Apte

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Shrewsbury, MA 01545 Email: ******.*.****@*****.***

Summary

Master's level graduate in Public Health with concentration in Epidemiology

and 5 years' experience as a SAS programmer. Fast learner with good

communication skills, strong foundation in clinical research, healthcare

data management, analysis and clinical medicine.

Work Experience

Data Manager March 2008-June 2011

Columbia University, New York

School of Nursing

Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Antimicrobial Resistance

. Designed, programmed, maintained and reported on patient level SAS

research datasets consisting of data extracted from electronic health

records, ICD-9-CM based claims data, medication administration data and

financial detail from diverse data sources within the New York

Presbyterian Hospital system

. Played a leading role in developing algorithms for identification of

hospital/community acquired infections using routinely collected

electronic data

. Assisted principal investigators and research fellows in the design and

analysis of research projects and co-authored manuscripts for publication

Clinical Data Analyst / Graduate Assistant (Part-Time)

2005-2007

University of Alabama at Birmingham,

Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology

. Performed statistical analyses using SAS and SPSS for a longitudinal

cohort of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus patients (LUMINA)

. Programmed and maintained research datasets and monitored data quality

Medical Consultant (Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program)

1999-2004

World Health Organization, India

. Advised and assisted State and District Tuberculosis Offices in the

implementation of the Government of India's Revised National Tuberculosis

Program (RNTCP) as a technical resource expert

Resident Physician, Respiratory Medicine 1999

Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Mumbai, India

. Clinical management of patients in a day care clinic and 50 bedded indoor

facility under the supervision of senior faculty in Respiratory Medicine.

Volunteer experience

Bureau of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control, November 2007-

March 2008

New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

. Provided technical supervision to project staff at Lincoln Hospital in

the implementation of Treatment Adherence Program aimed at improving

adherence of PLWHA to anti-retroviral therapy

. Maintained MS Access application and databases used by project staff to

manage patient data

Bruhan Maharashtra Mandal's 16th convention March 2013 -

August 2013

Providence, RI

Convener, Healthcare Conference

. Led a team of volunteer healthcare professionals in planning, preparing

for and conducting a 3 day CME healthcare conference as part of the

Bruhan Maharashtra Mandal's 16th biannual convention at Providence, RI

Education

Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH) with concentration in

Epidemiology May 2007

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

Coursework: Epidemiologic research methods, Fundamentals of clinical

trials, Pharmacoepidemiology, Intermediate biostatistics, Data collection

and management, Introduction to SAS.

Master's Research Projects:

Associated factors and impact of myocarditis in patients with systemic

lupus erythematosus from LUMINA: a multiethnic US cohort.

Revisiting Data Entry using FileMaker Pro ver 5.5: Incorporation of

validation rules into data entry forms in FileMaker Pro 5.5 to reduce data

entry errors and inconsistencies in the LUMINA dataset.

Diploma in Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases 1998

(Clinical management of tuberculosis and other respiratory illnesses)

University of Pune, India

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) 1995

University of Pune, India

Relevant Skills

. SAS base software including SAS Macro language, SAS/SQL

. SPSS

. Stata

. SQL for DB2

. Familiarity with CDISC

. MS Office suite of applications, including MS Access, Word, Excel,

Powerpoint

Certifications

. Certified SAS Base programmer

. Certified SAS Advanced Programmer for SAS 9

Selected publications

Apte M, Neidell M, Furuya Y, Caplan D, Glied S, Larson E. Using

electronically available inpatient hospital data for research. Journal of

Clinical and Translational Science 2011 (Under review).

Apte, M, Landers, T, Furuya, Y, Hyman S, Larson, E. A comparison of two

computer algorithms to identify surgical site infections. Surgical

Infections 2011. (Formally Accepted).

Landers T, Apte M, Hyman S, Furuya Y, Glied S, Larson E. A comparison of

methods to detect urinary tract infections using electronic data. Jt Comm

J Qual Patient Saf. 2010 Sep;36(9):411-7.

. Apte M, McGwin G Jr, Vil LM, Kaslow RA, Alarc n GS, Reveille JD; LUMINA

Study Group. Associated factors and impact of myocarditis in patients

with SLE from LUMINA, a multiethnic US cohort. Rheumatology (Oxford)

2008;47:362-367.

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