Nurse Medical

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Patricia LeSage RN BSN CRC

Experience Lead Clinical Research Nurse Coordinator-Renal Division

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Full/Part Time Employer: Boston University Medical Center

88 East Newton Street

Boston, MA 02118

Employer: VA Boston Healthcare System Renal Section

150 South Huntington Ave

Boston, MA 02130

Supervisors: Dr Laura Dember/Dr Lauren Stern/ Dr James

Kaufman VA Boston

For the past 12 years, I have been the lead Clinical

Research Coordinator for the Renal Division at Boston

Medical Center / Boston University School of Medicine. In

this position, I coordinated clinical trials and

observational studies sponsored by the National Institutes

of Health (NIH) and by industry. The NIH-sponsored

studies included two large multicenter randomized clinical

trials of pharmacologic agents to improve hemodialysis

vascular access outcomes, and one large multicenter

observational study to elucidate risk factors and

mechanisms of hemodialysis arteriovenous fistula

maturation failure. I also served as the coordinator for a

pilot study and for a clinical trial of a novel treatment

(first-in-man) for renal amyloidosis. The first 2 of these

trials involved 5 study sites (2 of these sites were at

the Jamaica Plains and West Roxbury VA) and numerous

dialysis facilities within Eastern Massachusetts. The

process of initiating, implementing and generating high

quality data for these studies required, strong problem

solving skills, flexibility, careful management of time,

and the ability to prioritize and work harmoniously with

multiple departments at multiple study sites. Throughout

the course of each trial patient safety and privacy were

always guided by the federal human subject regulations and

Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guidelines. Utilizing a

shared drive I was able to improve the study team's

efficiency and communication with the development of MS

Excel data collection sheets.

Other responsibilities included; staff training; assisting

the Clinical Trial Financial Analyst in assuring proper

billing of research related services; and participating as

an active member of the national study Steering Committee.

01/00 - 04/02 Full Peritoneal Dialysis Nurse Specialist - Corporate Office

Time

Fresenius Medical Care

95 Hayden Avenue

Lexington, MA 02420-9192

Supervisor: Donna StPierre

Responsible for program development, marketing, and

implementation of a nationwide peritoneal dialysis

telephone information system. The focus of this physician,

nursing and patient support system was to promote

peritoneal dialysis along with setting standards of

peritoneal dialysis clinical practices thoughout the

nation. Guided development of and wrote the technical and

clinical directions for operating a Peritoneal Dialysis

Clinical Quality Improvement electronic data-gathering

program. Assisted in the growth and management of a Pilot

Regionalized Peritoneal Dialysis Manager Program.

Peritoneal Dialysis Nurse Specialist

Responsibilities included managing the educational,

clinical, and operational needs of 117 peritoneal dialysis

clinics covering 15 states from a home based office.

10/99-12/01 Full Clinical Research Coordinator

Time

Associates in Nephrology

375 Westgate Drive

Brockton, MA 02301

Supervisor: Dr. Allan Lauer

Responsible for all aspects of a Phase II anemia drug

study up to and including negotiating contracts and

promoting the growth of research business for this

practice.

10/98-12/99 Full Director of Nurses

Time

Brockton Dialysis Center

375 Westgate Drive

Brockton, MA 02301

Supervisor: Debra Meade RN BSN Facility Administrator

Responsible for supervising the care of chronic renal

failure patients and managing the staff of an outpatient

dialysis facility. During my time in this position I

worked to; improve patient outcomes by implementing

patient focused health education fairs, improved

illustration of quality assurance data by preparing

graphs, charts and other visuals in MS Excel for

presentation; and streamlined patient scheduling by

developing a MS Excel based patient schedule. I was also

able to increased revenue by analyzing and then utilizing

personnel hours more efficiently. Successfully identified

patient restrooms as the source of an Clostridium

difficile bacterial outbreak and then instituted C. diff

precautions which prevented further spread of this

bacterial infection.

02/96-10/98 Full Acute Staff Hemodialysis RN

Time/Part Time

Greater Boston Acute Dialysis Services

375 Westgate Drive

Brockton, MA 02401

Greater New Bedford Acute Dialysis Services

237 State Road

Dartmouth, MA 027-2612

Traveled independently between 5 different hospitals in

Southeastern Massachusetts providing acute hemodialysis

services for acutely ill clients in medical surgical and

ICU settings.

10/94-01/96 Full Relief Charge and Staff Hemodialysis RN & Continuous

Time Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis Home Training Nurse

Artificial Kidney Center of Fall River

48 Weaver Street

Fall River, MA 02720

Provided hemodialysis treatments in an outpatient setting

for a wide variety of chronic renal failure patients.

Initiated a Peritoneal Dialysis program at this center and

functioned in a charge nurse position when necessary.

11/85-10/94 Full ICU Staff Nurse

Time/Part Time

Brockton VA Medical Center

3 Belmont Street

Brockton, MA 02401

Supervisor: Ann Marie Fredericks

Functioned in an expanded LPN role at this

teaching/research hospital which serviced a large

psychiatric, spinal cord injured, and addicted patient

population.

09/85-8/87 Full LPN Private Care Nurse

Time/Per Diem

Kimberly Services Inc.

2 Jackson Walkway

Providence, RI 02903

Provided care for high-risk respiratory and cardiac

infants in a community setting.

06/83-06/85 Full OB_GYN LPN

Time

Androscoggin Valley Hospital

59 Page Road

Berlin, NH 03570

Functioned in an obstetrical and newborn nursery staff

nurse positions as well as a relief float nurse for a

25-bed medical-surgical unit and 6-bed ICU.

Education 2000

Clinical Research Associate/Coordinator Educational

Program

Boston College, sponsored by Parexel/Barnett International

1994

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society

Senior year functioned in a Professor's Assistance role

1983

New Hampshire Vocational Technical College

Diploma in Practical Nursing - Dean's List

Experience MS Excel, Word, Power Point and Assess computer programs

Vista/ CPRS

Multiple hospital and dialysis facilities computerized

electronic medical records

Multiple research data bases and data management systems

Hospital and centralized Intuitional Review Boards (IRB)

Electronic IRB submissions system

VA Office of Research and Development

Experience developing and implementing patient and staff

educational programs.

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