Medical Health
Resume:
Asad Choudhry
Menlo Park, CA 94025
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OBJECTIVE
Results oriented medical professional with unique combination of clinical, analytical and leadership skills honed over the last 6 years of providing direct healthcare, teaching junior staff, medical students and managing academic medical quality improvement projects applying for the Clinical Trial Coordinator position with Inventiv Health.
SUMMARY
● M.D. with significant clinical and academic experience in internal medicine, cardiology, interface, colloid science and vascular medicine. Extremely broad academic background ranging from Mathematics, Medicine and Biophysics.
● Passionate about drug discovery and advancing new therapeutic modalities for patients with chronic diseases.
● Knowledge of regulations and standards (Good Clinical Practices (GCP)) affecting IVDs and biologics.
● Solid working knowledge of protocol design and details. Knowledgeable in ICH and GCP regulatory standards. Experience with IRB/EC documentation and guidelines.
● Self motivated, extremely flexible and adaptable, able to independently organize workload to ensure compliance with regulatory reporting requirements and train junior staff while under strict deadlines.
● Experience with DNA/RNA extractions, microarrays, library prep and sequencing of samples using Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies, Quality control of NGS libraries analytical techniques such as fluorescence quantitation of DNA, size analysis using Fragment Analyzer, and qPCR.
● Experienced in cell culture, nucleofection, genomic DNA preps, PCR, surveyor assays, ddPCR, DNA cleanups, Sanger sequencing analysis, data management, database entry/organization, plasmid preparation, restriction digests/cloning, and TOPO cloning. Experienced in flow cytometry, cell based functional assays and mammalian cell cultures.
EXPERIENCE
Laboratory Technician and CME Developer, uBiome
* Hired as a consultant and contributed in the laboratory as well as served as medical liaison to physicians and nurses in the field of clinical microbiome analysis * San Francisco, CA June 2015 Consultant
Microbiome Sequencing and Data Analysis
● Worked in microbiome lab involved with DNA Extraction, purification, dilution, PCR amplification and working with biological samples. Experience using automation / robotics and machine learning in a DNA sequencing environment.
● Initiated development of Continuing Medical Education curriculum concerning the microbiome.
● Presented Continuing Medical Education Lectures to Bay Area based Primary Care Physicians and Gastroenterologists.
● Worked with Illumina MiSeq 500 system and IQ qPCR equipment, flow cell setup and overall workflow from extraction to data analysis preparation.
Resident, Drexel University School of Medicine
As the first year resident I was the physician who was primarily responsible for the carryout of a patient’s initial admission and assessment and plan for treatment as well as for discharge planning for the patient. I was fully responsible for patient’s care both inside and outside the hospital. Philadelphia, PA, 2013 2014
Internal Medicine Categorical Resident, PGY 1
● Inpatient experience with two months of training in the Intensive Care Unit in a demanding urban medical center with high patient loads and turnover.
● Weekly outpatient clinic with c ontinuous review of individual, departmental, and health system metrics for quality improvement initiatives.
● Certified in a number of inpatient procedures (e.g. Phlebotomy, Central Line Placement, NG Tube Placement, Paracentesis etc).
● Instrumental in working with Case Management and Social Services to decrease inpatient hospitalization duration resulting in decreased hospital cost, improved health outcomes, improved follow up care in the outpatient setting.
● Served as Global Medical Liaison to bring case study reports from International Medical Centers to the Hahnemann University Hospital ICU units that were relevant in dealing with patients with rare disease state presentations that were not responding to recommended medical guidelines. Worked with Colleagues in Japan, Germany, Italy and UK’s NHS systems to bring cutting edge care to the medical ICU.
● Critical in advising senior staff and hospital administration in improving access, usage of Inpatient and Outpatient EMR systems as well as imaging software integration during first year of implementation/rollout at Hahnemann University Hospital.
● Demonstrated ability to improve infection control procedures reducing nosocomial transmission of hospital acquired infections resulting in care cost reduction, more efficient usage of antibiotics and lowering rates of multidrug resistant infections.
● Strong troubleshooting, problem solving, and medical team management skills with the ability to manage and prioritize a variety of projects.
● Analyzed outpatient 6 month outcomes on guideline based therapy for major health concerns such as chronic disease management. Implemented alterations to guidelines to optimize patient adherence to medical management and improve follow up and healthcare outcomes. Resulting in decreased Medicare / Medicaid costs through reduction in the number of unnecessary visits to Emergency Department.
● Involved in documenting workflows and executing comprehensive training plan for junior medical staff that doubled EMR access and usage.
● Used statistical and epidemiological techniques to analyze clinical data to better understand and trend the efficacy of therapeutic interventions in a number of chronic disease states
● Participated in research study design and performed advanced patient population matching techniques for ROI and program evaluation analyses.
● Conducted quantitative and qualitative analysis of data collected. Analyzed operational, demographic, population health, and other types of data collected from academic health center and departments.
● Developed benchmarks, metrics, and key performance indicators, and identified trends impacting academic health centers.
● Demonstrated leadership and taught 3r d
and 4t h
year medical students OSCE preparatory course work and assessed student proficiency with physical exams and patient rapport skills.
● Designed cases for problem based learning groups for basic science coursework for 1 st and 2n d
year medical
students in preparation for NBME shelf exams and supported team building among students to increase performance and productivity of group study sessions.
● Taught small groups of 1s t
and 2n d
year medical students’ anatomy, radiology, and essential laboratory diagnostic test interpretation.
● Presented analytic results at Department meetings and Grand Rounds Presentations.
● Complete literature reviews on related medical topics.
● Manage multiple projects (approximately 4 6 projects at any given time). Tutor, Private Test Prep Tutoring
Taught wide variety of high school and college students preparing for the next phase of their academic training to optimize their placement by maximizing their entrance exam scores. Wappingers Falls, NY, 2001 2009 & 2012 2013
Tutored MCAT, SAT, ACT, GRE, GMAT, LSAT, USMLE Steps 1 + 2
● Successfully tutored over 100 students across a wide spectrum of fields of study.
● 95% of students achieved or exceeded initial goals in score improvement.
● 75% of students jumped at least 1 standard deviation from baseline scores. Research Assistant, Drosophila Genetics and DNA Repair Lab Worked as a graduate student learning a variety of molecular biology techniques and their applications in studying yeast and small multicellular animals as well as fruit flies genetics. Tufts University, Medford, MA, 2002 2003
● Primary duties included use of Drosophila genetics to characterize organismal fat regulation. Specifically, to characterize through a combination of genetics, biochemical and behavioral assays the defects of fly mutants with increased organismal body fat.
● Examples of Work Performed: Drosophila melanogaster basic husbandry and genetic manipulation, tissue dissection, immunofluorescence techniques, confocal and Epifluorescence microscopy and micromanipulation of Drosophila larvae for execution of behavior assays.
● Trained in basic molecular biology and molecular cloning techniques such as: DNA extraction, plasmid preps, gel electrophoresis, PCR and primer design, cloning, troubleshooting and optimization, use of sequence analysis program, biochemical extraction and analysis of lipids by Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry.
● Experience conducting Agarose Gel Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis, Column Chromatography, Aseptic Technique, Flow Cytometry, Genotyping, Centrifugation, Bacterial transformation Spectrophotometer, PCR Amplification, Plasmid DNA isolation and purification Analytical Balance.
EDUCATION
Drexel University College of Medicine
Internal Medicine Residency Program, 2013 2014
Ross University School of Medicine
M.D., 2008 2012
Union College
B.S., Mathematics/Physics 1996 2001
Senior Thesis: Mathematical Paradoxes/Hypergame Theory SKILLS/CERTIFICATIONS
● Excellent computer skills in Microsoft environment (Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word,Access)
● BLS/ACLS certified
● ECFMG Certified as of 6/2012
● 5+ years experience with multiple EMR systems (Allscripts, Powerchart, Epic) AWARDS/DISTINCTIONS
● USMLE Step 1 and 2 scores in the top 10% internationally
● Dean’s List 2000 2001 (Union College)
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