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ASHISH BHANDARI

** **** ***** ** • Apt I-** • North Attleboro 02760 • United States

508-***-**** ***************@*******.***

PROFILE

Energetic, dedicated Clinical Research Assistant with strong interpersonal skills. Multi-talented, versatile professional with progressive experience in medical research and grant writing within the healthcare industry. Skills include administration, operations with purchasing, handling budgets and building and maintaining constructive working relationships to improve process. Superior attention to detail, proactive and confident with a keen ability to make sound decisions as well as resourceful and meticulous in meeting critical deadlines with enthusiasm. Experienced in gathering data, compiling information and preparing reports, effective collaboration with teams and individually and exceptional communication skills. Proven ability to work effectively with people of various ages, cultural backgrounds, and socio-economic statuses. Long-time interest in Clinical Research. Knowledge of HIPAA, CLIA and OSHA regulations. Proficient working in EMR.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Technical Skills:

Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Medi Data RAVE, INFORM, Redcap.

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS

University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 2014

Coursework: Principles of Epidemiology.

Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Manipal, India 2008

MBBS – Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery

Certified in “Phlebotomy and IV Access for Adults”

Certified in” EKG Interpretation and Defibrillator Use”

Professional Affiliations

American College of Physicians

American Medical Association

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

University of Maryland Baltimore, MD

Nov 2013 – Present

Research Assistant – IBD Program, Gastrointestinal Division, and Department of Medicine

•Financial – Instituting New Program to convert the checks to Gift Cards by reviewing the University of Maryland, formulating a system and coming up with the log sheet.

•Protocol Administration – IRB Submissions which includes Initiating new studies, writing consent forms, doing continuing reviews and Modifications, Reporting SAE/AE to IRB, Revising Site Protocol, Independently managing 5 protocols including Randomize Control Trials, Data Repository and Clinical Drug Trials and actively involved in 8 other protocols.

•Research Coordination – Research implementation for 20 enrolled research projects including: large multi-center R01 grant evaluating effectiveness of telemedicine in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

•Clinical data repository with 2000 inflammatory bowel disease patients being followed longitudinally, identify potential research participants by screening clinic schedules and electronic medical records.

•Consenting eligible participants, document protocol exemptions and deviations, conducting research visits to collect data and samples, computing research data (disease activity indices, completing case report forms, entering all research data).

• Site Coordination – Monitoring and Track research projects to quantify accrual and projections and to help in scheduling research visits, coordinated with sub-sites and maintaining progress logs, planned and implemented advertising campaigns to reach enrollment goals.

•Data

oData Entry – Involving quality checks and auditing study Tele-form for Tele-Medicine Study across all sites for over 350 participants and all visits.

oData Analysis – Stratifying simple data analysis on the demographic information and withdrawals using Microsoft excel. Generating Pivot Tables and Charts for various presentations and Reports.

oGenerating Reports – Creating narrative reports for the Data Safety Monitoring Board Meeting. Constructing Pivot tables and charts for Accrual Stats.

Bhandari Diagnostics Jalandhar City, India

Aug 2011 -Aug 2013

Junior Resident – Radiology

•Examined diagnostic tests including x-rays, CT scans, mammograms, ultrasounds and MRI scans, patients, recorded medical histories and prescribed medications in an outpatient setting.

•Analyzed role of barium enema diagnosing pathologies of large intestine, volunteered in educating patients regarding tuberculosis and management.

Dr. RML Hospital New Delhi, India 20202009-2010202010-2011

Mar 2010 – Jul 2011

Junior Resident – Neurosurgery

•Trained to diagnose and treat patients with brain diseases, peripheral nerve disorders and spinal injuries, assisted neurosurgeons with non-surgical and surgical treatment, and neurosurgical emergencies.

DDU Hospital New Delhi, India

Dec 2008 – Dec 2009

Junior Resident – Orthopedics

•Treated muscle and skeletal conditions including arthritis, congenital deformities, and trauma injuries, provided medical care by performing physical exams, designing treatment and therapeutic plans and keeping track of patient progress.

•Assisted in joint replacement surgeries, back/spinal surgeries and independently reducing bone fractures, conducted trauma management procedures in the Emergency Department.

•Volunteered educating patients regarding adverse effects and management of obesity, Doctor's Association Spokesperson and General Secretary.

Bhandari Diagnostics Jalandhar City, India

Aug 2008 – Dec 2009 & Jan 2010 to Mar 2010

Junior Resident – Radiology

•Examined diagnostic tests including x-rays, CT scans, mammograms, ultrasounds and MRI scans, patients, recorded medical histories and prescribed medications in an outpatient setting.

•Analyzed role of barium enema diagnosing pathologies of large intestine, volunteered in educating patients regarding tuberculosis and management.

Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University Manipal, India

Intern

July2007 – Aug 2008

•One year rotations: Medicine, Surgery, Community Medicine/Epidemiology, Orthopedics, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Anesthesia, E.N.T, Ophthalmology.

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Kasturba Medical College Manipal, India

Volunteer Organizer

Volunteered in Blood Donation Camp.

LANGUAGES

Multilingual: English, Hindi and Punjabi.

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