Physician Assistant Medical

Garry LaQuinte

*** **** **** ******, *****, NY **203

Home Phone: 718-***-****

Cell Phone: 347-***-****

E-mail Address: **********@*****.***

EDUCATION: Physician Assistant Certificate, June 17, 2005

Physician Assistant Program, St.Vincent’s Catholic Med Ctr

Of NY- Bayley Seton Campus

Staten Island, NY

Bachelor of Science Degree, June 2, 2005

CUM LAUDE

CUNY at College of Staten Island

Major: Physician Assistant

Bachelor of Science Degree, May, 1997

SUNY at Stony Brook

Major: Biology Minor: Political Science

CLINICAL

EXPERIENCE: Tremont Medical Center,Bx,NY. Medicine PA (Contract position)

May 2013 – June 2015

My position as a Medicine PA which entailed being a member of the Attending Physician-PA team which provided acute and chronic tertiary care in an outpatient clinical setting including temporary pain management. I also utilized the electronic medical records system as well as electronic prescription system.

Richmond University Medical Center, SI, NY. Subspecialty PA

(Temporary position)

Aug. 2012 – Dec. 2012

My position as a Subspecialty PA entailed being a member of the Attending Physician-PA team which provides acute and chronic care in an inpatient setting; involving Orthopedics, Urology/Neurosurgery, ENT and Plastic surgery. My task involved admissions/discharges, engaged in hospital floor work, taking history and physical exams, ordering lab specimens/imaging studies as well as providing consultation to other Medical services. My position also entailed providing first and second assists in the OR involving Orthopedics and Neurosurgery, and providing pre-operative work up and post-operative care for inpatients in the aforementioned specialties.

My position also involved participating in the orthopedic clinic once a week with the Attending Orthopedic surgeon serving the surrounding community.

Village Care of New York, NY, NY. Medicine PA

Oct. 11, 2010 – June 8, 2012

My position as a Medicine PA entailed being a member of the Attending Physician-RN/PA team which provided tertiary care to adults with HIV/AIDS in an outpatient clinic. My task involved taking history and physical exams, consulting with the patient’s primary physicians, interpreting various laboratory tests, monthly progress notes, dispensing already prescribed medications to non-compliant patients, as well as scheduling patient appointments.

My position also involved being a part of an interdisciplinary team including social workers to provide comprehensive care plans for individual patients. I had conducted two weekly lectures with informational materials.

Shifa Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY. Internal Medicine PA

June 29, 2009 – June 28, 2010

My position allowed me to become a member of a two Physician-PA team in a private outpatient office setting. I had conducted history and physical exams, providing acute/chronic treatments, obtaining lab specimens, ordering/interpreting laboratory tests, making diagnoses/prognoses, taking progress notes, and consulting with specialists as well as aiding my Attending supervisor and the Attending Pediatric physician in providing in office tests/procedures.

St. Luke’s – Roosevelt hospital NY, NY. General Medicine PA

Dec.3, 2007 – July 2008

My position as a Gen. Medicine PA entailed being a part of the Attending Physician – PA team in an inpatient setting. I had conducted admissions/discharges, history and physical exams, providing acute/chronic treatments, obtaining lab specimens, consulting with specialists, ordering/carrying out therapy. I have scheduled various appointments for patients upon discharge as well as involving social workers in the discharge planning process as needed.

Project Create, Inc., NY,NY. Primary Care PA and Health Coordinator

Jan. 24, 2006 – Nov. 21, 2007

My position involved providing tertiary care to outpatients in a drug treatment setting. I had conducted history and physical exams, writing prescriptions, recording progress notes as well as providing referral sources to both clients of the outpatient and residential programs. As a Health Coordinator, I have conducted Medical lectures and provided HIV/AIDS prevention education materials. I also provided clinical training to staff members at three sites of the organization.

SVCMCNY – Bayley Seton PA program June 2004 – June 2005

SVCMCNY - St.Vincent’s, NY, NY

Primary care, 6 weeks – volunteered to stay longer hours to aid staff. Specifically, in performing H&P exams; Medicine, 6 weeks

SVCMCNY - St.Vincent’s, NY, NY

Obstetrics and Gynecology, 4 weeks; Pediatrics, 6 weeks

SVCMCNY – St.Vincent’s (now Richmond University Med Ctr), Staten Island, NY

Radiology, 2 weeks; Psychiatry, 4 weeks

Jamaica Medical Center, Queens, NY

Emergency Medicine, 6 weeks – volunteered for additional work.

St.Elizabeth Ann’s Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center, Staten Island, NY

Geriatrics, 4 weeks

Cabrini Medical Center, NY,NY

Orthopedics, 4 weeks; Urology, 2 weeks; Surgery, 6 weeks

PROFESSIONAL

EXPERIENCE : Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination completed on

September 22, 2005

Physician Assistant National Recertification Examination completed on

October 6, 2011

NYS license and registration successfully obtained on July 8, 2011

ACLS Certification issued on December 14, 2012

Infection Control Certification issued on June 22, 2012

DEA license issued on May 22,2013

PROFESSIONAL

AFFILIATION : American Academy of Physician Assistants 2004 – present

Physicians Research Network Dec. 2006 - present

EMPLOYMENT

EXPERIENCE : Subspecialty PA, Richmond University Medical Center, SI, NY

Sept. 17, 2012 – Nov. 30, 2012

Medicine PA, Village Care of New York, NY, NY

Oct. 11, 2010 – June 8, 2012

Internal Medicine PA, Shifa Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

June 29, 2009 – June 28, 2010

General Medicine PA, St.Luke’s – Roosevelt hospital, NY,NY

Dec.3, 2007 – July 2008

Primary Care PA and Health Coordinator, Project Create Inc., NY,NY

Jan. 24, 2006 – Nov. 21, 2007

ACTIVITIES &

INTERESTS: Participant in the Community Outreach Program at Project Create,Inc.

PA class participant in Toy drives for disadvantaged and disabled children at

NY hospitals

Participant as student class instructor to discuss topics and student elections

Drawing and sports as hobbies

Volunteer work at Lenox Hill hospital as a patient transporter from

Nov. 2002 – Dec. 2002

FOREIGN

LANGUAGES: Fluent French Creole, Intermediate Spanish, Basic Urdu

REFERENCES: Available upon request

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