Sammy Tran
Bedford, Texas **021
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Education
The University of Texas at Austin (August 2011-May 2015)
Bachelor of Science in Neurobiology: Pre-medicine
Grade Point Average: 3.18
Current Employment
● ScribeAmerica-Hiring Manager (January 2016-present): Responsible for keeping hospitals/clinics in the Austin Region fully staffed and stable. Duties include screening, interviewing, hiring, and terminating scribes, on-boarding scribes, performing shadow shifts, assisting with new scribe program implementations, and scribe classroom education. Medical shadowing experience from this position includes 23 additional hours in the ER, Orthopedic OR, Orthopedic clinic, Ears/Nose/Throat clinic, and Oncology clinic.
● ScribeAmerica-Urgent Care Scribe (May 2015-January 2016): Served under eight primary care providers at three different urgent care clinics for a cumulative 851 hours; shadowed doctors, nurses, physician assistants, and other medical providers; documented history, examination, procedures, medications, billing, and other pertinent information regarding patient charts, facilitated clinical flow, provided exceptional customer service.
Leadership incorporated in Employment
College Works Painting (October 2012-February 2013)- Local Branch Manager/Intern: Served as a contractor and managed a local business, incorporated the fundamental principles of painting, hired and managed marketers and painters, marketed internal/external residential painting services
Sanger Learning Center (June 2013-May 2014)- Senior Preceptor: organized and facilitated weekly study group meetings with professors and students, designed/delegated lesson plans to junior preceptors
Volunteer Experience
St David’s Medical Center (June 2014-Present): discharge patients, perform tasks as directed by nurses and medical assistants, transport blood samples/electronic equipment in a hospital setting, stock equipment in the neurology department; 96 cumulative hours
LIVESTRONG Challenge Austin (October 2012/October 2013)- Team Captain/Philanthropy Chair: led a cycling team with 13 members to ride 65 miles in 2012 and 2013; organized and managed a philanthropy week with fundraising events, guest speakers, social gatherings, and sporting events in order to raise money for the LIVESTRONG Foundation to assist cancer survivors; raised $7000 in 2012 and $9000 in 2013
Non-clinical volunteer experience includes working with domestic violence awareness (SafeStreet), diabetes awareness (The Sugar Free Bowl), the homeless community (Campus Based Ministry Group), elementary school students living in under-represented areas (Project Come Together), and underprivileged communities/environmental awareness (The Project-Austin) -- (August 2009-present)
Notable achievements
PLOS ONE scientific publication in progress - reviewed and confirmed by Dr. Peter English, University of Texas at Austin (November 2014-present): Novel specificity of the organic anion transporter in Malpighian tubules of Acheta Domesticus for carboxylates and sulfonates; Authors: Sofia Silver, Brooke Piskator, Haley Spotts, Sammy Tran
Languages and Skills
● Fluent: Vietnamese, English
● Limited Functional: Spanish
● Typing Speed of 85 WPM
● CPR Certified: American Heart Association
● Proficient in Electronic Medical Record Systems: AllScripts, MD Logic, IKnowMed, Greenway