X Ray Biomedical Engineer

Gary Thomas

Ocean Springs, MS ***** ****.*.******@*******.*** 228-***-****

Work Experience

Field Imaging Engineer October 2021- January 2023

Capital X-ray, Inc.- Gulf Coast, US

Installed new x-ray systems.

Troubleshoot and Repair Networking Issues (Dicom, Pacs, Local, CR, DR).

Repaired and provided service on x-ray equipment and ultrasound.

oNet+ Certified

oA++ Certified

Senior Biomedical Engineer (Contracts) February 2020- Present

Multi Medical Systems (MMS)- Fresno, CA

Contract based assignments assisting with multiple projects at many Hospitals within the US.

oKaiser Permanente- San Francisco, CA

Provided Imaging support for hospital system during union strike.

oMedical Center Hospital- Odessa, TX

Provided day to day and on-call Imaging support,

oTexas Health- Dallas/Fort Worth, TX

Ran a team of 12 to complete over 6000 IV pump PMs within the hospitals of Texas Health.

oMargaret Mary Health- Batesville, IN

Filled in as a temporary Director of Biomedical of Engineering until hospital could find a permanent hire-on.

oSt. Anthony Hospital- Gig Harbor, WA

Provided Biomedical Services to assist onsite team with back logged PMs.

oVirginia Mason Healthcare- Seattle, WA

Senior Imaging engineer

Tasked to create and complete an inventory on all imaging and ultrasound equipment.

Provided day to day technical support with troubleshooting, calibrating, and repairing of all imaging equipment with the ten hospitals. MRI, CT, Pet, Nuc, Cath, Gen-Radiology, Portables, C-Arms, and Ultrasound.

Senior Biomedical Engineer /Co-Owner January 2018- Present

Gulf Coast Biomedical Services- Ocean Springs, MS

Provide annual service by completing PMs and ensuring that the inventory is up to date and check equipment annually to ensure accounts meet standards.

Over 120 accounts on the Gulf Coast

Senior Biomedical Engineer December 2016- November 2019

HCT Staffing- New York, NY

Contract based assignments assisting with multiple projects at many Hospitals within the US.

oWestchester Hospital- Westchester, NY

Assisted in providing day to day Biomedical Engineering/ Imaging Engineering support to ensure all equipment meets standards of operation.

oNorthwell Healthcare System- New York/ NJ (Multiple Hospitals)

Lead a team of 7 to complete a physical inventory of all medical equipment at each hospital.

Completed Cybersecurity Audits- verified all DICOM information was correct on each device and equipment was communicating with Pacs and GE Centricity

o. Lukes Hospital- Pennsylvania

Lead a team of 5 Biomedical Engineers in assisting in opening a new hospital by installing patient monitors, TVs, installing Cerner communication to each new device that sends patient information to EMR. (Epic)

oMount Sinai- Chicago, IL

Senior Biomedical Engineer providing day to day support for risk 1 and high-level surgical equipment.

Completed PMs on Ventilators, Heart-Lung, IABP Pumps, X-ray C-arms, Cath, and everything else in a 72 room OR.

oHoly Cross- Chicago, IL

Project Leader in installing communication equipment on all equipment used that transferred patient data to EMR- changing hospital over to GE Centricity

Director of Biomedical Engineering June 2009 to December 2016

GE Healthcare - Ocean Springs, MS

Manage twenty hospitals and many outside clinics within two hospital systems: Ochsner Healthcare and Singing River Healthcare

Managed an inventory of over 170,000 pieces of equipment within two healthcare systems.

Attended and Reported to EOC monthly, maintain a 99.43% PM Compliance and 100% PM Compliance on Life Support Equipment, maintain department budget and handle all pass-through OEM contracts.

Ensure Joint Commission standards met consistently and help hospital leadership with Capital purchases and processes.

Biomedical Equipment Technician III September 2003 to October 2008

Patterson Medical Supply Inc - Cincinnati, OH

Performed preventive maintenance on a wide variety of medical, lab, and imaging equipment used in all areas of healthcare.

Troubleshoot, Calibrated, and repaired equipment.

Was responsible as a response technician and responsible for 4 states.

Maintained inventory.

Dental and Biomedical Technician October 1996 to December 2000

Petty Officer Third Class United States Navy - Bremerton, WA

Worked as an X-ray Technician, Dental Assistant, Lab Technician, Surgery Technician, and Imaging Repair Technician.

Biomedical and Dental Training provided by the US Navy AIT School.

Education

Associate in Computer Programming and Applications July 1998- June 2000

Grossmont College – El Cajon, CA

Skills

Microsoft Office

Anesthesia Equipment (GE, Draeger, Philips),

Surgery equipment (ESUs, Tables, Lights, Data Management, etc.)

Medical Lab Equipment (Cryostats, Microtomes, Analyzers, etc.)

Patient Monitoring (GE, Philips, Space Labs, Telemetry, Mindray,etc.)

Imaging equipment (Portables, Cath, Mamo, Tomography, Pano, and Intra Oral)

Ventilators (GE, Maquet, Puritan-Bennett, and Hamilton)

Labor and Delivery

Customer Relationship Management

Management

Certifications

Multiple OEM training Certificates December 1998 to Present

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