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Personable, professional and hard-working board-certified physician assistant with years of medical care experience. Seeking a position to utilize my empathy, to treat patients as family members, and skill set to provide exceptional patient care. E D U C A T I O N

Touro College, School of Health Sciences

W O R K E X P E R I E N C E

Health Care Aid/ Volunteer Counselor, Kids of Courage First assist in operating room for general and surgical subspecialties including urology, vascular, colorectal, oncology and thoracic and manage patients during pre-operative and post-operative phase of care. Obtain and coordinate medical histories, physical examinations and treatment plans for general and surgical subspecialties including urology, vascular, plastic surgery and thoracic surgery consults and primary patients and document in Sunrise EMR.

Perform invasive procedures including bedside incision and drainage and noninvasive procedures including foley/ coude urinary catheter placement, suturing, wound dressing, wound VAC dressing placements. Provide care in an underserved community for patients receiving treatment for COVID-19 by implementing treatment protocol awareness.

Collaborate with case manager, social worker, and other medical teams for safe and timely discharges. Cedarhurst, NY, August 2014- Present

Founding Volunteer, Covid Plasma Initiative Foundation Physician Assistant, Surgery, Northwell LIJ Forest Hills Hospital Medical/ Research Assistant, Noah Scheinfeld MD PLLC Forest Hills, NY, October 2021- Present

New York, NY, March 2020- August 2021

New York, NY, May 2016- July 2018

Organized multiple plasma donation sites in the tri-state area, in conjunction with Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York Blood Center and many other hospital and medical affiliations. Scheduled and answered medically relevant questions for those donating plasma to the critically ill. Provide individual care and ensure safety for medically fragile individuals on adventure tours and other events. Assisted dermatologist during diagnostic exams, excisions and drainages, specimen testing, and Botox injections. Performed XTRAC and phototherapy treatment, suture removal, allergy patch testing and more. along with assisting with pathology reading and reports.

Bay Shore, NY, August 2018- February 2021

Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies & Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences Awards: Outstanding Didactic, Clinical and Overall academic achievement Yeshiva University, Stern College for Women New York, NY August 2012- January 2016 Bachelor of Arts in Biology

Deans List and Cum Laude Graduate

P U B L I C A T I O N S

Clostridium Difficile Arising in a Patient with Hidradenitis Suppurativa on Clindamycin and Rifampin, Dermatology Online Journal, May 2018.

Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Cervix Arising in a Patient on Adalimumab, Dermatology Online Journal, May 2018. S K I L L S & C E R T I F I C A T I O N S

First assist in surgery with proficient closure

Preoperative and postoperative care

Proficient in Microsoft office suite (word and excel) Conversational Hebrew and Farsi

NYS Physician Assistant License.

National Commission of Certification of Physician

Assistants Certification.

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life

Support (BLS).

Certified in Infection Control. HIPPA

References available upon request

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