CAREN RAISIN, RN

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Newport Beach, CA 92663

925-***-**** ad2m7h@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Center of Integrative Medicine Bend OR 5/2021 – Present

• Business Development, Sales, Marketing

• Strategic Planning

• Practice Management

• Clinical Case Management

• Clinical Education

Per Diem, OR/PACU Clinical Registered Nurse 5/1982 – Present

• Operating Room Circulate and Postoperative Recovery Care o Prestige Surgery Center 20301 Birch St Newport Beach CA 8/2023 - Present o Bay Area Laser Surgery Center Pinole, CA 2021 - Present

• Deschutes County Jail RN Assessment, Med-Pass, Intake, Medical Surveillance

• Deschutes County Jail, Bend, OR Assessments, Medication Management

• Clinical Research Case Management

• Clinical Education

• Urgent Care

Yoga Meditation Instructor 9/1988 - Present

Virta Health 11/2021 – 5/2023

• Guiding patients through the Virta enrollment process as Enrollment Specialist

• Providing motivation to patients reversing type 2 diabetes, Pre-Diabetes, Obesity

• Liaison between patient and physician

• Top 10 enrollment/sales specialist 4 quarters 2022

• Top 2 enrollment/ sales Specialist Quarter One 2023 Diabetes Support Solution 9/2014 – 2/2018

Director Business Development / Program Account Management

• Developed sales material and white papers for the Sharecare Diabetes Support Solution.

• Led Account management of Diabetes Support Solution.

• Maintained business and sales relationship with 12 DSS accounts.

• Created new channels of sales and marketing with Vice President of Business Development.

• Collaborated with team to provide updated training materials to current book of business.

• Represented the company at regional conferences and trade shows.

• Developed and delivered medical presentations for healthcare providers. Ornish - Healthways / Sharecare - Program Management Specialist

• Managed training and clinical delivery of the Ornish ICR Program.

• Created with the team an improved training platform.

• Built strong working relationship with account managers and clients.

• Provided Clinical Customer Service to all accounts across the network.

• Created Research components within DiaWEB charting platform. SeeChange Health Solutions - Start Up – out of business 6/2013 – 8/2014 Vice President, Business Development and Sales

• Educated and sold large health plans and PBM’s.

• Held lunch and learns with large consulting firms (Mercer, AON Hewitt, and others).

• Secured RFP through Aon Hewitt with Miami Dade County Public School District.

• Created a potential customer channel relationship with Florida Blue.

• Performed Sales Prospecting with large national employer groups.

• Led new market identification and sales, marketing, and sales messaging development.

• Provided scientific, medical, and educational resources and training necessary to develop select.

• Transformed Key Opinion Leader (KOL)’s into speakers and product advocates. Tethys Bioscience - Start Up – out of business 5/2009 – 1/2012 Director, Business Development, Health, and Wellness Initiatives

• Negotiated and completed lab contract with largest San Francisco health network and hospital.

• Provided broad education to internists, family practitioners, and staff on utilization of biomarkers to assess risk for T2DM.

• Contributed writings to Reduce My Risk Diabetes Prevention Program.

• Brought on and negotiated contract with R Huzienga, MD for PreDx DRS on “Biggest Loser”.

• Developed and implemented lifestyle intervention programs that will complement the PreDx DRS in the employer and large clinical setting.

• Collaborated with customers, including physicians, health systems, benefits consultants, and employers, to customize approaches to health and wellness for employees considered to be at high risk for type 2 diabetes.

• Executed all VIP testing.

• Created and expanded relationships with local and national KOL’s.

• Coordinated the development of a patient education risk reduction program.

• Developed national strategic partnerships.

Beautifull! - Start Up – out of business 5/2007 – 5/2009 Senior Director, Marketing, Sales, and Wellness Initiatives

• Devised strategy to open and operate new nutritional food business concept in the Bay Area.

• Provided oversight of customer service team.

• Developed partnerships with researchers at Stanford and CHORI.

• Planned and executed healthy meal planning and nutritional analysis of meals.

• Initiated business development activities.

• Interfaced with organizations and large corporations.

• Provided strategic input into potential growth of food product.

• Conducted comprehensive market research while documenting competitive analysis for commercial development strategy.

Preventive Medicine Research Institute: Dean Ornish, MD - Nursing Case Management Director, Development Medical Affairs, External Relations 9/1997 – 2/2007

• Provided broad input into submission of DOD grant submission.

• Interfaced with DCRI and other core functionalities.

• Developed components of budget for research studies.

• Drafted or reviewed multiple areas of grant applications.

• Developed and lead outreach to leaders at UCSF, Stanford, Kaiser, CPMC.

• Interfaced on planning for and execution of external communications, public relations.

• Contributed to donor relations, presentations, and meetings.

• Project manager of clinical research and team member on research studies.

• Served as Director nursing case management.

• Selected as Director of recruitment and participant selection for research studies. EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS & LICENSES

BRN License California & Oregon

ACLS, BLS Certified Current

Reiki Therapist, Certified Yoga Instructor

IYAT Certification 200 hour

VOLUNTEER ROLES

Family Kitchen Homeless Shelter/Meals

Waymaker Homeless Shelter – yoga instructor

PUBLICATIONS

• Kronenwetter C, Weidner G, Marlin R, et al. A qualitative analysis of interviews of men with early- stage prostate cancer: The Prostate Cancer Lifestyle Trial, Cancer Nursing, 2005; 28(2): 99-107

• Ornish D, Weidner G, Fair WR, et al. Intensive lifestyle changes may affect the progression of prostate cancer. Journal of Urology. 2005; 174(3): 1065-70

• Sumner MD, Elliott-Eller M, Weidner G, et al. Effects of pomegranate juice consumption on myocardial perfusion in patients with ischemic coronary heart disease: A randomized, placebo- controlled, double-blind study. American Journal of Cardiology. 2005; 96: 810–814

• Journals: Yoga Journal, June 2007, issue 203

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