Lateef Khursheed, MS, CDCES, CHES

Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist, Certified Health Education Specialist

P.O. 225, Newport News, VA 23607 • 757-***-**** • ad3ihz@r.postjobfree.com

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

Results-driven and innovative – professionally prepared, subject matter expert with over 20 years’ experience in providing evidenced-based diabetes and chronic disease education to diverse populations. Deeply committed to improving the health status of individuals, families and communities. Demonstrated ability to provide team leadership; performance and outcome driven to deliver reliable, health-improvement initiatives.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Southern Virginia Health System (SEVHS), Suffolk, VA

Health Educator, November 2013 – Present

•Responsible for providing evidence-based health education programs and services to diverse populations and community organizations.

•Dynamic, innovative and creative educator with over 20 years’ experience in developing, delivering and evaluating health education programs and services.

•Responsible for providing weight-loss support and nutrition education to adult and pediatric patients.

•Experienced in delivering presentations utilizing a variety of media applications and platforms.

Navy & Marine Corps Public Health Center, Portsmouth, VA

Public Health Educator, June 2011 – July 2012

•Developed evidence-based programs and services for Wounded Ill and Injured military members.

•Responsible for designing a stress management, web-based, relaxation toolkit entitled Relax-Relax.

•Provided leadership for a team that conducted focus groups to over 200 service members to get feedback on the Relax-Relax tool kit.

•Provided Navy Medicine with support and expertise that assisted with making pivotal decisions to improve the health status of the Wounded Ill and Injured service members and their families.

Peninsula Institute for Community Health, Newport News, VA

Health Educator, September 1998 – May 2009

•Provided individual and community health-education programs to a diverse patient population.

•Developed, managed and provided follow-up care community-wide health screenings.

•Upgraded our organization's health education programs and services by analyzing national and global best-practices.

EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS

Old Dominion University, Norfolk VA – Master Degree in Community Health, 1998

Old Dominion University, Norfolk VA – Minor Degree in Community Health, 1996

Old Dominion University, Norfolk VA – Bachelor Degree in Biology, 1996

CERTIFICATIONS AND TRAININGS

•CHES (Certified Health Education Specialist) – Certification # 13291

•Certified Nutrition Coach (NASM) 10/08/2023

•CDCES (Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist) – Certification # 21600796

•Certified Tobacco Cessation Facilitator Trainer (U.S. NAVY) - 2013

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