Physician Assistant

Emily Woods, MPA, PA-C

*********@*****.*** *** Crestridge Avenue 913-***-**** Colorado Springs, CO 80906

EDUCATION

Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA June 2016

Masters of Physician Assistant

Class Social Chair

Wichita Area Technical College, Wichita, KS May 2013

Certifications: Medical Assistant, Medical Coding

University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS Dec 2010

Bachelor of Arts: Human Biology, Spanish

Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KS June 2009

Certification: Nursing Assistant

WORK EXPERIENCE

Parkview Medical Center, Pain Management, Pueblo, CO April 2020-present

Physician Assistant

Assess patients’ health/sickness through interviews, physical exams, interpretations of proper diagnostic testing and implementations of appropriate treatment plans

Educate patients and their family members about certain illnesses, treatment options and testing

Adhered to Colorado state and DEA regulations regarding appropriate narcotic prescribing practices

Manage all patients with intrathecal pump placements, to include making precise medication adjustments and administering pump reservoir refills

Monitor patients with spinal cord stimulators

Determine which patients meet criteria for certain procedures and surgeries

Oversee patient’s post-procedure recoveries to verify if patients achieve specified outcomes in plan of care

Advise patients on discharge and postoperative instructions

Round on assigned patients and respond to consultations

Additional acquired procedures: trigger point injections, knee and thumb injections

Krucial Staffing, New York City, New York March 2020-April 2020

Physician Assistant

National emergency and crisis deployment for COVID-19 relief efforts, working in conjunction with FEMA, New York City’s Mayor and New York States’s Governor

Worked at Elmhurst Hospital assisting with hospital rounds and servicing in a make-shift ICU and at the Emergency Department

Utilized personal protective equipment appropriately and effectively to decrease transmission of virus to patients, healthcare workers and myself

Recruited various types of health professionals for deployments to New York City, New Orleans and Texas

Dr. Christoff’s Office, Colorado Springs, CO Sept 2017 – Sept 2019

Physician Assistant

Promoted, maintained and managed overall health of adults and children under the supervision of a physician

Improved women’s health care in preventative, routine and concerning issues regarding reproductive health, cancer screenings, STIs, pre/postnatal care, menopause, hormone replacement therapy, osteoporosis, etc

Instructed and counseled patients on normal growth and development, family planning and emotional problems of daily living while promoting wellness and health maintenance

Managed patient care after office hours through on-call services

Additional acquired procedures: trigger point injections, knee and thumb injections, plantar fascia injections, biceps tendonitis injections, liquid nitrogen-based cryotherapy treatments, wound management, abscess I&Ds, implemented PFTs/peak flows and interpreted results

Assisted with endometrial biopsies, ingrown toenail removals, and hormone pellet placement

Family Health Center, Colorado Springs, CO Aug 2016 – Sept 2017

Physician Assistant

Administered therapeutic treatment through injections, wound care management, and sterile/clean procedures (such as suture placement/removal, splint placement, abscess I&D, and ingrown toenail removal)

Developed and implemented new clinic contracts and policies for long-term controlled substance medications

Advanced neuroscience education through Evoke training, testing and interpretation of results, and neurofeedback treatment

Managed patient care after office hours through on-call services

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD EXPERIENCES

McKesson, eClinicalWorks, CPRS (Department of Veterans Affairs), Epic Systems, Allscripts, Athena Health, drchrono, Meditech

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