Urgent Care Primary remote virtual telehealth
Resume:
September ****
CV: Sarah R Kaplan, PA-C
Board Certified Primary Care, Wound Care, MAT for opioid dependence/addiction medicine, Women's Health, LGBTQ+ - Competent Care/HRT, Palliative Care, House Calls, Urgent Care, Geriatrics, and Surgical Physician Assistant. Academic experience as well as Administrative
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Prescott, Az 86303
WORK EXPERIENCE as NCCPA Certified Collaborative Physician Associate (x20 years), currently in my re-cert cycle through NCCPA: **As of 9/4/2025, Unemployed by choice.
Travel PA-C for United Health Care Optum services, HouseCalls dept. 3/2024-9/3/2024
This is the same company and position I held in 2018 with Landmark in SF, CA, Optum bought Landmark, and moved it to Az (pls see position description below in 2018).
PA-C independently practicing as Collaborative PA with onset of HB 2043 (HB 2043 – This link covers all changes made to the PA Practice Act in full detail: Microsoft Word - 0054.docx (azleg.gov) in Primary care/GP/Urgent care, adults and children, women’s health, procedures, admin/educator. Utilizing ECW-4 and DeepScribe as well as Dragon dictation software.
Optima Medical Grp: N Az/ Chino Valley, Az (https://optimamedicalaz.com/)
10/2023-present
**Gap in practice 3 months 8/2023-10/2023 preparing to leave island of Maui and move to Az/caring for ill parent
PA-C in Adult and pediatric care, wound care specialist, procedures, general medicine, urgent care, geriatrics, women’s health, HRT, and family practice, covid clinic x 3 yrs, practice PA team leader, educator with new Grads/student preceptor
Maui Medical Group (Maui Medical Group Health Care Practitioners Serving Maui, HI) 4/13/2020 to 8/3/2023.
**Gap for 3 months 1/4/2020 to 4/12/2020: Travel, family time, preparing for move from mainland (SF, CA) to Maui
PA-C in Urgent Care/Longitudinal Primary and Geriatric Healthcare/House Calls, Annual M/C Wellness, Post-admission med management and follow up in the home
LandMark Health ( https://www.landmarkhealth.org ), South San Francisco/San Mateo, CA
Providing home-based care for indigent, elderly, frail, disabled, and chronically ill patients; serving those who are near the end of life, and in need of palliative care or transitioning to hospice. Home-based urgent care visits, call service provided 24/7. Goal of LandMark is to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and ER visits with the highest utilizers of care, and in the greatest need. IDT-style model, working with an array of providers from MDs, to LCSWs, psychiatrists, CMs, RNs, APPs, and public relations specialists; cohesive model integrating local hospitals, county health plan and health dept., community providers and PCPs, as well as care givers, SNFs, CBOs, hospice RNs, and a post-acute care team. Team Champion and trainer/preceptor, and educator.
July 2018 to January 3, 2020. (**Az has a similar program through UHCS/Optum**)
PA-C in Primary Care Medicine and Transgender/LGBTQ+-Competent/HRT Health Services
Lyon-Martin Health Services in The Mission, part of HealthRight360 San Francisco, CA
Providing adult primary and urgent care, gynecology, and hormonal therapies for a population primarily composed of LGBTQ persons, as well as homeless, mentally ill and indigent/uninsured/mediCare and mediCal persons. Assisting in transitioning transgender individuals as well as non-binary people through hormone replacement therapy, gender-affirming surgical referrals and pre/post operative care; providing mental health care though medication support as well as supplying resources such as on-site psychiatry, psychologists, LCSWs and therapists. Working in a team-based environment/approach along side RN and MA, and 3 other providers; utilizing electronic health record via ECW (e-Clinical Worker) and EPIC. This non-profit has providers working based on productivity, and we are expected to see 11-15 patients a 4 hour session. On-Call 3 times a year for 2 week intervals for entire organization of HealthRight360. Also acted as preceptor to/along-side 2 outstanding FNP residents during the roll-out of Lyon-Martins’ first year of their NP residency program, as well as multiple PA and NP students, and medical residents.
September 2017 to July 2018
PA-C Psychiatric Medicine and Behavioral Health
Bay Area Community Services (BACS-nonprofit organization) with supervising MD Psychiatrist Paul Jurkowski, Oakland/Hayward, CA
Serving a population of severely mentally ill, homeless, indigent, transitional-age-youth, recently incarcerated (forensic medicine), and primary care persons with need for mental and physical health services. Partnering with case mangers, social workers, LMFTs, other psychiatric providers and community based organizations to provide necessary services, and empower and uplift the population. Serving 2 wellness centers, 2 Crisis Residential Treatment centers (voluntary in-patient for stabilization, as well as step-down-services after hospitalization), transitional housing centers, as well as outreaching to the community in need and home based visits. Also involved in Tele-Medicine, this is new to BACS as of July. This non-profit has providers working based on productivity.
Utilizing electronic health record via Clinicians Gateway for Alameda Cty as well as Avatar for Solano Cty.
February 2017 - September 2017
Peace Corps Volunteer: with the Community Health Improvement Project (CHIP)/Training and Education Program
USA PC – Southern Provence, Choma, Zambia – April 2016 to February 2017
Mentor/co-facilitator/leader/co-planner/trainer/co-learner: Rural community health projects, in collaboration w a local rural clinic/outpost, preventative health education/TOT (Training of Trainers-adult education) and peer educators/peer counseling programs, HIV and malaria education, diagnosis and care, maternal and child health and nutrition, reproductive health education and services, water sanitation and disease prevention, agriculture/farming, income generating activities, girls and boys clubs, girl empowerment camps, gender based violence education and awareness, HIV support groups and national recognition projects, and training in grant writing. Also collaborated on many non-health related projects such as building toilets, hand-washing stations, subsistence perma-gardening, and general village/hut/bicycle maintenance.
PC puts volunteers through 3 months of pre-service training (while we live with a host family) to not only learn about the healthcare system and medical needs of the country and communities here, but also about the psychology and work necessary to achieve behavior change and motivation, interacting/communicating with traditional local leaders, cultural sensitivity, cross culture training, and language, cooking, and technological trainings. We also go through many intra-service trainings throughout service, and are taught how to give presentations, do community-needs analysis, and give heath talks all in local language. Our goal is to completely integrate into our villages, and assist and motivate the community using locally available resources and sustainable capacity building programs. PC does not approve or believe in programs that can’t carry on once the volunteer leaves at the close of service. Sustainability is 1st.
**Gap in employment for 6 months 11/2015 through 5/2016 as I took time off to be with family, and prepared to leave for Zambia
PA-C in Primary Care
Peak Health Solutions, Inc. - San Francisco Bay Area, CA - February 2015 to October 2015
Responsibilities: Similar to LandMark above, In-home care
Certified 1st Assist Surgical and Primary Care PA-C
Dr Eric Mariotti, Plastics and Reconstructive surgery practice (1st PA-C employer after graduation, 9.5 yr residency)
1st surgical assist, wound care, primary care. Trauma, ER. pre and post op care, injectables (reconstructive and cosmetic). Performed office procedures on my own. Primary care of all pre and post-op patients. Hospitalist and rounds. Took first call always for office patients, and 2-4 days of trauma call a month at 24 a call session, for John Muir Med Ctr WNC and Concord. Use of electronic health record via EPIC.
June 2005 to December 2014
OTHER RELEVANT MEDICAL WORK EXPERIENCE:
Women’s Health
2004 - 2005 MA and Personal assistant to Dr Sylvia Flores Ob/Gyn, Greenbrae, CA 415-***-****
1/2003 to 6/2003 Medical Assistant, Women's Medical Associates, Personal assistant to Dr. Sylvia Flores Ob/ Gyn, Greenbrae, CA
Planned Parenthood:
10/2000 to 9/2001, Assistant Center Manager and Medical Assistant, Planned Parenthood of the Golden Gate, San Rafael, CA (and surrounding Bay Area clinics)
8/1999 to 10/2000, Medical Assistant, Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, Ft. Collins, CO
Dermatology/Skin Cancer/Mohs
9/2001 to 12/31/2002, Medical Assistant, Aesthetic Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery Drs. L. Tanenbaum & J. Binstock, Mill Valley, CA
EDUCATION:
Physician Assistant in primary care medicine, emphasis in academics/education/outreach/underserved and marginalized communities
University of CA at Davis – Sacramento Regional Medical Center and Trauma Center, CA 2003 to 2005
Student clinical experience:
6/2003 - 6/2005 primary care, pediatrics, Ob/Gyn, geriatrics, endocrinology, surgery, ER, Marin/North Bay and East Bay counties
12/2004 - 4/2005 In-patient hospital rotation, Fresno UMC
1/2005 - 4/2005 Orthopedic clinic and surgical rotation, Fresno UMC
3/2005 - 4/2005 Emergency room rotation, Santa Rosa Sutter Health
2/2005 - 6/2005 Skilled Nursing Home rotations with Dr Johanna Meyer-Mitchell, Concord CA
College of Marin 2001-2001: Pre-req’s math/chemistry/science for applying to UC Davis PA program
UC Berkeley 2001-2003: medical/science prerequisites for UC Davis PA program (Human cadaver dissection, microbiology, anatomy and physiology)
BA in Behavioral and Social Science:
Colorado State University - Fort Collins, CO August 1996 to graduation in May 1999
Western State College - Gunnison, CO August 1995 to June 1996
Additional Skills:
Certified Peace Corps Training: Grass Roots Soccer HIV, Malaria, and Girls Skillz; Trainer of Trainers
Management, diagnosis, treatment of acutely and chronically ill patients; pre and post surgery
Complicated patients presenting with a multiplicity of complaints and illnesses, affecting all parts of the body; involving many spectrums of medicine.
Surgery, wound care, reconstruction, post op care, pre op preparation, in-patient hospital care, discharge planning, social work, psychology/counseling, home care/house calls, needs assessments, adherence and compliance counseling.
Prescriptive authority: current DEA license; 24 hours of X Waiver training, to certify in Suboxone for MAT for opioid dependence
Navigation of multiple medical computer systems including AVATAR/EPIC/CG/ECW/Ubiquity EMRs, use of Gragon dictation software, DeepScribe for Ipad. Windows, Outlook, excel.
Knowledge of medical supplies/ordering
Leadership, management, delegation of duties, good under pressure, resilient, strength of mind and character
Some improving Spanish, conversational, some medical terminology, Duo-Lingo and in-office practice w/ SS pts in CA, Maui, and Az
Extracurricular Activities/ Volunteerism:
11/2014 – 9/2017, volunteer with Dorothy Day House, Berkeley and Oakland CA, resource assistance and feeding the homeless
6/2015, 1 Month medical mission: cardiovascular surgery (mainly children with congenital heart defects) in Tanzania (austere) with MKI (Mending Kids Int’l)-mainly involved with re and post op care and monitoring.
10/2010, 1 Month medical mission: south east China (austere)-primary care, health education and preventative services, and surgery; organization disbanded Thanksgiving Smile
2009 - 2014, volunteer medical provider for Operation Access program for the medically underserved/Spanish speaking through the office Dr Eric Mariotti
6/2011 and 6/2012, two 2 week-long medical missions to Haiti-emergency and primary care medicine, 1 year post earthquake disaster; community Leon (mountains outside of PAP, austere); with Ca-6 and Seattle-Kings county DMAT
2009 - present, volunteer and team leader CCC MRC (Contra Costa County Medical Reserve Corps)-disaster response/training/CPR and Stop The Bleed trainer
2006 - present, volunteer CA-6 DMAT (Disaster Medical Assistance Team)
2008 - present, PA mentor and education program-Dozier Libby Medical High school and Heritage high schools; also do work with the HOSA team at DLMH associated with the CCC MRC (see above)
2004 to present, Tutor for first year FNP/PA students, UC Davis PA School
2002 to present, Volunteer, Yearly flu clinics, as a PA I administered injections
6/2002 to 9/2003 Volunteer, Marin Community Clinic, Novato, CA
9/1999 to 10/2000 Volunteer, Colorado NARAL (Nat'l Abortion & Reproductive Rights Action League)
1999 to 2000 Volunteer, Trauma intervention and crisis debriefing, Ft. Collins PD, CO
8/1998 to 10/2000 Volunteer counselor, Cross Roads safe house, Ft. Collins, CO
1998 to 1999 Volunteer, Planned Parenthood, Ft. Collins, CO
References:
**FNP Calvin Gilbert: *******.******@*****.***, 802-***-****
**Dr Justin Schram, CMO LandMark, Supv. MD: 650-***-****
**FNP Sarah Vela: 510-***-****
Sid Gutierrez: 303-***-****, fellow Returned Peace Corps volunteer, served with in Zambia, non-medical
**Dr Chris Jaeger, CMO LandMark, Supv. MD: *****.*.******@*****.***, 415-***-****
**Elle Fujimoto PA-C, Maui Medical Grp (MMG) and was my preceptee 808-***-****
**Reshma Lalwani PA-C, MMG 609-***-****
**Janessa Miguel MA-C, MMG 808-***-****
**Dr Deborah Mathias Supv. MD MMG 808-***-****
**Dr Jeanice Sampson Supv. MD MMG 347-***-****
**Dr Eric Mariotti: **@**********.***, 925-***-**** or office # is 925-***-****, drmariotti.com. 1st employer straight out of UC Davis PA program..
**Hisa Fukuda MA-C, MMG 808-***-****
**FNP Meghan Twomey, MMG 808-***-****
**Ian Carter LMFT, 707-***-****, BACS, Wellness Ptrs HI
**Dr Faith Wells, Supv. MD, LandMark: **********@*****.***, 650-***-****
Maria Stankovitz MA 808-***-****
Jordan Nuka MA 808-***-****
Doris Hatano RN 808-***-****
Kylie Yamada PA-C 808-***-****
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