Physician Assistant Clinical Research

Elisa Synborski, MS, PA-C

C: 603-***-**** *****.*********@*****.***

Brooklyn, New York

PROFILE

Physician Assistant for over 7 years who has consistently practiced in challenging, high pressure environments that promote PA autonomy, education, and career advancement. Most recently, I have gained extensive experience in perioperative care, oncology, and critical care medicine, and practiced as a data-driven clinical leader focused on optimizing healthcare system processes and driving performance improvement measures. Previously, I practiced in Burn Care and Plastic Surgery, with experience in cosmetic, trauma, and reconstructive care.

EXPERIENCE

Allscripts Clinical and Analytics Consultant

February 2019 - present Remote

● Translate clients’ financial, clinical, and technological needs to optimize workflows and solutions for improved patient care delivery and outcomes

● Manage teams of clinical consultants and implementation consultants targeting successful client implementation of new solutions and processes

● Perform current state gap analyses, and advise clients on action plans across people, processes, and technology

● Perform data analyses to support clinical strategy and guide product pipeline management

● COVID Response Team member, co-developed:

An Evidence-based clinical scoring tool to assist hospitals in triaging patients and allocating limited staff and resources

Ambulatory and ED Follow-Up patient dashboards to improve patient follow-up, ensure appropriate care and education, and to help reduce community spread

Analytic dashboards and reporting tools to gather clinical insights on COVID behavior and patient population and to track utilization of limited resources such as ventilators

● Develop and execute clinical transformation and implementation strategy

● Identify clinical use cases for new solutions and technology and lead their development. For example, developed Artificial Intelligence models to predict patient deterioration.

● Develop descriptive, diagnostic, and predictive analytic dashboards, and their contributory workflows, clinical pathways, and clinical decision support tools. For example, developed a Cardiology Core Measures dashboard for ambulatory practices with associated data capture points within documentation and order entry workflows.

● Clinical content lead for development of digital experiences, mobile, and EHR solutions

● Optimize solutions in accordance with federal and state regulations, and client’s organizational guidelines

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine Physician Assistant

July 2015 - February 2019, per diem February 2019 - present New York, NY

● Operational Roles:

Led multiple value-based care, quality and process improvement initiatives within the ICU and hospital-wide

■ Analyzed hospital financial data to identify cost-saving opportunities. For example, led to a reduction of laboratory tests in excess of $1MM annually.

■ Identified and created new EHR clinical pathways for multiple service lines

■ Improved adherence to best practice guidelines to reduce length-of-stay and streamline workflows

■ Co-developed new standards of care to achieve improved patient outcomes and reduced average length of stay

Led the development of multiple online platforms to present interactive hospital data and to serve as a resource for hospital policies, quality care guidelines, and streamlined pharmaceutical and emergency protocols

Member of the Physician Assistant (PA) Council, formulating recommendations and standards of practice for hospital leadership

Lead of the Clinical Practice and Quality committee within the PA Council

Experience with clinical research, specifically quality and process improvement protocols, GCP, retrospective research protocols, and patient chart review

● Clinical Roles:

Manage acutely and critically ill oncologic patients within both medical and surgical subspecialties

Function with a high level of autonomy performing critical care consults, establishing a plan of care for ICU and step-down level patients, as well as leading rapid response calls and code teams

Manage 5+ critically ill patients simultaneously while coordinating recommendations from interdisciplinary teams involved in their care

Member of pilot Sepsis Management, Stroke Alert, Behavioral Rapid Response, and Point-of-Care Ultrasound Teams

Certified in bedside ultrasound, central and arterial line placement and teach MDs, PAs, and NPs these procedures

Moonlighted in PACU and on Breast Oncology services Long Island Plastic Surgical Group Pediatric and Craniofacial Plastic Surgery Physician Assistant

April 2014 - June 2015 Garden City, NY

● Served as OR first assist in cosmetic, reconstructive and trauma surgery cases for pediatrics and adults

● Independently performed outpatient procedures

● Managed patients in both inpatient and outpatient settings

● Documenting and billing for up to 120 patients weekly New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center Trauma, Burns, Critical and Acute Care Physician Assistant

August 2013 - October 2014 New York, NY

● Managed both step-down level and critically ill patients of the adult and pediatric patient population suffering from trauma, burns, and other dermatologic illnesses

● Performed central and arterial line placement

● Simultaneously managed 5 to 10 critically ill patients and up to 30 step-down level patients PUBLICATIONS

● Synborski, Elisa. How wearables will disrupt healthcare.Allscripts: It Takes a Community Blog. https://www.allscripts.com/2020/02/how-wearables-will-disrupt-healthcare/

● Gale, Michael, et. al.Considerations for the International Transport of Critically Ill Patients at the End of Life. Critical Care Medicine.January 2018 - Volume 46 - Issue 1 - p 232.

● Synborski, Elisa. Choosing Wisely: Is a Picture Really Worth a Thousand Words? MSK Sponsored IRB Retrospective Research Protocol Accepted Submission. 2018. EDUCATION

State University of New York at Stony Brook M.S. Physician Assistant GPA 3.76 July 2011 - June 2013 Stony Brook, NY

New York State Physician Assistant Certified as of July 2013 License Number 016799 Tufts University B.A. Biology GPA 3.72, magna cum laude honors and dean’s list four concurrent years August 2006 - May 2010 Medford, MA

SKILLS AND TRAINING

● Office 365

● Power BI

● Visio

● Allscripts, Epic

● ICD, CPT, Snomed

● Clinical Research / GCP

● Healthcare Strategy

● Digital Strategy and Transformation

● Product Development

● Performance Improvement

● Process Improvement

● Meaningful Use

● SQL - beginner

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