Teresa R. Musick PA-C
Weaverville NC 28787
Phone: 828-***-****
E-mail: *********@*****.***
Objective
Board Certified Physician Assistant seeking position with Orthopedic and/or Sports Medicine Program
Education
Master of Physician Assistant, May 2007
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA
Thesis: Helmet use and the impact on injuries during a motorcycle crash.
Certificate of Surgical Assisting April 2004
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA
Bachelor of Science, Nutrition and Exercise, 2001
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Professional Experience
Physician Assistant Sports Medicine and Walk-in Clinic/Orthopaedics (08/2017-4/19)
Asheville Orthopaedic Associates
Provide patient care for acute and chronic orthopaedic conditions that includes diagnosing, treating, managing, ancillary testing and referral coordination
Triage and manage care of walk in patients
Assist with Ultrasound guided procedures that include joint, bursa, tendon injections, aspirations, Synovasure and PRP
Review incoming referrals and direct appointment scheduling to appropriate physician team
Return physician calls for 4 physicians
Complete prescription refills for 4 physicians
Complete any prior authorizations -MRI, medications for 4 physicians
Complete Peer to Peer discussions for 4 physicians
Complete FMLA and disability paperwork for 4 physicians
Physician coverage- covers questions and concerns for surgeons’ teams when they are out of office- surgical questions, medications refills and seeing patients with concerns
Physician Assistant/Practice Manager/Director Sports Medicine/Orthopaedics (10/12-08/2017)
Mission Community Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Spruce Pine, NC
Provide patient care involving diagnosing, treating and managing various
orthopaedic conditions.
Responding to messages, medication request and patient concerns
Preoperative history and physicals
Global period follow ups including fractures and surgery
Provide orthopaedic coverage for local high school, middle school and recreational league events including afterhours clinic and sports physicals
Practice Manager for Orthopaedic clinic
Overseeing day to day operations of clinic including payroll, scheduling, call schedule, education
Attending departmental management meetings
Developing new protocols for office
Troubleshooting and resolving problems
Developing and implementing Orthopedic EMR for practice
Director of Sports Medicine
Developing sports medicine program for high and middle school as well as recreational league
Management of 2 athletic trainers
Attend departmental meetings
Develop protocols and emergency action plans
Physician Assistant Manager in Sports Medicine/ Orthopaedics (01/09-10/12)
Southeastern Sports Medicine, Asheville, NC
Provide patient care involving diagnosing, treating and managing various orthopaedic conditions.
First assisting in orthopaedic surgery
Provide orthopaedic coverage for 10 area high school sports teams including football coverage on Friday evening.
On-call coverage including patient call, emergency room and hospital floor coverage.
Hospital rounds.
Responding to messages for prescription refills, patient questions including clinical and surgical question.
Preoperative History and Physicals.
Managing 5 physician assistants
Providing coverage for 4 clinics and the operating room.
Vacation time approvals
Liaison between 5 orthopaedists and the physician assistants
Developing the call schedule
Developing football coverage schedule
Setting up and running quarterly physician assistant meetings.
Trouble shooting problems and making corrective actions.
Clinical Coordinator
Liaison between 6 athletic trainers, including student athlete injury updates, after hour sports coverage and after hours contact for student athlete injuries
Physician Assistant in Sports Medicine/ Orthopaedics (07/07-11/08)
West End Orthopaedic Clinic, Mechanicsville, VA
Provide patient care involving diagnosing, treating and managing various orthopaedic conditions.
First assisting in orthopaedic surgery
Provide orthopaedic coverage for 2 area college sports teams including football coverage on Saturday games
Provide orthopaedic coverage for 4 area high schools sport teams including football coverage on Friday evening
On-call coverage including patient call and hospital floor coverage.
Hospital rounds
Responsible for prescription refill authorizations, writing clinical and surgical prescriptions
Responding to patient phone calls and post operative phone calls to surgical
patients
Certifications/Licensure
Current NCCPA certification
Current North Carolina Physician Assistant Licensure
Current Virginia State Physician Assistant Licensure
Current DEA License
Basic Life Support
Professional Affiliations
Current member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants
Current member of the North Carolina Academy of Physician Assistants
Current member of the Virginia Academy of Physician Assistants
Current member of the Physician Assistant in Orthopaedic Surgery
Current member of the National Association of Surgical Assistants
References Available