Physician Assistant Medical
Resume:
MELISSA HAWKINS
***** *********** *****, *********, **, 33569
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CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
**/****- ******* ******* ********** Services Tampa, Florida (Wound Care Physician Assistant)
Management of acute and chronic wounds in the subacute rehabilitation facility setting
Working closely with Wound Nurses and Unit Managers in multiple facilities to ensure effective communication and excellent quality of care for mutually managed wound care patients
Obtain detailed history and physicals, accurately assess wounds at the bedside
Order and analyze appropriate tests including labs, imaging, and wound cultures
Develop appropriate treatment plans and communicate plans effectively with wound team and patients
Perform bedside procedures including debridement, incision and drainage of abscess, suture removal, and wound packing
Electronic chart documentation
1/2016- 12/2018 Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville, NJ (Wound Center & Hospital Physician Assistant)
Manage patients in the outpatient wound care center setting
Initial assessment of new patients as well as maintenance of chronic patients
Obtain history and physicals, order and interpret appropriate tests, formulate appropriate treatment plans
Electronic chart documentation
-Office procedures including tissue debridement, wound cultures, blood draws, total contact cast application, advanced tissue grafts, negative pressure wound therapy application and education, incision and drainage, suture removal
Manage Wound Center patients during hospital admissions and evaluate new wound patient consults
Participate in Surgical cases of wound center patients during admissions, including wound debridements, advanced tissue applications, bone resections and amputations, arthroplasty
9/2012-12/2015 Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY (Wound Care & HBO Therapy Physician Assistant)
Outpatient management of patient with both acute and chronic wounds
Obtaining accurate histories and physicals
Ordering and interpreting appropriate studies
Formulating and executing appropriate treatment plans
Minor office procedures including wound debridements and dressing applications
Communicating with patients’ family members and home nursing teams to facilitate correct care in the home or rehab
Working with Physicians of different specialties during office hours on various weekdays, including plastic surgery and podiatry clinic hours
Supervising patient visits in Hyperbaric Oxygen Unit
10/2011- 9/2012 Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY (Neurosurgical Physician Assistant)
Inpatient management including participation in rounds and daily treatment plans
Pre-op, post-op, and perioperative care
Surgical assistance in the O.R
EDUCATION
Wagner College Staten Island, New York
MASTER’S OF SCIENCE 2011 BACHELOR’S OF SCIENCE 2010
Master’s Thesis : "The Effects of Medication Use on the Age of Onset of Erectile Dysfunction."
ACHIEVEMENTS & PUBLICATIONS
Venous Intervention Improves Patient Outcomes
Caputo WJ, Kaplan MD, Kamieniecki, Hawkins M, Monterosa, Eagen K; Surg Technol Int. 2017 Jul 25;30:77-79
RESEARCH COORIDINATOR & PRESENTER- 2017 Clara Maass Medical Center Quality Fair
“Outpatient IV Antibiotics for Treatment of Cellulitis Improves Patient Outcomes”
Recipient- 2016 Award for Champion of Quality- RWJBarnabashealth Clara Maass Medical Center
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