Physician Assistant

KAREN ELLINGSON, PA-C

Land O Lakes, FL ***** • 727-***-**** • adf5hi@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Summary

NCCPA certified Physician Assistant with over 21 years of comprehensive medical field experience. Currently practicing as a hospitalist advanced care provider, successfully evaluating, and treating hospitalized patients as an integral member of a large hospitalist group. Managing and triaging complicated inpatients from admission to discharge in a busy tertiary care center and teaching hospital. Providing quality medical care to all inpatients on service with many specialists to coordinate and optimize patient care. Profound knowledge and experience in hospital medicine, internal medicine, primary care, emergency medicine, rehabilitation medicine, long-term care, and addiction medicine. Superior communicator with interdisciplinary team such as healthcare staff members, providers, patients, and families to ensure best outcomes. Measured success in meeting patient needs by leveraging healthcare expertise to successfully diagnose and treat acute and chronic conditions. Self-motivated, responsible, and hardworking with excellent bedside manner. Skills

• Organizational Skills

• Teamwork

• Energetic

• Quality Assurance

• Goal Setting

• Problem Solving

Work History

Hospitalist Physician Assistant, 03/2018 to Current Access Healthcare LLC – Hudson, FL, United States

• Rounding daily on 10-15 hospitalized patients including new admissions, follow ups, new consults, and patients who are ready for discharge

• Performing comprehensive physical examinations to manage complex adult and geriatric patients on telemetry floors, medical, cardiac, and surgical intensive care units.

• Diagnose and implement evidenced based treatment plans to successfully resolve problems and or help manage symptoms.

• Continually collaborating care with other interdisciplinary team members such as APP, physicians, specialists, resident physicians, nursing, and case management to provide well- rounded care for patients of all acuity levels.

Physician Assistant, Internal Medicine, 12/2015 to 03/2018 Pinnacle Family Medicine – Spring Hill, FL

• Lead Physician Assistant of Primary care/Internal Medicine office practice impaneled with 500

- 1000 patients.

• Provided direct patient care to adult patients ranging in age from 20 years old to 90 years plus.

• Collaboratively managed patients with attending physician, as well as APP when needed.

• Autonomously encountered approximately 10-20 patients daily working 40 hours per week.

• Performed well woman exams, joint injections and other minor surgical procedures like incision and drainage, skin biopsy, and suture repair when needed.

• Conducted World Trade Center evaluations for patients who were suffering from or affected by aliments resulting from 2001 World Trade Center attack.

• Administered preventive screenings to patients, including well-woman exams, diabetic screenings, and DOT physicals when needed.

• Recruited, trained, and supervised patient care technicians, nursing assistants and other support staff to provide high levels of patient service. Physician Assistant, Internal Medicine, 04/2015 to 12/2015 Sunshine Primary Care LLC – Trinity, FL

• Provided primary care for 10-14 patients daily.

• Completed in-depth physical evaluations and gathered patient medical data to complete speedy, successful office visits.

• Rounded on hospitalized patients when needed.

• Preformed Disability evaluations.

• Rounded on 10-15 acute and long-term care nursing home patients twice weekly.

• Assessed and treated patients through opiate and alcohol addictions

• Collaborated with physicians to determine effective combination of therapy and medical treatments for patients in recovery.

Physician Assistant, 03/2008 to 04/2015

Access Health Care LLC – Springhill, FL

• Conducted hospital rounds as part of hospitalist team for multiple area hospitals including Regional Medical Center Bayonet point, Medical center of Trinity (formerly, Community Hospital) and North Bay hospital.

• Rounded at multiple skilled nursing facilities and assisted living facilities before transitioning to office setting.

• Provided primary care/internal medicine services to patients of multiple practices

• Proficient with all aspects of managed care and Medicare risk adjustment.

• Provided training to APP, physicians and staff on managed care model, Medicare risk adjustment, and other aspects of managed care to decrease over utilization and manage patients with multiple complex medical conditions effectively.

• Consistently preformed above 90 % accuracy on documentation, evaluation, management coding

Physician Assistant, 01/2002 to 01/2008

United Health Care, Evercare – Oldsmar, FL

• Collaboratively provided primary care services to panel of 90- 100 plus geriatric patients living in Long term care, skilled rehab, and assisted living facilities.

• Independently rounded on 10-15 patients daily.

• Reviewed examination information, laboratory reports and expressed symptoms to make tentative diagnoses.

• Effectively reduced symptoms and treated underlying conditions by prescribing targeted medications and therapies under physician guidance.

• Engaged with other professionals, including physicians, case managers, nursing, and other integral team members to discuss best treatment courses.

• Facilitated care plan meetings to enable further discussions with patients, families, and staff, regarding advanced directives, goals of care and end of life planning when appropriate

• Made referrals to Hospice/palliative care when appropriate Education

M.D.: Doctor of Medicine, 2015

The University of Science Art and Technology, British West Indies - Montserrat

• Graduated cum laude

Master of Science: Health Sciences Physician Assistant Certification, 1998 The George Washington University - Washington, DC

Bachelor of Science: Biology, 1995

Towson State University - Towson, MD

Cum Laude

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENCES

Licenses

State of Florida as a prescribing Physician Assistant 1999 – Present

Certifications

National Board Certification NCCPA

1998 – Present

ECFMG Certification 2017

Publications

Journal: Physician Assistant Nov. 1998 SSRI's Are They Safe Thaddeus Kuzumar, PA-C, Karen Schwartz, PA-C, Denise Blaziole, PA-C

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