Physician Assistant

Simran Shikh, PA-C

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EDUCATION:

Master of Science in PA August 2018

Le Moyne College, Syracuse New York 13214

Bachelor’s of Science in Biology May 2016

Le Moyne College, Syracuse New York 13214

Awards:

• William G. Allyn Award & Scholarship

• 2nd place winner at the Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference in STEM (2015)

• Honorable Mention Award at the Annual CSTEP Statewide Student Conference (2014)

• Dolphin Choice Award for Programming

• Le Moyne Founders Award

• Le Moyne Hennessy Scholarship

• Dean’s List GPA - 3.5

EXPERIENCE:

Endocrinology PA Nov 2018 - present

Strong Memorial Hospital – University of Rochester

• Working with diverse population to provide quality care following the I-Care Values. Involved in all aspects of patient care including detailed history, examination, development and implementation of treatment plans along with ordering and interpretation of diagnostic tests.

• Also, highly involved in mental health committee to improve and provide resources to patient to prevent any mental health barriers.

• Highly involved in diabetic committee and meetings to provide effective and excellent care to patients. Work closely with insulin pump team to improve patient care especially those patient on pump or sensor.

• I am a trained at inserting continuous blood glucose monitor. Also, I am CGM analyst as well.

• Working to develop a medicine clerkship program for medical students and it includes assisting in teaching workshops on diabetes as well.

Research – Sub-investigator

Strong Memorial Hospital – University of Rochester March 2019 - present Title: Diabetes prevalence and associated risk factors in patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder on olanzapine or clozapine.

• Duties included identifying patients via screening tools who are increased risk for diabetes. Consenting and educating patient for the research study. Also, obtaining medical history, performing oGTT (oral glucose tolerance test) along with physical exam. Also, obtaining dietary haits, physical activity records and measure the psychopathology as well as quality of life

(SLUMS = Saint Louis University Mental Status examination,PHQ-9 = Patient Health Questionnair). Also, duties including collection data, entering and analyzing. Medical Intern, Upstate University Medical Hospital – Breast Care Center 2016 Dr. Mary-Ellen Greco, Breast Surgeon

• Clinic/Office: My role consisted of: collecting vital signs, reviewing medical history, and completing patient history to formulate initial clinical discussion and assisting them diagnose.

• Operating Room: My duties also included assisting the surgeon to provide closure and other technical functions that help the surgeon carry out a safe operation. Internship at Syracuse University Health Center 2015-2016

• Working closely to provider, I was given access to patients' records and research their symptoms, histories, treatments. I was able to collect their vital signs, perform urine dips and complete patient history to formulate an initial clinical discussion to help with their diagnose. Internship at Government Clinic, India 2014

Gujarat, India

• My duties were to communicate, translate and elaborate initial assessments of the patients. I was heavily involved in clinical evaluation of the patients and helped them to understand their treatment. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Master’s Project

Topic: The Utilization of Health Resources in Underserved Population of Syracuse, NY

• Responsibilities consist of designing a original study, collecting and analyzing data using SPSS software and Microsoft.

• The final product of the project will include a Master’s project report submitted to the Department of Physician Assistant Studies, and a poster presentation to the Le Moyne community. Student Researcher

Dr. Krystine Batcho, Le Moyne College

Topic of research: Anticipatory Nostalgia

• Responsibilities included collecting and analyzing data using a SPSS software and Microsoft.

• Selected to present at the Collegiate Science Technology Entry Program (C.S.T.E.P) Conference in April 2014.

• Publication: Batcho, K. I., & Shikh, S. (2016). Anticipatory nostalgia: Missing the present before its gone. Personality and Individual Differences, 98, 75-84. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2016.03.088 Research Assistant

Dr. Darshini Roopnarine, Assistant Dean

• Working with transcripts and analyzing data using software NVivo10. NVivo can deeply analyze data using powerful search, query and visualization tools. Also helps you convert qualitative data into quantitative. CLINICAL ROTATION

• Internal Medicine: Endocrine – Family Care Medical Group

• Elective: Cardiology – Oswego Hospital

• Surgery: CNY Surgical Physicians & Crouse

• Behavioral Medicine: Syracuse University

• Pediatrics: Summerwoods Pediatrics & Elizabeth Seton Pediatric Center

• Emergency: Little Falls Hospital

• Primary Care: Bassett – West Winfield

• Obstetrics and Gynecology: Bassett – West Winfield SKILLS

Certifications: CPR, ACLS, Child Abuse Training Course Laboratory: Centrifuge, Crystallization, Electron-Scanning Microscope, Gel Electrophoresis, IR Spectroscopy, Titration, Microwave synthesis, NMR, Isolation and Analysis of DNA Software: NVivo 10- software, SPSS, Microsoft, Datatel, E-record Other: Multilingual- English, Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Learning - American Sign Language

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