Kathleen Trad Hoff

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Atlanta, Georgia 30350

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Education:

Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.

School of Medicine, Physician Associate Program

Master of Medical Science

Degree Awarded- September 2002

Thesis- Adolescent Healthcare Choices: A View from the Pediatric Emergency Department

Advisor: Jean Klig, MD

PA Focus of Training: Pediatric Specialties

Elective Rotations: general pediatrics, pediatric neurology/neurosurgery, pediatric cardiology, neonatology, pediatric intensive care unit, pediatric emergency medicine, pediatric surgery

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.

Master of Arts, Communication Sciences. GPA- 3.80 Degree Awarded- June 1993

Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Bachelor of Science, Speech Pathology and Audiology. Minor- Psychology Major GPA-3.50

Degree Awarded- May 1991

Current Employment:

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA. December 2011-current.

Pediatric surgery PA responsible for same day surgery patients, family teaching and education, inpatient consults, surgical consults, evaluations, diagnostics and admissions from emergency room; post operative care, supervision of surgical interns/residents; primary supervisor for nurse practitioners and physician assistants in Pediatric Surgery at the Egleston Campus.

Program Coordinator for the bowel management clinic including organizing, coordinating, evaluating and treating children with colorectal needs on an outpatient and inpatient basis. Program development, build, and clinical coordination.

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH. October 2010-August 2011.

Pediatric Surgery PA with a focus on Colorectal Surgery in Children. Responsible for phone triage, inpatient rounds and medical care, consults, evaluations, diagnostics, post operative care and outpatient clinical duties for bowel management program.

Children’s National Medical Center. Washington DC. November 2002 –July 2010.

Pediatric Surgery PA responsible for the following: new inpatient consults; surgical consults, evaluations, diagnostics and admissions from emergency room; post-operative care of inpatients; overseeing general surgery resident care of surgical inpatients; training PA’s and PA students rotating through pediatric surgery service; providing care and surgical recommendations for neonatal and intensive care unit patients on surgical team; completing history and physicals pre-opereratively; first assisting in operating room as needed.

PA Administrative Roles at Children’s National Medical Center:

Director of the Pediatric Surgery PA Residency Program

Proposed January 2004 and Initiated September 2004 with first Pediatric Surgery PA Resident Year

Prior Clinical Work Experience:

University of Chicago Hospitals. Chicago, Illinois. March 1996-July 2000.

Focus of care with pediatric acute care patient population in an urban setting. Conducted clinical bedside swallow evaluations, conducted and interpreted oral pharyngeal motility studies/videoflouroscopic swallow studies, assessed and treated patients with tracheostomies. Other skills include videonasoendoscopy, deep suction and assessment and use of the passy -muir speaking valve for tracheostomized/ventilator dependent patients. Provided assessment and treatment of pediatric patients in the pediatric intensive care unit, neonatal intensive care unit, oncology unit and general wards with communication and swallowing difficulties. Active team member of a multidisciplinary cleft palate /craniofacial team, Failure to Thrive team, pediatric resident training program, and nursing education and training program.

City Kids, Inc. Chicago, Illinois. June 1997-October 1998.

Conducted diagnostic evaluation and treatment with a multidisciplinary team for cerebral palsied and autistic children following a neuro-developmental training model.

Northwestern University Medical Center. Chicago, Illinois. October 1995 - March 1996.

Coordinated data accession and patient accession for head and neck cancer research protocols. Supervised graduate level students in clinical work- associated with the acute care hospital setting. Conducted and interpreted clinical bedside swallow evaluations and vidoeflouroscopic swallow evaluations. Assessed and treated an adult acute care patient population with speech, language and swallowing deficits.

Piedmont Hospital. Atlanta, Georgia. September 1994 - October 1995.

Conducted pre-feeding and feeding/swallowing evaluations of premature infants in the neonatal intensive care unit and provided treatment as appropriate. Established with a team of nurses and physicians a pilot program traiisitioning from a medical care model to a developmental care model of intervention with the NICU.

Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center. Chicago, Illinois. July 1993 - August 1994. Clinical Fellowship Year.

Assessed and treated children in an acute care hospital setting with speech, language and swallowing disorders. Provided assessment and treatment for the "Under the Rainbow" program which treated physically and sexually abused children, assessed and treated infants in the neonatal intensive care unit with swallowiiig/feeding problems as well as craniofacial anomalies, and provided speech/language/swallowing services on the pediatric wards.

Professional Honors:

"Kids first and Always" Award, University of Chicago Hospitals, June 27, 2000. Awarded for dedication and service provision to children in need.

"Shining Star Award", University of Chicago Hospitals, February 1998 and December 1997. Awarded for community service.

"Continuing Education Scholarship", University of Chicago Hospitals Academy, 1998. Awarded for ongoing research and provision of education in the healthcare sector.

"Employee of the Quarter", Piedmont Hospital, Fall 1994.

Grant Awards:

Board of Lady Visitors Grant. Children’s National Medical Center, Washington DC. Awarded $9,250 for the development of a post graduate residency program for physician assistants with a specialization in pediatric surgical care. March 2004.

IRB Research:

Use of MRI during anorectal pull throughs for children with Anorectal Malformations.

Principle Investigators: George Raschbaum, MD, Matthew Clifton, MD, Kathleen Hoff, PAC

Publications and Presentations:

"Taking Care of the Pediatric Tracheostomized Patient”. Chapter 4: Communication and Swallowing Issues. Co-Authors- Jmie Gawry's, RN and Jeanne Kang, MSRN. 2002..

Trad, Kathleen. Acute Pancreatitis in Children. Bridgeport Hospital, BridgeportCt. Spring 2002.

Trad, Kathleen. Infectious Disease Conference, Yale University, New Haven, CT. ARDS in concurrent Babesiosis and Erlichiosis. August 1, 2001.

Trad, Kathleen. Grand Rounds, LaRabida Children's Hospital, Chicago, Illinois. Anatomy and Physiology of the Swallow: Oral-Pharyngeal Motility Studies. 1999.

Trad, Kathleen. Nursing Competency Series, 1999. Feeding and Swallowing Issues with the Pediatric Patient Population.

Trad, Kathleen. Residency Training Program. Speech Language Pathology: Feeding and Swallowing in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. June 1996 - 1999.

Trad, Kathleen. Otolaryngology Lecture Series. Feeding, Swallowing, and Communication Issues in the Cleft Palate Population. October 1998 and 1999.

Baroody, Fuad MD and Kathleen Trad. University of Chicago Voice Conference. Chicago, Illinois. 1997.

Trad, Kathleen and Mary Hardin-Jones PhD. Cleft Palate: Current Practices in Secondary Surgical

Management. American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association National Convention, Toronto, Canada.

May 1994.

Current Professional Affiliations:

American Association of Physician Assistants. September 2000 - present.

Connecticut Association of Physician Assistants. September 2000 – 2002.

Society for Physician Assistants in Pediatrics, March 2002.

District of Columbia Academy of Physician Assistants. Member. June 2003- 2010.

District of Columbia Academy of Physician Assistants. Membership Committee Chair. January 2003 – January 2005.

District of Columbia Academy of Physician Assistants. President Elect. January 2004 – Janaury 2005.

District of Columbia Academy of Physician Assistants. President. January 2005 to January 2006.

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