KELSEY SHOFF

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adh9ui@r.postjobfree.com 802-***-****

Education

Master of Physician Assistant Studies, MCPHS University, Manchester, NH December 2020

B.A. Biology, Russell Sage College, Troy, NY May 2018

Certifications

Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification August 2019-August 2021

American Heart Association Basic Life Support Certification November 2018

Certificate for the National Institute of Health Training for Protecting Human Research Participants February 2017

Medical Terminology Certification May 2017

24 Hour MAT Training September 2020

PANCE Date scheduled: 01/23/21

Clinical Training Experience

Psychiatry The Memory Clinic Bennington, VT

Infectious Disease Elective The Miriam Hospital Providence, RI

General Surgery Mercy Medical Center Springfield, MA

Family Medicine Geriatric and Medical Associates Clinton, NY

Emergency Medicine Saint Joseph’s Hospital Bangor, ME

Women’s Health Saint Vincent Hospital Worcester, MA

Internal Medicine Charlton Memorial Hospital Fall River, MA

Pediatrics Green Mountain Pediatrics Bennington, VT

Current-To Be Completed by December 4th

Key Qualifications and Responsibilities

Proficiency in EMR including Epic/Meditech/PCC/Athena Health for comprehensive documentation.

The Memory Clinic: Complete neurological examinations to track progress of Alzheimer’s patients in ongoing clinical trial of Aricept/Donepezil, psychiatric evaluations/medication adjustments for new students at the local school, venipuncture for lab testing, cognitive screenings including administration of the MoCA, ADAS-Cog and MMSE, IV placement for medication administration for patients undergoing the clinical trial

The Miriam Hospital: Diagnosing and treating patients with STI’s in a timely and thorough manner/assuring they follow up if resolution fails, providing patients with post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) treatment/education and visits every 3 months to check labs/complete regular STI testing, wound checks/diabetic foot examinations, OPAT checkups/adjusting antibiotic regimens, consultations for possible TB patients in the TB clinic, providing MAT patients with prescription refills/ completing labs and physical examinations, attending micro-rounds/infectious disease board meetings once weekly

Mercy Medical Center: Rounds in the morning, pre-op and post op orders, admissions in the ED, 1st assist in general surgeries (lap chole, lap appy, colectomy, etc.), suturing, stapling, G-tube insertion/removal

Geriatric and Medical Associates: Annual physical exams, imaging interpretation, EKGs, consults, lab orders/interpretation, prescribing, cerumen removal, contraception initiation, acute care neurology follow ups, vaccinations, IM injections, trigger point injections

Saint Joseph’s Hospital: History and physical examination on the acute patient, imaging/laboratory interpretation, orders, medications given, acute care provided, suturing/removal of nails/foreign bodies, casting/splinting, consults, IV’s, IM injections

Saint Vincent Hospital: Traveled to Saint Vincent Hospital for labor and delivery patients, assisted in vaginal deliveries, C-sections, order sets, new admissions, circumcisions, rounding on post-partum patients, LEEP, D&C and hysteroscopy with myomectomy/polypectomy. In the outpatient clinic: annual GYN exams, sick visits, colposcopies, endometrial biopsies, contraception management, pelvic ultrasounds, sonohysterograms and prenatal care.

Charlton Memorial Hospital: Rounded every morning on patients in the hospital, completed physical exams, admissions, admission order sets, discharge summaries, in house consults and got to assist in some procedures (thoracentesis)

Green Mountain Pediatrics: Completed well child checks including full history and physical exams on kids age new born to age 20, completed history, physical and documentation for sick visits, administered vaccines, completed COVID swabs, saw patients via telemedicine, medication checks in person and via telemedicine

Proficiencies

PEP/PrEP counseling, STI diagnosis/treatment, IV placement, neurological examination, pharyngeal swabs, Outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (OPAT), orthostatic vital signs performance and interpretation, joint injections/trigger point injections, cerumen irrigation, ECG interpretation, surgical staple removal, first-assist in the OR with laparoscopic procedures, subcutaneous injections, suturing/suture removal, Incision and drainage, administration of local anesthetic, breast examinations, pelvic examinations, PAP smears, contraceptive management

Experience

Psychotropic medication dosing/PRN dosing, Travel Medicine, Medication assisted treatment (MAT), MRI interpretation, CT interpretation, chest radiograph interpretation, prescription writing, rectal/prostate examinations, Mirena IUD insertion/removal, Paraguard IUD insertion/removal, Nexplanon implant insertion/removal, colposcopies, testicular examination, intramuscular injections, splinting/casting, Obstetric and gynecologic ultrasound interpretation, assistance with labor and delivery, prenatal care, assistance with endometrial/cervical biopsies, assistance with vulvar biopsies, assistance with sonohysterograms, assistance with hysteroscopy with myomectomy/polypectomy & dilation and curettage, assistance with LEEP, thoracentesis, internal medicine consults, internal medicine management in chronic and acute problems, Well child checks, sick visits, acute child injuries, COVID testing, childhood vaccinations

Employment

Patient Care Technician/Behavioral Health Unit Assistant, Samaritan Hospital, Troy, NY July 2016-December 2018

All the below skills were obtained on a geriatric psych unit, an adult psych unit and a withdrawal unit

Orient patients to their room and the unit and provide them with supplies for their hospital stay

Record observational rounds every fifteen minutes on each patient on the unit

Provide and assist with patient care including bathing/showering assistance, oral care, meal intake, night care, and bathroom assistance

Provide safe mobility and demonstrate safe walking techniques for all patients

Take vital signs, finger sticks, weights, collect patient specimens, record patient intake and output and demonstrate proper use of lift equipment as needed

Demonstrate appropriate and respectful patient communication

Answer call bells

Demonstrate the ability to verbally redirect agitated or suicidal patients

Demonstrate proper restraint application and restraint checks

Complete environmental checks to assure there are no potentially harmful objects on the unit that are not permitted

Suicide prevention/precaution

Patient Safety Associate, Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, Bennington, VT July 2017-December 2018

Responsible for assisting RN’s and LPN’s in providing support of patients requiring continual observation, assistance and individualized goal directed patient care

Answer call bells

Verbal redirection of agitated or suicidal patients

Provide safe mobility and demonstrate safe walking techniques for all patients

Counter Clerk/Bartender/Server, Billy T’s Northside Dairy Bar/Bennington Lanes, Bennington, VT June 2018-December 2018

At the dairy bar, Responsible for serving ice cream, taking food orders, cooking, preparing/ restocking food and cleaning

At the bowling alley, Responsible for bartending, fixing broken lanes, working fundraisers, preparing and serving food and working the front counter

Dietary Aide/Night Cook Crescent Manor Nursing Home, Bennington, VT July 2013- May 2016

Catered to the individual needs of each resident by providing individual dining choices

Assisted with adequate nutrition and fluid intake of residents

Planned, prepared and served meals according to specific resident diets

Kept facility stocked with necessary supplies and food

Took on leadership role from night cook position

Shadowing/Observation Experience

Shadowing Albany Associates in Cardiology, Albany, NY May 2017

Shadowed John P. Keefe, PA during his office hours at Capital Cardiology

Saw pre-op patients, drop in patients, as well as hospital discharge patients

Witnessed proper documentation of notes including history of present illness, cardiac history, risk factors, history of procedures, review of systems, impression and plan, orders, and final medication list

Witnessed billing of patients

Shadowing Cardiology Department Samaritan Hospital, Troy, NY May 2017

Shadowed John P. Keefe, PA during his consultations and rounds on the progressive care unit, intensive care unit, and in the radiology department

Witnessed performance of chemical and physical stress tests on several patients

Witnessed consultations, referrals, documenting, and note dictation

Learned about cardiomyopathy, heart failure, ECG rhythms, Beta Blockers, Diuretics, Atrial fibrillation, normal lab values, normal ejection fractions, pulmonary edema, aortic stenosis, ventricular hypertrophy, coronary artery disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and myocardial infarctions

Senior Research Project Lighting Research Center, Troy, NY September 2017-May 2018

Assisted in the Alertness at Night Project with Dr. Mariana Figueiro and colleagues

Prepared subjects and test room for study preparation

Placed electrodes on subject’s scalp for EEG measurements

Witness the study/stayed with participants during study hours

Recorded EEG measurements

Analyzed data using SPSS

Professional Affiliations

American Academy of Physician Assistants Student Member January 2019

SAAAPA Member January 2019

Campus Leadership

Admissions Committee, MCPHS University, Manchester, NH January 2019 - December 2020

Working with classmates and MCPHS admission staff to provide potential PA students with campus tours, information about the program and organizing the interview day schedule

Attend monthly SAAAPA meetings

Dance Ensemble, Russell Sage College, Troy, NY September 2015 - May 2018

Participation in an end of year performance at Russell Sage College in several routines, attended weekly practices

As a choreographer my senior year, I worked with one of my peers to teach a new dance and run practices weekly

Project Heal, Russell Sage College, Troy, NY

Vice President September 2015 - May 2018

Not for profit organization that raises money and awareness to help fund treatment for people with eating disorders

Assist with monthly charting for the club, helping with event planning and fund raising, help manage budget, lead or co-lead meetings every other week

Promote healthy body image, help boost self-esteem, and serve as a testament that full recovery from an eating disorder is possible

Pre-Med Club, Russell Sage College, Troy, NY September 2015 - May 2018

Responsible for the club’s budget, funding matters and filling out the charter request budget form each semester with a financial advisor

Responsible for assisting with meetings and event coordination

Contributing to discussions and providing resources that would be beneficial to all pre-med/pre-health majors on both Sage campuses

Community Involvement

Drug Takeback Day, Manchester, NH April 27 2019

Demonstrated proper usage of nasal naloxone (narcan)

Distributed and demonstrated proper usage of pocket sized mouth-to-mouth resuscitation masks

Provided a venue for people to safely discard their unused prescription drugs

Educate the public on the opioid crisis and what we can do to help

Refugee Volunteer Work, Troy, NY January 2018 - May 2018

Attended meetings that gathered resources from refugee workers in the Troy community

Fundraised supplies for the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) in Albany NY

Attended English as a second language (ESL) classes weekly and assisted students with their learning/homework

HEART Club, Troy, NY September 2015- December 2015

Attendance of weekly meetings to discuss current issues involving the LGBTQ community

Provide an open and safe space for students of the LGBTQ community to speak about personal concerns or issues they may be facing

Raise money for the club

Promote a safe and welcoming campus for students of the LGBTQ community

Honors/Awards/Scholarships

Student Organization of the Year, SAAAPA, MCPHS University, Manchester, NH May 2020

Cum Laude, Russell Sage College, Troy, NY May 2018

Captain, Varsity Field Hockey Team, Mount Anthony Union High School, Bennington, VT August 2014

References

Thomas Stowell, DC, PT, PhD, Associate Professor at MCPHS University, Manchester, NH

Professor Stowell is my current academic advisor at the Physician Assistant program at MPCHS University.

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Zung Hoang, MD, MPH, FACOG, OBGYN at St. Vincent’s Hospital and Women’s Wellness in Charlton, MA

Dr. Hoang was my preceptor for my women’s health rotation in clinical year of PA school

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Sarah Gaffney, MPAS, PA-C, MCPHS University, Manchester, NH

Sarah was my tutor/mentor during my didactic/clinical year of PA school

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Brooke Thomson Drew, Owner/Manager Bennington Lanes and Billy T’s Northside Dairy Bar, Bennington, VT

Brooke was one of my most recent employers before I started PA school

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