Alexandria M. Berg

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Largo, Florida 33770

727-***-****

adir2n@r.postjobfree.com

Education

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Post-Master’s Adult Nurse Practitioner

1993-1994 University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

Master of Science in Nursing

1985-1989 Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Professional Career

9/2018 – 4/2020 Clinical Nurse Practitioner

Clearwater Free Clinic, Clearwater, FL

Volunteer nurse practitioner in clinical internal medicine role. Provide care for new and returning patients enrolled in clinic. Provide wellness visits and management of acute and chronic medical diagnoses. First volunteer APRN practicing in the APRN role. 8 hours/month. Ended volunteer position due to COVID-19 restrictions on volunteers

12/1/16-present Clinical Nurse Practitioner

Mid-Pinellas, FL

Nurse practitioner; assisted living facilities, post-acute, rehabilitation, long-term care. Added telehealth to schedule during COVID-19. Supervising physician Marcus Janicki, DO.

7/2014- 11/30/16 Director of Transitional Care

The Palms of Largo, Largo, Florida

Responsible for developing a home-based transitional care program for Palms of Largo senior residents. Perform in-home assessments on campus residents and Sabal Palms discharged patients to enhance patient outcomes, identify gaps in care, and ultimately reduce readmissions and empower residents to engage in positive health maintenance behaviors.

1/2013- 7/2014 Lead Coordinator, Transplant Administration

All Children’s Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida

Apply advanced specialized knowledge and skills in the management of the transplant departmental staff and patient populations. Collaborate with staff, physicians and other members of the multidisciplinary team to develop programmatic quality management plans and strategies to manage the care environment. Assist with direct patient care of the heart failure and transplant patient population. Manage regulatory environment of heart transplant and bone marrow transplant through policy management and integration, data management and staff involvement and education around quality and regulatory issues.

5/2012- 12/2012 Program Manager, Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation

Program Manager, Hepatology and Liver Transplant

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia

Responsible for evaluation of potential heart transplant recipients, clinical case management of patients listed for heart transplant and transplant recipients. Provide outpatient services to all heart failure and heart transplant recipients with direct billing privileges. Additionally, midlevel manager oversight extended to hepatology and liver transplant program to implement department goals, oversee regulatory and quality programs, daily office operations and participate in research and educational activities.

12/2001-5/2012 Program Manager, Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia

Responsible for evaluation of potential heart transplant recipients, clinical case management of patients listed for heart transplant and transplant recipients. Provide outpatient services to all transplant recipients with direct billing privileges. Additionally, serve as a midlevel manager to implement department goals, oversee regulatory and quality programs, daily office operations and participate in research and educational activities.

3/2004-1/2010 Primary Nurse Case Manager (PRN)

Coram Healthcare

Provide home care nursing services to patients receiving home infusion therapy. Services provided include assessment of environment, patient and family teaching, intravenous line maintenance and care, and monitoring of response to therapy.

1995-2001 Heart Transplant Nurse Coordinator

Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, Atlanta, Georgia

Responsible for evaluation of potential heart transplant recipients, clinical case management of patients listed for heart transplant and transplant recipients. Provide outpatient services to all transplant recipients. Design and implement all educational offerings for patients, family, staff and community. Design and implementation of clinical database.

1993-1995 Clinician II, Thoracic-Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit

University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, Virginia Provided nursing care for patients following CABG, valve replacement, thoracotomy, vascular procedures, heart and lung transplant. Functioned in charge and preceptor roles.

1990-1993 Clinical Nurse IV, Surgical Intensive Care Unit

1993-1995(PT) Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC

Provided nursing care for patients following multiple trauma (including severe head trauma), neurosurgical procedures, CABG, valve replacement, heart transplant, gynecological oncology procedures and general surgery procedures where intensive care was necessary for optimal recovery. Functioned in a leadership role providing staff education, quality assurance monitoring, staff performance reviews and precepting new staff members.

1989-1990 Clinical Nurse II, Neurosurgery/Urology Unit

George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC

Provided nursing care to patients following craniotomy, transsphenoidal resection of pituitary tumor, variety of urological procedures.

Presentations

“Chronic Heart Failure- What Can You Do to Help Your Symptoms and Improve Your Quality of Life?” Healthy Heart Resource Fair at Cypress Palms. Largo, FL. February 24, 2015

“Utilization of Checklists to Maintain Transplant Quality and Compliance.” Poster presentation, ISHLT Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. April 2011.

“Protocol-Driven Referral to Nephrology is Beneficial to Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients.” ITNS International Pediatric Symposium. Pittsburgh, PA. December 2010.

“Home Inotropic Support in Children.” ISHLT Oral Abstract Presented April 2006 Madrid, Spain.

“Home Support and the Post-Transplant Patient.” Heart Failure in Pediatrics. 3rd International Pediatric Cardiovascular Symposium. Atlanta, GA. October 11, 2003.

“Home Management of Pediatric Heart Failure.” Heart Failure in Pediatrics. 3rd International Pediatric Cardiovascular Symposium. Atlanta, GA. October 10, 2003.

“Primary Care Following Cardiac Transplantation.” Transplantation in Complex Congenital Heart Disease. 2nd International Pediatric Cardiovascular Symposium. Atlanta, GA. October 14, 2001.

"Nursing Care of the Pediatric Heart Transplant Patient." Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Symposium for emergency department staff throughout the state of Georgia. 5/2001.

"Hepatitis B Recommendations for Patients Awaiting Heart Transplantation." Cardiac Transplant Research Symposium. Nov 2000.

“Heart Transplantation.” Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Technical and Clinical Advances in Pediatric Medicine. A hospital-sponsored program for case managers and third-party payers. August 18, 2000.

Nursing Care of the Heart Transplant Patient. Bi-annual orientation seminar for Emory Cardiovascular Staff and Case Managers representing insurance companies. Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia. 1995-2002

Nursing Care of the Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipient. Quarterly orientation seminar for Egleston cardiovascular staff. Egleston Children s Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia. 1995-present.

Advanced Practice Nursing. Senior undergraduate nursing students. Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Atlanta Georgia. November 1996.

Nurses Role In Withdrawing/withholding Treatment and Informed Consent. Nurse Extern Workshop, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, Virginia. 1994

The Nervous System. Annual SICU Nursing Course sponsored by Washington Hospital Center. Washington, DC. 1992-1993.

“Who lives, who dies, who decides?” Poster presentation, Spotlight on Critical Care, GWAC-AACN, 1993.

“Train-of-Four Peripheral Nerve Stimulation.” Poster presentation, Spotlight on Critical Care, GWAC-AACN, 1992.

Publications/Research

Meaux JB, Green A, Nelson MK, Huett A, Boateng B, Pye S, Schmid B, Berg A, LaPorte K, Riley L. Transition to self-management after pediatric heart transplant. Prog Transplant. 2014 Sep;24(3):226-33.

Green, A, Berg A Transition to Self-Management After Pediatric Heart Transplantation. Principal investigator on multisite grant proposal. Received 2011 funding through the Allen Family Nursing Research Fund. 2011.

Jeffrey H. Sacks, William T. Mahle, Carlos R. Abramowsky, Charlotte K. Steelman, Kirk R. Kanter, Robert N. Vincent, Alexandria Berg, Bahig M. Shehata. Arrythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia-Like Changes in Failed Pediatric Cardiac Allografts. American Journal of Cardiology 2010; 105 (12): 1798-1801.

Kirk R. Kanter, Alexandria M. Berg, William T. Mahle, Robert N. Vincent, Patrick D. Kilgo, Brian E. Kogon and Paul M. Kirshbom. Donor_Recipient Race Mismatch and Graft Survival After Pediatric Heart Transplantation. Ann Thorac Surg 2009;87:204-210

Kanter K, Berg A, Vincent R. Daclizumab in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients. Abstract submitted to ISHLT.

Berg A, Mahle W, Snell L. Home Inotropic Support in Children. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation Dec 2006.

Berg A. Pediatric Heart Transplantation: An Overview. Critical Care Nurse Quarterly 2003; 25: 79-87.

Kanter K, Berg A, Vincent R, Tam V, Raviele A. 1999. Effect of Previous Cardiac Surgery on Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients. Emory University School of Medicine. Oral presentation, ISHLT 2001.

Kanter K, Berg A, Bray R, Vincent R, D'Amico C, Holcomb J, Vega J. Positive Retrospective Crossmatch After Pediatric Heart Transplantation- Should We Worry?, Emory University School of Medicine. Oral presentation, ISHLT 2000.

Trachiotis GD, Kanter K, Vega J, Berg A, Whelchel J, Smith A, Johnston T, Lutz J. 1997. Five Year Follow-up in Patients with Combined Heart and Kidney Transplantation. Emory University School of Medicine. Poster presentation, The American Society of Transplant Surgeons 1997.

Trachiotis GD, Sathavorn CS, Smith AL, Kanter KR, Vega JD, Lutz JF, Vincent RN, Berg AM, Gravanis MB, Johnston TS. 1997. Chronic Methotrexate Therapy for Recurrent Rejection After Heart Transplantation. Emory University School of Medicine. Abstract. 1997.

Contributing author, Camp Second Chance Chronicle. Quarterly patient and family newsletter. Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, 1997-2010.

Co-author, Heart Transplantation at Emory Unversity Hospital. Patient education book. Emory University Hospital, September 1996- 2002.

Co-author, Heart Transplantation: What’s ahead for you and your child. Patient education book. Egleston Children s Hospital. September 1996.

Certifications

PALS, October 2006- 2010

Clinical Transplant Coordinator Certification, October 2005- 2012

Certified Adult Nurse Practitioner, ANCC, 6/98- present.

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, American Heart Association, 12/6/01-present.

Committees/ Projects

Co-Chair, Blue Jean Ball. Responsible for planning oversight of a $75,000 fundraiser for RCS Pinellas. Event date 2/29/2020

Secretary, PTA Mildred Helms Elementary School. Largo, FL 7/2019 - present

Treasurer, PTA Mildred Helms Elementary School. Largo, FL 4/2019 – 7/2019

West Coast Council of Advanced Practices Nurses. Member 2015-present

Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association (GAPNA). Member 2014-present

Bone Marrow Transplant Excel Database creation for tracking and reporting outcomes, All Children’s Hospital, 2013

Heart Transplantation Online Nursing Education Module, All Children’s Hospital, 2013

Clinical Coordinator- Pediatric Heart Transplant Study Group. All Children’s Hospital. 2013-2016.

ISHLT. Abstract Reviewer for Annual Scientific Meeting. 2008-2010

Georgia Transplant Foundation- Public Policy Committee- 11/2007- 2009

Camp Twin Lakes, Board of Directors- 10/2006- 12/2012

Georgia Transplant Foundation- Patient Care SubCommittee- 1/2006- 5/2009

Pediatric Heart Transplant Study Group. Non-Physician Representative Steering Committee- 10/2006-10/2007

Planning Committee Member- International Pediatric Cardiovascular Symposium- 1/2001-2005.

Hepatitis B Immunization Program. Design and implementation of program for adults awaiting heart transplantation. Emory Healthcare. 2000.

National Kidney Foundation of Georgia, Camp Advisory Board 1999-12/2012.

Clinical Coordinator- Pediatric Heart Transplant Study Group. Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. 1998-2012.

"A Prospective Randomized Multicenter Trial Comparing Celsior to Standard Cardiac Preservation Solution," Sangstat Pharmaceuticals. Emory Study Coordinator 01/98-12/98.

Mason Trust Implementation Committee, Egleston Children’s Hospital 1/97- 1/2000.

Camp Second Chance Planning Committee, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston 1995-12/2012

Task Force- Heart-to-Heart Annual Celebration. Emory Hospital and Egleston Children s Hospital

2D Transplant Outpatient Admissions Committee. Emory University Hospital. 11/96-11/97.

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