Physician Assistant Medical

BARBARA A. BECK, MS, PA-C

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GREENSBORO, NC 27455

PHONE: 631-***-****

EMAIL: *********@*****.***

EDUCATION:

Stony Brook University: Master of Science, Physician Assistant Studies PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Novant Health Bariatric Solutions, Multiple Locations, NC 2019 - Present Medical Bariatrician Physician Assistant

• Trained as First Assist for laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, roux-en-Y, and sleeve gastrectomy by-pass on a few cases before surgical rotations changed due to COVID-19. Responsible for patient follow ups s/p surgery and provide triage advice to surgical clinical staff when post-op patients call in with complications/questions.

• Provide direct, autonomous, high quality, compassionate care for medically managed weight loss as medical bariatrician to non-surgical, pre-op, post-op regain patients. Complex patients ages 9-90 with multiple comorbidities including, but not limited to:

o Diabetes

o Hypertension

o Hyperlipidemia

o Sleep apnea

o Migraines

o Osteoarthritis

o Mood disorder

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• Discuss the importance of life style changes to keep weight off and maintain good health life long

• Order and review lab work with patients and explain how their values relate to their weight loss journey and effects on metabolism

• Prescribe anti-obesity medications

• Order and analyze labs, infusions, imaging, EKGs, and other diagnostics to evaluate correlating diseases that relate to obesity (OSA, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, fatty liver, Vit D and other vitamin deficiencies, IDA)

• Refer to nutrition, psychology, pulmonology, and physical trainers/therapists as needed

• Coordinate with patient’s care team to provide continuity of care with their primary doctors and across specialties.

• Mentor physician assistant students from local universities Novant Health Headache Clinic, Kernersville, NC 2015 - Present Headache Specialist Physician Assistant

• Directly responsible for about 3,000 patients per year specializing in refractory headache patients (migraine, pseudotumor cerebri, cluster, hemicrania continua, paroxysmal hemicrania, cough headaches, hypnic, post concussive, tension, giant cell arteritis, TMJ-related headaches) and cranial neuralgias

• Fast-paced outpatient setting including pediatric, college-age, adult, and geriatric populations.

• Create chronic and acute headache care plans including

- CGRP inhibitors (Aimovig, Ajovy, Emgality)

- Botox, trigger point injections, sphenopalatine ganglion nerve blocks, occipital nerve blocks

- Traditional pharmacological treatments

- Nerve stimulator devices (Cefaly, Gamma core, Nerivio)

• Coordinate care with primary care physicians, psychiatrists, neurosurgeons, ophthalmologists, pain clinics, obstetricians, gynecologists, and other specialists

• Provide acute interventions for cluster patients

• Educate patients and providers about the disease of migraines and lifestyle choices that can decrease frequency and severity of headaches

• Order and review diagnostics tests and consult reports, review with patients

• Attend headache conferences nationwide

• Provide participants for headache treatments studies

• Participate in monthly clinic and department meetings with our many general neurology groups to enhance continuity of care

Salem Neurological Center, Winston Salem, NC 2014 - 2015 Neurology Physician Assistant

• Provided direct, autonomous patient care responsibility in a fast-paced outpatient setting including pediatric, college-age, adult, and geriatric populations.

• Completed procedures including botox, trigger points injections, lumbar punctures, baclofen pump adjustments

• Conducted new patient interviews responsible for thorough history and physical exams, identifying normal and abnormal findings (physical, cognitive, psychosocial), developing differential diagnoses, ordering lab work, imaging, and other relevant diagnostic tests (EEGs, EMGs, LPs, bubble studies) and interpreting them to guide both acute and chronic diagnoses

• Followed up appointments for changes to care plans and referral to additional specialists where appropriate, including surgical and pain management candidates

• Developed pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment plans; Monitored effectiveness of care plans

• Educated patients on disease and management plans

• Counseled families and patients about new or progressive diagnoses where appropriate (Alzheimer’s, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease)

Wake Forest Baptist Memorial Health, Greensboro, NC 2013 - 2014 Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital / Wesley Long Hospital Emergency Room Physician Assistant

• Responsible for patient care at two area hospitals under auspices of Wake Forest Baptist Memorial Health Physicians Group: Moses Cone Memorial Hospital, Level 2 trauma center, and Wesley Long Hospital

• Provided direct, autonomous patient care for all levels of acuity including pediatrics, fast track, and critical care patients requiring admission with physician consult as appropriate

• Responsible for comprehensive, problem focused H&Ps and initial consults and evaluations

• Ordered and reviewed advanced imaging with accompanying radiologist reports, creating appropriate treatment plans based on findings

• Completed procedures such as reductions, suturing, casting, splinting, incision, and drainage

• Lead patient care/stabilization when direct physician contact was not available for code strokes, active seizures, and trauma patients, placing orders and consult calls

• Developed care plans, counseled and educated patients at discharge who required additional outpatient follow up with appropriate referral

• Provided medical clearance for psychiatric patients, consulting with behavioral health providers for appropriate placement for suicidal patients and those requiring medical detox Coram Fire Department, Coram, NY 2000 - 2013

Emergency Medical Technician and Firefighter

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS:

Paul S. Robinson Memorial Award. Society of Emergency Medicine Physician Assistants LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS:

Basic Life Support, American Heart Association

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), American Heart Association PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

American Academy of Physician Assistants

North Carolina Academy of Physician Assistants

Obesity Medicine Association

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