MATTHEW E. HARRIS PA-C, CWS
**** ******* ***** #* ~ Fort Collins, Colorado 80524
720-***-**** ****************@*****.***
EDUCATION
Certified Wound Specialist 2021
American Board of Wound Management
Master of Physician Assistant Studies, Rural Track
University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO
2010
Bachelor of Arts & Sciences in International Spanish for the Professions
2004
Minor: Business
University of Colorado Boulder
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Physician Assistant-Certified December 2019 – July 2021
ASSOCIATES IN FAMILY MEDICINE, Loveland, Colorado
●Provide wound and continuity care. Duties involve all aspects of wound care management including exploration and treatment of etiologic factors, diagnostics, assessment, plan formation, debridement, dressing selection and placement, and application of multiple layer compression systems.
●Perform a wide range of procedures involving many different types of injections, biopsy, cyst removal, suture, and toenail removal.
●Serve as Provider Representative on Health and Workplace Equity Committee
Physician Assistant-Certified November 2014 – October 2019
KAISER PERMANENTE, Loveland, Colorado
●Provide urgent, wound, and continuity care, including exploration and management of chronic wound etiologies, wound debridement, dressing selection and placement, and application of multiple layer compression systems.
●Perform many procedures including different types of injections, biopsy, cyst removal, suture, toenail removal, and splint placement.
●Completed specialized training in Wound Care in the spring of 2017. Have continued to gain wound care experience by often seeing multiple wound care patients on a daily basis.
Physician Assistant-Certified September 2010 – October 2014
LOVELAND COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, Loveland, Colorado
●Practice Family/Internal Medicine in a high-volume clinic.
●Provide diagnostic and therapeutic medical care to an underserved population.
●Include well care from newborn through geriatric, prenatal care, and urgent care
●Manage chronic disease with a special focus on Diabetes Mellitus and Hepatitis C/Chronic Liver Disease.
●Perform many procedures such as joint injections, biopsy, cryotherapy, sutures.
●Serve as the Provider Representative on Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
Physician Assistant-Certified May 2014 – October 2014
GREELEY MED CARE, Greeley, Colorado
●Provide urgent medicine and chronic pain management in a high-volume urgent care clinic.
●Perform multiple procedures including suture, splint placement, joint injections, rapid diagnosis and care decision-making.
CERTIFICATIONS
●Certified Wound Specialist Diplomate via American Board of Wound Management 2021 – 2031
●National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants # 109****-**** – 2022
●Colorado State Physician Assistant License # 3030 2010 – 2022
●BLS/CPR certification 2008 – 2021
●DEA License #MH2275243 2010 – 2022
LANGUAGES
Spanish – Fluent
Portuguese – Proficient