Physician Assistant Orthopedics x 38 years

JAMES W. FRANKLIN PA-C

**** ****** ****** ***** ***********, Florida. 32308 850-***-**** ********@***.***

OBJECTIVE

Provide experienced evaluation and management of clinic/ walk-in orthopedic patients

SKILLS & ABILITIES

Injections Wound Repair Casting/ Splinting

Fracture/ dislocation 1st Assist/ call

WORK EXPERIENCE

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT, TIFTON ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC

TIFTON, GA • 01/1984-11/1991

Assist in clinical setting, hospital, ER, O.R., and call duties.

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT, TALLAHASSEE ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC

TALLAHASSEE, FL 11/1991- 03/2021

Initially, physician assistant for the group’s hand surgeon who also practiced general orthopedics. Having Georgia licenses, he and I started the group’s first satellite clinic in Bainbridge, GA. I would travel there daily to see patients, first assist, inpatient rounds/ consults, nursing home consults, and ER consults/ trauma care. 3-4 designated surgeons from the group covered the clinic 1-2 times each per month, and either operated or saw patients the day they were there. I would perform any procedures within the scope of my experience and skill set in any of the settings, e.g. displaced fracture reductions using Bier blocks as the local ER physicians were not privileged to do conscious sedation, or revision of fingertip amputations in that rural farming area.

Upon returning to Tallahassee, I would also take call 4-6 times a month with varying surgeons as we covered two hospitals. Other duties would include occasionally covering the 3 other satellite clinics manned by PAs, modeled after the Bainbridge clinic.

For the past two years, I have covered our new TOC NOW walk-in clinic on every other Saturday from 9am-2pm, with the only other PA in the group capable and willing to do it. He works the clinic daily with 3 other PAs from 9am-7pm.

EDUCATION

1972-1977 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, BACHELOR’S DEGREE NATURAL SCIENCE

MAJOR: MICROBIOLOGY

1981-1983 EMORY UNIVERISTY PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT PROGRAM, BACHELORS DEGREE MEDICAL SCIENCE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS CERTIFICATE

REFERENCES

Dr. Andy Wong Adult Joint Reconstruction- TOC 850-***-**** Dr. Hector Mejia Sports Medicine- TOC 850-***-****

Dr. Mark Fahey General Orthopedics- TOC 850-***-**** Dr. Mathew Lee Spine Surgery- TOC 850-***-****

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