TARA KANTHARAJ MD

**** ******* ******, *** ********* CA 94123

440-***-**** adu3z0@r.postjobfree.com

WORK EXPERIENCE

*/****- ******* * ******, Independent Contracting & W2 Physician:

1.Telemedicine Urgent and Primary Care Visits for all ages over 17 years old, text based and using AI assistance.

10/2020-6/2021 MD Live, Independent Contracting Physician:

2.Telemedicine Urgent and Primary Care Visits for all ages over 3 years old (video and phone)

6/2020-1/2022 Golden Gate Regional Center Physician:

1.Determining eligibility for services for individuals of all age groups with developmental disabilities (eg. autism, cerebral palsy, epilepsy and intellectual disability) using a collaborative decision-making model.

2.Care coordination with psychologists, pediatricians and social workers

3.Applying gold standard assessment tools to evaluate developmental delays in all age groups, and in the 0-3yo age group in particular.

3/2020-5/2021 Doctor on Demand, Independent Contracting Physician:

1.Telemedicine Urgent and Primary Care Visits for all age groups (video)

1/2020- 5/2020 Crossover Health @ SOMA, Per Diem Outpatient Family Physician:

1.Routine Adult Medicine with procedures

2.Women’s Health with basic procedures

11/2019-6/2020 Direct Shifts Locum Tenens Outpatient Family Physician at Contra

Costa Regional Medical Center (Multiple clinic locations):

1.Routine Adult Medicine with procedures

2.Prenatal Care

3.Women’s Health with basic & advanced procedures

4.Pediatrics

5.Well Newborn Care

6.Telemedicine (audio)

7.Inbox management

8.Covid-19 Testing Tents

4/2019- 8/2019 One Medical San Francisco, Outpatient Family Physician:

1.Routine Adult Medicine with procedures

2.Women’s Health (basic procedures)

3.Pediatrics

4.Well Newborn Care

5.Panel management

6.Inbox management

2/2017-2/2019 Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Department of Adult and Family

Medicine, Associate Physician:

1.Outpatient Medicine:

a. "Birth through Death" Medicine including:

i.Adult General Medicine

ii.Women’s Health (basic& advanced procedures)

iii.Well Newborn Care

iv.Pediatric well and sick visits

b. Procedures:

i. Large Joint Injection & Aspiration

ii. Tendon Injection

iii. Incision & Drainage

iv. Simple Uninterrupted Sutures

v. Suture Removal

vi. Digital Blocks

vii. Basic Wound Care

viii. PAP Smears

ix. Nexplanon (Insertion & Removal)

x. IUD (Insertion & Removal)

c. Panel & Population Management: 1800 to 2200 patients

d. Inbox management: results, emails, staff and specialist communication

e. 3rd & 4th year Medical Student Teaching (UCSF, Touro)

f. Telemedicine video and phone visits

2.Inpatient Newborn Nursery:

a. Newborn circumcision

b. Well Newborn Care

7/2016- 12/2016 Vani Villas Hospital, Bangalore India, Volunteer Labor & Delivery

Family Physician

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD PROFICIENCIES

Outpatient: Epic, Allscripts, Elation Health, VISTA

Inpatient: Epic, Allscripts

MEDICAL EDUCATION

2013-2016 Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University Hospitals Case Medical Center (UHCMC), Cleveland OH; Family Medicine Residency, Urban Health Track & Integrative Medicine Track:

1.Outpatient Primary Care Medicine Longitudinal Training at FQHC & Academic Medical Center Clinic

2.Inpatient Medicine Training including Night Float & ICU

3.OB/GYN with 40+ combined continuity & primary OB deliveries

4.Geriatric Medicine Training and Nursing Home Experience

5.Pediatric Training at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital Cleveland, OH in Inpatient & Outpatient Medicine

6.ER Training for Adult and Pediatric Medicine

7.Medical Student Inpatient & Outpatient Teaching

8.Sports Physical Events

9.Scholarly Activities

2006-2013 Medical Degree, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston MA (Seven-Year Medical Program with a leave of absence for medical concerns)

2002-2006 B.A. Medical Science, B.A. Biological Anthropology Boston University College of Arts and Sciences

AWARDS, CURRICULA, PROJECTS & PRESENTATIONS

Case-UHCMC Department of Family Medicine and Community Health 3rd Annual Research Symposium Best Poster Award: Guided Imagery as an In-Office Intervention for Perceived Stress Reduction

Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine Integrative Medicine in Residency 200-hour online curriculum completion

LEAN/Six-Sigma Quality Improvement Project: Improving the

number of patients seen per clinic session through the use of 1:1 provider to MA ratio.

CRIT in the Care of Older Adults (Chief Resident Immersion

Training)

CITI Good Clinical Practice Curriculum (Collaborative

Institutional Training Initiative)

Compassion in Care modules (caringwithcompassion.org)

Journal Club: Vitamin D and Musculoskeletal Pain 2/4/2015

Case Presentation: Hypercalcemia of Malignancy in Primary Care

11/25/2015

CDC Yellow Fever Vaccine Course 2/14/2020

PROCEDURAL PROFICIENCIES

OB/GYN: IUD insertion & removal, Nexplanon Insertion &

Removal, Vaginal delivery, Vaginal Tear Repair,

PAP smear, Wet Prep, Endometrial Biopsy, Cervical

Dilation, Paracervical Block, Membrane stripping,

Endometrial Biopsy

Dermatological: Skin biopsy, Skin Tag Cryo-Removal, Fungal

Scraping, Sutures, Fishhook removal, Incision &

Drainage, Laceration Repair, Suturing

Pediatric: Circumcision, Vaccine Administration, Arterial Blood

Draw

Adult: ABG, Vaccine Administration, Digital Block

LEADERSHIP & VOLUNTEERING

2008 - 2011 FAMILY Inc. & BOLD Teens, Dorchester MA

(1)Member of Codman Square Health Council

(2)Volunteer at and Co-creator of Codman Square Health Center’s Organic Farmer’s Market

(3)Culturally appropriate recipe creator and educator at Codman Square Health Center Farmer’s Market

(4)Mentor for high risk teens in the BOLD Teens Program

(5)Presenter and educator on nutrition, diet change, diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity during community action town meetings in Dorchester

2014 Organizer of "OMT for MD's" sessions by DO colleagues at University Hospitals Richmond Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Program

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Association of Family Physicians (AAFP) – 2013 to present

American Medical Association (AMA) – 2009 to present

Family Medicine Education Consortium (FMEC) – 2011 to 2016

American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) – 2016 to present

Institute of Functional Medicine (IFM)— 2019 to present

CERTIFICATIONS & LICENSURE

Family Medicine Board Certified—2016 to present

CA Physician Medical License – exp. 4/30/2022

DEA Certified— exp. 12/31/21

BLS, ACLS, PALS – exp. 9/2017

ALSO (Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics) – exp. 10/2019

NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation Program) – exp. 11/2016

Centering Pregnancy Certification – completed 3/2015

LANGUAGES

English: Native speaker, Medical

Telugu: Native speaker

Kannada: Native speaker

French: Conversational speaker

REFERENCES

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