Kuchalambal (Kuchal) Agadi
*** ****** ******, ****** ****, Illinois 60140
331-***-****•***********@*****.***
Fully Work Authorized No Visa Sponsorship Required
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Medical professional with 13 years of experience, with expertise in clinical skills, health education and communication.
Key Skills
●Triage, diagnosing illness, prescribing medication
●Performing minor and major surgeries
●Managing patients on Mechanical ventilator, on dialysis, with Nasogastric tube or urinary catheter
●Coordinating vaccination and health camps
●Hosting professional meetings
●Training development and facilitation
●Supervising medical assistants and staff
●Public speaking, speech writing, content writing, storytelling and presentations
●Designing curriculum, lesson planning and delivery of material
●Revenue generator by increasing word of mouth leads and community building
●Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, EMR, Pages and Keynote
●Multilingual: English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Medical Scribe
06/2022 to present
Archana Singiri Medical PC, Bronx
A private primary care clinic.
●Scribed for doctors during ~10-15 patient visits per day, and assisted in performing minor procedures including PAP smears or intra articular steroid injections
●Recorded patients’ notes in Electronic Medical records
●Scheduled appointments, maintained medical records, and organized the lab report data
Disease Investigator
05/2020 to 6/2022
Lacuna Healthcare
In partnership with Louisville Metro Health Department CoVID-19 mitigation management
● Incharge of the Private/Independent schools
● Host the Health Department’s meetings with the independent Schools
●Perform Initial interviews, Daily Patient monitoring for patients who have tested positive for CoVID-19
Health Care Assistant 12/2019 - 04/2020
3P4 Care, Chicago IL
Private community healthcare center.
●Assisted consultants to examine, diagnose and treat patients
●Improved medication compliance by customizing their counselling
●Catalogued patient medical files, managed patient appointment and billing reduced patient waiting times by 20% and improved efficiency by 30%
Associate
Delphi Medical Group, Chicago. IL 12/2018- 11/2019
Consulting service involved with coaching, training and mentoring medical doctors for USMLE examinations
●Taught cohorts of 5-13 students to prepare for Step 1 and 2 of the United States Medical Exams
●Conceptualized and facilitated active learning strategies, to reduce student drop out by 60 %
●Increased revenue by 15% by generating word of mouth leads
Medical Officer
Samarth, Non-governmental Organization, Chennai, IND 12/2016 - 4/ 2017
Nonprofit devoted to using medical research for change.
●Provided presented in 10 government schools for both the students and their parents to teach about healthy living, good nutrition and de-worming efforts
●Enrolled more than 200 children into the study and collected data
Medical Officer
Dr. Metha’s Hospital, Chennai, IND 12/2014- 11/2016
100 bed private hospital.
●Assisted managing director in overseeing therapeutic protocol adherence in patient treatment
●Liaised between specialists and paramedical staff for to diagnose and provide inpatient care
●Managed emergencies and performed surgical procedures like thoracentesis, Ascetic tap and IV line insertion
Senior House Officer
Southern Railway Headquarter Hospital, Chennai, IND 3/2013- 4/2014
1500 bed multi-specialty hospital which catered to all the Indian railway employees and their families free of cost.
●Managed surgical outpatient wing, with a patient load of 100 per day. examined, diagnosed, triaged and performed minor surgical procedures under local anesthesia
●Led 30-bed trauma and septic ward, and 30 bed pre-and post-operative ward, streamlined patient care
●Instituted new recommended guidelines for ulcer management, which quickened recovery process, reducing hospital stay of patients and saving money for the railroad
●Performed 10- 15 minor surgeries and 3-5 major surgeries such as breast lump excision, hydrocele repair, abdominal or inguinal hernia repair, appendectomy
●Actively participated in monthly clinical medical education meeting
●Supervised the pre- and post-operative Chemotherapy administration for cancer patients
VOLUNTEER AND LEARNING EXPERIENCE
Medical Student
Brookville Medical Center, Chicago, IL 10/ 2018-12/ 2018
A private primary care clinic.
●Scribed for doctors during ~10-15 patient visits per day, and assisted in performing minor procedures including PAP smears or intra articular steroid injections
●Recorded patients’ notes in Electronic Medical records
●Scheduled appointments, maintained medical records, and organized the lab report data
Clinical Observership 8/1207- 11/2017
Elmhurst- Edward Hospital, Chicago, IL
Shadowed licensed Neurosurgeons for about 50 surgeries, 150 out and inpatient cases.
●Discussed the challenging cases with the attending physician and participated in the weekly CMEs
Medical Student
Stanley Medical College, Radiology Department, Cheni, India 12/2017- 5/2018
●Read and entered 10-15 CT scan, MRI reports a day
●Performed 7-10 USGs under supervision of attending doctor and discussed findings
●Created teaching material for Neuro-Radiology conference and weekly CMEs
Medical Externship and Research assistant 03/2012- 09/2013
Government General Hospital, Chennai IND
●Performed 30 consultations daily, and used their ingenious methods to record patient notes
●Assisted in 3-5 neurosurgery cases on weekly basis
●Managed data collection for ongoing research in ICP monitoring in trauma cases in Chennai
●Performed one on one interviews100 actively participating neurosurgeons, data was presented in the Neuro Trauma Conference
EDUCATION
National Board of Surgical Assistant (2022)
Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation -International Medical Graduate Authorisation (2022)
Education Commission of Foreign Medical Graduates Certification 2019
Medical Doctorate - (MD), Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery 2009
Meenakshi Medical College and Research Institute, Enanthur, India
Professional Development and Affiliations
•Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, Coursera, 2020
•Mechanical Ventilation for COVID-19 patients, Course edx, 2020
•Chicago Medical Society, 2020
•Member in women in STEM, Chicago, since 2020 and record/ summarize the meetings since 2021
•Case series on Vertex Epidural Haematomas, in Golden stethoscope award conference, Chicago, IL, 2019
•Women in Medicine Conference, Chicago, 2019
•Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support, AHA, 2017
•Member of Indian American Medical Association, Chicago, since 2017
•Master Diploma in Training and development, Chennai, India, 2016
•Member of Tamil Nadu Medical Association, since 2009