BETHANY A. CITERELLA, MD

Board Certified Physician

Family Medicine

Lic: 337291 -LA

DEA current

NPI: 107*******

808-***-****

adyzl0@r.postjobfree.com

Highly motivated, organized, and efficient; with a great propensity towards learning. Thrives in fast-paced and challenging environments. Excels in identifying optimized and definitive solutions to complex presentations. Dependable work-ethic; consistently achieving multiple tasks synchronistically.

EDUCATION

Louisiana State University, Alxandria- Louisiana

Resident Physician (2021-2023)

MercyOne - Iowa Collaborative, Des Moines Iowa

Resident Physician (2020-2021)

Ross University School of Medicine, Dominica, West Indies, Doctor of Medicine (2013-2018)

Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY

MS(c)-Physician Assistant Studies; post-bachelors medical sciences (2010-2013) Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY

BA – Philosophy, Natural Law Theory; pre-medical concentration (2005-2008) State University of New York Dutchess, Poughkeepsie, NY AS – Liberal Arts, Biological Sciences (2002–2004)

PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH

Improvement Measures for the Diagnoses and Management of Stress Urinary Incontinence in Women of Child Bearing Age Among the Primary Health Care Patient Population - Quality Improvement Determination

Study ID: DM2021-17 Bethany Citerella, MD – Principal Investigator, Maureen Tacke, DO – Faculty Advisor. MercyOne des Moines, IA

(2021)

Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis Presenting as Polyarticular Tenosynovitis: A Case Report. Kern Medical, Bakersfield California. Primary Investigator: Royce H. Johnson, MD - Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Department of Medicine, Kern Medical; Chief, Infectious Disease, Kern Medical

(2019)

Multipatient Comparison of Rare Extrapulmonary TB Presentating as Painful Testicular Masses. Kern Medical, Bakersfield, California. Primary Investigator: Arash Heidari, MD - Associate Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Division, Infectious Disease, Kern Medical; Director, Medicine Subspecialty Clinics; Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine

(2019)

Retrospective Multipatient Comparison of Patients Diagnosed with Peritoneal Coccidioidomycosis. Valley Fever Institute at Kern Medical, Bakersfield, California. Primary Investigator: Royce H. Johnson, MD - Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Department of Medicine, Kern Medical; Chief, Infectious Disease, Kern Medical

(2019)

Evaluation of Immunogenetics of Individuals with Severe Coccidioidomycosis Compared to Individuals with Minimal or No Evidence of Coccidioidomycosis. 12th International Coccidioidomycosis Conference, Stanford University Kern Medical Hospital - Bakersfield, California Primary Investigator: Royce H. Johnson, MD - Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Department of Medicine, Kern Medical; Chief, Infectious Disease, Kern Medical

(2017-2019)

Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis Presenting as a Painful Testicular Mass. Annual Research Conference - Kern Medical Hospital - Bakersfield, California 2017 Southern California Chapters Abstract Competition -Marina del Rey, California Primary Investigator: Arash Heidari, MD - Associate Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Division, Infectious Disease, Kern Medical; Director, Medicine Subspecialty Clinics; Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine

(2017-2018)

Patient with B Cell Lymphoma, Cocci, and Nocardia paucivorans. Kern/UCLA Multidisciplinary Thoracic Conference - Kern Medical - Bakersfield, California Primary Investigator: Augustine Munoz, MD - Associate Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Vice Chair Department of Medicine, Kern Medical; Director of Pulmonary Medicine

(2017)

Histological Identification of Peripheral Nerve Sheath Pathology and Correlation to Clinical Diagnosis. Ross University School of Medicine - Dominica, West Indies Primary Investigators: Peter Bellot, MD- Department of Pathology, Ross University School of Medicine; Gyorgy Nagy, PhD, Dsc- Department of Anatomy, Ross University School of Medicine

(2014)

The Effect of Electrical Stimulation on Trigeminal Nerve Response in Rodents, with Focused Association to the Treatment of Blepharospasm in Humans. Research Foundation of the State of New York - SUNY Stony Brook, NY Primary Investigator: Craig Evinger, PhD MD -Department of Neurobiology and Behavior and Ophthalmology, Stony Brook University School of Medicine

(2008-2009)

PUBLICATIONS

R. Johnson, A Heidari, R Kuran, J Bhaika, S Kaur, B Citerella, F Nasrawi, T Alijashamy. DisseminatedCoccidioidomycosis Presenting as Polyarticular Septic Arthritis: A case report. Mass Journal of Investigative Medicine. January 2020

Citerella B, Hidari A, Hillyar S; Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis Presenting as a Painful Testicular Mass. Journal of Investigative Medicine. January 2018

Hallett M, Evinger C, Jankovic J, Stacy M; BEBRF International Workshop. Update on blepharospasm: report from the BEBRF International Workshop. Neurology 2008;71(16):1275-82. Contributing author.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS---

Disseminated Coccidioidomycosis Presenting as Polyarticular Septic Arthritis: A Case Report. R. Johnson, A Heidari, R Kuran, J Bhaika, S Kaur, B Citerella, F Nasrawi, T Alijashamy. Western Medical Research Conference. WAMFR. Presented by R. Johnson. Patient with B Cell Lymphoma, Cocci, and Nocardia paucivorans. Kern/UCLA Multidisciplinary Thoracic Conference 2017 - Kern Medical - Bakersfield, California Primary Investigator: Augustine Munoz, MD - Associate Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Vice Chair Department of Medicine, Kern Medical; Director of Pulmonary Medicine

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Hepatorenal Syndrome from HCC Masked as Intravascular Volume Depletion. Bethany Citerella MD, Logan Atkins MD - Department of Family MedicineFamily Medicine Residency Shreveport Westcott Tubbs RA - University of Central Florida

(2022)

Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis Presenting as a Painful Testicular Mass. Annual Research Conference 2017 - Kern Medical Hospital - Bakersfield, California 2017 Southern California Chapters Abstract Competition -Marina del Rey, California Primary Investigator: Arash Heidari, MD - Associate Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Division, Infectious Disease, Kern Medical; Director, Medicine Sub Specialty Clinics; Associate program Director, Internal Medicine

Evaluation of Immunogenetics of Individuals with Severe Coccidioidomycosis Compared to Individuals with Minimal or No Evidence of Coccidioidomycosis. 12th International Coccidioidomycosis Conference, Stanford University 2017 Kern Medical Hospital - Bakersfield, California Primary Investigator: Royce H. Johnson, MD - Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Department of Medicine, Kern Medical; Chief, Infectious Disease, Kern Medical Histological Identification of Peripheral Nerve Sheath Pathology and Correlation to Clinical Diagnosis. Ross University Research Symposium 2014 Ross University School of Medicine - Dominica, West Indies Primary Investigators: Peter Bellot, MD- Department of Pathology, Ross University School of Medicine; Gyorgy Nagy, PhD, Dsc- Department of Anatomy, Ross University School of Medicine

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Resident Physician (7/2020 - Present)

*Case presentation on Hodgkin Lymphoma

*PIP: Algorithm Creation of Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution for PHC Clinics in CDC Phase 1c -PHC Flagship - in progress

*QAQI: Source Causation of Improper EKG reporting in Cerner PowerChart Utilities - in progress

*ACGME Proficiencies: femoral arterial line placement, Central venous catheter placement, sterile technique, Pap Smear and Pelvic Exam.

*Multiple Vaginal deliveries, C-SCN first assists

*Rotations: Clinic, Inpatient, ICU and OB heavy programs Research/Regulatory Coordinator (7/2019-5/2020)

Research Coordinator at Louisiana State University, Health Sciences Center – Shreveport

Coordination of various clinical trials for the Clinical Trials Office, including biorepository and device trial studies

Study specific document, 1572, ICF, CRF creation, regulatory submission and management, IRB communication, audit and corrective action reports.

Maintains current CITI training

Fluent in numerous EDC, IWIR, order, scheduling and e-Pro applications.

Coordinate research in various departments. Studies coordinated:

*CELLEBRATE: An Adaptive, Two-Stage, Double-Blind, Stratified, Randomized, Controlled Trial Comparing the Safety and Efficacy of AMDC-USR with Placebo in Female Subjects with SUI

*The Impact of Diabetes on REvascularization in BEST-CLI (TIDE)

*Assessment of Primary Prevention Patients Receiving An Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator

(ICD) – Systematic Evaluation of ATP (APPRAISE ATP)

*Care Optimization Through Patient and Hospital Engagement Clinical Trial for Heart Failure - CONNECT - HF

*BEST-CLI Trial - Randomized, Multicenter, Controlled Trial to Compare Best Endovascular versus Best Surgical Therapy in Patients with CLI

*A Phase II study to investigate the safety and efficacy of two dose regimens of IFX-1

*SleepSmart Study: the treatment of o (OSA) with PAS after acute ischemic stroke or high risk TIA

*SPRAY: A Sham Controlled Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial of the RejuvenAir® System for the Treatment of Moderate to Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Chronic Bronchitis

(SPRAY-CB)

*FALCON: A Trial of Bardoxolone Methyl in Patients with ADPKD

*Collection of Human Placenta: a biorepository

Research Coordinator/Research Assistant (2007-2008; 2016-2017; 2019-2020)

Spearheaded study initiation, screening, enrollment, and specimen collection from patients of Kern Hospital.

Maintained relationship and communications in kind with associated UCLA laboratory. Prepared specimens for send-out, received, and analyzed data.

Acquired skills for the efficient performance of laboratory procedures; including cranial instrumentation, operation of oscilloscopes, phlebotomy, centrifugation, pulse generators, EMG mechanisms and equipment, and data manipulation and analysis at Kern Medical and The Research Foundation of the State of New York.

Created and Maintained Source Documentation, Protected Patient Databases, and Data Templates

Employed knowledge of experimental neurobiological methods to adapt procedures to changing trends in data.

Obtained IACUC, NIH clearance and OLAW training.

Gained proficiency in animal handling techniques.

Maintained role which required commitment, meticulous attention to detail and unwavering deliberation.

Individually developed and implemented new protocols, with informative results, and subsequent publication of data in peer reviewed journal.

English as a Second Language Teacher (2019-2020)

Distance learning teacher for Chinese native speakers, students grades k-6

Trained in various modalities of teaching; student centered and teacher centered

Maintain knowledge of current affairs for grade-school level discussion

Maintain acuity of English grammar proficiency

Clinical Clerk (2015-2018)

Refined clinical skills and ACGME competencies while rotating through medicine and surgical specialties.

Assisted in the diagnosis and management of patients in ambulatory and hospital settings, at a level II trauma center.

Cooperated in multi-departmental approaches to patient care.

Functioned as first surgical assistant in various laparoscopic, open, and robotic surgeries.

Acted as liaison for the approval of treatments for state funded populations.

Frequently afforded substantial autonomy in directing patient care.

Case presenter at Kern/UCLA Multidisciplinary Thoracic Conference, Kern Medical 2017.

Research coordinator for Coccidioidomycosis Immunogenetics Study, Kern Medical; presented at 12th International Coccidioidomycosis Conference, Stanford University.

Participant in American College of Physician poster competition, 2017.

Published case report in the journal of the American Federation of Medical Research.

President of Surgery Interest Group at Kern Medical Center 2015-2017

Completed elective rotations in Neurosurgery, Plastic Surgery, Infectious Disease, Trauma Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Primary Care, General Surgery, Radiology and Urology. Dental/Oral Surgery Assistant (1999-2019)

Assisted in oral surgical, endodontic, orthodontic, periodontal, general, prosthetic, and cosmetic dental procedures.

Responsibilities included handling of biohazardous material, cold and autoclave sterilization, preparation and cementation of provisionals, four-handed chairside assistance, laboratory maintenance, primary patient assessment, digital/film radiography and development, extensive knowledge of procedures, retraction cord placement, dry socket dressing and suture removal, operatory maintenance and sterilization, proper maintenance and operation of laboratory equipment and chemical agents, and assisting comprehensive and periodontal charting.

Designed, fabricated and placed ceramic prosthetics. Assisted use of Tek Scan occlusal equilibration, bone morphogenetic protein, PRP, and implant placement techniques.

Trained aspiring dental assistants from Savannah Technical College, while in their clinical rotations.

Acted as lead oral surgical assistant for the US Army National Guard, New York. Skills included dexterity in handling instruments, professionalism in a clinical environment, ability to adapt and react to changing conditions and emergencies, and facility to manage own work.

Assisted in development of new operatory and laboratory protocols. Managed laboratory operations.

BLS Skills Lab Instructor (2012-2013)

Proctored and mentored aspiring EMT-B students in protocols and procedures of NYS BLS prehospital care.

Instruction included, but was not limited to, moving and lifting patients, medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, BCLS AED, vital signs and monitoring devices, medical and trauma patient assessment, airway adjunctive placement and maintenance, critical thinking and decision making, trauma and medical emergencies with special circumstances, and pediatric and obstetrical emergencies.

Position required maintaining current certification and continuing education in emergency medicine prehospital care.

Skills included the ability to incorporate new materials into learning and practice, professionalism, the ability teach from specific knowledge and experience. Co-Director AAID Implant Mini-Course: Northeast Region (2011-2013)

Maintained current knowledge of dental implant procedures, advancements, and research, and designed curriculum for dental implant Mini-course hosted by American Academy of Implant Dentistry, Chicago.

Managed design, legal, clinical and administrative teams, as well as financial and vendor affairs. Headed surgical theater, lecturer, and candidate selections.

Organized and directed meetings with international participants.

Ensured fulfillment of certification requirements and adherence to tort law.

Responsible for compilation of resources, venture capitalists, and team development and management for special projects.

Designed and implemented course curriculum

Designed course interface with scheduled updates and improvements

Hired and managed design team

Kept project in compliance with TORT law and licensing board requirements

Designed education system with 1.5mil gross each quarter

Created business projection over 5 years

Interim Chief EMS/Assistant Chief/Crew Chief/EMT-B (2010-2013)

Provided pre-hospital care as emergency service provider.

Organized, managed, trained, and supervised emergency medical teams in multi-regional prehospital care.

Acted as incident commander for inter departmental emergency responses, and headed operations and hazard mitigation during mass casualty events.

Supervised EMS operations for parades, political events, and triathlons.

Liaised intercounty approaches to hazard mitigation. Designed and implemented protocols for mass triage with regional hospitals.

Received Lifesaving Citation, EMS Medal of Honor, and Meritorious Service Citation.

---AWARDS

National Dean’s List

NYS Life-Saving Citation

Emergency Medical Services Medal of Honor

Meritorious Service Citation

MEMBERSHIPS

American College of Physicians

American College of Surgeons

Association of Women Surgeons

American Federation for Medical Research

American Urological Association

American Academy of Family Physicians

American Medical Student Association

Phi Delta Epsilon Medical Fraternity

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