Physician Assistant Practical Nurse

Kollie D. Catakaw

*** **** ****** ● Yeadon PA ***50 ●267-449071● *********@*****.***

EDUCATION:

Master of Public Health, Epidemiology, Temple University, 2023

Doctor of Medicine, A M Dogliotti College of Medicine, University of Liberia, 2012

Bachelor of Science, Biology, University of Liberia, 2003

ADDITIONAL TRAINING & CERTIFICATIONS:

Certificate of Contact Tracing, Temple University, 2023

Certificate of Contact Tracing, Johns Hopkins University, 7/2020

Certificate of TTE, Instructor, Nurse Aides, Penn State University, 7/2020

Certificate, Trainer of Trainers, American Red Cross, Philadelphia, 2018

Diploma, Licensed Practical Nurse, PITC, Glenside, PA, USA, 2015

Diploma, Physician Assistant, TNIMA, JFK Medical Center, Liberia, 1999

HEALTHCARE EXPERIENCE:

. Resident Medical Doctor: 2013 – 2014

• Performed medical duties at Ganta United Methodist Hospital in all areas of general medicine. Worked as a medical doctor at the nation’s premier hospital, John F. Kennedy Medical Center, Redemption and Firestone Duside Hospitals-Liberia.

Health Educator at Heppens 2016 – present

performing health talks on COVID-19 vaccines, communicable and tropical disease prevention

• Non-profit health organizations engaged in health education of health professionals, students and community residents of the prevention, promotion of common diseases and safety issues like First Aid and CPR. Collect and analyze data for health and educational purposes.

• Community education on drugs overdose and the benefit of Narcan used.

• Planned and implement community initiatives on Drugs Revolving Funds project in Liberia-Africa.

• Planned and conducted health education on maternal mortality and teenage pregnancy.

Licensed Practical Nurse: 2015 – present

Staff nurse with work experience in home health care, long-term care, assisted living, schools and rehabilitation facilities.

Provided services at home health specialist Inc, US Medical Staffing Inc, ReMed Recovery rehabilitation Center, Melmark Inc, Apex, Bayada Pediatrics, Hosana, and Team Select health services all of Pennsylvania.

Performed clinical assessments, tasks, administered prescribed medications, operated medical equipment, recorded, wrote, monitored, maintained level of supervisions, and presented shifts reports.

Medical Director, Daqmow Clinics: 2003 – 2009

Served a community in Lakpazee, Liberia. Started the facility in two rooms building and increased it to full capacity with all routine services provided, acquired land, and constructed a larger facility that provide essential services except for surgeries and most

ancillary services.

Supervised the designed, construction, purchased drugs, medical supplies, equipment, recruited, employed, performed the medical and administrative management of the clinic for over 10 years.

Physician Assistant/Officer-in-Charge (OIC): 1999 – 2002

Medical Emergency Relief cooperatives international (MERCI). Worked for over 10 years for a non-governmental medical organization in both emergency and non-emergency settings.

Started as volunteer screener, promoted to part-timer, and then hired as a full-time employee.

Managed the facility for 3 months with the greatest financial improvement as well as overall efficiency, elevated to OIC and transferred to the largest clinic of the organization.

Physician assistant and screener for Medical Emergency Relief International (MERLIN) a United Kingdom based health and relief organization working in Liberia.

OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:

Instructor:

Tubman National Institute of Medical Arts 2006-2008

Taught anatomy and physiology at a technical school in Monrovia, Liberia

Demonstrated lab sections and supervised minor dissection surgical procedures.

Served as clinical supervisor for Physician Assistant Students

Organized, monitored, and made necessary corrections in clinical/bedside presentations.

Nurses Aid Instructor

VOLUNTEERISM AND COMMUNITY SERVICE:

Road to Health (2018 - Present): Serve in a non-profit health organization working in the US and West Africa especially hard to reach communities. Perform volunteer activities as organizing presentations and serving as teaching assistant and mentoring students, fundraising, collecting and transporting medical items and supplies as assigned by the executive director.

Covenant Outreach Center (2016 – Present): Chairman of the health committee of the church. Deliver health talks, coordinate health related activities both in the US and in Africa with the advice and consent of the pastor and committee members. Mobilized, organize and supervised health outreach and research activities.

OTHER SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

Clinical assessment and procedures

Research in clinical and public health

Surgical skills

Computer: Microsoft (Access, Excel, Word)

Teaching sciences in medical related topics

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