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Linda Wake, M.D., FCAP

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College Instructor and Tutor

As a successful college educator with medical training, taught Anatomy and Physiology, Pathophysiology and Microbiology with Labs for Nursing and preprofessional students, Medical Terminology and other courses for Allied Health. Utilized innovative teaching methods, earning positive student reviews.

A sought-after university and private tutor with skills in tutoring.

Wrote effective exams and other assessments, syllabi, Power Point presentations, and rubrics.

Created original activities to promote classroom engagement where students simultaneously improved their test-taking skills and actively reviewed required topics.

Tracked student grades, class performance, and attendance in online learning management system, providing frequent feedback. Monitored student homework in separate adaptive e-learning platform.

Successfully taught online in Skype for Business during pandemic, maintaining a solid social presence.

Effectively communicated with students needing help or remediation, mentoring students and conveying observations on student special needs to students’ academic advisors when indicated.

English and Math abilities proven through advanced coursework and high standard test performance.

Professionally staffed college Science Tutoring Center, tutoring Health Sciences, medical math, regular math, statistics, introductory computing, and writing – both in-person and online.

Employed a variety of online learning management systems, and diverse other computer systems.

Demonstrated ability to do literature searches; to design, develop and produce communications for publication, and enable students to begin to develop skills in these advanced areas.

Published author of a medical education study measuring testing method validity for medical students.

Provided leadership support to department head, making use of advanced training in Pathophysiology.

Displayed initiative by helping create work schedules in Excel for a new supervisor.

Publications

Petrusa EH, Hales JW, Wake L et. al. (2000). Prediction accuracy and financial savings of four screening tests for a sequential test of clinical performance. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 12(1): 4-13.

Textbook Reviewer for Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins.

Accomplishments & Awards

Board Certified in Clinical Pathology and in Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine

Service for College Board Honor Roll

National Institutes of Health-National Library of Medicine Fellow in Medical Informatics (physician use of computing to improve care)

Teaching Experience

College/University Faculty, Adjunct (employed at two schools concurrently) 2005 - Present

Bryant and Stratton College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin • Pathophysiology, Anatomy and Physiology

Biology Instructor; Tutor Sciences • Math for Pharmacology

Waukesha County Technical College, • Anatomy and Physiology, Basic Anatomy, Pewaukee, Wisconsin • Microbiology

Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin • Anatomy and Physiology Lab, Microbiology

Alverno College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin • Pathophysiology

Carroll University, Waukesha, Wisconsin • Microbiology Lab

Milwaukee Career College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin • Anatomy and Physiology

Lead Faculty, Medical Assistant Program • Pathophysiology

• Pharmacology

• Medical Terminology

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University teaching assistant Prior to 2010

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Teaching Assistant (TA) for undergraduate Calculus course.

Duke University, Durham, NC

Teaching Assistant (TA) for Introduction to Computers at affiliated University of North Carolina.

Medical and Research Experience

Clinical Research Coordinator, Cancer Research 2015 – 2016

Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WIsconsin

Evaluated patients’ eligibility for clinical trials; participated in meetings with patients and families to obtain informed consents.

Used clinical trials software for documentation.

Assisted with fine needle aspirates (FNA) for cytology.

Followed patients and contacted outside physicians for history and medical updates. Documented changes in EPIC electronic medical records system; maintained and updated Excel spreadsheet of patient progress and treatment status.

Kept study patient schedules on track for visits, tests, and treatments.

Advised outside physicians of recommended chemotherapy/radiotherapy regimens for their patients, based on results of tumor molecular profiling.

Selected and compiled patient case histories for weekly study trial meeting.

Abstractor 2005 – 2006

Medical College of Wisconsin, Primary Care/Internal Medicine Clinic, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Abstracted patient charts for a new EPIC electronic medical record system.

Observership in Internal Medicine Prior to 2010

Medical College of Wisconsin, Primary Care/Internal Medicine Clinic, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Attended patient primary care clinic patient visits for observation of diagnosis and treatment.

National Institutes of Health-National Library of Medicine Fellow in Medical Informatics

Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

Taught myself a computer language and wrote a program to detect potential adverse drug interactions in a pharmacy database in a legacy computer system.

Designed database program for a system for blood transfusion for hospital transfusion services.

Performed systems analysis for nursing triage and outpatient pharmacy information system in medical clinic. Evaluated pharmacy computer information systems and helped select a system.

Created a Web page for a set of clinical practice guidelines for physicians to use.

Consulted in designing study of medical student clinical testing with standardized patients.

Assistant Medical Director/Cancer Research Clinician

Roswell Park Cancer Institute (under New York State Department of Health), Buffalo, New York

Blood Bank and Plateletpheresis Donor Unit

Directed Blood Bank and Plateletpheresis Donor Unit (6,000 units/year collected).

Carried out Transfusion Service consultations.

Helped produce standard operating procedures (SOP’s) and various forms.

Monitored processes in laboratory and donor unit; successfully prepared for JCAHO inspection.

Fellow in Transfusion Medicine

Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC

Developed and implemented cord blood stem cell collection program.

Consulted on Transfusion Service. Responsible for patients undergoing plateletpheresis. Evaluated transfusion reactions.

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Monitored cancer patients medically for any adverse events during stem cell collection.

Performed clinical laboratory quality assurance and quality control measures including blood utilization review for tertiary academic medical center hospital.

Used methods for progenitor cell culture, CD34+ cell selection, progenitor cell colony identification and quantitation in research on hematopoietic stem cells and growth factors.

Fellow in Blood Banking - Blood Bank Directors’ Training Program

New York Blood Center, New York, New York

Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY (on New York Blood Center fellowship rotation):

Research on flow cytometry markers in peripheral blood stem cell transplants.

Research Technician

New York Blood Center, New York, New York

Performed cell culture of human leukocytes

Assisted in developing and teaching more efficient methodology for human alpha-interferon synthesis.

Undergraduate Student Researcher

Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Performed genetic mapping study using tissue culture, enzyme electrophoresis, and cytogenetics studies.

Education and Medical Training - Prior to 2010

Resident Physician

Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI

Evaluated, diagnosed, and treated hospital patients (included one month of Neurology specialty).

Served on-call for Emergency Room.

Resident Physician, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (Anatomic and Clinical Pathology)

University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CONNECTICUT

Resident Physician, Internal Medicine

Easton Hospital, Easton, Pennsylvania

Internal Medicine (hospital and outpatient clinic); one month of hospital Neurology.

Education

Technical College Teaching Certification Coursework 2009 – 2015

Waukesha County Technical College

Pewaukee, Wisconsin

Graduate program in Epidemiology – completed all coursework for M.P.H. degree Prior to 2010

University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Analyzed for medical risk factors and dementia in an extensive cardiovascular health study database.

Relevant Graduate Coursework: Design of Clinical Trials Case-Control Studies

Epidemiologic Methods Biostatistics Environmental Health

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)

Hahnemann University School of Medicine (now Drexel University), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Relevant Coursework: Biostatistics, Anatomy, Neuroanatomy, Histology, Physiology, Physiological Chemistry, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Pathology, Nutrition, Physical Diagnosis, Lab Medicine.

Research: Helped prepare graphs and tables for publication, helped develop Microbiology bacterial assays; interpreted patient study results and input into Cardiology research database.

Honors in Neuropathology, Emergency Medicine, Psychopathology.

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Graduate School of Arts and Science

New York University

New York City, New York

Graduate Coursework in Biology: Biochemistry Physical Chemistry

Bachelor of Arts in Biology (B.A.)

University of Rochester, College of Arts and Sciences, Rochester, New York

Relevant coursework: Genetics Vertebrate Structure & Function

Chemistry, 4 terms (General; Organic) Statistics Physical Biochemistry (at SLC)

English, two terms (exempted from basic College English course)

Interests

Wisconsin Emergency Assistance Volunteer Registry (WEAVR) Member

Philanthropic Educational Organization (PEO) Member

Boys and Girls Club of Milwaukee - Stein Scholars Program Mentor

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