Craig Salman
Experienced Healthcare Data Analyst
Washington, DC 20009
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Willing to relocate: Anywhere
Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Work Experience
Operations Analyst
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services-Washington, DC February 2023 to July 2024
• Managed employees who produced dashboards & visualizations within Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) to fast-track solutions to Covid threats
• Conducted monthly “Top-offs” to allocate and distribute Covid vaccine doses to each state, pharmacy, and federal entity
• Approved daily ad-hoc “out-of-cycle” Covid vaccine dose requests for Awardees to utilize in addition to their allocated threshold amount
• Ran & distributed daily and weekly Inventory & Supply reports for tender age Covid bivalent vaccine products
• Produced various weekly visualizations & metrics reports for White House briefings, such as: tender age bivalent Inventories, percent threshold ordered by States and Pharmacies, and reported Wastage
(unused product due to extra doses per vial)
Data Analyst
Kaiser Permanente - Surgical Outcomes-San Diego, CA October 2017 to April 2022
• Extracted and synthesized EMR data for new Medical Device Surveillance & Assessment projects
• Utilized Hip, Knee, Shoulder, ACL, and Spine joint implant registry datasets and EMR data tables for routine and ad-hoc reporting program-wide
• Created surgical-level profiles to compare re-operations and other metrics by facility and program-wide
• Produced Funnel plots by surgeon, facility & region to visually compare patient outcomes throughout the company
• Compiled Implant model-level reports for vendor to compare to other models Data Analyst
American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO)-San Francisco, CA January 2014 to October 2017
• Utilized SQL to extract millions of rows of data sourced from multiple EMR systems used by Ophthalmology practices nationally
• Maintained the content of the IRIS Registry, the first comprehensive eye disease clinical registry
• Summarized incidence and prevalence of diseases, treatment patterns, and visual outcomes to be used in manuscript publications and AAO presentations
Data Analyst
Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates-Boston, MA
February 2012 to December 2013
• Utilized SQL to extract and create patient and provider level cohorts from EPIC outpatient EMR
• Performed research analyses for internal and external clients, such as Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Boston University Medical Center
• Assisted with clinical trials by randomizing patient ID’s Senior Consulting Data Analyst
Kaiser Permanente NCAL Region-Oakland, CA
February 2007 to January 2012
• Complied 15-year autoimmune disease registry of 5 arthritic and psoriatic diseases sourced from EPIC EMR and pharmaceutical data files
• Created analysis of incidence and prevalence of arthritis and psoriasis for manuscripts
• Identified and remediated data quality issues from hospital “Go-Live” EPIC integrations
• Oversaw OSHPD and Joint Commission regulatory SAS programs and data submissions for both Northern
& Southern CA regions
• Assisted with patient chart reviews
Education
High school diploma or GED
Bachelor of Science in Business
University of Bridgeport - Bridgeport, CT
Skills
• SAS
• NDC/RXNORM prescription drug coding
• Microsoft SQL Server
• Microsoft Word
• ICD-9 and ICD-10 Diagnostic coding
• Power BI
• Microsoft Excel
• CPT and HCPCS Procedure coding
• EMR systems (EPIC, etc)
Certifications and Licenses
EPIC EMR Certification (Inpatient and Outpatient)
Present
Certified Coding Specialist
Certified Professional Coder
Publications
Treatment Patterns for Diabetic Macular Edema
https://www.aaojournal.org/article/S0161-6420(19)32176-1/fulltext October 2019
Diabetic macular edema (DME) is a leading cause of vision impairment among working-age adults, and the public health burden it imposes will only increase as the global prevalence of diabetes continues to rise.
C.A.S.: Employee – American Academy of Ophthalmology, during the course of this study Additional Information
References available upon request:
Supervisor at most recent consulting company, and team lead at HHS