Medical Physician Assistant
Resume:
Robert Wakefield, PA-C
c29n90@r.postjobfree.com
***** *. *** **** **.; Florence, Az 85232 480-***-****
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
Specializing in Internal Medicine/ Family Practice/Urgent Care
A high-energy, peak-performing Physician Assistant with years of success in Family
Practice, managing a full case-load, providing high-quality empathetic professional care.
Recognized for excellent diagnostic abilities and patient care. Achieved reputation for
rapidly diagnosing and accurately treating patients with severe conditions under stressful
situations. Noted for strong, quick, rapport-building skills. Areas of expertise include:
Diagnostics Cardiology Endocrinology Pediatrics OB/GYN
Ortho
Family Practice Infectious DZ Emergency Med Suturing Psych
I & D of Cutaneous Wounds Dermatology Radiological Film Readings
Pre/Post Operative Management E.R Calls Geriatrics Urgent Care
LICENSES and CERTIFICATIONS:
U. S. D.E.A. License & Controlled Substances
Certificate
Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Outdoor Emergency Care
Basic Life Support
National Commission on Certification of Physician
Assistants
Arizona Regulatory Board of Physician Assistants
EDUCATION:
Medical School: Arizona School of Health Sciences; Mesa, Arizona; A
Division of Kirksville College of Osteopathic
Medicine, Kirksville, Missouri;
M.S.P.A.S. awarded in August 2002
Undergraduate: Northern Arizona University; Flagstaff, Arizona
B.A. in Liberal Studies, dual degrees in Psychology
& Chemistry; graduated Summa Cum Laude May
1999; attended: 1997-1999.
Central Arizona College; Coolidge, Arizona;
Associate’s Degree in Early Childhood Education,
graduated summa cum laude with completion of full
honors research program, 1994-1996;
High School: Florence Unified High School 1971-1975
Florence, Arizona; graduated May 1975
SCHOOL ROTATIONS:
• August 13, 2001-September 21, 2001; Internal Medicine rotation at Maricopa
County Correctional Facilities, w/Dr. Gale Steinhauser; 225 West Madison St.,
Phoenix, AZ 85003. Graded Competent. Duties included initial inmate medical
histories physicals with treatment and follow up care, on-site trauma care, evaluation
& treatment of inmate complaints & lab results and performed diabetic ward
weekly evaluations. I saw all of my own patients, formulated diagnosis &
treatments, then presented cases to supervising physician for confirmation and made
all patient record notations.
• September 24, 2001-November 2, 2001; Emergency Medicine rotation at Phoenix
St. Luke’s ER, w/Dr. Robert Mead; 1800 E. Van Buren, Phoenix, AZ. 85006.
Graded Outstanding. Duties included doing all emergency suturing, cardiac care
assisting, fracture/dislocation reductions, castings, ordering & evaluation of all labs
& diagnostic testing on all patients with formulation & implementation of treatment
modalities including, IV lines, catheters and hospital admission. I saw all of my own
patients, formulated diagnosis & treatments, then presented cases to supervising
physician for confirmation and made all patient record notations.
• November 5, 2001-December 14, 2001; Family Practice I/Urgent Care rotation at
Next Care Inc., w/Dr. John Shufeldt & Dr. Carl Schrader; 800 Power Rd. Mesa, AZ.
Graded Outstanding with recommendation for hiring. Duties included doing
emergency suturing, injections, ordering & interpretation of x-rays, fracture
reductions, casting, diagnosing and treatment of ailments with referrals & follow up
care. I saw all of my own patients, formulated diagnosis & treatments, then
presented cases to supervising physician for confirmation and made all patient
record notations.
• December 17, 2001-February 1,2002; Orthopedic surgery & clinic w/Dr. Steven
Washburn at Arizona Mountain Orthopedics, 4731 S. White Mtn. Rd, Show Low,
Az. 85901. Graded Competent. Duties included clinical diagnosing of orthopedic
& neurologic ailments, fracture reductions, casting & bracing, pin removal, joint
injections, first-assist in hip replacement, knee replacement surgeries and limb re-
attachements. Assisted in orthoscopic knee surgeries. Dictation of surgical
procedures and hand written notes on clinical patients and orthoscopic surgical
patients. Rounding on all surgical patients with appropriate notations and orders.
• February 4, 2002-March 15, 2002; OB/GYN at Canyonlands Community Health
Center, w/ Dr. Michael Demagone; P.O. Box 1625, Page Az. 86040. Graded
Outstanding. Duties included perinatal care of both mother and infants, assisted in
delivery, performed colposcopies with biopsies, emergency fetal monitoring, in
addition to general family practice clinic serving predominately Native Americans
where I saw all of my own patients, formulated diagnosis & treatments, then
presented cases to supervising physician for confirmation and made all patient
record notations.
• March 25,2002-May 3,2002; Elective in cardiology, cardio-thoracic surgery, and
cardio-vascular surgery, interventional cardiology, research in myoblastic
regeneration of myocardium & gene therapy revascularization w/Dr. Nabil Dib,
Interventional Cardiologist & Director of Research at the Arizona Heart Institute,
Phoenix, AZ. 85006. Graded Outstanding. Observed and assisted in cardio-
vascular & bypass surgeries, valve replacements, pacemaker implantations,
angioplasty with & without stent implacements, and myocardial ablations.
Performed patient clinical histories & physicals where I saw all of my own patients,
formulated diagnosis & treatments, then presented cases to supervising physician for
confirmation and made all patient record notations. Ordered & interpreted EKGs,
stress tests, thallium & sestamibi scans, and echocardiograms. Performed rounds on
all surgical & emergency patients with full powers except for discharging.
• May 6, 2002-June 14, 2002; Family Practice II at Sun Life Family Health Center,
w/Dr. Rudolfo Jimenez & Dr. Warren Kuipers; 865 N. Arizola Rd.; Casa Grande,
Az.; 85230. Graded Outstanding. I saw all of my own patients, formulated
diagnosis & treatments, then presented cases to supervising physician for
confirmation and made all patient record notations in a general Family Practice
setting with hospital admission privileges in a patient base of mostly Hispanic and
Native American population.
• June 17, 2002-July 26, 2002; Pediatrics w/Rod Genk PA-C; Mountain View Family
Practice; 2450 E. Show Low Lake Rd.; Show Low, Az. 85901.Graded
Outstanding. I saw all of my own patients, formulated diagnosis & treatments, then
presented cases to supervising physician for confirmation and made all patient
record notations in a general Family Practice setting with hospital admission
privileges.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Physician Assistant:
July 2, 2012 to October 23, 2012, practicing General Family Medicine at Sun Life
Family Health Center 865 N. Arizola Rd, in Casa Grande, Arizona 85122..
Providing full service general medicine to a wide variety of ethnic groups, but
mostly to Hispanics, where my fluency in Spanish proved to be a constant benefit
in providing communication and developing patient rapport. Treating full
spectrum health care to all peoples. Performing in-office surgeries, large & small
joint injections and diagnosing and treating all types of internal medicine
problems with a preponderance of HTN and Diabetes Mellitus and all of the
complications that accompany that disease process. I also was instrumental in
finding cancers and DM that had gone undetected by the rest of the providers of
the group, which I brought to the attention of the CMO=Dr Robert Babyar & lso
to the CEO. I referred these Pts to the appropriate specialists before leaving the
Practice. My Supervising Physician was Dr Lori McFann.References from there
include Jonathen Russell, PA-C & Heidi Abersfeller, PA-C and Dr R.
Chaikowsky.
April 1, 2012 to August 19, 2012 as a Solo Contract Medical Practitioner with “Elite
Urgent Care LLC” in Gilbert Arizona; 3 days per week for the owner, Dr Mufid
Khoury 480-***-**** & 480-***-****) & worked alternating days with another
PA named Janelle Hopps 480-***-****). The business closed after 5 yrs due to low
patient flow and bankruptcy. Utilized “PrognoCis” as the EMR system, which also
had the “Meaningful Use” code generators for Medicare. Providing Urgent Care
services to walk-in patients including suturing lacerations, x-ray interpretations with
fracture reductions and splinting, common Family Practice ailments, HTN crisis’s
and cardiac emergencies.
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September 2009 to March 31 2012= Full-time but started part time (hourly)
in March 2008 at “Main Street Family Practice”; 660 S. Main St; Florence,
Arizona 85132. Supervising Physician was Dr. Dario Lizarraga. I also
worked there with Dr Angelo Belli-Mojica, MD & Marcee Wharton, PAC.
Duties: Providing comprehensive Family/Internal Medicine care to patients, 40hrs +
per week. Utilized EMRs such as Alteer Office 6 & upgraded through to 7.0 before
changing systems to E-Clinical Works with all of its “Meaningful Use” code
generators for Medicare .
August 4, 2008 to December 2008. VERVE Medical; 4824 E. Baseline Rd.; Ste 140,
Mesa Arizona 85206. Supervising Physician is Dr. Romona Woodriffe. Duties:
Providing comprehensive Family/Internal Medicine care to patients, 40hrs + per
week. Ultimately I’d found that the whole Practice devolved on to me as the sole
Provider, since everyone else had quit, including my supervising physician in the
end, and Dr Maria Gonzalez-Landestoy ( who now works with an ER services
company), and so I was terminated by the owner who was a Canadian Chiropractor.
December 2007 to October 2009. “My Dr Now”, 287 E. Hunt HWY, St. 105, Queen
Creek, AZ; 85243; 480-***-****. Supervising Physician was Dr. Payam Zamani.
Utilized “E-MD” as EMR program. Duties: Providing Urgent Care services &
“Walk-in” Family Practice care to patients including on-site x-ray & pharmacy.
Duties were evenly split between the Urgent Care and Family Practice with follow
up visits & referrals.
September 2007-July 11, 2008. East Valley Urgent Care, 641 W. Warner Rd.;
Gilbert, AZ; 85233; 480-***-****. Supervising physician was Dr. Doug Hobbs.
Duties: Providing Urgent Care services to walk-in patients including suturing
lacerations, x-ray interpretations with fracture reductions and splinting, common
Family Practice ailments, HTN crisis’s and cardiac emergencies.
June 2007 –September 2007: Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Associates, 5601
W. Eugie #204, Glendale, AZ, 85304; 602-***-****. Supervising Physician was
Dr. Eric Peters. Duties: New patient work-up & diagnosis, ordering & interpreting
labs, x-rays and MRIs, trigger point & joint injections. I left in order to move closer
to my aging parents.
January 2007-May 2007: No Appointment MD, 12235 N Cave Creek Rd & 6677 W
Thunderbird Rd, in Phnx/Glendale 602-***-****. Supervising physician was Dr.
Baniriah. Duties: Provide comprehensive medical care to Family Practice & Internal
Medicine patient base with heavy walk-in patient base at both clinics with working
hours of 10-12hr days and every Saturday 8hrs. I left due to personal professional–
ethical conflicts in the direction of patient care and providing comprehensive care vs.
numbers and coding. The practice was operated by non-medical businessmen.
2006-2007: Sunshine Pediatrics, 13625 N. 59 Av.; Glendale AZ; 602-***-****.
Supervising Physicians were Dr. Brian Young & Dr. Maritza Irizarry. Duties:
Provide comprehensive medical care to pediatrics, population base 99% AHCCCS
Hispanics. Call is one week in four. Managing the practice in the absence of all other
providers while they were on vacations. Complete autonomy over one clinic.
Teaching new MDs, DOs, NPs, PAs and supervising a large staff of MAs and
ancillary personnel. Providing care to up to 50+ patients per day personally. I left for
double salary of $140K+/yr.
2005-2006: M.B. Best Medical Group, Inc. DBA Minor Family Practice Group,
8618 N. 35th Av, St. 3; Phoenix, AZ 85051; Supervising Physician was Dr. David
Minor, D.O.. Duties: Provide comprehensive quality medical care in a Family
Practice setting to a wide variety of ethnic groups including refugees from Africa,
the Middle East, Russian/Slavic countries, also Hispanic pts where my versatility in
Spanish was utilized extensively. The majority of pts were Medicaid of all AHCCCS
plans. Taking call 30% of each month for the practice & 1 in10 for 10 Family
Practice & Internal Medicine practices on weekends. Managing the practice 2 days
of five with a new grad PA to train & also having medical students observing & pre-
med students shadowing while practicing. Routine in-office surgeries & biopsies
along with WWEs & WCEs being done on a daily basis.
2004-2005; Cochise Health Alliance Medical Group & Kaplan Family Care Center;
2585 E. Wilcox Dr. Suite C, Sierra Vista, Arizona, 85635; Supervising Physician
was Dr. Marc Kaplan D.O.. Duties: Provide comprehensive quality medical care in a
Family Practice setting in rural Arizona. Accredited unique medical provider with
over a dozen different medical insurance plans encompassing Internal medicine,
Urgent Care and Family Practice, including in-office surgeries & biopsies along with
WWEs & WCEs as routine care. Taking call 30% of each month including nights &
weekends. Managing the clinic in a solo capacity during the absence of the other
providers while they were either sick or on vacation or both at the same time.
Utilized “Next Gen” electronic medical records keeping system in each exam room
to maximize patient care continuity.
Dental Asst: 1997; w/Dr. L.A. Wakefield D.D.S.; P.O. Box 788 Florence, Arizona 85232.
Duties included direct patient care, manual x-ray development, and amalgam filling
preparation, complete front office duties, bookkeeping and bank deposits.
Medical Asst: 1994-1996; w/Dr. W.J. Clemans M.D.; 200 S. Main St. Florence, Arizona
85232. Duties included direct patient care workup, immunizations/injections,
casting, billing and for 2 months also front-office work until we could find a new
front office manager. After the first few months of direct patient care Dr. Clemans
had me doing complete physical exams with a differential diagnosis presentation
followed with all the prescription writings and SOAP notes in each patient’s chart to
prepare me for medical school as an Allopathic Physician.
Construction: 1978-1993; various construction companies; duties ranged from General
Foreman to carpenter with many promotions and pay increases. General Foreman on
the re-construction of the Arizona State Prison walls & guard towers with direct
interaction with the chief of security. Spent 5 years building the Central Arizona
Project canal and laterals as a carpenter foreman and concrete form-setter and
designer with many promotions and pay increases. Side business of home
remodeling, plumbing, electrical, drywall, framing, painting, roofing and concrete.
During these periods I supervised other employees ranging from 5 to 25 employees
and interpreting blueprints.
Assistant Plant Engineer for Pinal County Arizona: 1976-1978; Pinal County Board of
Supervisors, Florence, Arizona 85232. Duties included bringing the County Hospital
into compliance with all codes for accreditation, general maintenance and
construction with record-keeping, pre-hiring interviews of maintenance workers and
security personnel; plumbing, water systems, air-conditioning, electronics,
pneumatics, boilers, chillers, generators and hydraulics. Started out in building
maintenance and progressing through a series of promotions and educational
processes to become the assistant.
MEMBERSHIPS:
• American Academy of Physician Assistants
• Phi Theta Kappa (Treasurer 1995-1996 & lifetime member)
• National Dean’s List 1994-1999
• Pope & Young Club
• National Ski Patrol
AVOCATIONS:
• Downhill/snow & water skiing
• Archery
• Hunting/Fishing/Boating
• Gardening
• National Ski Patrol Mtn Rescue
• Single Engine Pilot (Licensed at Age 16yrs)
Robert Wakefield, PA-C
10110 E. Hay Loft Dr; Florence, AZ; 85232
480-235-8545Cell; 520-***-**** FAX
c29n90@r.postjobfree.com
References:
Also Dr Mufid Khoury as listed in Resume’
Dr. Angelo Belli- Mojica M.D.
From: Main St Family Practice
695 Meadow Oak Drive; Arroyo Grande, CA 93420
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Marcee Wharton, PA-C
From: Main St Family Practice
4997 S. Las MananitisTrail, Gold Canyon, AZ 85118
Doug Hobbs MD
Medical Director, East Valley Urgent Care
641 W. Warner Rd
Gilbert, AZ 85233
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Beth Lockhart PA-C
From: No Appointment MD
P.O. Box 32114; Phnx, AZ; 85064-2114
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602-***-****, cell
Thomas A. Harris PA-C
2585 E Wilcox Dr Ste C
Sierra Vista Arizona 85635-2844
Phone: 520-459-0000W
520-803-0602H
Mitchell Roy Halter MD
4442 E. River Oak Trail
Tucson Arizona 85718
Phone: 520-797-7246W
520-326-4303H
Dear Sirs:
Delivering high-quality, responsive service is vital in health care and that’s exactly what
you’ll get when you hire me. As my resumé indicates, I am licensed in this state and
board certified. I have worked in clinics and in private practice for more than ten years,
so you won’t have to extensively train me in any facet of office procedures or medicine.
Plus, I have learned how to deal with a wide variety of patients from the pleasant senior
citizen to the nervous mother and terrified child. In every case, I have provided comfort
and reassurance along with clear instructions and a gentle touch.
In fact, the vast majority of patients with whom I work have walked away pleased with
their care. More importantly, they have returned for their follow up appointments
continuously, as scheduled, and have referred all of their friends and relatives to my care,
because I listen and endeavor to provide the most comprehensive care of their multiple
medical problems.
In addition to my professional health care skills, I am very proficient in many different
formats of EMRs, so I am able to provide accurate, efficient and clear medical reports
that will facilitate prompt reimbursement for services and ensure a clearly delineated plan
of medical care to all. I am also an approved individual provider of medical services with
almost every insurance company in the United States.
If you’re looking for an experienced bilingual professional to provide superior and proper
care while dealing effectively with a diverse patient base, you’ve found him.
I hope you’ll give me call at 480-***-**** or email c29n90@r.postjobfree.com so that
we can meet. I have moved to the East side of the Metro-Phnx Valley to be closer to my
aging parents for the past five years and look forward to meeting with you at your earliest
convenience.
I’ve enclosed my CV/resumé, which details my skills and background, along with a list
of my accomplishments. I also have managed clinics alone and taken call without
recourse to any supervision for extended periods.
I expect that several of my strengths will be quite transferable, such as attention to detail
and the ability to work with complex technology that I’ve gained through research and
other life experiences. I would welcome your views on this observation, as well.
Knowing how busy you are, I would be most grateful if you could spare a few moments
of your day for me.
With appreciation,
Robert C. Wakefield, MSPAS, PA-C
10110 E. Hay Loft Dr.
Florence, AZ 85232
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