General Internal Medicine

Olga V. Kennedy

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San Antonio, TX 78260

Home phone: 210-***-****

Cell phone: 210-***-****

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EXPERIENCE: 9 years clinical experience in General Internal Medicine. Highly motivated, team-oriented and compassionate Board Certified Internal Medicine physician with excellent communication skills. Performs a wide range of comprehensive outpatient and inpatient general internal medicine duties including taking histories; examining patients; ordering and interpreting diagnostic and laboratory studies; making diagnoses and administering appropriate treatment; completing procedures such as joint aspiration or injection and skin biopsy; conducting well women exams, ECG and pulmonary function test interpretation; administering and interpreting of cardiac stress testing; exchanging advice and consultation with physicians on the diagnoses and treatment of patients, admitting and discharging patients; supervising and providing consultation to other health care providers and chart review for quality assurance purposes.

EMPLOYMENT HISTRORY:

07/2009- present: honorable discharge from Active Duty in the U.S. Army. Pending approval of Texas state MD license.

09/2005 – 07/2009: Internal Medicine/Aviation Medicine, Coleman Health Clinic, CMR 41 8, APO AE 09058, tel: (49)621779- 4452, FAX: (49-621***-****.

Responsibilities: Effectively provided direct outpatient primary care and consultative care to a military population, support personnel, and family members utilizing the current evidence-based medicine standards. Responsible for the diagnosis and treatment of the more complex internal medicine patients referred to the clinic by other providers.

Provided a wide range of ambulatory facility adult medicine services including: acute and preventative care, women health, and a variety of deployment-related and health screening services to include, but not limited to the following: Soldier Readiness Processing (SRP), Periodic Health Assessments (PHA), Pre-Deployment Health Assessment (PDHA), and Post-Deployment Health Reassessment (PDHRA), and physical examinations to determine fitness for varieties of military duties, separation from military service, and retirement, providing temporary profiles and initiating permanent profiles as needed when duty or assignment limitations are medically indicated.

Served as a Medical Advisor to the US Army Commander on medically related matters pertinent to Company safety, welfare, and success. Promoted the health and safety of aviation personnel by instituting a health education program. Managed personnel, facilities, and equipment required to operate small medical clinic. Directed services, taught, trained, and supervised medical technicians. Directed and provided high-quality annual medical training to flight medics, crew chiefs and pi lots; resulted in successful aeromedical evacuation in Iraq and Afghanistan, 2005-2008.

Served as a medical officer and advisor on numerous Safety Investigation Boards to evaluate fatal ground and air accidents involving US Army personnel in Europe, 2005-2008; resulted in improvement in the effectiveness of current safety programs and pre-accident plans with subsequent reduction of preventable death and injuries.

Created numerous evidence-based order sets for administration of a variety of physical exams, evaluation, and follow-up of common diseases; led to significant reduction of medical errors during disease evaluation and management process, and strict compliance with Army medical regulations.

Recognized for successful planning, coordination and effective communication under emergency conditions during medical management of multinational force emergency exercises, January 2008 and August 2008.

Selected as a medical officer and a voting member for the V Corps MOS/Medical Retention Board (MMRB); provided the board members with the pertinent aspects of Soldier’s physical disabilities based on thorough medical records review, patient interview, and diagnosis for accurate estimate of Soldier`s ability to perform in his/her specialty in a worldwide field environment in accordance with the guidelines and standards relating to Army Retention Standards and Army Physical Disability System.

07/2002-05/2005: Intern and Resident, Internal Medicine William Beaumont Army Medical Center, 50 05 N. Piedras Street, El Paso, TX 79981, tel: 915-***-****.

Responsibilities: As an Internal Medicine resident, performed a wide range of medical duties including supervised comprehensive inpatient care, consultative services, and various outpatient services covering general internal medicine and consultation for orthopedics and general surgical services. Attended to patients with multiple interacting acute and chronic medical problems, such as hypertension, coronary artery disease, diabetes, asthma, congestive heart failure, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, severe acute infections, and peripheral vascular disease. Performed pre-operative assessment and post-operative follow-up for orthopedic and general surgery patients with internal medicine problems.

Facilitated the team-based approach in management of patients with diabetes; resulted in statistically significant improvement in the average number of days between patient office visits for diabetes and improvement of the HEDIS Comprehensive Diabetes Care Measures, such as a 60 percent increase in annual urine albumin testing and annual dilated eye exams and a 65 percent increase in influenza vaccinations. Improved beta-blocker treatment after heart attack by 13 percent; improved poorly controlled HbA1c (>9.5%) by 22 percent since 2002.

As a member of Patient Safety Committee, promoted health care quality and patient safety improvement initiatives through implementation of the fall prevention interventions and strategies program. Participated in the development and set- up of a new model of Drop-In Group Medical Appointments (DIGMA) in the Prime Adult Medicine Clinic; led to a significant reduction of cost and improvement of the health care delivery to patients with diabetes, asthma, and hypertension.

09/1995-04/1997: Attending Physician in Internal Medicine Department, Municipal Hospital N19, Kossinova Street, 18. Saint Petersburg, Russia 198188.

Responsibilities: Oversaw the examination, diagnosis, admission, treatment and follow-up of patients in a 230-bed community teaching hospital when the efficiency of the medical system in Russia continued to decline and the rates of tuberculosis, cancer, and heart disease were the highest of any industrialized country.

Performed direct inpatient medical duties covering general internal medicine, consultation for surgical services and Hospice including examination of patients; ordering and interpreting of radiology and laboratory tests; making diagnosis; admitting and discharging patients on Internal Medicine wards; con

ducting pre- and post-operative assessment; and prescribing appropriate treatment to include oral and intravenous drugs. Performed different diagnostic and therapeutic procedures such as joint aspiration and injection, skin biopsy, paracentesis and thoracentesis, interpreted pulmonary function tests and ECG. As a clinical educator, supervised, taught and evaluated clinical skills of medical residents rotating through the active training site in the Internal Medicine Department.

Applied professional knowledge within the field of internal medicine to include pulmonary medicine, hematology, cardiology, gastroenterology, rheumatology, endocrinology, infectious diseases, and nephrology. Provided inpatient medicine consults to other specialties on cases involving interrelated problems. Utilized the limited health care resources and disease prevention management principles; achieved 12-15 percent reduction of readmission rates for congestive heart failure, hypertension, and diabetes, 1995-1997.

EDUCATION:

06/2005-08/2005: Primary Flight Surgeon Course, United States Army School of Aviation Medicine, Fort Rucker, AL.

06/2002-05/2005: Postgraduate Education, Internal Medicine Residency Program, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, TX.

09/1992-08/1995: Postgraduate Education, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Saint Petersburg Medical Academy for Postgraduate Education, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

09/1986-08/1992: Graduate Education, Academic I.P. Pavlov Saint Petersburg State Medical University; Medical Doctor Degree, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSURE:

Internal Medicine Board Certified through 12/2015.

BLS Certified.

ACLS Certified.

Physician License, issued by Indiana State, current through 08/2011.

Professional Affiliations:

Associate Member of the American College of Physicians, 2002-present.

Associate Member of the Aeromedical Society, 2005-present.

Teaching Responsibilities:

Instructor, ACLS Certification Course, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, 2002-2005.

Primary BLS instructor, Coleman Health Clinic, Mannheim, Germany, 2005-2008.

Instructor, Aeromedical Evacuation Course for crew members, 2005-2008.

Instructor, Aeromedical training for pilots and crew chiefs, 2005-2008.

Awards:

National Defense Service Medal, 2002.

Award for Public Service, 2005.

Global War on Terrorism Medal, 2005.

Army Commendation Medal, 2008 and 2009.

Army Achievement Medal, 2008.

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