Surgical Assistant

***** ***** *****, *******, ** *****

Phone: 713-***-****

E-Mail: ***************@***.***

FRANCIS A. PEREZ, CSA

OBJECTIVE__________________________________________________________________

To secure a position in your organization as a First Assistant

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS_____________________________________________

First assisted and scrubbed on all major and minor cases of the following surgical specialties:

- General; total joints; sports medicine; Neurologic; Robotic; Laparoscopic; Ob/Gyn; L&D; Reconstructive; Plastic; Oncology; Vascular; Cardiovascular; Endoscopic; Microscopic; Transplant; Organ and bone harvesting; Orthopedic; and Urology.

Sterile instrument processing in the Main operating room and other surgical units

Completed three to nine month contracts at over 25 Metropolitan hospitals with bed sizes ranging from 300 to 1000 beds and 3 to 80 operating room suites

Used the state of the art HERMES and ESOP robotic laparoscopic equipment

Trained in advanced laparoscopic technique

Worked in the Pain Management division performing minimally invasive neuron procedures such as Kypoplasties, IDET, Arthro-Care disc decompressions, and steroid injections

Specialized in breast oncology procedures such as Sentinel nodes, radical mastectomies, and aesthetic plastic oncology surgery

EMPLOYMENT_______________________________________________________________

Metropolitan Surgical

Surgical Assistant Katy, TX

02/2008-Present

American Surgical Assistants

Surgical Assistant Houston, TX

12/2006-02/2008

Methodist Hospital TMC

Surgical Assistant Houston, TX

12/2005-12/2006

Washington Hospital Center

Surgical Assistant Washington, DC

03/2003-12/2005

MedStaff

Surgical Assistant Annandale, VA

08/2004-11/2005

Office of the Chief Medical Examiner

Forensics Investigator Baltimore, MD

01/2004-10/2005

Medical Staffing Network

Surgical Technologist Springfield, VA

08/2001-06/2005

Greater Southeast Hospital

Surgical Technologist Washington, DC

06/2000-08/2001

United States Navy (US Naval Academy)

Hospital Corpsman Annapolis, MD

11/1998-06/2000

Metropolitan Ambulance Group

Emergency Medical Technician Brooklyn, NY

04/1998-10/1998

Winthrop University Hospital

Surgical Technologist Mineola, NY

07/1997-04/1998

EDUCATION_________________________________________________________________

07/2005 - (ACESA) American Center for Excellence in Surgical Assisting

01/2004 - (OCME) Office of the Chief Medical Investigator – Forensics Investigator

03/2002 - (LCTR) Lions Corneal Tissue Recovery Technician

08/1999 - (USMC) Certificate: Field Medical School for Medics (US Marine Corps)

02/1999 - (USN) Certificate: Hospital Corpsman School (US Navy)

03/1998 - (EMT) Certificate: Emergency Medical Technician (Northshore School of EMS)

06/1997 - (CST) Certificate: Surgical Technologist (Allen Schwartz School of Health Science)

16/1996 - (CNA) Certificate: Nursing Assistant (Bosces Vocational School)

CERTIFICATIONS____________________________________________________________

Certified Surgical Assistant (National)

Licensed Surgical Assistant (Washington, DC)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS______________________________________________

National Surgical Assistants Association (NSAA)

Fellow American College of Surgeons (FACS)

Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)

National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA)

AWARDS RECEIVED__________________________________________________________

Preceptor of the year (2003-2005)

Presidential Student Medical Achievement Award (1994)

REFERENCES________________________________________________________________

Raphael Convit, M.D. 202-***-****

Marc Boisvert, M.D. 202-***-****

Konrad Dawson, M.D. 202-***-****

Farris Hakki, M.D. 202-***-****

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