Cam Twarog

Experience

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  Coshocton County Memorial Hospital

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2001

  Coordinator of Pulmonary Rehab, Cardiac Rehab, Respiratory Therapist

  Hired as a respiratory therapist, I later developed the pulmonary rehabilitation program and shared responsibilities in the cardiac rehabilitation program. Community engagement was also an important aspect of the rehabilitation programs.

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  Knox Community Hospital

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2003

  Registered Respiratory Therapist

  Excelled in all areas of respiratory care including emergency services, intensive care, diagnostics, pediatrics, and labor and delivery. One of two hospital NRP instructors.

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  Select Medical

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2010

  Pulmonary Program Manager, Hospital Safety Officer, Lead RT, RRT

  2003-2006, 2007-2010A member of the hospital’s leadership team. Responsibility for the entire pulmonary program, which included policy/protocol development, quality assurance, multidisciplinary training, and physician relationships. As the hospital safety officer, I was also responsible for establishing, implementing and evaluating the environment of care program. Key duties• Direct employee management• Shared leadership responsibilities: administrator on-call, case management, patient and family satisfaction, business development, and employee training• Program quality and physician/stakeholder buy-in• Clinical leadership• Financial accountabilityKey achievements• Helped improve the lives of numerous patients• Consistently placed in the top three nationally for ventilator wean rate, days to wean and ventilator associated pneumonia (voluntary reporting of over 200 long-term acute-care hospitals)• Developed the pulmonary and environment of care programs for a start-up hospital.• Contributed to creating a culture of excellence Show less

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  Wheeling Jesuit University

  Jan 2010 - May 2017

  Director of Clinical Education and Assistant Clinical Professor

  Responsible for all clinical quality, contracts, and off-site performance for the respiratory care program. Shared responsibility for assessment, accreditation and didactic educationKey responsibilities• Develop and grow relationships with clinical affiliates and stakeholders• Meeting accreditation benchmarks and quality measures• Program development• Didactic quality and overall clinical quality Key achievements• Earned tenure • Chair of academic policy • Successful accreditation• Developed multiple academic concentrations• Developed courses based on evidence-based guidelines, including a course on cardiopulmonary disease best practices• Made discoveries through pilot research on the following topics: diet and asthma/COPD, nutrition and pneumonia, plastic fatigue and ventilation volumes, and Mg with chronic cardiopulmonary disease.• Invited to lecture in the physical therapy, nursing, and athletic training programs. Show less

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  Acuity Specialty Hospital Ohio

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2011

  Registered Respiratory Therapist

  PRN RRT

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  WVU Medicine - West Virginia University Health System

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2012

  Registered Respiratory Therapist

  PRN RRT

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  Franciscan University of Steubenville

  Jan 2014 - Jan 2014

  Guest Lecturer

  Lectured on various pulmonary and cardiopulmonary topics to second-year nurse practitioner students. A focus was placed on evidence-based medicine, assessment, and diagnostics.

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  Shadyside Clinic, LLC

  Jan 2015 - Oct 2024

  Co-owner

  October, 2015 – 2024Co-owner of an independent primary clinic that transitioned in an aesthetics clinic

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  WVU Medicine

  May 2018 - May 2024

  Respiratory Quality Specialist and Clinical Quality Coordinator - Population Health

  Quality specialist on the population health team. Coordination of primary care ambulatory quality for the WVU Medicine system, with a focus on value-based care.Key responsibilities• Moving offices from a pure fee-for-service structure to pay-for-performance• Working with payers to provide less expensive care with better outcomes• Evaluating data to identify strengths and weakness at the corporate and clinic level Meeting quality benchmarks

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  Population Health Services Organization

  Apr 2024 - now

  Quality Manager