Experience

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  Macro international inc

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2006

  Quality assurance specialist

  Experienced with working on various multiple projects from federal and state contracts including Centers for Disease Control, Department of Defense, States of Delaware, Florida, Maryland and Texas.• Audit and supplied technical support to reporting facilities regarding edits, coding and other logical issues. • Provided quality assurance support on all contract deliverables, including facility audit and error reports, monthly/quarterly/annual reports, and other deliverables as needed• Served as proposal manager and assist in final reviews for department’s response for proposal requests Show less

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  University of maryland baltimore washington medical center

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2008

  Cancer registrar

  • Conducted medical record abstraction; reviews; record consolidation; and medical coding of cancer cases in support of multiple cancer-related research projects

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  University of maryland baltimore washington medical center

  Jul 2008 - Jul 2015

  Manager, cancer registry clinical research

  Managed tumor registry staff, 2 clinical research coordinators and oncology social worker; collaborated with University Maryland Medical System affiliated cancer programs for cancer registry and clinical trials; maintained Commission on Cancer and National Accreditation Program for Breast Cancer accreditations• Led a multidisciplinary team to achieve to become one of the first breast cancer programs to be accredited by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Cancer in 2009• Assisted to become part of the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) and NRG Oncology Group to increase number of clinical trials and accrual rates to become an Academic Comprehensive Cancer Program• Developed and managed an oncology social work program Show less

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  Inova health system

  Aug 2015 - Dec 2016

  Manager, cancer registry and quality

  Managed 17 tumor registry staff, team leads and coordinators within the 5 hospitals health system, managed vendors and contracts related to the department, developed programs that support the strategic plan of the oncology service line• Developed quality improvement program for tumor registry at the enterprise level• Established a uniform cancer committee reporting process for the cancer committee at each of the Inova hospitals• Assisted in launching a health system wide Molecular Tumor Board in collaboration with FoundationOne© Medicine and created a protocol for patients to be able to participate in-person• Initiated and led a process to become an Integrated Network Cancer Program Show less

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  Mid-atlantic permanente medical group | kaiser permanente

  Jan 2017 - now

  Associate Director provides oversight and direction in the identification of key healthcare redesign business issues, the design of analytic approaches, and implementation of new business models seeking operational efficiency in the analysis of operations data. Conducts research on operations-related quality control outcomes improvement issues. Provides oversight and direction to analysts and assigned components of projects work.• Responsible for the oversight, development, coordination and completion of highly visible, multi‐faceted programs and regional projects that involve oncology and surgical program accreditations.• Oversees all aspects of projects: Sets deadlines, assigns responsibilities, supervises staff, monitors and summarizes progress of projects according to strict deadlines, regulations and within budget. Show less Senior Manager is actively involved in the development of policies and procedures for regional accreditations and the survey processes, including feedback on new standards and products and refinement of existing standards and products. Also serve as a product champion, gaining special expertise in products related to the cancer and surgical programs.• Implement process improvement and standardization of existing workflows to improve efficiency• Review preliminary survey results for accuracy and completeness, review and respond to customer comments on the preliminary results, and facilitate the survey reporting process.• Perform the functions of an Accreditation Survey Coordinator and manage the survey process to prepare customers and survey team members for surveys.• Manage the survey reporting process through various stages of review and approval. Show less Manage tumor registry staff, operations, software and database administration, support cancer research projects, maintain compliance with jurisdiction regulations and Commission on Cancer accreditation• Ongoing collaboration with Oncology Research Scientist to provide data, quality improvement solutions and maintain compliance with Virtual Tumor Registry and Research Bank Cancer Cohort protocols• Engage with jurisdictions compliance and accreditation stakeholders to maintain and meet requirements for the Kaiser Permanente Mid-Atlantic States region• Provide supervision, authorize timekeeping and personnel management for tumor registry team Show less

  • Director of Research Programs

    Mar 2024 - now

  • Associate Director of Research Programs, Tumor Registry and Accreditation Programs

    Apr 2022 - Mar 2024

  • Senior Manager, Research Operational Accreditations

    Oct 2019 - Apr 2022

  • Project Manager

    Jan 2017 - Oct 2019