Experience

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  In good company, family support & resource center

  Jun 2008 - Aug 2008

  Respite care provider

  • Provided in-home care for children under the age of 18 with developmental disabilities, including Autism and Fragile X syndrome.• Assisted with activities of daily living and fostered socialization through a variety of field trips and learning games.• Developed rudimentary sign language skills to better communicate with children.

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  Saint barnabas medical center

  Jun 2011 - Mar 2013

  Emergency department clinical assistant

  • Collaborated with medical care providers from a variety of disciplines to care for both adult and pediatric patients.• Performed critical interventions during codes, assisted in minor ED surgeries and procedures, recorded vital signs, practiced phlebotomy, performed EKGs, conducted and coordinated laboratory tests, transported, monitored, and communicated instructions to patients.

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  The mount sinai hospital

  Dec 2015 - now

  Senior physician assistant - pediatric cardiac critical care

  • Full-time inpatient provider of peri-operative care in a high acuity setting for patients suffering from conditions such as hypoplastic left heart syndrome, tetralogy of Fallot, transposition of the great arteries, atrioventricular canals, valvulopathies, ventricular and atrial septal defects, patent ductus arteriosus, myocarditis, and cardiomyopathies, as well as patients receiving orthotopic heart transplants and patients requiring ECMO/LVAD/BiVAD support.• Responsible for rounding on all patients twice daily, ordering all medications and blood products, ordering/interpreting laboratory data, ordering/interpreting radiology data, performing/interpreting EKGs, ordering/interpreting blood gases, ordering nutrition including TPN, coordinating transfer of patients to floor, coordinating care of patients after discharge, and providing emotional support to patients and their families.• Provide post-operative care including constant monitoring of vital signs/telemetry, and management of fluids, sedation/analgesia, invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilation, pacemakers, inotropic support and other infusions. Able to identify, evaluate, and treat surgical complications such as bleeding, respiratory distress, arrhythmias, and infection.• Procedural duties to include wound care, phlebotomy, placing peripheral intravenous lines, surgical drain removal, assisting with central/arterial line placement, central/arterial line removal, epicardial pacing wire removal, and chest tube management/removal.• Collaborate with care providers of multiple disciplines such as surgical teams, social workers, child life specialists, and radiology technicians, as well as consult services as appropriate. Show less

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  New york-presbyterian hospital

  Jul 2016 - May 2018

  Per diem physician assistant

  Per diem PA in Well Baby Nursery and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit