Kaitlyn Peters

Experience

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  Dallas Internal Medicine Group

  Jan 2011 - Jul 2013

  Scribe and Surgery Coordinator

  Position encompasses patient care and administrative work for Dallas Internal Medicine Group. This position includes working with the scribe in order to complete the H&P, HPI, and taking vital signs for clinic patients. Organization and accountability are required because the coordinator is responsible for completing morning rounds and clinic appointments, and taking all necessary steps to ensure that a patient is stable for surgery from an internal medicine standpoint i.e. scheduling cardiac stress tests, sleep studies, ordering labs. Show less

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  MD Anderson Cancer Center

  Nov 2015 - Sept 2018

  Physician Assistant- Orthopaedic Oncology

  Physician Assistant for the Orthopaedic Oncology Department for which role includes clinic, OR, inpatient care, ED/floor consults, and on-call, under the supervision of Dr. Valerae Lewis. Patient population includes both children and adults current for benign and malignant bone disorders. 1 –to-1 assignment (though cover up to 5 other surgeons) and act as surgery coordinator--meaning that surgeries are scheduled coordinated and appropriate arrangements in the OR for any/all equipment which may needed. Good examples include contacting the rep for implants, matching allografts, assembling multidisciplinary team for large cases, etc. Role includes patient phone calls with treatment plan, patient education, and important results. Hemipelvectomy was the surgery performed most frequently (approximately 100/year) for which I acted as 1st and 2nd assistant. Other surgeries were lengthy bone and soft tissue sarcoma resections. Show less

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  Stanford Health Care

  Oct 2018 - Mar 2022

  Physician Assistant for the Cardiothoracic Surgery Department which role includes care in the outpatient and OR setting. 1-to-1 assignment with 2 surgeons which includes assisting in all OR cases, as well assisting in respective clinics. OR duties include 1st and 2nd assisting for variety of adult cardiac cases (EVH, valves, CABG, aortic repairs). Clinic duties include H&P, post-operative, and surveillance follow-ups. Also includes preceptorship for PA students, APP fellows, giving lectures/presentations, procedural/OR training. Show less

  • Physician Assistant- Cardiovascular Surgery

    Dec 2019 - Mar 2022

  • Physician Assistant Urology Oncology

    Oct 2018 - Nov 2019
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  Houston Methodist

  May 2022 - now

  Physician Assistant-Cardiovascular Surgery