Raya Abbasi

Experience

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  Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre

  Jun 2012 - Jul 2012

  Research Student

  Research topic; "Chasing the origin of 23 recurrent BRCA1 mutations in Pakistani breast and ovarian cancer patients."

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  Holy Family Hospital Rawalpindi

  May 2014 - Aug 2015

  Intern

  12 months of rotation in Interna Medicine, General Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Dermatology, OBGYN1) Inpatient management of complex medical patients presenting with a spectrum of clinical pathologies2) 4 weeks in Emergency Department, including managing medical emergencies like Acute Coronary Syndromes, Status Asthmaticus, Upper GI bleed, Meningitis, severe sepsis, Respiratory failure and multiple infectious diseases like Dengue fever.3) 4 weeks in medical ICU, included managing critically ill patients. Experience included managing ventilator settings, performing central and arterial line placement.4) Weekly outpatient medical clinic, with exposure of a wide variety of chronic medical illness.5) Overall performed procedures including nasogastric tube placement, urinary catheterization, paracentesis, thoracentesis and lumbar puncture. Assisted in endoscopic procedures including EGD and Bronchoscopy.6) Weekly internal medicine didactics included journal clubs, M & M meetings and case presentations7) Independently performed phlebotomies, central line placement, skin suturing and closure, surgical wound debridement, ingrowing toenail wedge excision, and Incision and drainage of abscesses.8) Assisted multiple surgical procedures like, appendectomies, excision biopsies , laparoscopic cholecystectomies, thyroidectomies, mastectomies, emergency laprotomies and amputations.9) Management of minor and major trauma patients.10) 2 weeks of surgical intensive care rotation.1) Inpatient prenatal and postnatal care, CTG monitoring and induction of labour11) Managing obstretic emergencies like preeclampsia, eclampsia, gestational diabetes, gestational hypertension, twin gestations and shoulder dystocia. 12) Conducting independent episiotomies, spontaneous vaginal deliveries and pap smears13) Assisted classical and lower segment Cesarian sections, total abdominal hysterectomies, bilateral tubal ligation, VBAC and vacuum vaginal deliveries. Show less

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  MERCY HEALTH MUSKEGON

  Oct 2021 - Nov 2021

  Externship
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  Corewell Health

  Jul 2022 - now

  Clinical Observer

  Worked with Dr. Maxmiliano Tamae Kakazu, Program Director, Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine and Internal Medicine Core faculty and Dr. Humna Abid, Attending Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine in Medical ICU- Involved in daily morning academic multidisciplinary rounds- Presented 1-2 patients during morning rounds everyday including formulating daily management plans and follow-up.-Cases presented include acute hypoxic hypercapnic respiratory failure, septic shock, and decompensated heart failure among others.-presented "management of submassive and massive pulmonary embolism in the ICU" during the didactic hour Show less

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  Bayhealth

  Sept 2022 - Oct 2022

  Clinical observer

  -rotated in inpatient, Medical ICU, gastroenterology, and outpatient clinic.-involved in daily morning rounds, patient presentations, and didactic discussions.-assisted inpatient admissions, obtained histories, and formulated assessments and plans.-observed and participated in morning and evening team signouts-attended all resident didactics, noon conferences, and case presentations.-observed elective and emergent procedures, including EGD, stricture dilation, controlling upper GI bleed, colonoscopy, polypectomy, and lower GI biopsies.- Observing bedside procedures including central lines, arterial lines, dialysis catheters, bedside echo and others including TEE, fluoroscopic video swallow study and electrical cardioversion- Observed cardiac arrest ACLS- Attended weekly journal club Show less