Dr. Disha Thakkar

Experience

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  Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Vadodara

  Jan 2015 - Dec 2016

  Principal Investigator

  Youngest student from K M Shah Dental College and Hospital to conduct research study in the field of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery to provide evidence for efficacy of a less commonly used local anesthetic agent - Articaine.

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  Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)

  Apr 2015 - Oct 2015

  Short Term Studentship (STS)

  Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is apex body in India for biomedical research and is one of the oldest and largest medical research bodies in the world. ICMR selects few students from all over India to conduct medical research and also sponsor their research work. I conducted a research study to prevent the onset of oral cancer by providing evidence of the usage of salivary cotinine strips for the same.

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  Global Journal of Research Analysis

  Jun 2017 - Jul 2017

  Author

  Published a research paper on evidence based implant imaging.

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  Institute for Community Health

  Sept 2018 - Dec 2018

  Graduate Strategic Analysis & Planning Consultant

  Project with Institute of Community Health, Malden, MA to develop strategic branding initiatives for each of its data services and grant funding programs to expand across industries and geographically, targeting existing and emerging healthcare needs.

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  DENTAL ARTS OF BOSTON

  Oct 2018 - Apr 2019

  Observership
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  Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital (Global Health Initiative)

  Jan 2019 - May 2019

  Graduate Operations Management Consultant

  - Defined operational efficiency and justified the significance of operational efficiency through intense research, literature review, and feedback from the previous projects. - Developed a recommendation toolkit consisting of root-cause analysis, interview guide, stakeholder analysis, data dashboards, questionnaires and roll-out plan along with extensive literature review and qualitative data analysis. This toolkit will be implemented in lower-income countries for quality improvement achieved through operational efficiency. The toolkit will be applicable to both, lower-income resource settings and higher-income resource settings. This global health initiative is focused on improving operations management for pediatric cancer patients all over the world. Show less

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  Massachusetts General Hospital

  Jan 2019 - May 2019

  Graduate Team Project Manager

  Project Manager for a Digital Disruption of Health Project on Medumo App. Medumo is a patient Navigation platform currently used by Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston Children's Hospital, University of California San Francisco, The University of Chicago, and UPMC. The goal of the project is to recommend modifications for better patient navigation by intense research and market analysis focused on Legal Oversight, Governance and Strategy, and Technology.My responsibilities:-Kept the team well-coordinated (balanced workload).-Kept the team on-time with meetings and deliverables.-Functioned as "Contact point" representing the team in all project-related emails to the Teaching Team. Show less

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  Breathe California of the Bay Area, Golden Gate, and Central Coast

  Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

  Anti-Tobacco Education and Advocacy Management Intern

  - Led a planning committee to successfully organize Youth Summit '19 for children aged 10-20 to provide spokesperson training along with addressing them with the pressing issues like vaping, cyberbullying, and marijuana. - Prepared Gantt Chart for two months and distributed tasks to the members of the planning committee. Supervised the tasks performed until the day of the summit. - Created workflow charts for various deliverables of a grant. Discussed with the team members, observed, and researched to create a practically achievable and more efficient workflow to meet the requirements of the grant deliverable in the given time period. - Prepared reports and presentations to be presented at city council meetings.- Worked with communications and marketing team on e-newsletters for the organization, wrote news articles for the e-newsletter, developed graphical flyers for various events and created social media posts for constant updates on news and research on vaping.- Wrote a letter to the editor on vaping ban.- Conducted outreach and gave presentations on tobacco control.- Created impact evaluation report of the previous events of the organization, prior to planning Youth Summit to incorporate all the necessary changes in planning and managing the event. Created an impact evaluation result after the Youth Summit based on the feedback to make suggestions for the upcoming events.- Represented the organization at various health fairs. Show less

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  Amazing Smile Dental

  Jul 2019 - Sept 2019

  Practice Management Intern

  -Greeting patients and other visitors, answering phone calls.-Scheduling/Rescheduling patient's appointments and maintaining dentist's schedule. Planning patient's seating arrangement according to their treatment needs and appointment timing.-Checking patient's insurance for pre-authorization and benefits. Maintaining and updating their medical history, consent forms, and other documents.-Checking all the necessary equipments and instruments for the dental office, maintaining spreadsheets with their counts and ordering them when needed.-Helping to create billing reports Show less

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  University of the Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry

  Jan 2020 - Jul 2021

  Research Associate
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  Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine

  Feb 2020 - Feb 2020

  Preceptor
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  About Smiles Dental Practice

  Jul 2020 - Mar 2021

  Dental Treatment Coordinator
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  Breathe California of the Bay Area, Golden Gate, and Central Coast

  Apr 2021 - Jul 2021

  Health Educator Assistant
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  University of California, San Francisco

  Aug 2021 - Oct 2021

  AEGD Preceptor
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  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Jan 2022 - now

  Dental Student