Anisha Vasireddi

Experience

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  Tufts University

  Jan 2014 - May 2014

  Certificate of Proficiency in Medical Spanish

  • Completed a Medical Spanish interpreter training program and gained valuable skills to alleviate the language barrier between Spanish-speaking patients and English-speaking healthcare professionals • Covered essential interpreting skills, ethics, standards of practice, patient culture, medical terminology in English and Spanish, and role-play designed to reflect real clinical settings

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  BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver

  Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  Summer Research Student - Department of Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery

  • Conducted a research review of literature on current health-related "quality of life" outcome measures in prominent journals of pediatric orthopedic literature to determine how the frequency of these measures has changed over time• Shadowed surgeons within the department both clinically and surgically

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  Tufts University

  Sept 2014 - May 2015

  Sight Guide for Student Accessibility Services at Tufts University

  Accompanied a visually impaired student to and from their classes and extra-curricular activities on campus, and was fully available to answer the student's call and walk and carefully guide them to the next destination of their day.

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  Tufts University School of Medicine

  Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  Summer Research Intern - Developmental, Molecular, & Chemical Biology (Amy Yee and Eric Paulson Lab)

  • Investigated epilepsy and seizures in wild-type and HBP1 knockout mice models using biochemical and genetic analyses• The goal of this project was to examine the role of the HBP1 gene and Wnt signaling in the hippocampus, as well as its molecular and electrical changes, to gain better insights into how seizures arise, and into new therapeutic strategies• Gained proficiency in wet lab techniques including plasmid DNA isolation, gel electrophoresis, restriction nuclease mapping of DNA, PCR, thin-layer chromatography, cellular fractionation, and replica/streak plating Show less

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  Columbia University Irving Medical Center

  Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

  Summer Research Intern - Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery

  • Investigated “Severity of Functional Tricuspid Regurgitation in Patients who have undergone Trans-catheter Aortic Valve Replacement” and presented on various topics in the field of healthcare

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  Tufts University

  Jan 2017 - May 2017

  French Certificate of Translation - Tufts University Department of Child Study and Human Development

  I am the certificate of translation for a study looking at international adoption in France with French adoptees as teenagers. This study was conducted by the Tufts University Department of Child Study and Human Development in partnership with French psychologists and psychiatrists in France. Dr. Laurie Miller, Professor of Pediatrics at Tufts University School of Medicine, was who I was in direct contact with through the translation process. As the certificate of translation, my role was to translate all consent forms and surveys for both parents and adoptees from English to French and to ensure that all forms said the same thing in both languages such that there were no discrepancies. Show less

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  Columbia University Irving Medical Center

  Jul 2017 - Jul 2018

  Research Assistant in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Organ Preservationist

  • Served as preservationist on the heart and lung procurement teams, travelling to hospitals across the country for organ retrieval• Managed supplies and preservation solutions for perfusion of organs• Consented patients for research on osteoprotegerin, brain natriuretic peptide and myostatin in heart disease• Collected and processed cardiac tissue specimens from surgical and trans-catheter aortic valve replacement, LVAD implant/explant, septal myectomy, aortic root replacement, heart transplant, TAAA• Spearheaded interactive presentations about medical professionalism/ethics, focusing on themes of integrity, communication, and empathy vs. sympathy; also presented on applications of ECG and echocardiography• Calculated surgical risk scores for various patient databases using the Society of Thoracic Surgeons calculator Show less

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  St. George's University

  Aug 2019 - Apr 2023

  Medical Student

  • I completed my first year of study at Northumbria University in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK with the Keith B. Taylor Global Scholars Program, and am a recipient of the Keith B. Taylor Global Scholars Bursary Scholarship. I was placed at The Brooklyn Hospital Center in NY for my clinical rotations (2021-2023)• I was a term representative for the SGU Anesthesiology Club (March 2021 - May 2021), and was the secretary (8/2020 - 12/2020) for the St. George’s University Interest Group in Genomics (SIG-G)• Promoted awareness in the field of genomics with regards to its implications in human health and disease through didactic seminars, self-learning, presentations, journal article reviews, and fundraising to support clinical genetics outreach• Scheduled and kept accurate minutes and attendance recordings for each meeting and helped coordinate activities for the organization (online currently due to COVID-19)• I was also a member of the SGU Internal Medicine Club• As a member of the KBT Pediatric Society, I shadowed Dr. Bailey, a consultant pediatric oncologist, at the NHS Great North Children’s Hospital, and observed cases/treatment for childhood leukemia and blood disorders• I attended a pediatric airway management and shock workshop, with a specific focus on intubation, as well as identification and treatment of sepsis• As a Department of Educational Services Peer Learning Group Facilitator, I led high yield review sessions for first semester medical students prior to their exams to help them practice and tackle multiple choice questions in the subjects of Physiology, Genetics, Pharmacology, and Biochemistry Show less

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  BC Children's Hospital Research Institute

  May 2020 - Nov 2020

  Summer Research Student - HIPpy Research Lab (Department of Orthopedic Surgery)

  • Worked on a project regarding "Quality Assessment of Surveys Administered by Physicians in Pediatric Orthopaedics"• Identified and used essential features of physician-specific surveys to highlight the core strengths and weaknesses of physician-administered surveys in the field of pediatric orthopaedics, and suggested ways to improve the ability of them to yield strong clinical data in the field• Extracted relevant articles from 7 clinically relevant orthopaedic journals from 2007-2009 and 2017-2019 to complete data extractions, with analysis to follow• Part of an abstract accepted to the Evidence to Innovation (E2i) Research Forum at BC Children's Hospital (November 2020), as well as the Western Medical Research Conference (January 2021) and published in the Journal of Investigative Medicine• Received a Certificate of Excellence by the BC Children's Hospital Department of Orthopaedic Surgery for demonstrating outstanding research work (Summer 2020) Show less

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  University of Connecticut

  Jun 2023 - now

  Internal Medicine Resident

  I am a PGY-2 Internal Medicine Resident at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.