Experience

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  Botsford hospital

  Jul 1995 - Mar 2000

  Exercise physiologist

  Clinical Exercise Physiologist performing cardiac stress testing including stress echo, dobutamine and nuclear stress testing. Lead of cardiopulmonary stress testing.Marketing for Cardiac Rehabilitation. Case manager for Phase II Cardiac Rehabilitation. Developed education and charting for cardiac rehabilitation program.

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  Botsford hospital

  Aug 2009 - Dec 2010

  Exercise physiologist

  Health educator, program development and marketed a medically supervised weight loss program.

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  Michigan medicine

  Oct 2010 - now

  Manage and oversee the clinical and staffing operations of EKG services, including extended cardiac monitoring devices, for the entire health system at Michigan Medicine. Planning team to extend services to the new Pavilion at Michigan Medicine. Supervise device and remote monitoring technicians in a fast paced growing Cardiac Device/ Pacemaker clinic. Successfully incremented staffing to support growing demands in an area previously not able to fill by being creative and resourceful. Drive continuous process improvement initiatives to streamline services, reduce inefficiencies, and have a questioning attitude to identify inconsistencies and errors. Focus on enhancing the staffing experience by ensuring consistent information and clear directives. Show less Oversee diagnostic cardiac stress testing operations for at 6 locations. Manage a large team of exercise physiologists, ensuring accountability for patient safety and adherence to departmental policies and procedures, including the completion of annual competencies. Onboarding, mentoring, training new employees and ensuring all clinical competencies have been met. Project management team for CUPID/ EPIC integration of digital stress testing, CMS compliant physician sign off and billing practices.Integral role by collaborating with physician leadership to develop Stress Testing Policy and Procedure.Cardiopulmonary testing subject matter expert specializing in machine operations, troubleshooting, issue resolution, and staff training on result interpretation. Presented at the Heart Failure Conference to Heart Failure faculty and fellows on the physiology of cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) and relevant case studies. Serve as the research study liaison between principal investigators and study coordinators, ensuring strict adherence to study parameters and metrics, and confirming that all requirements are met accurately and thoroughly. Ensure the team is well-informed about research guidelines and equipped with the necessary tools to effectively conduct the studies. Show less Clinical case manager for Phase II Cardiac Rehabilitation which includes making clinical decisions on care from entry through exit of rehabilitation post cardiac event including patient education and coordination of care with their physician care team. Assessment, administration and interpretation of cardiac stress testing including Stress Echo, Dobutamine, graded exercise testing, and cardiopulmonary exercise testing .Stress Management developer and educator for Phase II Cardiac Rehabilitation.External Counter Pulsation (EECP) for chronic angina patients.Educator and exercise consultant for participants with metabolic syndrome.Certified yoga instructor and Lead of yoga program for cardiac patients. Show less

  • EKG Clinic Intermediate Manager

    Dec 2022 - now

  • Lead Stress Testing

    Sept 2020 - now

  • Exercise Physiologist

    Oct 2010 - Sept 2024