Amanda Kipp
Dallas,TX
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Congenital Heart Surgery Physician Assistant
Children’s Medical Center Dallas
Dallas, TX
10.2024 - Current
- First assists surgeons in the OR for congenital heart surgery cases and closes surgical incisions
- First assists surgeons in the ICU for ECMO cannulation and decannulation, chest explorations, chest closures, and VAD circuit changes
- Independently performs wound rounding in the inpatient and managed surgical wounds, including placing WoundVac/Prevena dressings, removing chest tubes, peritoneal dialysis drains and temporary pacing wires
- Select skills: suturing, first assisting, wound care and packing, local anesthesia
Patient Care Technician
Baylor Scott and White Heart and Vascular Hospital
Dallas, TX
01.2021 - 04.2022
- Provided direct patient care under supervision of nurses including phlebotomy, EKGs, glucometry, obtaining vital signs, bathing and feeding patients, assisting with patient movement around the floor and to and from the hospital bed, and other activities of daily living
- Assisted nurses in other tasks such as transportation of specimen to and from the laboratory, maintaining inventory in the work area, and updating patient medical charts
Medical Assistant
Allergy and Asthma Preston Center
Dallas, TX
05.2020 - 06.2021
- Performed patient intake and vitals, performed allergy testing, administered allergy shots and various vaccinations and injections, performed lung function tests, phlebotomy, and completed medical charting for patients
- Dosed and drew allergy shots from vials for each patient
- Cleaned and restocked patient rooms and back office medical supplies after appointments
Volunteer Medical Assistant
Agape Clinic
Dallas, TX
05.2020 - 06.2021
- Performed patient intake and vitals, and point of care testing such as hemoglobin A1c, glucose, pregnancy testing; performed COVID swabbing, administered flu vaccinations
- Assisted mid-level providers and physicians in office procedures such as pap-smears
- Scribed during patient visits with providers
- Cleaned and restocked patient rooms and back office medical supplies after appointments
Education
Master of Science - Physician Assistant Studies
Arcadia University
Philadelphia, PA05.2024
Bachelor of Arts - Health and Human Sciences
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA12.2019
Skills
- Surgical first assistance
- Suturing
- Wound care
- EMR proficiency - EPIC
Highlighted Clinical Experience
- Urgent Care, Concentra Urgent Care, San Diego, CA, May 2023
- Women’s Health, Dr. Parvin Mani, San Diego, CA, June 2023
- Cardiology, Dr. Ernst Von Schwarz, Los Angeles, CA, July 2023
- Pediatrics, Laurel Children’s Clinic, Laurel, MD, August 2023
- Emergency Medicine, Capital Health Regional Medical Center, Trenton, NJ, October 2023
- General Surgery, Christiana Care Christiana Hospital, Newark, DE, December 2023
- Cardiothoracic Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, January 2024
Certification
- NCCPA Certified Physician Assistant (PA-C), 6/11/24, present
- Advanced Cardiopulmonary Life Support (ACLS), 04/01/22, present
- Basic Life Support (BLS), 04/01/21, present
- Pediatric Advanced Life Saving (PALS), 08/01/24, present
Timeline
Congenital Heart Surgery Physician Assistant
Children’s Medical Center Dallas
10.2024 - Current
Patient Care Technician
Baylor Scott and White Heart and Vascular Hospital
01.2021 - 04.2022
Medical Assistant
Allergy and Asthma Preston Center
05.2020 - 06.2021
Volunteer Medical Assistant
Agape Clinic
05.2020 - 06.2021
Master of Science - Physician Assistant Studies
Arcadia University
Bachelor of Arts - Health and Human Sciences
University of Southern California