Amber Redmond

• Assist physicians with patient care by taking vital signs, patient histories and preparing patients for examinations
• Administer injections, medications and treatments as directed by the physician
• Communicate with pharmacies about prescription refills, medication changes and prior authorizations on behalf of supervising physician
• Perform administrative duties such as scheduling appointments, respond to patient callbacks, answer direct patient inquiries, and file forms for providers to review for patient care coordination
• Participate in team meetings to improve workflows and contribute to improving patient population outcomes
• Prepare laboratory specimens for analysis
• Current member of the Medical Assistant Committee where objectives, goals, and strategies are developed
• Precept new, incoming Medical Assistant staff members to make sure they have a smooth onboarding process and to ensure they adhere to clinical workflows, organizational policies, and patient care standards
• Served in an interim leadership role to gain hands-on experience in workflows, staff scheduling, and inventory management which contributes to the operational efficiency of the clinic

• Performed routine administrative and patient care support duties to assist medical and/or nursing staff in the examination and treatment of patients and ensures that the office runs smoothly
• Prepared and assisted patients with rooming as well as arranging examining rooms with appropriate instruments, supplies, and equipment
• Reviewed and recorded chief of complaint, medical history, medications, allergies, labs, and immunizations
• Assisted health care providers during examinations and procedures by taking the patients vital signs, prepping laboratory specimens, performing basic point of care tests, administering medications, authorizing prescription refills, removing sutures and providing wound care for patients when necessary
• Educated patients by providing medication and health information/instruction packets
• Responsible for completing inventory and stock for office maintenance and audits
• Worked/Trained in the following departments: Float, Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Adult Medicine, Carle Illinois College of Medicine, Convenient Care
• Attended to the community by assisting with vaccine administration/COVID-19 testing throughout the community
• Clinics: Covid Testing Drive-Thru Clinic, Covid Vaccination Clinic, and Flu Clinic
• Served as a member of the Curtis Family Medicine Unit Partnership Council - Recorder
• Purpose is to create a place to develop and enhance relationships and have meaningful conversation in order to achieve shared mission and vision of the department
• Discuss rounding reports, employee engagement, patient/staff safety, quality and control improvement, recruitment and retention, patient satisfaction, healthy work environment, etc.

• Drafted social media posts and updated Portal highlighting LAS student achievement and LAS program opportunities and deadlines
• Worked with LAS staff to identify and document LAS resources and events to encourage current and prospective student engagement as well as being responsible for producing LAS LINEUP features.

• Solicit to alumni and friends of all three U of I campuses (UIUC, UIC and UIS) for financial support and contributions

• Helped assist a two – week program that provided 30 underrepresented minority high school students from around the country to learn more about Gies College of Business and the University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign
• Students learned more about becoming future business majors and got an insight into careers like marketing, accountancy, finance, management, information systems and entrepreneurship

• Assisted the College of LAS SAAO & AAP office with organizing, filing, and uploading student files into the Undergraduate Records Database

• Worked alongside Dr. Christopher Seder and the Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery Team
• Observed surgical procedures such as the following: Wedge Resections, Video-Assisted Lobectomies, Lung & Lymph node biopsies, and Mediastinal procedures along with many other procedures
• Developed a Case Report for Dr.Christopher Seder and Dr.Nicole Giessen on Solitary Malignant Fibrous Tumors

- Listed as first author in the case report

- Report is to be featured in Dr.Vigneswaran’s research book