Ashley Brewington- Kim
Manassas,USA
Summary
Compassionate Medical Assistant with a knack for completing tasks efficiently and productively. Possess specialized skills in patient care, medical record management, and clinical procedures. Excel in communication, empathy, and adaptability, ensuring seamless support to healthcare teams and providing exceptional service to patients.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Medical Assistant 2
INOVA
Gainesville, VA
03.2025 - Current
- Obtained patient evaluations, vital signs and input/output measurements from inpatients.
- Managed patient care through closely monitoring respiration, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Cared for wounds, provided treatments, and assisted with procedures.
- Gathered lab specimens, ordered testing, and interpreted results to diagnose patients.
- Evaluated patients to identify and address wounds, behavioral concerns, and medically relevant symptoms.
- Delivered updates in patient status to charge nurse, recording changes in medical records.
- Monitored, tracked, and conveyed important patient information to healthcare staff to help optimize treatment planning and care delivery.
- Documented accurate and complete patient information to address patient problems and expected outcomes.
- Answered incoming phone calls from patients to provide basic assistance and triage medical concerns.
- Adhered to treatment plan instructions when administering medications and treatments to patients.
Medical Assistant
INOVA
Gainesville, VA
10.2024 - 03.2025
- Directed patients to exam rooms, fielded questions, and prepared for physician examinations.
- Obtained client medical history, medication information, symptoms, and allergies.
- Sanitized, restocked, and organized exam rooms and medical equipment.
- Kept medical supplies in sufficient stock by monitoring levels and submitting replenishment orders before depleted.
- Performed medical records management, including filing, organizing and scanning documents.
- Updated inventory, expiration and vaccine logs to maintain current tracking documentation.
- Obtained and documented patient medical history, vital signs and current complaints at intake.
- Explained procedures to patients to reduce anxieties and increase patient cooperation.
- Collected and documented patient medical information such as blood pressure and weight.
- Taught patients about medications, procedures, and care plan instructions.
- Completed EKGs and other tests based on patient presentation in office.
- Measured patient pulse oximetry.
- Prepared lab specimens for diagnostic evaluation.
Senior Consultant- Software Test Lead
OTOT Technologies
Arlington, VA
04.2024 - 08.2024
- Lead software testers in their day-to-day job duties and performances; act as mentorship.
- Sort and clean up collected data using established procedures.
- Created reports using Python and R for data presenting to the Chief of Staff.
- Lead testing planning and development, and execution.
- Identifying statistically significant data clusters, trends, and pattern.
- Created reports to track data anomalies through SQL and Tableau.
- Reviewed documentations, test plans, test cases, requirements, acceptance criteria, and technical support.
- Perform data platforms for the federal government.
- Organized and planned meetings with clients and departments.
- Defense Health Agency (DOD) and FDA
Director, General Manager, & Instructor
Itiger Taekwondo Academy
Winchester, VA
05.2016 - 03.2024
- Create and oversee goals for instructors and students.
- Conduct daily scrum meeting and weekly in-depth meetings with instructors.
- Manage and conduct regular “Give Back” to community programs.
- Organize marketing campaigns and manage social media outlets.
- Finalizing yearly reports documents through Adobe.
- Conduct leadership, CPR and first-aid training.
- Promote open communication and proper safety awareness.
- Managed payroll and billing, equipment purchases, CPA coordination & tax preparation, FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, sponsorships, and performance reviews of direct reports.
Senior Operations Research Analyst
FDA
Silver Spring, MD
04.2022 - 08.2023
- Worked within government databases in supporting projects with the FDA.
- Sort and clean-up collected data using established procedures.
- Created reports using Python and R for data presenting to the Chief of Staff.
- Perform data extraction, tabulation, and analysis on sampling data using existing procedures.
- Identifying statistically significant data clusters and trends or pattern in testing data that merit further investigation.
- Created reports to track data anomalies through SQL and Tableau.
- Finalizing data with Adobe for clinical trials.
- Demonstrated relational databases, mathematical optimization, algorithm design and predictive modeling.
- Successfully presented to Stakeholders for grants.
- Provide review for development of chemical and/or biological laboratory methods.
- Prepare technical reports and/or presentations on data review.
- Collects and analyzes annual reports, procedures, system design, and other data useful to identify opportunities and improvements.
- Creating reports to track data, analyzing, and extracting on sampling data using existing procedures.
- Assess current practices and documents, records, and reports on findings.
- Making recommendations for improvements including new practices, forms, reports, data collection, staff changes based on assessments with current practices.
- Communicates recommendations to executives or other appropriate senior staff.
- Assisted with clinical trials documentations and reported to the database.
- Identifying scientific research and data sources needed for projects.
- Facilitates integration of new divisions, branches, or other business segments with existing ones.
- Prepares and provides documentation and training materials needed to implementation of suggested changes.
Research Analyst
US Department of Labor
Washington, D.C
03.2021 - 04.2022
- Provide technical and administrative support to the Office of Job Corps (OJC), Division of Technology Performance and Program Support (TPPS).
- Creating reports and identifying statistical track data anomalies, identifying statistical data clusters, and trends.
- Provide technical support for the annual update of the Job Corps Program and Requirements Handbook (PRH), Appendix 501 suite that describes the Outcome Measurement System (OMS) performance requirements for Job Corps centers, Outreach and Admissions (OA), Career Transition Services (CTS), and Career Technical Training (CTT).
- Provided Program and Policy Development, Research, Communication, and Evaluation Support.
- This included conducting research and data analysis in supporting decisions and developing policy by federal managers.
- Reviewing internal organizational structures, lines of authority and responsibilities, operations, communication processes, filling systems, guidebooks, and other pertinent functions.
- Evaluating, Studies, and Assessments that required data analysis, gathering and interpreting shared information.
- Support for the project lead on OJC’s Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) Program.
- Follow PRH guidance to determine if PIP centers have met graduation criteria.
- Prepare graduation letters, PIP selection letter, graduation criteria worksheets, side-by-side comparison, and talking points for presentation to officials.
- Additional technical activities include preparation of center profiles using OMS performance data, student demographics, and center trades.
- Create emails notifying Career Transition Services (CTS) providers of appeals which were approved or denied.
- Records Management and Data Analysis including supporting Federal staff by supporting designs, training staff, drafting policy documents, and coordinating dispositions and transfer of National Office Records.
- Create and update data tables and respond to data requests from the Performance Team through while using SQL and Tableau.
- Participate in team aspects including meetings, checking data, etc.
- Writing documents to higher up colleagues including Chief of Staff.
- Attention to detail, high degree of accuracy, ability to work under tight time constraints, good time management skills.
OD Technician
Dr. Tewodros Gedamu and Associates
Fairfax, VA
11.2014 - 01.2019
- Patients check in/ check out following up with any questions of diagnosis.
- Checking insurances and filing within the practice.
- Scheduling patients for their appointments.
- Performed basic patient workups including prescreening.
- Performed checking vitals on the health of patient and eyes.
- Performed diagnostic testing’s such as OCT, Visual fields, Lensometer, and Retinal screenings.
- Answering questions about medications, eyeglasses, and contact lenses.
- Performed I&R to patients that were needed and educating hygiene necessities.
Intern- Research Assistant / Medical Assistant
University North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
08.2016 - 12.2018
- Prepared technical reports and collecting datasets from external and internal.
- Obtained and documented patient medical history, vital signs and current complaints at intake.
- Explained procedures to patients to reduce anxieties and increase patient cooperation.
- Assisting specialist in additional procedures needed.
- Collected and documented patient medical information such as blood pressure and weight.
Intern- Family Medicine
Doctalker & INOVA
Fairfax, VA
08.2015 - 08.2018
- Observed all Physicians, Epidemiologist, and Physician Assistants who conducted patient care.
- Conducted vital checks, gathering data reports, & researching studies and diagnosis.
- SQL and Tableau to create data reports and presented to Department of Health.
- Pathology for patient’s blood drawn and testing that were needed.
- Python and R used for presenting statistical data and organization.
- Provided patient treatment under Physicians’ supervision include mental, maternal, surgical, and behavioral health.
- Assisted medical procedures, phlebotomy, and others with supervision of doctors and staff.
- Patient IDs used through adobe to keep patient information organized.
- Provide review for development on laboratory methods and developments.
Intern- Community Healthcare Worker
Sinclair Medical Clinic
Winchester, VA
01.2018 - 05.2018
- Organized and complied patient outbreak information, behavior health assessments.
- Reviewing, extracting, compiling and analyzing patient data such as coded financial and medical records.
- Evaluated and interpreted procedures and processes to ensure effective operating procedures for the clinic.
- Researched patient history to determined source of active and potential outbreaks.
- Provided guidance and advice to management regarding organizational procedures for properly informed decision making and organizational operations management.
- Educated patients on resources, nutrition, mental health, current health status, assisting patient advance treatment with doctors and physicians’ assistants and checked vitals.
Patient Coordinator
My Eye Dr
Fairfax, VA
01.2012 - 05.2014
- Taking patient’s medical history and demographics.
- Checking insurances and filing within the practice.
- Performed basic patient workups including prescreening.
- Performed checking vitals on the health of patient and eyes.
- Performed diagnostic testing’s such as OCT, Visual fields, Lensometer, and Retinal screenings.
- Answering questions about medications, eyeglasses, and contact lenses.
- Performed I&R to patients that were needed and educating hygiene necessities.
- Assisted medical procedures with supervision of doctors and staff.
- Held office meetings with doctors and staff.
- Maintenance office care along with medical equipment.
OD Technician
Dr. Christopher Son & Associates
Mclean, VA
01.2009 - 01.2012
- Patients check in/ check out following up with any questions of diagnosis.
- Checking insurances and filing within the practice.
- Helped patients with their medical diagnosis understanding.
- Maintained and updated patient’s records.
- Scheduling patients for their appointments.
- Performed checking vitals on the health of patient and eyes.
- Performed diagnostic testing’s such as OCT, Visual fields, Lensometer, and Retinal screenings.
- Answering questions about medications, eyeglasses, and contact lenses.
- Performed I&R to patients that were needed and educating hygiene necessities.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Shenandoah University
Winchester, VA12-2027
Bachelor of Science - Public Health
Shenandoah University
Winchester, Virginia, VA12-2018
Skills
- SQL and Python
- R programming
- Data visualization with Tableau
- Project management
- Critical thinking
- Leadership
- Epic medical software
- Patient care and management
- Data analysis
- Medical documentation
- Health education
- Community outreach
- Statistical reporting
- Technical writing
- Team collaboration
- Research methodologies
- Lab equipment setup and operation
- Specimen collection and processing
- Sterilization techniques
- Orthopedic splint application
- Suture removal techniques
- Disease prevention education
- Immunization administration
- Wound care and irrigation
- EKG setup and monitoring
- Clinical and administrative support
- Ear irrigation procedures
- Vital sign monitoring
- Telehealth coordination
- Time management skills
- Communication skills
- Decision making strategies
- Program development and management
Certification
- Certified Clinical Medical Assistant, 02/02/27
- Diabetes Nutrition Certification, 01/01/26
- Basic Life Support for Health Providers, 10/01/26
Languages
- South Korean
- Spanish, Elementary level
- South Korean, Fluent
Timeline
Medical Assistant 2
INOVA
03.2025 - Current
Medical Assistant
INOVA
10.2024 - 03.2025
Senior Consultant- Software Test Lead
OTOT Technologies
04.2024 - 08.2024
Senior Operations Research Analyst
FDA
04.2022 - 08.2023
Research Analyst
US Department of Labor
03.2021 - 04.2022
Intern- Community Healthcare Worker
Sinclair Medical Clinic
01.2018 - 05.2018
Intern- Research Assistant / Medical Assistant
University North Carolina Chapel Hill
08.2016 - 12.2018
Director, General Manager, & Instructor
Itiger Taekwondo Academy
05.2016 - 03.2024
Intern- Family Medicine
Doctalker & INOVA
08.2015 - 08.2018
OD Technician
Dr. Tewodros Gedamu and Associates
11.2014 - 01.2019
Patient Coordinator
My Eye Dr
01.2012 - 05.2014
OD Technician
Dr. Christopher Son & Associates
01.2009 - 01.2012
Bachelor of Science - Nursing
Shenandoah University
Bachelor of Science - Public Health
Shenandoah University