Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Affiliations
Languages
References
Timeline
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Berenika Turchin

St Kilda Eats

Summary

A Fellow of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, 7 years post graduation.

I am a professional, dependable and resilient candidate, successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude, and a keen interest in conflict resolution, prioritisation of patient care and team wellbeing.

My main area of practice is in virtual ED care.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience

Work History

Emergency Medicine consultant

My Emergency Doctor
12.2018 - Current
  • I provide Emergency Medicine care on video or over the phone, to a wide range of clients and services.
  • Supporting Nurses in Urgent Care Centres in Victoria, nurse led services in the Hunter New England in NSW, and in Central Queensland, and others.
  • In my role in the Critical Care Advisory service in the Murrambidgee region, I lead the resuscitation and stabilisation, then liaise with the retrieval service.
  • When overseas, I lead night time Board Rounds with junior doctors in Horsham, Wangaratta, Katherine and Bankstown Emergency Departments.
  • I provide secondary triage, phone or video assessment and treatment or referral to Ambulance Victoria, NSW and Tasmania Ambulance services.
  • Providing after hour video or phone consultations parts of of Victoria and NSW that have insufficient GP services, through the Public Health Network.
  • Given the flexible working hours, and depending on my other commitments, I have worked from few hours a week up to full time for some periods time.
  • Recipient of clinical excellence award in 2021.

Emergency Medicine Consultant

Shaare Zedek Medical Center
10.2019 - 06.2022
  • As an Emergency consultants, provided supervision of Registrars, interns and physician assistants.
  • I worked with a culturally diverse and challenging population, and learned to manage a range of patients in an under resourced environment.
  • During the COVID pandemic, I provided care under difficult circumstances.

Emergency Medicine Consultant

Bendigo Health
01.2018 - 04.2019
  • My clinical included managing patients, supervising junior doctors, manging the department on in - charge shifts, and taking part in flow improvement.
  • My a non- clinical portfolio involving provision of clinical input into a project funded by the Department of Health and Human Services aimed at the future implementation of Telehealth emergency services to the Loddon Mallee Region which is Bendigo Health’s catchment area. In the process I joined MyEmergencyDoctor emergency medical Telehealth service.
  • Participated in continuing medical education activities, including teaching sessions, seminars and conferences. I was involved with the General Practice Emergency workshop in 2018 as well as education sessions in Castlemaine, a local regional General Practitioner staffed hospital and Urgent Care Centre.

Fellow

Bendigo Health Care
10.2016 - 12.2017
  • Prepared for the ACEM OSCE examination
  • As per consultant consultant position.

Senior Emergency Registrar

Peel Health Campus
02.2016 - 07.2016

Senior Emergency Registrar

Rockingham General Hospital
08.2016 - 11.2016

Emergency Registrar

Fiona Stanley Hospital
01.2015 - 01.2016

Emergency Registrar

Fremantle Hopital
08.2014 - 01.2015

Senior Emergency Registrar

Bass Coast Regional Health
08.2013 - 07.2014

Senior Emergency Registrar

Austin Health
02.2013 - 07.2013

Senior Emergency Registrar

Austin Health
01.2012 - 01.2013

Part Time

Anaesthetic Registrar

Bendigo Health Care Group
08.2011 - 01.2012

Emergency Registrar

Bendigo Health Care Group
04.2011 - 07.2011

Emergency Registrar

Western Hospital
04.2011 - 07.2011

Emergency Registrar

Bendigo Health Care Group
02.2009 - 01.2010

Part time

Maternity Leave

N
04.2007 - 01.2009

Emergency Medicine Career Medical Officer

Williamstown Hospital
01.2007 - 05.2007

Emergency Registrar

Royal Women's Hospital
08.2006 - 01.2007

Emergency Registrar

Western Hospital
01.2006 - 07.2006

Registrar, Then Paediatric Emergency Fellow

Western Hospital
02.2005 - 01.2006

Emergency Registrar

Western Health
01.2004 - 01.2005

Part Time Emergency Hospital Medical Officer

Williamstown Hospital
01.2003 - 12.2003

Emergency HMO Locum

Williamstown And The Northern Hospitals Victoria
01.2002 - 12.2002

Locum HMO

Albury, The Northern, Box Hill , Bendigo Hospital
08.2001 - 01.2002

Emergency Hospital Medical Officer

Bendigo Health
01.2000 - 04.2000

Hospital Medical Officer

01.1999

Intern

Austin And Repatriation Medical Centre
01.1998 - 12.1998

Emergency Department Locum Work

Various
12.2022 - 03.2024
  • Worked as an Emergency consultant in Goulburn Valley Health Emergency Department and Peninsula Private Health Emergency Departments.

Education

FACEM - Emergency Medicine

Australasian College For Emergency Medicine
12.2017

MBBS -

University of Melbourne
Parkville, VIC
12.1997

High School Diploma -

Beth Rivkah Ladies College
St. Kilda East, VIC
12.1991

Skills

  • Provision of excellent care to all patients
  • Critical care skills
  • Patient advocacy
  • Effective communication, conflict resolution and teamwork
  • Addressing flow and access block
  • Telehealth provision of emergency care to individuals,as well as advising medical and nursing staff

Affiliations

AHPRA

General Registration MED0001169624


Award

Royal Australasian College of Physicians 1997 Prize in Clinical Medicine


Research & Publication

How accurate is the Light Index for estimating pneumothorax size?

Australasian Radiology. 51(2):196-198, April 2007.Hoi, K MB BS 1; Turchin, B MB BS 1; Kelly, A-M MD, FACEM

Languages

Hebrew
Proficient
C2
Russian
Upper intermediate
B2
German
Intermediate
B1
English
Proficient
C2

References

Dr Sheravika Leonny

Medical Leadership Group, My Emergency Doctor

sleonny@myemergencydr.com.au

+61416 884 9560 



Dr Justin Bowra

Founder and previous Director of My Emergency Doctor

jbowra@myemergencydr.com.au

+61400 165 306



Dr Nigora Umarova

Senior Emergency Physician at Shaare Zedek Medical Center Emergency Department

Jerusalem, Israel

Nigoscha@gmail.com

+972 50 868 5550


Timeline

Emergency Department Locum Work

Various
12.2022 - 03.2024

Emergency Medicine Consultant

Shaare Zedek Medical Center
10.2019 - 06.2022

Emergency Medicine consultant

My Emergency Doctor
12.2018 - Current

Emergency Medicine Consultant

Bendigo Health
01.2018 - 04.2019

Fellow

Bendigo Health Care
10.2016 - 12.2017

Senior Emergency Registrar

Rockingham General Hospital
08.2016 - 11.2016

Senior Emergency Registrar

Peel Health Campus
02.2016 - 07.2016

Emergency Registrar

Fiona Stanley Hospital
01.2015 - 01.2016

Emergency Registrar

Fremantle Hopital
08.2014 - 01.2015

Senior Emergency Registrar

Bass Coast Regional Health
08.2013 - 07.2014

Senior Emergency Registrar

Austin Health
02.2013 - 07.2013

Senior Emergency Registrar

Austin Health
01.2012 - 01.2013

Anaesthetic Registrar

Bendigo Health Care Group
08.2011 - 01.2012

Emergency Registrar

Bendigo Health Care Group
04.2011 - 07.2011

Emergency Registrar

Western Hospital
04.2011 - 07.2011

Emergency Registrar

Bendigo Health Care Group
02.2009 - 01.2010

Maternity Leave

N
04.2007 - 01.2009

Emergency Medicine Career Medical Officer

Williamstown Hospital
01.2007 - 05.2007

Emergency Registrar

Royal Women's Hospital
08.2006 - 01.2007

Emergency Registrar

Western Hospital
01.2006 - 07.2006

Registrar, Then Paediatric Emergency Fellow

Western Hospital
02.2005 - 01.2006

Emergency Registrar

Western Health
01.2004 - 01.2005

Part Time Emergency Hospital Medical Officer

Williamstown Hospital
01.2003 - 12.2003

Emergency HMO Locum

Williamstown And The Northern Hospitals Victoria
01.2002 - 12.2002

Locum HMO

Albury, The Northern, Box Hill , Bendigo Hospital
08.2001 - 01.2002

Emergency Hospital Medical Officer

Bendigo Health
01.2000 - 04.2000

Hospital Medical Officer

01.1999

Intern

Austin And Repatriation Medical Centre
01.1998 - 12.1998

FACEM - Emergency Medicine

Australasian College For Emergency Medicine

MBBS -

University of Melbourne

High School Diploma -

Beth Rivkah Ladies College
Berenika Turchin