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Education
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Brendon Cohen

Lake Grove,NY

Summary

Pragmatic well-known for being hands-on dynamo with boundless energy to fulfill various tasks. Detailed team player with history excelling in fast-paced environments with little oversight and challenging goals. Offers top technical abilities and relationship-building skills. Strong communicator with excellent organizational and time management skills. Efficiently manages multiple projects simultaneously while adhering to strict deadlines. Possesses excellent problem-solving skills and ability to think and act quickly to find creative solutions.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery, PA-C, First Assistant

The Brooklyn Hospital Center
03.2023 - Current
  • Fields of practice include: General, Gynecologic, and Urologic Surgery
  • Initiates, documents, and communicates the plan of care and follows up to ensure complete screening and preparation of patients
  • Confers with attending physicians, residents, nursing staff, and other care providers to ensure optimum quality of patient care
  • Provides high-level intraoperative patient care including visualization, trocar insertion, injection of local anesthetics, hemostasis, tissue handling, placement and securing of wound drains, and closure of body planes
  • Proficiency in technical skills including clamping, cauterizing, suturing, inserting, injecting, manipulating, retracting, cutting, and ligating tissue
  • Postoperative applying dressings, patient transfer and transport, transfer of care, and monitoring for immediate complications
  • Conversion of robotic procedures to open and laparoscopic techniques
  • Robotic Procedures: Cholecystectomy, Sacrocolpopexy, Inguinal/Umbilical/Hiatal/Ventral Hernia Repair, Colectomy/Sigmoidectomy, Splenectomy, Total/Partial Nephrectomy, Simple/Radical/Retzius Sparing Prostatectomy, Pelvic Organ Prolapse, Myomectomy, Hysterectomy/Salpingectomy/Oophorectomy, Cystectomy/Ileal Conduit

Medical Scribe

East End Cardiology, NYU Langone
01.2019 - 01.2020
  • Collaborate with the medical providers to deliver efficient, quality care to ~ 20 patients per day
  • Responsible for documenting the HPI and physical exam to provide an assessment of patient’s diagnosis
  • Track laboratory results, radiology findings and past medical history

Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)

South Country Ambulance
01.2017 - 01.2020
  • Certifications: NYS BLS, First Aid, CPR, AED, EVOC (Emergency Vehicle Operation Certification), PHTLS (Prehospital Trauma Life Support)
  • Acquired Skills: Emergency Medicine, Intubations & Infusions, Airway Management, Patient Stabilization, Patient Assessment & Vitals, Medical Terminology, Pre-Hospital Emergency Care, Splitting & Bleeding, Patient Care Documentation, Incident Command Systems (ICS)

Education

Matriculated Student - Health Sciences

Suffolk County Community College
Selden, Long Island, NY

Master of Science - Physician Assistant Studies

School of Health Sciences and Professions, Long Island University
Brooklyn, NY
11.2022

Bachelor of Science - Biology, Health Sciences

Congdon School of Health and Sciences, High Point University
High Point, NC
01.2019

Skills

  • Diagnostic Testing
  • Treatment Planning
  • Differential Diagnoses
  • Discharge Summaries
  • Critical Decision-Making
  • Surgical Techniques
  • Tissue Repair
  • Laceration Suturing
  • Patient Assessment
  • Continuous Learning
  • Team Leadership
  • Critical Decision Making
  • Surgical Precision
  • Patient Education
  • Adaptability and Flexibility
  • Critical Thinking
  • Robotic Surgery Systems

Certification

  • National Commission Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), American Heart Association
  • Basic Life Support (CPR and AED), American Heart Association
  • NY Infection Control & Barrier Precautions
  • HIPAA & Compliance
  • Responsible Conduct of Research in the Biomedical Sciences
  • First Assistant and Operating Staff of the Da Vinci Xi Surgical System

Affiliations

  • American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA)
  • New York State Society of Physician Assistants (NYSSPA)
  • American Association of Surgical Physician Assistants (AASPA)
  • American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP)

Leadership And Involvement

  • Biology Club, High Point University, High Point, NC, 2016, 2019, Host guests speakers from variety of biological backgrounds, such as current medical and graduate students, drug sales representatives, and researchers from neighboring institutions, Conduct biological research and dissect new biology published scholarly journals
  • HPU EMS Club, High Point University, High Point, NC, 2018, 2019, Provide basic life support to the Universities students, faculty, and any visitors

Timeline

Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery, PA-C, First Assistant

The Brooklyn Hospital Center
03.2023 - Current

Medical Scribe

East End Cardiology, NYU Langone
01.2019 - 01.2020

Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)

South Country Ambulance
01.2017 - 01.2020

Matriculated Student - Health Sciences

Suffolk County Community College

Master of Science - Physician Assistant Studies

School of Health Sciences and Professions, Long Island University

Bachelor of Science - Biology, Health Sciences

Congdon School of Health and Sciences, High Point University

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