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Work History
Education
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Academic awards
Volunteer Experience
Accomplishments
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Dhruviben Patel

Chicago,IL

Summary

Results-driven medical professional with a strong foundation in coding and technology integration. Demonstrated ability to bridge the gap between healthcare and tech through innovative solutions. Seeking to leverage clinical expertise and programming skills to enhance patient care and streamline medical processes.

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience

Work History

Patient Care Assistant / Unit Secretary

METROWEST MEDICAL CENTER
Framingham, MA
01.2018 - 07.2019
  • Obtaining patients' vital signs
  • Assisting patients with basic tasks such as bathing, dressing, and eating
  • Other tasks include performing an EKG, collecting specimens for lab tests, bladder scan, fingerstick
  • Documenting vital signs, intake and output, and finger-stick results

Undergraduate Research Assistant

HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
West Roxbury, MA
08.2018 - 05.2019
  • Performed Molecular Biology, Immunology and Neuroscience research including real-time polymerase chain reaction, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays, immunohistochemistry, western blot analysis, flow cytometry, electroencephalogram analysis, animal surgical procedures, and animal behavioral work
  • Research focused on understanding the role of inflammasomes in fatigue and molecular analysis of central nervous system and peripheral tissues were used to understand this relationship

Tutor

Mount Ida College
Newton, MA
09.2017 - 05.2019
  • Tutored in Biology, General Chemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, Calculus, Anatomy and Physiology

Undergraduate Research Assistant

UMASS MEDICAL SCHOOL
Worcester, MA
06.2017 - 08.2017
  • Conducted experiments under the guidance of a head researcher and collected necessary data for analysis
  • Examined gene amplification by PCR and visualization by gel electrophoresis, ligation and bacterial transformation, plasmid isolation by mini prep, sample preparation for sequencing in addition to designing guides for CRISPR experiment

Education

Doctor of Medicine -

St George's University School of Medicine
05-2025

Bachelor of Science - Biology, Pre-Med Concentration

University of Massachusetts
Lowell, MA
06-2019

Skills

  • Healthcare operations
  • Diagnostic testing
  • Nursing
  • EHR management
  • Microsoft office
  • Electronic medical records
  • Python
  • Program coding
  • TeleHealth

Academic awards

  • Dean's List, 2016-2019
  • Outstanding Performer as a Freshman in Biology, 2015
  • Recipient of Humanitarian Scholarship

Volunteer Experience

Cancer Resource Specialist

American Cancer Society

Jan 2016 - Jan 2018 

  • Address the patient’s and caregiver’s non-medical needs such as transportation and financial assistance, among others; work with the patients and their caregivers to identify and link them to available resources from the hospital, the local community and the American Cancer Society. Support nursing staff with a variety of tasks as necessary.

Peer Mentor

YWCA USA

Jan 2019 - Apr 2019

Mentored teen girls through Girl’s LIFE program on their financial independence and education options. Participated in workshops that are one-to-one mentoring model. Performed financial reinforcing activities with mentees

Accomplishments

  • Zielinski, Mark & Gerashchenko, Dmitry & Patel, Dhruviben & Torres, Kayla & Desrosiers, Gretchen. (2019). 0219 Mice Lacking IL-18 have Reduced Sleep and Slow-wave Activity Responses to Sleep Promoting Stimuli. Sleep. 42. A90-A90. 10.1093/sleep/zsz067.218.
  • Zielinski, Mark & Gerashchenko, Dmitry & Torres, Kayla & Patel, Dhruviben & Desrosiers, Gretchen. (2019). 0017 Multiple Types of Pathogen-Associated Molecular Patterns Activate Different Types of Inflammasomes Through Caspase-1 to Alter Sleep and Slow-wave Activity. Sleep. 42. A7-A7.
    10.1093/sleep/zsz067.016.
  • Edah E, Patel D, Singh J, et al. (May 13, 2023) Verruca Vulgaris-Associated Cutaneous Horn: A Case Report. Cureus 15(5): e38962. doi:10.7759/cureus.38962

Languages

English
Full Professional
Gujarati
Native/ Bilingual
Hindi
Full Professional
Punjabi
Full Professional

Affiliations

  • Tri Beta (Biological Honors Society)
  • Alpha Chi
  • American Medical Association

Timeline

Undergraduate Research Assistant

HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL
08.2018 - 05.2019

Patient Care Assistant / Unit Secretary

METROWEST MEDICAL CENTER
01.2018 - 07.2019

Tutor

Mount Ida College
09.2017 - 05.2019

Undergraduate Research Assistant

UMASS MEDICAL SCHOOL
06.2017 - 08.2017

Doctor of Medicine -

St George's University School of Medicine

Bachelor of Science - Biology, Pre-Med Concentration

University of Massachusetts
Dhruviben Patel