Successful Experience in clinical practice: Emergency Medicine, Urgent Care, Inpatient, and Primary Care Consulting: Strategic planning, care coordination, workforce development curriculum design, budget management and operations of national healthcare consulting firm.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Family Nurse Practitioner
Mother of Mercy Medical Clinic
02.2024 - Current
Volunteer one day/week for primary care facility for underserved patients with no healthcare insurance
Age group is 18+ but primarily older adult population
Most are recent immigrants with little to no previous medical care. Significant amount of patients with uncontrolled diabetes and hypertension and most females with no previous gynecological care
Manage preventative, chronic and acute care visits
Chief Operating Officer and Principal
COPE Health Solutions
08.2018 - Current
Oversee all Vice Presidents and above on account delivery across firm (value based care, analytics platform and workforce)
Manage $25 million budget, successfully put together Series A in 2021 for firm leading to further ability for product development and annual recurring revenue programs
Principal consultant overseeing team of consultants with Workforce Development Strategies. This includes development of advanced practice provider fellowships in acute and outpatient settings across country, performance improvement for clinician burnout, build of new workforce programs including medical assistant schools, surgical technician schools, community health workers on large scale, clinicians’ skills training and workforce strategy
Clinicians’ skills training can include various topics that are indicated by gaps within particular health care system, most often this has been related to pain management, behavioral health, procedure skills, care management, HIV, and Hepatitis care
Responsible for overseeing training, onboarding and management of 6000 students/year at thirty healthcare systems throughout country. This involves overseeing team to manage application and acceptance, clearance, and then initial training including introduction to healthcare, basic patient skills, and health care system policies and procedures
Developed primary care and specialty care Advanced Practice Provider (APP) fellowships and launched with medical groups across country. This included development of curriculum, procedures, design, teaching principals as well as implementation and management
Developed and implemented Medical Assistant training programs that are able to be nationally credentialed to bring in more community members to MA role and ensure consistency in training and practice
(06/2020-12/2023) Oversee Human Resources for firm.
Family Nurse Practitioner
Adventist Health
07.2020 - 01.2023
Work across 3 different urgent cares, all ages, primarily 2years+
Able to perform procedures including suturing, joint aspiration and injections, trigger point injection, toe nail removal, drainage of abscess among others
Also able to interpret x-ray imaging
Seeing about 25-30 patients in 10 hours
During height of Covid-19 pandemic, worked in hospital@ home program. Provided assessment, diagnosis, and management of care to patients that would typically be in medical/surgical unit in their home
Deputy Chief Medical Officer
Community Healthcare Network, Inc. (CHN)
03.2012 - 07.2018
Oversaw Director of Primary Care and providers (medical directors, physicians and APPs, about 100 providers in total
Oversaw Director of Nursing and nursing staff (nurse managers, registered nurses (RN), licensed practical nurses (LPN), and medical assistants (MA)), about 120 nursing staff in total
Oversaw Director of Laboratory Department and laboratory technicians including regulatory requirements for all labs in network
Responsible for formation and execution of medical affairs budget of over $60 million
Acting Medical Director for Long Island City Health Center and Dr Betty Shabazz Health Center for various periods of time (typically 6-12 months)
In charge of recruitment, hiring, and termination of all medical providers and nursing staff
Curriculum and Training Expertise: Designed and implemented first NP fellowship in NYS (primary care in September 2015 and Community Psychiatric in Oct 2016), including: curriculum, rotations, evaluations, and application process. This grew from 4 fellows to 12 in 2nd year and managed budget of over one million for each class
Designed new integrative primary care and psychiatric NP fellowship for co-located primary care and psychiatric fellowship for joint program with Institute for Community Living (ICL) concentrating on patients with serious mental illness
Started Procedure Clinic for current medical providers credentialing them in common outpatient procedures to reduce need for ED referrals or specialty providers
Designed training program for medical providers to learn and start care for HIV positive patients and Hepatitis B and C positive patients to close gaps in care and initiated first class
Lead in developing expansion of services for special populations including Veterans, Geriatrics, SMI, and substance abuse screening and services
Clinical Experience: Active panel of patients 3-5 days/week including newborn-geriatrics, HIV, Hepatitis C, and gynecological care
Managed preventative, chronic and acute care for population
Panel consisted of large adult population, women’s health, HIV+, DM, HTN, Hyperlipidemia and COPD
Clinical presentations for providers and staff: Women’s Health Updates in HIV positive females, Utilizing Advanced Practice Nurses, How to Be A Preceptor, Routine Health Maintenance, Hypertension Updates, Well Child Exams, Understanding abnormal labs and EKGs for psychiatric provider, Pediatrics Upper Respiratory Problems and ENT concerns.
Nursing Coordinator
Columbia University Hospital-Milstein
05.2009 - 12.2015
Nursing Supervisor for Milstein Hospital (738 adult beds), in charge of staffing for individual units (20 different units), supplies, environmental services, VIP clients, and other urgent issues.
Nurse Practitioner
Citicare Inc.
05.2010 - 03.2012
Family Practice-Sole full time medical provider for adult patients managing patients with multiple diseases. Averaged 20 patients/8 hours.
Nurse Practitioner
Long Island College Hospital
12.2009 - 08.2011
Worked in Fast Track-Urgent Care as sole independent provider for all patients, up to 30 patients at one time and worked in Main Emergency Department as Resident with up to six patients on team.
Registered Nurse
St Vincent's And Georgetown University Hospital
08.2005 - 05.2009
Medical Intensive Care Unit, Cardiac Catherization Lab, Float Intensive Care Unit
Education
Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) -
Yale University
New Haven, CT
05.2017
Master of Science Nursing- Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) -
Columbia University
New York, NY
02.2010
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ
05.2005
Skills
Primary Care Management all ages
Preventive and Urgent Care
Emergency Medicine (procedural skills)
Women's Health
HIV
Electronic Charting (ECW, Cerner and Athena)
Certification
Registered Nurse-California and Virginia
Registered Nurse Practitioner-California and Virginia
Certified Family Nurse Practitioner-AANC board certified
Academic Appointments
Adjunct Clinical Professor, Yale University School of Nursing, 06/2014, 06/2015
Adjunct Clinical Professor, New York University School of Nursing, 06/2014, present
Clinical Instructor, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, 09/2014, 06/2016
Clinical Instructor, Columbia University School of Nursing, 06/2008, 12/2009
Clinical Instructor, Columbia University School of Nursing, 01/2015, 06/2016
Clinical Instructor, Hunter College School of Nursing, 09/2017, 07/2018
Current Position
Principal, Health Care Consulting Firm, 08/2018, present
Family Nurse Practitioner in medical underserved clinic, 02/2024-present
Timeline
Family Nurse Practitioner
Mother of Mercy Medical Clinic
02.2024 - Current
Family Nurse Practitioner
Adventist Health
07.2020 - 01.2023
Chief Operating Officer and Principal
COPE Health Solutions
08.2018 - Current
Deputy Chief Medical Officer
Community Healthcare Network, Inc. (CHN)
03.2012 - 07.2018
Nurse Practitioner
Citicare Inc.
05.2010 - 03.2012
Nurse Practitioner
Long Island College Hospital
12.2009 - 08.2011
Nursing Coordinator
Columbia University Hospital-Milstein
05.2009 - 12.2015
Registered Nurse
St Vincent's And Georgetown University Hospital
08.2005 - 05.2009
Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) -
Yale University
Master of Science Nursing- Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) -
Columbia University
Bachelor of Science in Nursing -
Arizona State University
Registered Nurse-California and Virginia
Registered Nurse Practitioner-California and Virginia
Certified Family Nurse Practitioner-AANC board certified
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