Emily Hernandez-Avila
Queens Village,NY
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Rehabilitation Aide/Office Administrative Assistant
Northwell Health STARS Rehabilitation Center
9 2019 - Current
- Assists therapists in treating patients by educating, instructing, and addressing any questions regarding treatment, as well as ensuring all exercise is performed safely. Serves as a liaison between therapist and patient, maintains orderliness and cleanliness of the clinic. Sets up treatment area with all equipment required for session. Multitasks all responsibilities and effectively communicates with team members continuously through out shift to perform aide duties.
- Serves as point of contact with Operations team, managing inventory for both medical and office supplies and conducts custom orders. Assess facility compliance with Department of Health guidelines as well as those required by hospital system.
- Translates all pertinent information for Spanish speaking population including Initial Assessments, information regarding treatment sessions, insurance, payments, or scheduling.
- Instructs all incoming rehabilitation aides on exercises necessary for treatment, maintaining efficient workflow, maintaining orderliness and cleanliness of equipment, and all other responsibilities. Serves as a team leader in managing all aides during their onboarding process, has trained 10-15 people throughout employment. Organizes aide schedule per month and coordinates coverage for any vacant shifts amongst 15+ aides of clinic. Effectively manages time to address all managerial tasks.
- Able to perform all duties of an administrative assistant including managing patient schedules, answering any questions regarding insurance, billing, or different therapies offered by the department, coordinating services for patients not provided at site, maintaining organization of patient records and forms necessary for treatment. Assists in supervisory duties of auditing copayment transactions and correcting any errors found at time of service.
Research Technician
Feinstein Institutes of Medical Research
10.2021 - 05.2022
- Assisted in research on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by conducting various laboratory techniques such as purification of antibodies, transfection of DNA into HEK 293T cells, ELISA assays to test protein levels of c1q in patient serum and breeding and maintenance of mouse colonies for experiments
- Ensured that laboratory was well supplied with lab materials and processed orders of any reagents necessary for experiments.
Lab Assistant in Kopp Group Lab
National Institutes of Health (NIDDK)
05.2016 - 07.2016
- Researched the role of an immune cell membrane protein named CXCR3 in the mechanism of Apolipoprotein 1 related kidney disease both in mice and in cells
- Utilized mice genetically altered to include Apolipoprotein 1 in their genome in attempts to produce a model of this disease
- Employed various methods in the research process, including western blotting, immunohistochemistry and qPCR
- Gained experience in mouse dissection, intraperitoneal injections, blood collection via the tail vein, and euthanizing mice.
Lab Assistant in Baird-Holowka Group Lab
Cornell HHMI Accelerating Medical Progress through Scholarship (CHAMPS)
05.2015 - 07.2015
- Conducted research to better understand Epidermal growth factor regulation to optimize Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) driven cancer treatments by studying EGFR mutation R1-6
- Applied methods for research including Fluorescence Microscopy, Chemical Crosslinking, Western Blotting (Gel Electrophoresis), Immuno-precipitation, Transfection.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Human Biology, Health, and Society with a minor in Human Development -
Cornell University, College of Human Ecology
Ithaca, NYSkills
Excellent communication
Organizational and Interpersonal skills
Self Motivated and Goal Oriented
Ability to multitask
Attention to detail
Proficient in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
Fluent in Spanish
Awards
- Northwell Health Execution Award, Earned for pursuing multiple deadlines while maintaining high quality service for patients, 01/05/20
- Northwell Health Patient Customer Focus Award, Earned for passion about anticipating expressed and unexpressed needs of patients and coworkers, building strong relationships and delivering patient centric solutions, 12/22/19
Timeline
Research Technician
Feinstein Institutes of Medical Research
10.2021 - 05.2022
Lab Assistant in Kopp Group Lab
National Institutes of Health (NIDDK)
05.2016 - 07.2016
Lab Assistant in Baird-Holowka Group Lab
Cornell HHMI Accelerating Medical Progress through Scholarship (CHAMPS)
05.2015 - 07.2015
Senior Rehabilitation Aide/Office Administrative Assistant
Northwell Health STARS Rehabilitation Center
9 2019 - Current
Bachelor of Science in Human Biology, Health, and Society with a minor in Human Development -
Cornell University, College of Human Ecology
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