Jessie Lofaro

• Served as a liaison between surgeons and other healthcare providers when communicating about patients'' needs or concerns.
• Primarily Orthopedic and sports facility
• Resource for positioning, equipment and instrumentation for various surgeons
• Help the staff when needed to help the schedule run smoothly
• Room turnovers and setting up for the next cases. Help wherever is needed, housekeeping, anesthesia as well as during the operation.

• Anticipated surgeons needs and handed instruments and supplies to surgeons during procedures.
• Setup operating and surgery rooms by preparing equipment and supplies for upcoming procedures.
• Demonstrated adaptability when faced with emergency situations or unexpected complications during surgeries, providing prompt support to surgical teams.
• Expedited surgery room turnover times by quickly yet efficiently preparing operating rooms for surgeries of all specialties including but not limited to spine, ortho and robotic procedures.
• Assisted surgeons in complex procedures, ensuring efficient completion and minimized complications.

• Gathered and set up equipment, tools, and supplies and arrange instruments according to surgeons' preferences or instruction.
• Evaluated procedure needs and set up equipment, tools, supplies, and instruments.
• Ortho and Spine lead as well as robotic procedures.
• Mentored junior staff members on proper techniques and best practices within the field of surgical technology, promoting professional growth among peers.
• Maintained high infection control standards.

• Able to scrub with surgeons during trauma, cosmetic surgeries, gynecological and orthopedic procedures and burn patients.
• Nightshift while working at UMC so was able to scrub the emergencies or which ever cases were left for the day from the morning shift. As well as anything that came in emergent.
• Gained a lot of knowledge as a scrub with the variety of cases that were handed to me.

• Anticipated surgeons needs and handed instruments and supplies to surgeons during procedures.
• Very first job as a new grad. Where I first learned to love spine

procedures.