Kaitlin Santisteban

• Collaborate with orthopedic surgeons, advanced care providers, nursing leadership, and hospital administration to support clinical operations and departmental workflow initiatives.
• Participate in the coordination and maintenance of advanced certified clinical programs, inclusive of elective arthroplasty and spine programs.
• Assist with implementation and updates of departmental workflows and clinical protocols in collaboration with multidisciplinary leadership teams to ensure quality outcomes and best practice.
• Serve as a clinical resource and support team collaboration within a high-volume orthopedic surgery department.
• Contribute to provider communication, patient flow coordination, and interdisciplinary care planning across inpatient and outpatient orthopedic services.

• Mentor physician assistants, physician assistant students, and pre-physician assistant students through clinical teaching, onboarding support, and professional development guidance.

• Deliver care to medical and surgical patients, including pre/post-operative care with physical assessment, medications’ prescriptions, physical therapy prescriptions and discharge planning.
• Advocate for patients during procedures, managing total patient care through a team-based approach, including both pre- and post-operative care.
• Acquire patient medical histories, conduct adult and geriatric physical examinations and record data using EMR software.
• Provide effective physician support by ordering and interpreting lab and imaging tests, such as x- rays, CT and MRI scans, and electrocardiograms.
• Assist Orthopedic Surgeons with total joint replacement surgeries, trauma related surgeries, and more.