MELISSA HOPKINS

• Work as an express care/walk in setting for the southern/Akron region for Cleveland Clinic, handling a variety of complaints from patients 2 years and older
• Collaborated with physicians to provide optimal patient care, ensuring accurate diagnoses and appropriate treatment plans.
• Effectively reduced symptoms and treated underlying conditions by prescribing targeted medications and therapies under physician guidance.

• Work as an emergency department physician assistant for several of the University Hospital Health Systems in Northeast Ohio on a part time/prn basis
• Enjoy the variety of complaints and procedures that present in an emergency setting as well as working with several different physicians in the group
• Am able to manage all but the most critical of patients from presentation to disposition

• Work in an express walk-in/urgent care setting for all Prima locations under Mercy Health Care system
• Average approximately 30 patients during an 8-hour shift, handling a variety of complaints from patients of all ages
• Collaborated with physicians to provide optimal patient care, ensuring accurate diagnoses and appropriate treatment plans.
• Effectively reduced symptoms and treated underlying conditions by prescribing targeted medications and therapies under physician guidance.

Worked in outpatient surgery for pre-surgical testing, performing histories and physicals for same-day procedures. Collaborated with anesthesiologists to medically clear patients for surgeries. Worked part time then prn.

• Work as an emergency department physician assistant for Affinity Medical Center in Massillon Ohio
• Average 20 hrs/week in this setting
• Enjoy the variety of complaints and procedures that present in an emergency setting as well as working with several different physicians in the group
• Am able to manage all but the most critical of patients from presentation to disposition

• Worked part time in family practice, performing history & physical examinations, making diagnoses, and creating treatment plans under the supervision of Dr
• Zacour
• Able to see an average of four patients/hour depending on patient's complaints and examination requirements
• Enjoy working with newly diagnosed diabetic patients
• Am comfortable performing a wide variety of services in the family practice setting

• Responsible for several varsity sports team
• Duties included evaluation, treatment, & rehabilitation of all athletic injuries
• Worked closely with team orthopedic surgeon
• Assisted physician during his on-campus clinical visits
• Covered all practices & contests of varsity sports as well as supervising student athletic trainer
• Also instructed several sports medicine, exercise science, & physical education classes, including an advanced exercise physiology lecture & laboratory course, kinesiology, & a therapeutic modality practicum
• Organized several wellness activities for students & staff as well as performing numerous health assessments on faculty
• Instructed individuals on exercise programs
• Advisor to many students