Michael Tran
Weymouth,MA
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Physical Therapist
Comeback Physical Therapy
Worcester, MA
09.2023 - Current
- Evaluated and assessed patients to establish measurable goals and promote restoration of functional abilities.
- Assisted patients with physical movements to help restore function and lessen pain and disability.
- Created individualized home exercise programs for outpatient therapy clients to improve health and wellness.
- Provided education to families, caregivers, staff and other healthcare professionals regarding physical therapy treatments, safety procedures.
- Spearheaded their Hyde Park Location as their primary therapist seeing 100% caseload and assisting with administrative work and compliance.
Student Physical Therapist
Newton Wellesley Hospital Outpatient Rehab Center
Newton, MA
02.2023 - 04.2023
- Responsible for 100% of a physical therapist caseload treating 10-16 patients daily with medical conditions ranging from chronic pain, aquatic therapy, to advanced athletes recovering from ACL reconstruction
- Collaborated and assisted with an interprofessional team of physical therapists and occupational therapists on a weekly basis who is specialized in neurological rehabilitation, level 2 pelvic health issues, driving evaluations, hand and wrist therapy, and chronic pain neuroscience
- Acquired advanced technical skills with state-of-the-art technology consisting of blood flow restriction training with the Delfi tourniquet system, ultrasound, electrical stimulation, blaze pods, Graston, advanced high velocity low amplitude manipulations ranging from cervical spine to ankle, paraffin wax, and hand therapy splinting.
Student Physical Therapist
National Physical Therapy
Brockton, MA
04.2022 - 08.2022
- Operated at 100% of a licensed physical therapist caseload treating 12-16 patients daily with 3-4 evaluations and maintained a weekly patient caseload of 40+ patients
- Documented progress notes consistently with no supervision and created over 60 plans of care medical conditions consisting of general orthopedics, status post CVA, and Level 1 pelvic health
- Received positive feedback from patients regarding their treatment duration and success and maintained positive relationships with staff in all areas
- Achieved over 85% patient attendance and 95% patient satisfaction on all patient reported surveys
- Directed Physical Therapy Assistant daily on tasks and duties pertaining to patient's plan of care and exercise selection.
Student Physical Therapist
St Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
06.2021 - 09.2021
- Co-treated with and directed Occupational Therapists on duties with complex patients that ranged from status post elective surgery to severe respiratory conditions like COPD and Congestive Heart Failure
- Worked and flourished in hybrid schedule of acute care and outpatient physical therapy on a week basis, maintaining 75% full time physical therapist case load inpatient and 90% case load for outpatient physical therapy seeing between 6-10 patients and 10-12 respectively
- Maintained positive relationship in the interdisciplinary team and directing nurses to specific orders on patient's status and management.
Education
Doctorate in Physical Therapy -
University of New England
05.2023
Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science -
University of Massachusetts Boston
05.2018
Leadership/Achievements
- Post- Covid Syndrome Research,
- Spearheaded case study report on prevalent medical condition from recent COVID-19 pandemic
- Established correlation to a feasible assessment tool to measure progress and baseline of patient's suffering from Post- Covid Syndrome.
- Created a management program for those who suffer from post covid syndrome and brought the feasibility of this program public at the annual symposium where established faculty, physical therapists, and APTA members attend.
- Published case report to Digital University of New England which is UNE's Centralized online repository that collects, scholarly resources.
Timeline
Physical Therapist
Comeback Physical Therapy
09.2023 - Current
Student Physical Therapist
Newton Wellesley Hospital Outpatient Rehab Center
02.2023 - 04.2023
Student Physical Therapist
National Physical Therapy
04.2022 - 08.2022
Student Physical Therapist
St Anne's Hospital
06.2021 - 09.2021
Doctorate in Physical Therapy -
University of New England
Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science -
University of Massachusetts Boston