Highly-skilled SAS Programmer/Analyst with 22 years of industry experience in SAS data preparation and analysis in big trials (Physicians' Health Study (PHS) , Vitamin D and Omega-3 Trial (VITAL), COcoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study (COSMOS) ). Advanced
knowledge of SAS programming language and statistical analysis. Publications available upon request.
Work History
Sr. SAS Programmer/Analyst
Mass General Brigham
02.2009 - 08.2023
Worked with team of medical professionals, statisticians, and database programmers to design protocols for clinical trials and custom build trial databases.
Created efficient, well-documented, readily comprehensible and modifiable SAS code using SAS/base and SAS/ macro facility.
Translated analysis datasets specifications into SAS code to generate datasets and outputs for Tables, Listings, and Figures.
Developed programs for statistical analyses involving analysis of variance, repeated measures analysis, and categorical data analysis.
Reviewed and debugged SAS code to identify and resolve errors, and maintain documentation of changes made to SAS code, programs, and specifications.
Modified and maintained SAS programs written by others and coordinate with other programmers about program revisions.
Performed program database manipulation and transfers of data for internal and external clients as per requirement specifications.
Created data visualizations, such as graphs and plots, useful for data exploration and presentation of results.
SAS Programmer Analyst
Brigham And Women's Hospital
02.2001 - 02.2009
Built datasets for clinical database using SAS platform in UNIX and Windows.
Initiated quality control process for statistical modeling function to enhance accuracy of clinical trial data results.
Ensured that all data analysis, including tables and datasets, were validated.
Communicated internal team objectives to management both verbally and in writing.
Updated documentation with project deviations to capture changes.
Programmer
Alpha Consulting
03.2000 - 02.2001
Created VB and Access based software to maintain marketing information for vendor – retailer link. Software offers clean, convenient and flexible way for storing and retrieving information about vendor and retailer companies and relationships between them, has call and activity logs, personal (depending on user name) reminders and many other futures
Designed and implemented import-export engine for transferring data from or to text files. Engine gives ability to dynamically choose exported/imported fields based on file format or needed information.
Developed Engine to search, check and prevent entering same company more than once regardless of spelling of business name or address.
Programmer Analyst
ICCT, INC
11.1999 - 03.2000
Participated in all phases of Client /Server based application project for consulting company.
Developed data model for Oracle DB, designed and coded store procedure.
Designed and coded graphical user interface in VB to enable users to automatically and transparently create complex queries to search relational databases.
Developed WEB-version in accordance with business objectives (ASP, HTML, VB Script, Visual InterDev).
Business Analyst
Children's Hospital #5, MIS Department
04.1993 - 09.1999
Participated in all phases of “Hospital Information Management System” project.
Developed data models and database schemes, designed tables and relations.
Designed and developed patients' data control allowing entering, update, and delete patients' personal and medical data.
Created programs to maintain medical data from physicians, and clinical, and laboratory test results.
Analyzed billing information to compute expenses based on reference data.
Performed gap analysis to identify areas of improvement.
Pediatrician
Children's Hospital #5
09.1983 - 04.1993
Monitored childhood developmental markers such as weight, height and blood pressure to screen for abnormalities
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