PRISCILLA MARTINEZ
Garland,TX
Summary
Dynamic Lead Medical Assistant with extensive experience at Bare Dermatology, excelling in patient care and surgical support. Proficient in EHR systems and blood draws, I effectively communicate complex medical information, ensuring patient understanding and satisfaction. Recognized for streamlining clinical operations, enhancing patient flow, and fostering collaborative relationships with healthcare teams.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Medical Assistant
Bare Dermatology
Rockwall, Texas
02.2025 - Current
- Managed daily clinical operations to ensure efficient patient flow, such as chart prepping the day before, sending prescriptions and responding to tasks and intramails in a timely manner.
- Assist physicians with examinations and in-office excisions/MOHS surgeries.
- Set up, cleaned, and stocked examination rooms with medical supplies, and prepared for in-office procedures and surgeries.
- Regularly attended meetings with department heads in order to discuss any changes or updates related to policies or procedures.
- Communicated effectively with patients regarding their medication, pathology, and lab results.
- Keeping the nurses' station clean and sterilizing instruments.
- Providing services such as phlebotomy and biologic injections.
Lead Medical Assitant
The Institute for Advanced Reconstruction
McKinney, Texas
02.2024 - 01.2025
- Provide patients with pre- and post-operative care.
- Educate patients, and assess patient history, blood tests, perform biopsies and prescribe medicine to help with recovery.
- Provide patients with genetic and hereditary oncology testing.
- Schedule patient for multiple surgeries including cosmetic, breast and breast reconstruction.
- Provide patients with education calls regarding their diagnosis to implement a better understanding and answer questions thoroughly.
- Educate patients family members for support during the initial consultation and after post operative care.
- Support physician with all needs regarding the best care implementation for patients.
Benefit coordinator / Medical Assistant
American Institute for plastic surgery
Plano, Texas
05.2016 - 01.2024
- Assisted physicians with scar revisions, mole removals, breast augmentations, breast reductions and labia modifications, according to the AAMA.
- Assisted with Transgender patients and the physical and emotional transitions.
- Provided before and after care for each patient through Pre and Post Operative care.
- Applied antiseptics and sterile dressings to cover surgical locations and boost healing.
- Kept views unobstructed by retracing, sponging and suctioning surgical sites.
- Obtained client medical history, including medication information, symptoms and allergies.
- Implemented insurance verification through in person or email communication for patients in office procedures or surgical procedures through the operating room.
- Obtained clearance for surgery procedures along with anesthesia fees.
- Implemented making sure the patient understood insurance benefits, fee quotes, going over the requirements prior to getting scheduled for surgery.
Medical Asistant / Benefit Coordinator
BodEvolve (Bariatric/Cosmetic)
Arlington, Texas
09.2015 - 05.2016
- Bariatric/Cosmetic coordinator, worked along side with the surgeon.
- Explained insurance benefits/ fee quotes.
- Explained to patients there there requirement before surgery.
- Scheduled all requirements including nutrition, psychological evaluations, stress test, sleep, EGD's, and sent out referrals to primary care physicians as well as emailing a list of detailed information regarding patient appointments.
- For the cosmetic patients a lot of this information was also implemented however this included sending patients referrals for mammograms, removal of patient drains and performed Venus treatments on patients.
Medical Assistant
White Rock Internal Medicine
Dallas, Texas
10.2014 - 07.2015
- Assisted physicians with taking vital signs, blood drawings, medical injections, Pap smears, triage with physicians prior to seeing patients.
- Answered phones, scheduled new/existing patients.
- Retrieved and input referrals into the system to scheduled patients.
- Filled out disability as well as FMLA paperwork.
- Verified benefits.
- Called patients with lab information and answered all questions throughly.
Medical Assistant / Benefit Coordinator
Barker Bariatric Center
Dallas, Texas
12.2012 - 10.2014
- Worked along side four surgeons in the office assisting each one and working hand in hand making sure I followed each physicians flow as the each had a different approach in the way they performed there surgery or liked there clinics to flow.
- Explained to each patient their insurance requirements and followed through the approval or denial process.
- Assisted in removal of staples from post-op patient and took their vitals as well as made sure the room was prepped before hand for the physicians to exam the patients.
- Traveled with four surgeons to three different satellite locations including (Lubbock & Amarillo as well as Southlake).
Education
Medical Assistant -
PCI Medical Assistant School
Dallas, Texas11.2012
Social Worker -
East Field College
Dallas, Texas04.2011
High School Diploma -
Skyline High School
Dallas, Texas05.2009
Skills
- EHR/EMR experience
- CPR Certified
- Mirror software for plastic surgery photos
- NexGen
- Nextech experience
- Excel knowledge
- Word knowledge
- EMA experience
- Blood draws
Timeline
Lead Medical Assistant
Bare Dermatology
02.2025 - Current
Lead Medical Assitant
The Institute for Advanced Reconstruction
02.2024 - 01.2025
Benefit coordinator / Medical Assistant
American Institute for plastic surgery
05.2016 - 01.2024
Medical Asistant / Benefit Coordinator
BodEvolve (Bariatric/Cosmetic)
09.2015 - 05.2016
Medical Assistant
White Rock Internal Medicine
10.2014 - 07.2015
Medical Assistant / Benefit Coordinator
Barker Bariatric Center
12.2012 - 10.2014
Medical Assistant -
PCI Medical Assistant School
Social Worker -
East Field College
High School Diploma -
Skyline High School