Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Timeline
Generic

R. Noah Morris

Blacksburg,VA

Summary

An modern day Jack of all trades mr. Morris is highly skilled across a variety of tasks from clinical operations and patient care to danger mitigation and disaster response mr Morris has a deep and broad set of life experiences to draw upon

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Community Health and Safety Consultant

Highlander Research and Education Center
01.2020 - Current
  • Company Overview: This job is focused on developing and implementing alternative risk mitigation and radical community health promotion for staff and visitors of HREC a large rural conference and education center
  • This job is focused on developing and implementing alternative risk mitigation and radical community health promotion for staff and visitors of HREC a large rural conference and education center

Licensed Acupuncturist

Migrants' Rest Acupuncture
01.2022 - Current
  • Conducted detailed assessments of patient medical histories in order to create effective treatment plans targeting specific symptoms or conditions.
  • Educated patients on self-care techniques, promoting long-term health maintenance and prevention.
  • Expertly administered various acupuncture techniques, including electroacupuncture and cupping therapy, tailoring treatments to individual needs.

Trainer

Self-employed
01.2020 - Current

Provides trainings for groups and individuals in the Auricular Acupuncture technique known as the "NADA protocol"

Private Acupuncturist

Acupuncture Care for Appalachian Betterment
12.2018 - 04.2020
  • Private acupuncture practice begun, focusing on concierge and community acupuncture
  • Adhered to strict sanitation standards, guaranteeing a clean and safe environment for all clients.
  • Educated patients on the benefits of acupuncture and complementary therapies, fostering a deeper understanding of holistic health practices.

Passenger Delivery Expert

Asheville Taxi
01.2017 - 05.2019

Caregiver and Medical Coordinator

Standing Rock Medic Healer Council
08.2016 - 03.2018
  • I was invited to Standing Rock Reservation on the banks of the Missouri River to help provide medical support to the Water protector camps and the prayer camps established to oppose a pipeline going through sacred sites and old burial sites
  • Over the seven months I worked to increase our capacity and capability to address the health needs of an off-grid community that reached more than ten thousand people and had several hundred who stayed through the winter
  • This was accomplished by using a blend of nearly all modalities from emergency medical workers, acupuncturist, herbalists, midwives to nurses, doctors and mental health volunteers

Founder, Advisor

Mni Wiconi Health Project
11.2016 - 01.2018
  • Company Overview: Inspired by the Mni Wiconi (Lakota for 'water is life') movement, the Mni Wiconi Health Project is working to create a medical facility and farm that has respect and space for traditional medicines and practices in a new model that focuses on decolonizing medicine and creating new and more empowering models of providing care and educating practitioners
  • This project is a joint venture between UC San Francisco School of Medicine, National Nurses United, Changing Women Initiative, MAST Architecture Collective and numerous individuals under local grassroots Indigenous leadership of Standing Rock

Driver

Uber
10.2015 - 08.2016

Phlebotomist

Phlebotek
01.2014 - 01.2016
  • This was a contract job where I performed high patient volume phlebotomy at industrial facilities on a PRN basis

EMT-Basic

Buncombe County Rescue Squad
01.2012 - 02.2015
  • At this job I worked as an EMT-Basic working on an ALS 911 ambulance as well as doing BLS convalescent transportation

Phlebotomist

ExamOne
09.2011 - 06.2013
  • I was contracted as a phlebotomist for this company doing high volumes of blood draws at wellness events

EMT

CARE Ambulance Inc.
05.2010 - 07.2011
  • I was hired by CARE to work offshore as an EMT on the BP Gulf oil spill
  • In this role I was deployed on the water and was responsible for the health and safety of 10-100 people on any given day
  • As the labor intensive stages of the oil spill cleanup waned I started doing non-urgent transport as an EMT-b with CARE

Manager and Head of Security

Mimi's in the Marigny
02.2010 - 07.2011
  • My job as manager and head of security at Mimi's weekend nights let me exercise and expand my capacity to work with a diversity of people in a diversity of emotional, physical, and psychological states

Co-Founder

Common Ground Health Clinic
09.2005 - 07.2011
  • Company Overview: I am one of the co-founders of Common Ground Health Clinic (CGHC), a free clinic that provided basic medical care to 20,000 people its first year and now sees 250 people every week
  • I served in all roles at CGHC, including helping develop its mission and strategic plan, serving as an EMT-Basic, doing intakes, blood draws, assisting the nurse practitioners with procedures, as well as serving on and chairing its board
  • My work at CGHC encapsulates my desire to help provide health care wherever it is needed
  • I am one of the co-founders of Common Ground Health Clinic (CGHC), a free clinic that provided basic medical care to 20,000 people its first year and now sees 250 people every week

Co-Founder

Odyssey House LA Community Health Clinic
10.2005 - 07.2009
  • Company Overview: I helped found the free clinic at Odyssey House LA, a residential drug treatment facility, in the months after Katrina
  • Over time I served as an EMT, patient educator, grant manager and as the clinical office manager
  • I also worked directly under our nurse practitioner assisting with minor surgical procedures as well as doing the majority of the blood collection and all of the STI testing for males
  • I valued this time where I learned to implement grants and to create a system to monitor compliance with the terms of the grant, as well as interfacing with the different departments within the organization
  • Odyssey House also gave me experience in working with the medical problems of individuals in recovery from drug and alcohol abuse as well as chronic conditions endemic in poor and homeless populations
  • I helped found the free clinic at Odyssey House LA, a residential drug treatment facility, in the months after Katrina

Education

Jung Tao School of Chinese Medicine -

Jung Tao School of Chinese Medicine
01.2018

B.A. - Human Services, Political Science

Simon's Rock College of Bard
01.2004

A.A. -

Simon's Rock College of Bard
01.2002

Skills

    Acupuncture

    Risk assessment

    Strategic visioning and planning

  • Multitasking
  • Problem-solving abilities
  • Emergency response plans
  • Decision-making skills
  • Crisis Management

Certification

  • 2019, NADA ADS training
  • 2019, Sa'am Acupuncture scholarship and training
  • 2018, WV Acupuncture License
  • 2017, 100 hour Zheng Gu Tuina training
  • 2014, Advanced Medical Life Support (AMLS)
  • 2013, Pediatric Emergency for the Prehospital Provider (PEPP)
  • 2013, Wilderness EMT
  • 2012, Nurse Aide 1 North Carolina
  • 2011, North Carolina EMT-B
  • 2011, Emergency Medical Technician Intermediate (Training complete)
  • 2010, Hazardous Material Awareness Training
  • 2010, Certified Emergency Vehicle Operator Training
  • 2009, Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training
  • 2007, Labsite inc. Laboratory Assistant Training
  • 2007, Center for Mind Body Medicine Training
  • 2006, Louisiana State Certification EMT- Basic
  • 2006, Global Facilitator Service Corps Disaster and Crisis Intervention Training
  • 2005, Red Cross Disaster Action Team Training
  • 2005, Red Cross CPR/First aid/ AED Training Certificate earned
  • 2004, CPR provider certified
  • 2004, Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Technician- Basic
  • 2004, Massachusetts State Certified EMT- Basic
  • 2001, Casa Xalteva Spanish Language School, Grenada, Nicaragua
  • 2001, Global Roots Spanish Immersion and Service Program, Costa Rica

Timeline

Licensed Acupuncturist

Migrants' Rest Acupuncture
01.2022 - Current

Community Health and Safety Consultant

Highlander Research and Education Center
01.2020 - Current

Trainer

Self-employed
01.2020 - Current

Private Acupuncturist

Acupuncture Care for Appalachian Betterment
12.2018 - 04.2020

Passenger Delivery Expert

Asheville Taxi
01.2017 - 05.2019

Founder, Advisor

Mni Wiconi Health Project
11.2016 - 01.2018

Caregiver and Medical Coordinator

Standing Rock Medic Healer Council
08.2016 - 03.2018

Driver

Uber
10.2015 - 08.2016

Phlebotomist

Phlebotek
01.2014 - 01.2016

EMT-Basic

Buncombe County Rescue Squad
01.2012 - 02.2015

Phlebotomist

ExamOne
09.2011 - 06.2013

EMT

CARE Ambulance Inc.
05.2010 - 07.2011

Manager and Head of Security

Mimi's in the Marigny
02.2010 - 07.2011

Co-Founder

Odyssey House LA Community Health Clinic
10.2005 - 07.2009

Co-Founder

Common Ground Health Clinic
09.2005 - 07.2011

B.A. - Human Services, Political Science

Simon's Rock College of Bard

A.A. -

Simon's Rock College of Bard
  • 2019, NADA ADS training
  • 2019, Sa'am Acupuncture scholarship and training
  • 2018, WV Acupuncture License
  • 2017, 100 hour Zheng Gu Tuina training
  • 2014, Advanced Medical Life Support (AMLS)
  • 2013, Pediatric Emergency for the Prehospital Provider (PEPP)
  • 2013, Wilderness EMT
  • 2012, Nurse Aide 1 North Carolina
  • 2011, North Carolina EMT-B
  • 2011, Emergency Medical Technician Intermediate (Training complete)
  • 2010, Hazardous Material Awareness Training
  • 2010, Certified Emergency Vehicle Operator Training
  • 2009, Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training
  • 2007, Labsite inc. Laboratory Assistant Training
  • 2007, Center for Mind Body Medicine Training
  • 2006, Louisiana State Certification EMT- Basic
  • 2006, Global Facilitator Service Corps Disaster and Crisis Intervention Training
  • 2005, Red Cross Disaster Action Team Training
  • 2005, Red Cross CPR/First aid/ AED Training Certificate earned
  • 2004, CPR provider certified
  • 2004, Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Technician- Basic
  • 2004, Massachusetts State Certified EMT- Basic
  • 2001, Casa Xalteva Spanish Language School, Grenada, Nicaragua
  • 2001, Global Roots Spanish Immersion and Service Program, Costa Rica

Jung Tao School of Chinese Medicine -

Jung Tao School of Chinese Medicine
R. Noah Morris