Shashank Jha

I was managing twenty to twenty-five patients with mental illness from age six years to sixty-five years old every day.

Here, I work weekends at a crisis center managing thirty patients alone, taking care of their mental illness and substance use withdrawal symptoms, as well as their immediate primary care needs and referral to the emergency room.

• Telepsychiatry
• Diagnose and prescribe for patients of all age groups with equal ease

• Tele-psychiatry, diagnosing and prescribing for all ages

• Telepsychiatry/on-site clinic, Acute crisis unit at Cobb CSB where I manage
• Mental health, all drug addiction as well as medical management such as diabetes, hypertension, thyroid disease, hyperlipidemia etcetera

Here, I diagnosed and managed the primary care needs of all age groups at a retail clinic owned by the Kroger company.

Here, I managed the urgent care needs of patients of all ages.

Here, I managed the primary care needs of adult students at Kennesaw State University, GA.

• Independently managed pediatric to geriatric population with typical urgent care cases including Injuries, URIs, UTIs, STIs, Eye, ENT and, the other common infectious disease

• Independently managed pediatric to geriatric population with typical urgent care cases

• PRIMARY CARE AND PSYCHIATRY NP EXPERIENCE: Working independently at various contracted sites of Salveo Integrative Health, which includes telepsychiatry, out-patient family mental health (most patients were children and adolescents), in-patient crisis center of Cobb County, GA CSB where I manage addiction, acute mental health crisis which includes their urgent medical needs

• Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to optimize patient outcomes and ensure continuity of care.
• I worked as a Family Nurse Practitioner managing the primary care needs of about twenty to twenty-five patients of all age groups.
• Utilized evidence-based practice principles to guide clinical decision-making in managing acute and chronic health conditions.
• Participated in multidisciplinary case conferences to discuss complex patient cases, sharing insights and expertise while working together toward practical solutions for improved patient outcomes.
• Conducted physical examinations, ordered diagnostic tests, interpreted results, and formulated diagnoses under physician supervision when necessary.
• Optimized patient outcomes by effectively communicating with physicians regarding complex cases or changes in patient status that warranted further evaluation or intervention.
• Participated in multidisciplinary case conferences to discuss complex patient cases, sharing insights and expertise while working together toward practical solutions for improved patient outcomes.

• Rotated at Psychiatry floor & Substance Abuse Clinic Atlanta VA Hospital

• In addition to medical practice, I provided an initial diagnosis, referral, and maintenance medication management for psychiatric as well as Neurology patients.
• I also performed surgeries/procedures such as vasectomy, tubectomy, episiotomy, D & C, D & E, Hydrocele repair, thoracentesis, paracentesis, endotracheal intubation, lumbar puncture, bone marrow aspiration as well as biopsy during medical training.
• Was first assist for thyroidectomy, mastectomy, Billroth I & II, cholecystectomy, intestinal rupture repair, appendectomy, herniorrhaphy, escharectomy as well as management of 3rd degree burn, cataract surgery, tympanoplasty, septoplasty, endoscopic paranasal sinus surgery; Orthopedic procedures such as open & closed reduction, SP and Intramedullary nailing, Ilizarov limb lengthening procedure.
• Also managed thyroid cancer, breast cancer, Oral, esophageal and gastric cancer, uterine/ovarian/endometrial cancer, acute and chronic leukemias, multiple myeloma, aplastic anemia, lymphomas, etcetera

• At Tata Motor's Hospital, I worked under the supervision of Neuro-psychiatrist, Dr
• Ashok Patnaik, MD
• Performed initial evaluation of all kinds of psychiatry cases and seizure cases, performed ECT/EEG, discussed differential diagnoses and formulated the management under his supervision.
• Responsible for on-call on Psychiatry, I.C.U., ER and Internal Medicine floors
• Learned to read and report X-Rays, CT scans, Ultrasound
• Performed plain and contrast X-Rays, fluoroscopy, IVU