Stephanie Edwards
Suffield,CT
Summary
Highly skilled compassionate Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant with over 9 years of clinical experience with a dynamic background in both Emergency Medicine as well as Gastroenterology/Hepatology , who has worked in all aspects of medicine; ED, inpatient/outpatient, telehealth, home visits, who is approachable, empathetic and adaptable, with a passion for helping others, patients and collogues alike, looking to lead a strong group of APP'S to continue to advance and better the department, as well as help colleagues continue to grow and advance their skill sets.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Physician Assistant
Hartford Hospital
10.2021 - Current
- Currently working in fast pace level 1 Trauma center, proficient in seeing all ESI levels
- Works well with Physicians, nursing, PCA, ancillary staff
- Has good report with co workers
- Teamed with other physicians, specialists, and health care providers to provide well-rounded care for complex cases.
- able to manage and see large volume of acutely sick patients
- Help new hires navigate the job
- Available and approachable to answer questions
Physician Assistant
Columbia University Medical Center
10.2019 - 10.2021
- Extremely busy territory care center with high patient volume
- became proficient in emergency medicine skills, especially due to Covid 19
- exposed to a large patient volume of critically ill patients with limited resources, in which I had to adapt, improvise, provide care in unprecedented times
- saw patients at every acuity level, had large amount of autotomy due to volume level
- helped initiate palliative care task force to help ED providers with the discussion for end of life as well as difficult patient encounters
- Was part of "provider in triage" telehealth initiative, was also apart of Urgent Care telehealth
- Became proficient in POCUS skills
- exposed to large volume of patients low socioecomcial class with limited outpatient resources
Physician Assistant Hepatology/GI
Nuvance Health
08.2014 - 10.2019
- Was the sole hepatology PA for 5 years in a large GI group, took initiative shortly on arriving in group as new PA to take on this role, as I wanted to be challenged and learn as much as I could
- Had large amount of autonomy
- exposed to operations of both inpatient and outpatient medicine
- aiding in hiring process of new candidates
- self created onboarding process for new Hepatology PA's
- Helped teach inaite Fibroscanning
- Helped with Hepatitis C education/prevention
- Saw and managed wide variety of critically ill GI patients
- Managed a large patient volume/ patient scheduling was able to multi task
- Worked with nursing, ancillary staff
Education
Master of Science - Physician Assistant
Springfield College
Springfield Mass05.2014
Skills
-empathetic
-Approachable
-Trust worthy
-Adaptable
-team player
-Works well with others
-Provides positive feed back
- proficient in invasive emergency procedures
-collaborates well with Phsyicians
Certification
ATLS, ACLS
DEA certified
Bilinquegal
Languages
Spanish
Professional Working
Timeline
Physician Assistant
Hartford Hospital
10.2021 - Current
Physician Assistant
Columbia University Medical Center
10.2019 - 10.2021
Physician Assistant Hepatology/GI
Nuvance Health
08.2014 - 10.2019
Master of Science - Physician Assistant
Springfield College