Steven Hodgens PA-C

• Assisted MDs and team to provide specialized care to patients and scheduling appropriate treatments or services.
• Assessed and managed follow-up plans.
• Examined patients and diagnosed, managed conditions such as urologic and ENT emergencies on regular basis.
• Rapidly Analyzed and responded to critical situations such as cardiovascular, abdominal, and neurological in emergency situations.
• Obtained and coordinated medical history of all patients admitted to hospital.
• Utilized various medical instruments to monitor and control patients' condition.
• Assessed physical and psychosocial conditions of all evaluated patients.
• Ordered, interpreted, and reviewed bedside testing.
• Obtained patient histories and completed physical examinations.
• Administered medications and performed medical procedures, including suturing, wound care and debridement, incision and drainage
• Coordinated admissions and transfers in collaboration with supervising attending physicians.
• Educated patients on variety of infectious disease issues.
• Assisted in elective and emergency Urology, ENT, and neurosurgical surgical cases.
• Updated clinical knowledge and skills with consultation, formal and informal education, and literature review.
• Met clinical and organizational needs in reliable and flexible manner.
• Developed great rapport with patients through excellent listening skills and by showing empathy.
• Helped to implement quality assurance and compliance with hospital standards of care.
• Demonstrated proficiency in taking patient medical histories and vital signs while performing venipunctures, injections, and various diagnostic procedures throughout clinical rounds.

Provided care as PA in Department of Surgery, skills and function as listed previously

• Trauma/General Surgery 2002-2005
• Neurosurgery 2005-2013
• Urology/ENT 2013 - present

• Postgraduate training program in all subspecialties of Department of Surgery with focus on learning first assist, floor management, consultations and basic procedures including I&D, suturing lacerations, cast application, splinting, IV line placement, phlebotomy.
• Updated clinical knowledge and skills with consultation, formal and informal education and literature review.
• Readily Assessed, diagnosed, and treated male and female patients in a clinical setting.
• Collaborated with medical colleagues to offer clinical care management, patient education .
• Obtained patient histories and completed physical examinations.
• Demonstrated proficiency in taking patient medical histories and vital signs while performing venipunctures, injections and various diagnostic procedures throughout clinical rounds.
• Performed minor diagnostic tasks and ordered labs.