Susan Snyderburn

• Diagnosed Pulmonary issues and implemented treatment plans to resolve pulmonary problems or help manage symptoms.
• Rapidly analyzed and responded to critical Pulmonary situations such as need for NIVV, intubation or chest tube emergency situations.
• Collaborated with medical colleagues to offer Pulmonary clinical care management, patient education and DME services.
• Educated patients on variety of Pulmonary disease issues, smoking, nutrition, obesity and smoking cessation to improve overall health and wellness.
• Referred to and consulted with physicians and other healthcare providers on Pulmonary patient care.
• Ordered and executed various tests, analyses and diagnostic images to provide information on Pulmonary patient condition.
• Implemented therapeutic regiments involving medications and other interventions to mitigate Pulmonary symptoms and prevent reoccurrence.
• Coordinated Pulmonary admissions and transfers in collaboration with supervising attending physician.
• Conducted physical assessments of relevant body areas and performed standardized tests to check responses.
• Met with patients to discuss medical histories and current complaints.
• Updated clinical knowledge and skills through formal and informal continuing education, workshop attendance and literature review.
• Adhered to strict HIPAA guidelines to protect patient privacy.
• Corrdniated Plan of Care Visits with Nursing, Staff and medical team.
• Developed Onboarding tools for orientation of new Pulmonary APPs.
• 2022 Corrdinate lecture series for new hire APU APPs
• 2022 Corrdinated Fellows/Residents Sunlighter coverage for Pulmonary Medicine service
• 2020 PA Week award recipient Primary Pulmonary G91 team
• 8/2020 Delivered Perioperative Pulmonary Assessment and Complications lecture CCPA students
• 2/2019 Received Excellance award from RI
• 3/2019 Participated in SOLVE progects for decreasing length of stay for Pulmonary inpatients
• 2019 participated on Caregiver Panel for designing the delivery of a safe discharge for new PO PH medications
• 5/2019 particpated and carried out the design for Plan of care Visits
• 2019 Applies for and received a Caregiver Catalyst Award grant for the COPD pateint population with Dr Logan Harper
• 6/2019 participated in Leadership breakfast with Dr Dweik
• 2019 Provided mentorship with collegue Karen Magruder PA new -hire outpt COPD Clinic
• 2019 Provdied onboarding orientation Tonnette Jones CNP
• Provided PA education to several local colleges- Case Western Reserve, Tri-C, and Lake Erie College. Received the Lake Erie College Clinical Preceptor Award 2017-2018
• 2018 Completed the SOLVE project Raising Awareness for COPD Carepathyway
• 2/2014 Recipient Caregiver Clebrations Excellance Award
• 2013 Recipient PA Week Outstanding Department Award
• 2011 Q1 caregiver Celebrations Excellance Award

-Performed intraop bronchscopy

-Participated on OR team for innovative VATs

-Participated on Keystone Project for patient saftey