Anesthesiologist

• Sep 2022 - Present

Anesthesiologist

• Nov 2015 - Sep 2022

Providence Regional OB Anesthesia Medical Director

• Oct 2016 - Oct 2019

+ Directed with transition of anesthesia services.+ Instituted regional-wide SBAR for epidural placements.+ Worked with developing anesthesia protocols in conjunction with obstetrics teams for treatment of maternal hypertension and post-partum hemorrhage.

Anesthesiologist

• Jul 2008 - Aug 2022

Medical Director

• Jun 2016 - Mar 2021

+ Recruited, hired and helped initiated new team members for physician-owned and run organization with ~300 physicians on staff.+ Performed pre-screening applicant interviews and subsequent periodic check-ins.+ Physician sponsor for new website development focused on having pertinent and useful patient education material for general distribution in addition to candidate recruiting material. These materials included brochures for pregnant women, cardiac anesthesia, nerve blocks for orthopedic surgeries, and pediatric anesthesia.+ Credentialing and Re-credentialing: oversaw 360 performance evaluations of all physicians and CRNAs as part of OAG’s internal re-credentialing process.+ Member of Employee Relations Committee and Ad-hoc Peer Review Committees – enabled physicians to improve performance both behaviorally and clinically to be in alignment with OAG values and best practices.+ Website Physician support – provides clinician and patient education content for OAG’s website. Worked with OAG Communications Director regarding group-specific websites at varied hospitals.+ Worked on CRNA hiring and scheduling, which eventually led to the formation of a CRNA Operations Director.Quality Projects:+ Founder and Lead for OB quality subgroup.+ Interim Clinical Quality Director from May 2020 - December 2020. + Presented OAG’s Quality Program at Providence Newberg RFP, August 2020.

Assistant Medical Director

• May 2015 - Jun 2016

+ Enabled the beginning and maintenance of Gateway Dental ASC, providing first site that has mixed staffing from different hospital sites. + Involved with initiation and continued transition of Providence OB service, including the scheduling of OAG wide volunteers, communicating between Providence sites, and mentoring of OB Implementation Medical Director.+ Established structure for the ASCs, which led to eventual formation of ASC Medical Director position to help with a formal leadership program and standardization of quality across the sites. + Leading initiative in standardizing and optimizing OAG’s scheduling system.

Anesthesia Medical Director

• May 2021 - Jul 2022

+ Manages and coordinates with OR block scheduling to promote efficiency and effective OR and anesthesia utilization+ Member of block committee to help distribute resources to groups of surgeons and other proceduralists to help throughput of patients and procedures through the hospital + Manages and coordinates with OR block scheduling to promote efficiency and effective OR and anesthesia utilization+ Member of block committee to help distribute resources to groups of surgeons and other proceduralists to help throughput of patients and procedures through the hospital

Anesthesiologist

• Jul 2008 - Dec 2019

+ Utilized cardiac anesthesia, including advanced perioperative TEE, minimally invasive and robotic cardiac surgery (MICS), and placement of complex cardiac cannulae for MICS procedures.+ Developed Acute Pain Management Service by coordinating the clinical trial, designing the protocols for delivery, conducting staff training and in-services, educating patients in pre-surgery clinic, and creating patient-specific informational materials.+ Involved in a hospital leadership initiative as the anesthesia representative for the system-wide Adventist Health total joint program.+ Management of group scheduling, including five service lines: general OR, OB, cardiac, ICU, and ambulatory surgery.

Resident Physician

• Jul 2005 - Jun 2008

Intern

• Jul 2004 - Jun 2005

• Internship in General Surgery • Internship in General Surgery