Physician Assistant

• Jun 2021 - Present

Physician Assistant

• Aug 1997 - Present

• Lead Physician Assistant for OrthoCare with 100% clinic coverage rate • Worked as an orthopedic RPA-C with a Sports Medicine Specialized Orthopedic Surgeon. Duties included surgical first-assist, patient evaluations/treatments, suturing, casting, fluoroscopic and ultrasound guided injections and on-call duties • Monitored, regulated and improved efficiency of office communications and insurance billing through monthly team meetings • Co-Authored quarterly newsletters for improved public relations • Maintained and enhanced the rapport between our patients, our office staff and their primary care physicians through in-person, phone, electronic mail, and dictated correspondence of our patients’ progress and treatment plans • Managed Athletic Training coverage at the professional, college, and high school level from 1997 to 2008 • Coordinated University Sports Medicine conferences to local Providers, Physical Therapists, Athletic Trainers, and Coaches Show less

Physician Assistant, CEO liaison

• Mar 2009 - Jul 2014

• Performed clinical and surgical duties with Dr. Graham Huckell including supervising and evaluating patients in the office, pre/post operatively at the hospital and at an urgent care facility • Managerial duties include increasing marketing and advertising through the Pinnacle News Letter, creating a Pinnacle Orthopedics website and fostering patient/provider public relations • Updated patient examination clothing and employee uniforms • Standardized employee job description and duties • Analyzed and renegotiated insurance reimbursement • Improved functionality and speed of EMR system Show less

Project Coordinator in Performance Improvement Team

• Mar 2007 - Mar 2009

• Coordinated the integration of Buffalo General and Millard Fillmore Gates Emergency Departments through the Global Vascular Institute Initiative and Great Lakes Health project • Facilitated process and design changes to the newly expanded emergency department, surgical department and inpatient units at Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital and Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo • Facilitated the design and implementation of electronic documentation for Physician and Nursing documentation, Medication Reconciliation and Immunizations • Analyze and interpret data throughout Kaleida in monthly Data Dashboards to improve patient satisfaction, decrease patient wait times and lengths of stay, reduce number of patients who leave prior to disposition, improve the criteria for patient admissions and discharges, and as a result, increase financial reimbursement • Completed and utilized the Master Change Agent Program, LEAN and Six Sigma training, leadership courses, and advanced Visio, Oracle, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook training Show less

Physician Assistant

• Jun 2002 - Jun 2004

• Worked as an orthopedic RPA-C with an Orthopedic Surgeon, Foot and Ankle Specialist. Duties included surgical first-assist, patient evaluation/treatments, suturing, casting and supervised the daily functions of the office and nursing staff • Provided on-call and first assist coverage for eight orthopedic surgeons that specialized in total joint replacement, trauma, sports medicine, foot and ankle, and upper extremity surgery • Worked as an orthopedic RPA-C with an Orthopedic Surgeon, Foot and Ankle Specialist. Duties included surgical first-assist, patient evaluation/treatments, suturing, casting and supervised the daily functions of the office and nursing staff • Provided on-call and first assist coverage for eight orthopedic surgeons that specialized in total joint replacement, trauma, sports medicine, foot and ankle, and upper extremity surgery