Experience

Pacira BioSciences, Inc.

• United States
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Sr. Director of Medical Affairs, ERAS Specialist

  • Mar 2022 - Present

  This field-based scientific role is responsible for leading the company's development of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) and multimodal pain management strategies on a macro level. Primary focus areas are evaluating evidence-based ERAS initiatives, incorporating ERAS pathways into clinical practice, and facilitating scientific exchange with various KOLs and HCPs regarding the efficacy, safety, and value of ERAS and the company's product offerings. This field-based scientific role is responsible for leading the company's development of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) and multimodal pain management strategies on a macro level. Primary focus areas are evaluating evidence-based ERAS initiatives, incorporating ERAS pathways into clinical practice, and facilitating scientific exchange with various KOLs and HCPs regarding the efficacy, safety, and value of ERAS and the company's product offerings.



IMPACT Surgical Consulting

• Owner

  • Dec 2019 - Mar 2022

  Combining 22 years in the surgical arena with significant experience as the creator of the PSH/ERAS program, it became necessary to enable other organizations to design, build, and launch best practice pathways in their organizations to meet the Quadruple Aim of Healthcare. In this role, I acted as a subject matter expert in incorporating Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Pathways into clinical practice. As a consultant, I assisted my clients in scaling various value-based integrated care models that resulted in improved clinical outcomes and cost savings. During this time, I also authored three implementation manuals that reviewed best practices for executing a comprehensive PSH/ERAS program. Show less



New Hanover Regional Medical Center

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Perioperative Surgical Home & ERAS Manager

  • Sep 1999 - Feb 2022

  Spearheaded the creation, development, and implementation of the highly successful Perioperative Surgical Home (PSH) and ERAS program at the New Hanover Regional Medical Center. This best-in-class program improved the delivery of surgical excellence through preoperative patient assessment, preoptimization strategies, phase-of-case standardization, and protocolized pathways. Additional Highlights Include: Program Highlights • Organizational cost savings of $10 million demonstrated through a reduction in LOS and readmissions • Generation of 2500 annual hospital beds through quality initiatives • Increased patient satisfaction and experience • Top 10% of US hospitals with low readmission rates • Reduced opioids of Oxycodone tabs by 1 million in one year • Top 10 hospitals for orthopedic surgeons • Established 2 Centers of Excellence (Bariatrics and Robotics) • Collaborated with team members on preoptimization pathways for patients at point of entry • Instituted detailed surgeon clinical pathways specific to different surgical service lines • Developed 17 comprehensive surgical service line protocols • Collaborated with Anesthesia Department for regional block and multimodal pain management pathways • Developed 51 phase-of-care ERAS order sets • Created ERAS patient education specific to individual surgical procedures • United HCPs (surgeon, anesthesia, and nursing) for program success • Instituted non-opioid pain management options • Implemented an expeditated design of quality initiative (eliminating inertia) • Designed pathways to shift inpatient to outpatient surgery • Implemented robotic surgery in Ambulatory Surgical Centers to include non-opioid pain management strategies • Developed six outpatient surgical programs to include ERAS methodology and components Show less