Nurse Practitioner

• Oct 2021 - Present

Cardio metabolic screening program for first responders which incorporates advanced cardiovascular biomarker detection, cardiac imaging, and cardiopulmonary exercise testing to identify coronary disease before it takes a toll on an officer’s life. Review results and provide individualized plan that incorporates nutrition, exercise, and recommendations for medical treatment as needed. Cardio metabolic screening program for first responders which incorporates advanced cardiovascular biomarker detection, cardiac imaging, and cardiopulmonary exercise testing to identify coronary disease before it takes a toll on an officer’s life. Review results and provide individualized plan that incorporates nutrition, exercise, and recommendations for medical treatment as needed.

Adjunct Assistant Professor

• Dec 2019 - Present

• Encourage, collaborate, support, correct, stimulate, and challenge nursing students to think critically in helping students plan for their patients’ optimal wellness. • Encourage, collaborate, support, correct, stimulate, and challenge nursing students to think critically in helping students plan for their patients’ optimal wellness.

TMS operator / Research Nurse Practitioner

• Mar 2022 - Jan 2023

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) operator Nurse Practitioner Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) operator Nurse Practitioner

Nurse Practitioner Sub Investigator

• Nov 2020 - Apr 2022

• Responsible for reviewing and clarifying volunteers’ medical histories/medications and for conducting physical exams to help determine their eligibility for study enrollment according to protocol specifications. • Assess Laboratory results, ECG tracings, FibroScans, to determine subject eligibility with Physician Investigator oversight • Monitor and assess the health status and response to treatment of subjects during their course of study participation. • Evaluate adverse events reported by study subjects and/or research staff and then communicates findings to the Principal Investigator.

Nurse Practitioner

• Feb 2020 - Feb 2021

Provide primary and acute health care to underserved population of infants, children, and adolescents in San Antonio, TX. Assess, diagnose, and treat up to 30 pediatric patients a day including sick visits, well child exams, and sports physicals and record findings in electronic record. Order and interpret diagnostic tests including pulmonary function tests, urine analysis, blood chemistry, and imaging studies. Provide primary and acute health care to underserved population of infants, children, and adolescents in San Antonio, TX. Assess, diagnose, and treat up to 30 pediatric patients a day including sick visits, well child exams, and sports physicals and record findings in electronic record. Order and interpret diagnostic tests including pulmonary function tests, urine analysis, blood chemistry, and imaging studies.

Nurse Practitioner

• Aug 2019 - Jun 2020

• Perform in-home direct care for patients with complex care needs including physical examinations, evaluations, assessments, and diagnoses. Prescribe treatment regimens as appropriate to assessed medical conditions • Provide patient education, coordination of services and referrals to community resources for the homebound. • Perform in-home direct care for patients with complex care needs including physical examinations, evaluations, assessments, and diagnoses. Prescribe treatment regimens as appropriate to assessed medical conditions • Provide patient education, coordination of services and referrals to community resources for the homebound.

Nurse Practitioner

• Oct 2019 - Feb 2020

• Provide care to clients by assessing clients' health status, conducting physical examinations and evaluations, providing treatment and prescribing medications, recommending follow-up care, and making referrals to appropriate health professionals. • Provide health teaching and patient education, counseling and guidance on sexually transmitted infections. • Provide care to clients by assessing clients' health status, conducting physical examinations and evaluations, providing treatment and prescribing medications, recommending follow-up care, and making referrals to appropriate health professionals. • Provide health teaching and patient education, counseling and guidance on sexually transmitted infections.

Staff Registered Nurse

• Jun 2018 - Nov 2019

Staff Nurse I

• Jul 2017 - Sep 2018

• Use critical thinking to assess, test, diagnose and treat patients with traumatic and non-traumatic brain injury, multiple trauma, spinal cord injuries and other conditions of debility in long term recovery. • Prescribe, evaluate and coordinate nursing patient care through collaborative efforts with health team members. • Maintain safe, secure and comfortable environment for patients, providing care and compassion in difficult situations. • Use critical thinking to assess, test, diagnose and treat patients with traumatic and non-traumatic brain injury, multiple trauma, spinal cord injuries and other conditions of debility in long term recovery. • Prescribe, evaluate and coordinate nursing patient care through collaborative efforts with health team members. • Maintain safe, secure and comfortable environment for patients, providing care and compassion in difficult situations.

Research Coordinator

• Nov 2016 - Nov 2017

Senior Dietitian/Nutritionist, Clinical Instructor

• 2003 - Nov 2017

Provide medical nutrition therapy for pediatric nephrology, dialysis, and kidney transplant. Facilitate precertification and payer authorizations for human growth hormone, enteral feeding supplies. Coordinate of all aspects of clinical research. Research Coordination: Provide research oversight and management of regulatory submissions, communication with sponsor, and coordination of human research subject visits. Screen and recruit subjects from patient population, obtain informed consent, maintain study subject files and enter data into electronic database. Process biological specimens and prepare for shipment to centralized laboratory. Experienced Educator: Graduate and undergraduate course based teaching and clinical preceptor for dentist and dietetics education programs. Presented lectures at pediatric grand rounds, resident noon conferences. Effective Communicator: Invited speaker at national and international multidisciplinary conferences on nutrition and chronic kidney disease in pediatric patients. Co-author of web based CE course for Pediatric Nurse practitioners. Management and Leadership: Collect and analyze data for trends and root causes and develop action plans for improvement as member of quality assessment and performance improvement (QAPI) team for pediatric dialysis and transplant program. Effectively work with other members of health care team including physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, social workers and child life specialists to provide collaborative care for patients.

Ketogenic Dietitian

• 2008 - 2010

Provided medical nutrition therapy and management through dietary approaches (Ketogenic Diet and Modified Atkins Diet) for pediatric patients with intractable epilepsy. Provided medical nutrition therapy and management through dietary approaches (Ketogenic Diet and Modified Atkins Diet) for pediatric patients with intractable epilepsy.

Nutritionist

• 2004 - 2009

In home family centered nutritional care, developed individualized family service plan to promote optimal nutrition, participated in comprehensive multidisciplinary developmental assessments of children birth to three with developmental delays. In home family centered nutritional care, developed individualized family service plan to promote optimal nutrition, participated in comprehensive multidisciplinary developmental assessments of children birth to three with developmental delays.

Entrepreneur and Nutrition Consultant

• 1999 - 2004

Providing outpatient nutrition consulting services to long term care and community service agencies, early childhood intervention programs, and menu writing for correctional facilities. Providing outpatient nutrition consulting services to long term care and community service agencies, early childhood intervention programs, and menu writing for correctional facilities.

Pediatric Clinical Dietitian

• 1999 - 2000

Pediatric ICU, acute care, NICU, bone marrow transplant unit, outpatient pediatric specialty clinics: orthopedic, neurology, endocrinology. Pediatric ICU, acute care, NICU, bone marrow transplant unit, outpatient pediatric specialty clinics: orthopedic, neurology, endocrinology.

Nutrition Program Manager

• 1998 - 1999

Managed the Active Duty Weight Management Program. Developed and presented classes on tobacco cessation, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and a six- week weight loss and fitness program. Managed the Active Duty Weight Management Program. Developed and presented classes on tobacco cessation, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and a six- week weight loss and fitness program.

Pediatric Clinical Dietitian

• 1997 - 1998

PICU, NICU, acute care, neurology, gastroenterology, orthopedic specialty clinics. PICU, NICU, acute care, neurology, gastroenterology, orthopedic specialty clinics.

Co Owner

• 1995 - 1997

Company providing contracted nutritional services to individuals and business. Joint-owner. Manged billing to third party payers, contract negotiations for nutrition services. Individual and group dietary counseling, menu planning for correctional facilities, home nutrition consultation. Company providing contracted nutritional services to individuals and business. Joint-owner. Manged billing to third party payers, contract negotiations for nutrition services. Individual and group dietary counseling, menu planning for correctional facilities, home nutrition consultation.

Clinical Dietitian

• 1994 - 1995

Adult medical surgical and intensive care. Adult medical surgical and intensive care.

Clinical Dietitian

• 1993 - 1994

Adult medical surgical, pediatric acute care and PICU. Adult medical surgical, pediatric acute care and PICU.