Experience

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  CONCERTED CARE GROUP LLC

  • Population Health Care Manager

    • Jul 2023 - Present

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  Patient First

  • Registered Nurse

    • Oct 2023 - Present

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  Azura Vascular Care

  • Intermediate Director of Nursing/Registered Nurse

    • May 2022 - Jul 2023

    -Compassionate care of 10+ patients per day, ensuring accurate patient assessments and appropriate postoperative care-Intraoperative observation of patients including EKG rhythm interpretation, O2 monitoring, and blood pressure monitoring-Administration of medications and sedatives by physician instruction on a regular basis including, but not limited to, versed and fentanyl administration-Direction of staff regarding RN assignments, lunch breaks, and daily job rotations-Administrative work including, but not limited to, medical record audits, infection control audits, and employee educational sessions on a monthly/quarterly basis

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  Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD

  • Baltimore, Maryland, United States

  • Critical Care Nurse

    • Feb 2020 - Mar 2022
    • Baltimore, Maryland, United States

    • Compassionate direct patient care of two critical ICU patients per shift• Titration and administration of vasoactive medications, anesthetics, and paralytics; including but not limited to norepinephrine, epinephrine, propofol, fentanyl, ketamine, nimbex• Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) calculations, programming, and filter replacement• Assistance with intubation, central line placement, code blue, and code crimson; administration of emergency intubation medications• Direct patient care on a COVID-19 designated ICU involving high flow nasal cannula, intubation and ventilator management, proning/supination, ABG draws/monitoring

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  CVPath Institute

  • Gaithersburg, MD

  • Research Assistant

    • Dec 2016 - Jun 2017
    • Gaithersburg, MD

    • DNA extraction from FFPE and fresh-frozen samples; PCR genotyping of samples• MDEC and HAEC cell culture• RNA extraction from plated MDEC and HAEC cells• qPCR of cDNA samples converted from RNA• Cryotome cutting of FFPE samples to create slides• Photograph slides and photoshop images for presentation• Quality control check/finalization of studies before being sent to sponsors• DNA shearing using the Covaris M220• DNA quantification via PicoGreen and Qubit

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  GeneDx

  • GeneDx

  • DNA Sequencing Technician, QA/QC Technician

    • Aug 2015 - Dec 2016
    • GeneDx

    o Use of Hamilton MicroLab Star robots for large-scale PCR (128 patient samples)o Troubleshooting robotic errorso Weekly maintenance of MicroLab Star robotso Manual PCR of DNA samples, up to 30 patients per day: Sanger sequencing protocolo Gel electrophoresis visualization of MSH2 inversions and IKBKG mutationso Detailed record keeping of STAT tests and reagentso DNA dilution and master mix creationo Organization and filing of new shipments of primers; tracking them in the primer record systemo Knowledgeable of BSL-2 laboratory safety protocolo Attendance of a minimum of 12 hours of educational lectures per year

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  Naval Medical Research Center

  • Silver Spring, MD

  • Intern -- Research Assistant

    • Jan 2015 - Aug 2015
    • Silver Spring, MD

    Presentation: “The Impact of Prescribed Medications on Symptoms Following Traumatic Brain Injury” Intern research, Naval Medical Research Center; Advised by LT. Jacob Norris and Dr. Anna Tschiffely; August 2015 o Organization and analysis of large-scale medical records regarding returning soldiers with traumatic brain injuryo Analysis of results of animal testing: rats exposed to high intensity pressure, causing traumatic brain injuryo Chi-square analysiso Multinomial logistic regressiono Multivariate analysiso Daily use of SPSS and Microsoft Excel

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  Smithsonian Institution

  • National Museum of Natural History

  • Intern -- Research Assistant

    • Jun 2014 - Dec 2014
    • National Museum of Natural History

    Presentation: “Do genetic differences between strains of Mimulus guttatus allow it to survive in different environments?” Assistant to Jason Berg, doctoral student, botany; November 2014o PCR and gel electrophoresis of samples of Mimulus guttatus DNAo Agarose gel creationo Master mix creationo DNA extraction from leaf sampleso Organization of experimental details in Microsoft Excel