Experience

Ikare Mood Trauma Recovery Clinic

• United States
• Mental Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lead Advanced Practice Provider (APP)

  • Mar 2022 - Present

• Physician Assistant

  • Mar 2020 - Present



SAGE Bariatric Institute

• San Antonio, Texas Area

• Physician Assistant Student, Clinical Phase

  • Oct 2019 - Dec 2019

  Bariatric Surgery | Hours: 320 hours - Collected and presented full HPI for new consults and assisted with pre-op visits with the surgeon. - Performed and presented monthly post-op visits and physical exams. - Performed full HPI for new patients in the medical weight loss program with advanced practice providers. Bariatric Surgery | Hours: 320 hours - Collected and presented full HPI for new consults and assisted with pre-op visits with the surgeon. - Performed and presented monthly post-op visits and physical exams. - Performed full HPI for new patients in the medical weight loss program with advanced practice providers.



UT Health San Antonio and University Health Systems

• San Antonio, Texas Area

• Physician Assistant Student, Clinical Phase

  • Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

  Internal Medicine - Inpatient Services | Hours: 288 hours - Collected and presented full HPI for new consults. - Rounded on up 6 patients every morning which involved reviewing the patient’s vitals and lab work overnight. Performed physical exams and presented to advanced practice provider. - Assisted with conducting appropriate treatment plans daily with the medical team. Internal Medicine - Inpatient Services | Hours: 288 hours - Collected and presented full HPI for new consults. - Rounded on up 6 patients every morning which involved reviewing the patient’s vitals and lab work overnight. Performed physical exams and presented to advanced practice provider. - Assisted with conducting appropriate treatment plans daily with the medical team.



UT Health San Antonio

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Physician Assistant Student, Clinical Phase

  • Jan 2019 - Mar 2019

  General Surgery - Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery | Hours: 420 hours - Collected full HPI and performed full physical exams for new consults, pre-op, and post-op patients. - Assisted with morning rounds which involved reviewing the patient’s vitals and lab work overnight. Performed physical exams on approx. 3-4 patients every morning and presented to the Chief Resident and Attending. - Scrubbed into cases and assisted with laparoscopy and closing for the following surgeries: gastric bypass, gastric sleeve, band removals, hernia repairs, Nissen fundoplication, cholecystectomies, MESH implantation/explantations, and gastric stimulator implantation/explantation. - Focused on adolescents and patients with BMI > 60 with interests in bariatric surgery. - Reviewed all necessary documentations for bariatric surgery prior to insurance submission.



The Better Weigh Center

• Corpus Christi, Texas Area

• Clinical Nutritionist

  • Aug 2014 - May 2017

  - Performed body composition assessments to patients. - Conducted initial, pre-operative, post-operative, as well as medical weight loss diet assessments for all patients seeking medical or surgical weight loss. - Designed individual diet and fitness programs for medical weight loss patients. - Assisted surgical patients with dietary behavioral modifications. - Organized monthly support group meetings to provide a healthy environment for interested surgical weight loss patients to attend to as well as for post-operation patients to have their questions answered.