Experience

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  GREENVILLE FAMILY HEALTH CARE

  • Greenville NY

  • Physician Assistant

    • Jan 2014 - Present
    • Greenville NY

    Adult patients needing medical care are the typical patients in this practice. Working with several physicians, three nurses and two office staff members to help develop an older practice that is interested in growing the patient population and possibly extending care to children. Although I am...

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  FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER ASSOCIATES

  • Cobleskill NY

  • Physician Assistant

    • Jul 2009 - Present
    • Cobleskill NY

    Provider all aspects of Primary Care to patients of all ages. Worked with two physicians and two nurse practitioners, nurses, and support staff to transition to Patient Medical Home status and improve the quality of service. Performed limited procedures, referred patients to specialists and for ...

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  URGENT CARE

  • Physician Assistant

    • Jan 2009 - Jul 2009

    All aspects of urgent care at a walk-in clinic. Typical cases included injury to limbs, foreign bodies in the eye, rashes, tickbites, Upper respiratory infections. Workman's comp. Worked with a team covering 8-10 hr shifts from 10 am to midnight.

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  MOUNTAIN MEDICAL

  • Gloversville NY

  • Physician Assistant

    • Jan 2006 - Jan 2009
    • Gloversville NY

    Family practice responsibilities including review of labs and tests, sick calls, seeing patients, probiding appropriate diagnostics and prescriptions, preparing disability papers, and processing insurance prior authorizations. Worked with staff to patient satisfaction. Worked independently one ...

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  RHEUMATOLOGY AND FAMILY PRACTICE

  • Middleburg and Duanesburg NY

  • Physician Assistant

    • May 2005 - Jan 2006
    • Middleburg and Duanesburg NY

    Rotated alternatelywith MD to two family practice settings with patients of all ages. Responsible for medical processing of inmates at county jail and backup for FNP in nursing home.

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  HICKORY CARDIOLOGY/WESTERN PIEDMONT HEART CENTERS

  • Morganton NC

  • Physician Assistant

    • 2004 - 2005
    • Morganton NC

    Responsible for new hospital consults and follow-up visits and office follow-ups post discharge. Interviewed and examined new office consults prior to physician encounter. Managed anticoagulant clinic.

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  COLDWELL BANKER BOYD AND HASSELL

  • Hickory NC

  • Licensed Realtor

    • 2003 - 2004
    • Hickory NC

    Worked in real estate listing and sales for local franchisor of a national company. Sold the first home I showed. Specialty seemed to be matching people who could not afford a home with a property that desperately needed love. Earned $2000 in one year and loved the experience and people I met!

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  NO EMPLOYER

  • Hickory/Lenoir, North Carolina Area

  • Caregiver

    • 2002 - 2004
    • Hickory/Lenoir, North Carolina Area

    Caregiver for 95 year old father-in-law with Alzheimer's dementia.

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  CLECO FAMILY PRACTICE

  • Physician Assistant

    • 1997 - 2002

    Instrumental in start up for long term care division for existing family practice. Provider for medical services to patients of 9 nursing home and rest homes. Corrdinated with facility and local specialty physicians for follow-up care.

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  CROSS SERVICES, PA

  • Winston Salem, NC

  • Physician Assistant

    • 1996 - 1997
    • Winston Salem, NC

    Provider services for patients in up to 15 long term care facilities from the Appalacians to the coastal plain. Visited each facility weekly to do H&Ps, acute assessments, diagnose and plan for treatment or referrals. Active in strategic planning in areas of marketing and operations for rap...

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  CLECO FAMILY PRACTICE

  • Shelby NC

  • Physician Assistant

    • 1995 - 1996
    • Shelby NC

    Provider for patients in new and rapidly growing family practice. Worked independently at times as sole provider in the facility for patients of all ages.

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  RECOGNITION EXPRESS

  • Hickory NC

  • Owner/Manager

    • 1988 - 1995
    • Hickory NC

    Bought existing company and increased sales 20% in one year for ad specialty and manufactured badges and signage. Handled 90% of customer and community relations. Maximum 4 employees.

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  SIECOR CORPORATION

  • Corporate MIS, Hickory NC

  • Manager, Consultant, Information Center

    • May 1985 - 1988
    • Corporate MIS, Hickory NC

    Developed training program and taught group and individual executive classes in use of PC; Chaired department committee to develop new corporate mainframe strategy, new corporate voice mail and telephone strategy. Organized and supervised move of 450 PCs and networks from 11 locations to new cor...

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  USDA FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE

  • Athens Georgia

  • Entomologist

    • 1982 - 1983
    • Athens Georgia

    Established and managed lab fr extraction and identification of extraneous materials in food products

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  USDA FOREST SERVICE SEFES

  • RTP NC, Athens GA

  • Research Entomologist

    • 1968 - 1981
    • RTP NC, Athens GA

    Research in biological control of forest insect pests. Received Outstanding Contribution Award from the SE Forest Insect Work Conference for international project in biological control. Published 13 research papers.