Family Nurse Practitioner - ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL - New Brunswick, New Jersey
(2025-12)
Neurosurgery: INR, Spine & Brain
- Obtain and review patient's medical and surgical history information relevant to patient care.
- Conduct comprehensive physical and neurological assessments.
- Orders diagnostic laboratory tests, radiological and diagnostic studies per practice protocols, differentiates between normal/abnormal findings and follows protocols for abnormal findings.
- Coordinates patient care with other members of the health care team.
- Formulate treatment plans in collaboration with neurosurgeons.
- Educates patients and their families on surgical procedures, as well as post operative care.
- Works closely with neurosurgeons, residents, and other healthcare professionals to coordinate patient care.
Family Nurse Practitioner - IMAGE WEIGHT LOSS CENTERS - Houston, Texas
(2021-11 - 2025-11)
Houston Weight Loss Clinics & Diet Center
- Obtain and review patient's medical and psychosocial history information relevant to patient care.
- Prescribes weight loss medications such as Semaglutide (Ozempic, wegovy), Tirzepatide (Mounjaro), HCG injections, Phentermine (Adipex), as well as NuLean (one week replacement program).
- Review patient's progress and manage patient care accordingly.
- Educate patients on comprehensive weight loss programs and dietary changes.
- Order and review laboratory studies as well as diagnostic procedures including ECGs.
- Collaboration with interdisciplinary care team to provide each patient and their family the highest quality of care.
Registered Professional Nurse - MEDICAL CITY OF DALLAS/MEDICAL CITY HEART AND SPINE HOSPITAL - Dallas, Texas
(2020-07 - 2021-10)
Division Float Pool: PCU, Oncology, Inpatient Rehab, Neurology, Spine, Cardiac, Orthopedic
- Monitor patient's condition and assess their needs to provide the best possible care and advice.
- Observing and interpreting patient's symptoms and communicating them to physicians.
- Counsel and educate patients and their families on treatment plans.
- Administer medications, change wound dressings and care for other treatments options.
- Execute and assist in basic cardiac life support (BCLS) and other condition-stabilizing intervention during emergency cases and medical procedures, as well as blood and blood product transfusions or IV infusions, and IV fluids including total parenteral nutrition (TPN), and phlebotomy procedures via venipuncture for laboratory tests.
- Collaborate with physicians and care team to devise individualized care plans for patients.
Family Nurse Practitioner - NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN/WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER - New York, New York
(2019-06 - 2020-07)
Neurosurgery: Interventional Neuroradiology
- Responsible for conducting a thorough physical assessment and medical/surgical history for interventional radiology patients.
- Evaluates patients pre-and post-procedures.
- Prescribes out-patient medications according to New York State law, including controlled substances with DEA authorization.
- Educates patients regarding their disease and treatment.
- Identifies potential candidates for clinical research trials.
- Works in collaboration with the attending supervising/collaborating physician in accordance with state law and hospital regulations, hospital policy, protocols and clinical pathways.
Family Nurse Practitioner - NYU LANGONE HOSPITAL- BROOKLYN - Brooklyn, New York
(2017-07 - 2019-05)
Neurosurgery: Spine/Brain
- Works collaboratively with the attending physician, consulting physician(s), and other disciplines to identify, develop, and implement an appropriate plan of care that maximizes individual patient/family preference and enhances quality, access, and cost-effective outcomes.
- Prescribes medical equipment, devices, physical and occupational therapy, and home health services per practice protocol.
- Prescribes out-patient medications according to New York State law, including controlled substances with DEA authorization.
- Formulates the plan of care, along with the attending physician, patient and family, based on expected goals of care and length of stay.
- Orders customary laboratory, radiological and diagnostic studies per practice protocols, differentiates between normal/abnormal findings and follows protocols for abnormal findings, which may include referral to consulting physicians per customary pattern of the attending MD or with the collaborating physician.
- Performs complete health history, physical examination and psychosocial assessment of patients within the designated practice.
- Considers needs and behaviors of specific patient age and cultural groups in all patient care.
Registered Nurse - MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL - New York, New York
(2013-02 - 2017-07)
GP8C: Critical Care, Spine/ENT unit | GP8W: Stroke, Epilepsy, Neurology Unit | GP8E: GU/Orthopedic | GP9E: GI Unit. Provide exceptional care and prevention plans including informing patients and the public about various health conditions, advice and emotional support to patients and their family members and responsible for assisting in developing plans related to improving the patients' conditions in various units of the hospital that led to promotion to critical cases.
- Assist top neurosurgeons in establishing a care plan for patients who have undergone spinal surgery as well as developing pain management plan with the acute pain team, ensuring proper adjustment of pain relievers considering the patients mental and physical conditions. Collaborated with the interdisciplinary spine team for post-operative complications preventions.
- Monitor patients and inform the neurosurgeons on any change in the mental status postoperatively by recommending the best possible action for each patient.
- Liaise with the physicians about the patients' improvement after the operation and ensured proper care plans are ready for continuous development even after discharge.
Registered Nurse - ACCUCARE NURSING AND HOMECARE - Nanuet, New York
(2011-11 - 2013-01)
Augmented service to ensure quality patient care in a home care setting and maintain positive relationship with the family, physicians, therapists and nurses in developing the best and most accurate plan for the patients' improvement.
- Performed several procedures such as ventilator care, catheterization, suctioning, tracheostomy care, G/J tube care and oxygen and respiratory therapy while complying with the standards and regulations.
- Produced reports on patients' status and improvement and ensured availability when needed by other nurses and therapists.
- Informed the patient and family on current and potential medical conditions and advised preventive ways and actions.
Resident Assistant / Volunteer, House-on-the-Hill - DOMINICAN COLLEGE - Orangeburg, New York
(2007-08 - 2011-05)
- Built a residential community through programming, acting as a para-counselor for students and first resource for academic or institutional questions while complying with residence policies.
- Assisted in the daycare program and interacted with 70+ children with age from newborn to 5-year old, to enhance physical and learning situation by playing and working inside and outside the facility.
Volunteer Mentor - BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS - Orangeburg, New York
(2007-08 - 2009-05)
- Supported young adults in accomplishing issues and life challenges and encouraged the team in meeting their potential.
- Provided personal college experiences as part of helping and inspiring the group.
Volunteer Mentor - MIDNIGHT RUN - New York, New York
(2007-08 - 2008-05)
Leadership Project - GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL - Suffern, NY
Liaised with Susanne Stone, RN, CIC, ICP, and Donna Chaffee RN, ICP, in developing the program that aims to prevent and control the infections, decrease hospital stays and costs by promoting Hand Hygiene between patients and visitors.
- Encouraged front desk assistants and dietary staff to distribute educational brochures and hand sanitizers in support to the program and ensured compliance of the team.
