EXPERIENCE:
(Initial start date December 10, 2018 - Physician Assistant Services of Texas (formerly Texas Physician Assistant Surgical Services).
2801 Regal Rd Suite 108 Plano, Tx 75075
First assist in OR.
January 2, 2018 to present (termination date December 7, 2018)– Cook Children’s Pediatric Urology
4001 W 15th St Suite 300 Plano, Tx 75093
Same description as with below, pediatric division left UCNT and joined Cook’s.
July 1, 2007 to December 31, 2017– Urology Clinics of North Texas, pediatric division.
8230 Walnut Hill, Suite 700 Dallas, Tx 75231
Primary supervising physician: Dr. David Ewalt. Duties include first assistant in surgery; office duties: assess and educate patients/families with hydronephrosis, vesicoureteral reflux, voiding dysfunction, urogenital anomalies and post operative care. Office procedures include: newborn circumcision, meatoplasty, lysis of adhesions, excise penile skin tags, etc; catheterization; urodynamic studies including uroflow and EMG studies (for neurogenic bladder/voiding dysfunction).
June 2002 to July 2007 – Physician Assistant Services of Texas (formerly Texas Physician Assistant Surgical Services).
2801 Regal Rd Suite 108 Plano, Tx 75075
First assist in OR for pediatric urology and adult cardiothoracic cases.
October 1997 to August 15, 2007 – Emergency Medicine Consultants, Professional Association (formerly Business Dallas Emergency Associates).
8160 Walnut Hill #007 Dallas, Tx 75231
Employed for PRN shifts in the emergency departments of Presbyterian Hospitals. (same duties as below for Questcare.
August 1997 to October 2006 – Questcare Medical Services, P.A.
101 E Park Blvd #921 Plano, Tx 75074
Independent contractor for emergency departments for HCA/Columbia Medical Centers full time. Experience includes assessment/ diagnoses for fever (pediatric and adult), headaches, chest pain, back pain, abdominal pain, genitourinary symptoms; suture lacerations, fractures/splints, lumbar punctures, etc.
February 1996 to July 1997 – Missouri Baptist Medical Center, house officer.
3015 N Ballas Rd, St. Louis, MO 63131
Facility with 400 beds providing (non-ICU) 24 hour in-house coverage for consultations from nursing staff and/or MD’s to perform history and physical exams, evaluate chest pain, shortness of breath, arrhythmias, seizures, falls, medication orders, etc. Procedures include central line placement (Quinton and triple lumen catheters), advanced cardiac life support, radiographic interpretation, difficult venipuncture, dobhoff intubation, suturing, splinting, etc.
May 1995 to February 1996 – Dallas Emergency Associates.
8160 Walnut Hill Lane Dallas Tx 75231
Full time for fast track emergency department which includes evaluation of low back pain, motor vehicle accidents, headaches, pediatric illness, lacerations, fractures, etc.
May 1995 to February 1996 – The Sterling Group (closed), independent contractor at Lewisville Medical Center emergency department. Same duties as above “August 1997 Questcare”
October 1993 to October 1995 – Metroplex Emergency Physician Associates (closed). Part time emergency medicine physician assistant at a metroplex community hospital, estimated volume 2200 patients/month.
May 1992 to May 1995 – Cardiothoracic Surgery Associates of North Texas (closed). Primary duty consisted of first and second assistance in the operating room (heart, lungs and vascular). Other duties included performing history and physical exams, patient education, hospital rounds and data base studies.
September 1990 to May 10, 1992 - Surgical Associates of the Mid-Cities.
2050 Hall - Johnson Rd Suite 200 Grapevine, Tx 76051
Employed as a physician assistant with a group of five general surgeons and two plastic surgeons. Primarily worked with one general surgeon who specialized in basic and advanced laparoscopic surgery. Duties included first assist in the operating room, history and physical exams, patient education, pre-op and post-op education and clinical research.
LICENSE:
Texas State Board of Medical Examiners, issued 11/01/1994, expires 8/31/2019.
CERTIFICATION:
National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants, expires 12/31/2019
PALS, expires February 2019
ACLS, expires October 2020
AFFILIATIONS:
American Academy of Physician Assistants, Fellow 1991 to present
American Academy of Pediatrics, 2007 to 2013
Pediatric Urology Nursing Specialists 2010 to present
Society for Pediatric Urology May 2012 to present
American Urological Association, 2009 to 2012; 2014 to present
EDUCATION:
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Bachelor of Science, Physician Assistant, 1990
Emphasis in surgery
Tarrant County Junior College, Fort Worth, Texas 1986-1988
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
Emergency Medical Technician, 1985
FACULTY POSITIONS:
-“Laparoscopic Surgery Workshop” for the 23rd Annual Physician Assistant Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada May 1995.
-“The Assistant’s Role in General Surgery Laparoscopy” Southwest Laser Institute, Grand Prairie, Texas, June 1991.
-“Laser Laparoscopy Cholecystectomy Workshop” for general surgeons at Southwest Laser Institute, Grand Prairie, Texas 1990 and 1991.