Dynamic healthcare leader with extensive clinical expertise. Professional critical care Ground Surgical Team nurse with strong expertise in trauma care, adept in rapid assessment and critical decision-making. Skilled in patient stabilization, advanced life support, and emergency care procedures. Strong focus on team collaboration and effective communication, ensuring optimal patient outcomes in high-pressure environments. Known for leadership, reliability and adaptability in dynamic clinical settings.
Leads Allergy and Immunology clinic providing required treatment for AD members & monitoring readiness status for USSF, NORAD/USNORTHCOM, USSPACECOM, 111 tenant units & partner nations, enabling operations for 10 sites worldwide. Manages 15-member Pediatrics clinic in the delivery of care for the Colorado Medical System supporting 218K joint force beneficiaries, through 7K patient encounters & contributed to $3.4M in health care services. Serves as Triage Disaster Team Chief and AFMS clinical peer reviewer.
Pilots 5 Wing specialty programs to drive preventative health care for 196 medics across 21 departments & 5K beneficiaries. Serves as consultant to Executive Staff & 33 providers generating $7.8M in medical care. Guides INDOPACOM Aeromedical Evacuations to 4 joint MTF platforms & steers overseas approval for EFMP medical clearances. Spearheads DHA's Population Health Function strategic vision and governs process improvements. Led a joint medical readiness exercise integrating Naval Hospital Guam's 12-member Trauma Team, rigorously validating joint triage and mass casualty response capabilities.
Directed breast cancer screening management yielded a 26% improvement in cancer screenings, ranking the MDG #3 of 37 in the Defense Health Network-Central. Enhanced MEDIC-X training initiatives, directly improving the MDG's Agile Combat Employment capabilities and achieving #1 of 76 Air Force MTFs for MEDIC-X compliance.
Drives Patient Centered Medical Home operations for PACAF's largest Internal Medicine Clinic. Supports 8 physicians, manages 2 nurses, 8 technicians, and 2 administrative staff in caring for 1.9K empaneled patients. Performs tele-health care, coordinates triages, specialty referrals, education, disease management and prescription delivery. Serves as Nurse Manager, collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams for patient healthcare integration. Dispositioned 5.3K Internal Medicine tele-health messages and 1.3K patient triages. She expedited care for 16 critically-ill beneficiaries and generated 7.5K appointments for 8 physicians enabling recapture of $5.2M in healthcare services and recognition as the #1/37 DHA markets for best acute appointment access to care.
BCEN: Board Certified Emergency Nurse