Patricia Henriquez Martinez
Carolina
Summary
Profound knowledge of family medical services, pediatrics and emergency care. Organized and friendly to interact positively with medical care providers, patients and families. Detail-oriented in checking patients' symptoms, ordering laboratory tests and developing on-point treatment plans.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Medical Assistant
Medical Associates of South Florida
2019.09 - 2021.04
- Management and organization of medical assistants' job responsibilities
- Educational training of new medical assistants
- Presentation and update of medical topics to the staff
- Preparation of action protocols for new procedures (for example, the management of the health service provided during the COVID19 pandemic)
- Updating policies and procedures of the medical practice
- Reception of patients, phlebotomy and taking others samplings, medical notes writing, taking vital signs, history of the current disease and review of systems, physical examination, and presentation of patients to the physician.
Medical Externship
Medical Associated of South Florida
2019.07 - 2019.09
- An Internal Medicine private practice
- At least 20 patients a day were managed
- Responsibilities: Helped with the evaluation and presented the cases to the physician
- HPI, ROS, PMH, and physical exam were assessed written
- Helped medical assistants with vital signs and taking blood and other samples
- Smoking cessation and diet and exercise recommended patients to manage diabetes, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia
- General patients counseling for medication compliance.
Emergency room physician
Corominas Hospital
2012.06 - 2018.01
- Tertiary hospital with more than 15 years of foundation
- I worked night shifts
- Received more than 40 patients per shift
- Function: Medical management of patients in general (both pediatrics and adults), HPI, ROS, PMH, and physical exam
- Participated in morning rounds, collaborated with assessment, and presented cases to attendings
- She was in charge of receiving trauma cases and emergency sutures
- She also worked on the admission of patients and the first hospitalization care.
Emergency room physician
Union Medica del Norte Hospital
2012.06 - 2018.01
- A private clinic that came into existence 20 years ago
- I worked in OB/GYN and pediatrics emergency room
- We received an average of 90 patients for every 12 hours shift
- Function: Patient medical management, initial patient treatment, HPI, ROS, PMH, and physical examination
- Also, I worked in the patient workup and treatment, both medical and surgical (sutures and wound cures)
- I was in charge of writing the admission and discharge notes
- During my stay, I worked on the implementation and construction of a triage system and a new emergency room area for lung conditions.
Primary Care Physician
Ministerio de Salud Publica y Asistencia Social
2012.12 - 2013.12
- A one-year post-graduate internship required in the Dominican Republic to receive a medical license
- Located in a community-based facility with a population of +/- 2,500 persons in a medically underserved area
- Responsibilities: delivering outpatient and emergency clinical medical services, home services support for patients who are unable to visit the hospital
- Educational initiatives focused on the most prevalent diseases affecting the population
- Planned and supervised educational campaigns on the basis of the most prevalent community-affecting diseases and preventive medicine programs: vaccination, sexual health, children's health, early cervical, and breast cancer detection
- Managed the facility's drug inventory, expendable material, and equipment
- We had to prepare statistical and epidemiological reports on a weekly and monthly basis.
Education
Family Medicine Physician -
University of Puerto Rico
06.2024
M.D. -
Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre Y Maestra
Santiago, Dominican Republic 06.2012
Skills
- Conflict resolution techniques
- Patient Care Coordination
- Phlebotomy expertise
- Staff Oversight
- Team building and supervision
- HIPAA Compliance
- Clinical Leadership
- Patient education and counseling
- Vital signs monitoring
- Professionalism and Ethics
- Medical Terminology
- Patient-focused care
- Chronic Disease Management
- Compassionate caregiver
- OB/GYN procedures
- Electronic Medical Records
Medical Education
- University of Puerto Rico, Family Medicine Program, Puerto Rico, 07/2021, Current
- Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM), Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Dominican Republic, 08/2006, 05/2012, M.D., 06/2012
Medical School Awards
Cum Laude, Honor in my medical degree corresponding to a GPA from 3.2 to 3.4 of 4.
Mailing Address
3919 Ave Isla Verde apt 5F, Carolina, PR, 00979
Research
- Ministerio de Salud Publica y Asistencia Social, Dominican Republic, Research Assistant, Zahira Quinonez, DO, MPH, 09/2011, 10/2011, The main project's objective was the evaluation of the functionality of the Tuberculosis Prevention Program within the Dominican Republic Primary Care Health Centers. I was a data collector in the health centers of the Province of Puerto Plata. We performed a qualitative study, showing the perception of the Tuberculosis program functionality. The interviews were conducted using a questionnaire given by the investigative institution.
- Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra, Dominican Republic, Research Advisor, Zahira Quinonez, MD, MPH, 08/2010, 12/2011, Research Advisor of the Journal 'Annals de Medicina PUCMM, Department of Medicine's Official Expression Organ' (translated from the Spanish original: 'Anales de Medicina PUCMM, Department of Medicine's Official Expression Organ' Vol. 1 No. 3, 2010 and Vol. 2 No. 2, 2011. Worked in the selection of the papers to be written, I provided instructions to the authors for preparing the manuscripts. Supported the writers twice a month with personal appointments.
- University of Rochester, Dominican Republic, Research Assistant, Ann Dozier, Ph.D.; M.P.H., 08/2010, 09/2010, Measured baseline awareness of tobacco use and secondhand smoke, behaviors, exposures, and behavior. I have been a data collector in two of the eight societies chosen for investigation, and I have been an interview interpreter and data collector.
Publications
- Case report Presentation, A case of impaired levothyroxine absorption in a chronic smoker: a case report, AMFPM 2024
- Case report Presentation, From Otitis Media to Stroke: How Health Inequities Fuel Patients’ Potential for Complications, AMFPM 2024
- Case report Presentation, A Case of Asymmetrical Weakness and Life-Threatening Bulbar Dysfunction: What not to miss?, AMFMP 2024
- Peer Reviewed Journal Articles/Abstracts, Effects of obesity on the response to asthma treatment in patients aged 4 to 17 years who attend the pediatric and pulmonology consultation during the period April-August 2011., Revista Colegio Medico Dominicano Provincial Santiago- Regional Norte., June 2011, 1, 17, 142-1149, Published
- Poster Presentation, When the Immune System Attacks: A Case of Acute Pericarditis After Starting HAART Therapy, AMFPM 2023
- Poster Presentation, Effects of obesity on the response to asthma treatment in patients aged 4 to 17 years who attend the pediatric and pulmonology consultation during the period April-August 2011, Concurso nacional de investigacion de Medicos Internos, Santo Domingo, DOM, December 2011
- Other Articles, Prevalence of Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis in Asthmatic Patients from the Population of Santiago, Dominican Republic, Premios Ulysses, Published, May 05, 2010
Volunteer Experience
- Blood Donor Club, Santiago, Dominican Republic, Club member, Jose Rafael Sagredo, MD, 06/2011, 08/2016.
- Juan XXIII Hospital, Santiago, Dominican Republic, Medical Student, Miguel Jerez, MD, 05/2010, 05/2011.
- Ministerio de Salud Publica, Sosua, Dominican Republic, Campaign participant/ Vaccinator, Aladino Henriquez, MD, 03/2005, 03/2005.
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
English
Full Professional
Timeline
Lead Medical Assistant
Medical Associates of South Florida
2019.09 - 2021.04
Medical Externship
Medical Associated of South Florida
2019.07 - 2019.09
Primary Care Physician
Ministerio de Salud Publica y Asistencia Social
2012.12 - 2013.12
Emergency room physician
Corominas Hospital
2012.06 - 2018.01
Emergency room physician
Union Medica del Norte Hospital
2012.06 - 2018.01
Family Medicine Physician -
University of Puerto Rico
M.D. -
Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre Y Maestra
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