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Medicine |
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Medicine |
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Trauma, Surgical Critical Care |
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National |
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She specializes in trauma surgery and surgical critical care. |
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PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center |
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She is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), and maintains active affiliation with Gold Humanism Honor Society and Society of Critical Care Medicine. |
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She has been in her current position for 5 years. |
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She earned her undergraduate degree at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. She then did a year of research on the Navajo reservation with The Johns Hopkins University Center for American Indian Health. She went on to earn her Medical Degree at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She completed her surgical training in Cleveland, Ohio at University Hospitals Case Medical Center for General Surgery Residency and MetroHealth Medical Center for Trauma & Surgical Critical Care Fellowship. |
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Her free time is spent renovating her cottage from 1915. She volunteers with Habitat for Humanity and also currently serves on the Board of Directors for Evergreen Habitat for Humanity. Her favorite activities include skiing, scuba diving, swimming, backpacking, hiking and boating. |
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She is board-certified in both General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care by the American Board of Surgery (ABS). |
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She dedicates this recognition to all of the trauma attendees at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland Ohio. |
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She is an experienced trauma surgeon and critical care physician with privileges at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center. She is kindly referred to as the smiling trauma surgeon in scrubs because of her great personality. She was the Medical Director of the Surgical ICU for 3 years and now holds the position of Vice Chief of Staff for PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center.
She will transition to Chief of Staff in January 2022. She is the co-chair of the Committee for Professional Enhancement and an ATLS instructor. |
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She is the recipient of the Mission and Values Award for Collaboration in 2019 from her hospital. |