MEDICAL EDUCATION
M.M.S, Physician Assistant Studies, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, May 2005
B.H.S., Cum Laude: Physical Therapy, University of Missouri-Columbia, May 1999
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Physician Assistant: Blue Ridge Bone & Joint 75B Livingston Ave., Asheville, North Carolina. 2005-present
Staff Physical Therapist: PRORehab, P.C. North County Office, Saint Louis, Missouri. 2001-2003
Staff Physical Therapist: American Rehabilitation Group, St. Luke's West Hospital, Florence, KY. 1999-2001
CLINICAL ROTATIONS
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology - Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Winston-Salem, NC, June 2004
Geriatric Psychiatry - Dr. Beverly Jones, Winston-Salem, NC, July 2004
OBGYN - Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center/Forsyth Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, August 2004
Family Medicine - Cedar Creek Family Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, Dr. Ted Nifong, September 2004
Emergency Medicine - Rutherford Hospital , Rutherfordton , NC, Dr. George Finch, October 2004
General Surgery - Triad Surgical Associates, Winston-Salem, NC, Dr. Buddy Marterre, November 2004
Cardiology - Asheville Cardiology Associates, Asheville, NC, December 2004
Inpatient Internal Medicine - Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, January 2005
Pediatrics - Forsyth Pediatrics, Kernersville, NC, Bill Rickett PAC, February 2005
Orthopedics - Blue Ridge Bone & Joint, Asheville, NC, Dr. Jay Jansen, March 2005
LICENSURES & CERTIFICATES
State of Missouri Physical Therapist License - 2001-Jan. 2006
State of Kentucky Physical Therapist License - 1999-2003 Certified by Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation - 2000
Advance Cardiac Life Support - Certified May 2004
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Participated in pilot study investigating the brain motor maps of pediatric cerebral palsy patients using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and correlating this with their motor function tests under Jeffrey Shilt, M.D., Department of Pediatric Orthopedics and George Wittenberg, M.D., Department of Neurology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Academy of Physician Assistants - 2003-present
North Carolina Academy of Physician Assistants - 2003-present
Mountain Area Physician Extenders - 2005-present
National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants - 2005
HOSPITAL AFFILIATION
Mission Hospitals Health System, Asheville, North Carolina
