My Commitment to Healthcare
Clinical experience
Perform phlebotomy and apheresis procedures on blood donors. Our blood bank is responsible for supplying all of the blood for transfusion procedures performed in the hospital. Work in the fixed blood donor center site as well as on mobile drives. I stick approximately 10-30 patients per day, depending on how busy it is. On mobile drives, we work in self-managed teams of 3-6. I serve in leadership positions of Supply Coordinator and Team Leader, which carry the responsibility of making sure mobile drives run smoothly and efficiently.
I believe that a physicians role in healthcare should encompass more than just the practice of medicine. As the key link between patients and the healthcare industry, I believe that physicians should strive to protect the interests of the patients they serve and prevent large firms from seeking profit at the expense of safety. I hold to this belief, and commit to ensuring that patient well-being is kept at the forefront of the changing industry.
Blood Donor Technician
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
January 2012 - Present
Technical Skills & Abilities
Certified CPR
Certified Phlebotomist
Certified Apheresis Operator
Professional References
David Gremillion
Director of Blood Donor Services, OLOL Regional Medical Center
Dr. Louis O Jeansonne IV
General Surgeon, Ocshner Medical Center
Paige Rasche
Director of Operations for the Princeton Review
2010 - present
2010 - present
General Surgery Shadow
Dr. Louis O. Jeansonne IV. Ocshner Medical Center
May 2012 - Present
Beginning in Summer 2012, I had the opportunity to experience the life of a physician by shadowing Dr. Louis O Jeansonne IV, a general surgeon at Ocshner Medical Center in Baton Rouge. Typically, I spend 8 hours per day with him in surgery, one day a week. Besides having access to his advice and guidance, this allowed me to inundate myself within the sights, sounds, smells, and often emotions that flow through a surgical center. I was able to see past the grandeur of being a doctor, and experienced first-hand the often "less-than-pretty" realities of medicine.
In this part-time position, I teach an MCAT review course. Specifically I teach the physics portion of the review; covering topics that range from unit analysis, to electric potential, to optics. I truly enjoy teaching, especially the aspect of it that allows me to give advice to younger students. I want to see them all succeed, and even though I know that some of them will not, it is my goal to give them every advantage that I can impart. Since physics is typically students' least favorite subject in both high school and college, my philosophy is to start fresh. I try to bring real world examples to the concepts, and ask them leading questions that force them not only to think, but also to become involved in the group discussion.
MCAT Physics Instructor
The Princeton Review
September 2012 - Present