Daniel Moon
Elk Grove
Summary
Motivated and enthusiastic first-year medical student with clinical and surgical experience. Teaching experience in a university setting for pre-medical sciences, as well as in MCAT-related material at a private boot camp. Demonstrated strong communication skills and attention to detail while working with pre-medical students at UCLA. Committed to delivering high-quality education to the incoming class of 2029.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Biology Teaching Assistant
Professor Saba Aliyari
05.2023 - 08.2024
- Established positive and encouraging relationship with students and helped to foster appreciation for biology and science.
- Prepared individualized lesson plans and educational materials to structure biology curriculum to needs of each student.
- Used tests, quizzes, and other assignments to gauge students' learning and determine understanding of course materials.
- Held weekly group and 1-on-1 meetings for discussions and private sessions.
- Documented attendance and completed assignments to maintain full class and student records.
- Adaptable and proficient in learning new concepts quickly and efficiently.
- Checked assignments, proctored tests and provided grades according to university standards.
Lead Medical/Surgical Assistant
Dr. James J. Elist, Urological Surgery
03.2022 - 07.2024
- Worked as Lead Medical/Surgical Assistant in Dr
- James J
- Elist's Urological Surgery practice
- Acted as sole liaison between surgeon and surgery center
- Coordinated surgery schedule
- Handled all insurance cases
- Transcribed and wrote 900+ operative reports
- Scribed
- Conducted patient satisfaction survey, complication rate, and case studies
- Provided preliminary diagnoses
- Wrote patient histories and physicals
- Took vitals and analyzed laboratory results
- Performed aspirations, irrigations, and sterilizations
- Consolidated clinical data for patent applications
- Provided patient care including changing dressings, closing wounds, applying sutures, removing drains/catheters/sutures, managing medical records, and managing consultations, pre-ops, post-ops, and aftercare
- Trained 4 medical assistants and 1 surgical assistant
Physics Teaching Assistant
Professor Arash Bellafard
12.2022 - 08.2023
- Helped students develop diligent study habits and strategies to achieve successful outcomes.
- Documented attendance and completed assignments to maintain full class and student records.
- Mentored and advised students on pre-med requirements.
- Taught small groups of students focused on specific parts of coursework.
- Held weekly discussions and separate lecture reviews.
- Monitored student progress to identify weaknesses and provide recommendations for improvement.
- Assisted Professor Bellafard in Physics 5A, 5B, and 5C.
Clinical Assistant
Paradigm Treatment Center
01.2021 - 09.2021
- Assisted psychiatrists, psychologists, and therapists during evaluations
- Chaperoned adolescents during off-hours
- Worked graveyard and daytime shifts
- Conducted preliminary pre-treatment diagnostic testing and evaluations for accurate diagnoses
- Educated adolescents on therapeutic modalities including CBT, DBT, and psychotherapy
- Oversaw patients' nutrition and interpersonal interactions
- Administered medications and urinalyses
- Kept 15-minute interval progress records
- Trained 10+ clinical assistants
Lead Server
The Boiling Crab
06.2013 - 05.2018
- Utilized POS to process orders, complete payments, issue receipts
- Executed high-quality customer service, including greeting, taking orders, managing multiple tables at a time, and accommodating the needs and requests of 100+ customers daily
- Maintained day-to-day restaurant operations regarding food-handling, quality checks, health standards, and equipment cleaning
- Designed and delivered training to 50+ newly hired waiters/waitresses to acquaint them with operational procedures, routines, policies, standards, and practices
- Demonstrated strong familiarity with seafood origin, content, pairings, and promoted them to patrons
Waiter, Bartender
Sugarfish
08.2013 - 03.2017
- Utilized POS to process orders, complete payments, issue receipts
- Executed high-quality customer service, including greeting, taking orders, managing multiple tables at a time, and accommodating the needs and requests of 50+ customers daily
- Maintained day-to-day restaurant operations regarding food-handling, quality checks, health standards, and equipment cleaning
- Demonstrated strong familiarity with various types of fish, cuts, origin, and pairings
- Improved customer base by engaging in friendly interactions with clients ensuring recurring patronage
- Assessed customer needs and preferences to provide appropriate beverage and food recommendations
- Made every drink served and developed strong knowledge of recipes
- Maintained expenses below budget
Education
Post-Baccalaureate - Pre-medical Sciences
UCLA Extension
Westwood, CA09.2022
Bachelor of Science - Applied and Computational Mathematics
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California04.2021
Skills
- Anatomy (53 & 54 out of 54 for MSK and neuroscience anatomy exams thus far)
- High pass & honors in Foundations, Hematology, and MSK blocks
- 2 years pre-med science teaching assistant experience
- 2 years private tutoring (MCAT) experience
- Curriculum development
- Student development
- Materials preparation
- Excellent communication
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Group instruction
Personal Information
Age: 29
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Korean
Native or Bilingual
Japanese
Limited Working
Timeline
Biology Teaching Assistant
Professor Saba Aliyari
05.2023 - 08.2024
Physics Teaching Assistant
Professor Arash Bellafard
12.2022 - 08.2023
Lead Medical/Surgical Assistant
Dr. James J. Elist, Urological Surgery
03.2022 - 07.2024
Clinical Assistant
Paradigm Treatment Center
01.2021 - 09.2021
Waiter, Bartender
Sugarfish
08.2013 - 03.2017
Lead Server
The Boiling Crab
06.2013 - 05.2018
Post-Baccalaureate - Pre-medical Sciences
UCLA Extension
Bachelor of Science - Applied and Computational Mathematics
University of Southern California
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