Daniela AbouAssali

Registered practical nurse in a cataract surgery center, with skills in scrub, circulating, and pre-op roles. Focused on mastering sterile techniques, patient education, and surgical coordination while prioritizing patient safety and care.

PRGF Technician responsible for performing blood draws and processing blood samples to create serum tears. Skilled in venipuncture, handling biological specimens, and operating centrifuges to separate plasma for therapeutic use. Committed to maintaining sterile techniques and ensuring patient comfort during procedures.

Responsible for coordinating consultation appointments for all doctors working out of PCC/PGC. Additionally, scribes for various physicians and assists in minor procedures.

Outpatient clerk responsible for checking-in patients for their appointments, guiding them to the appropriate destination, and re-booking appointments into the complex schedules of various doctors. Other tasks include booking diagnostic tests, and prepping patients for testing or surgeries.

Responsibilities included teaching programs to students aged 4-15, relative to medical topics and inspiring children’s desire to pursue
a career in healthcare. Taught classes ensuring a safe and healthy environment, created welcoming and youth friendly classroom spaces and provided positive interaction with students, all with an emphasis on health and science career initiatives and real life skills.

Medical technician running full day clinics, with responsibilities such as pre-testing patients, pre-op and post-op appointments, and IOL testing. Additionally responsible for clerical work, such
as booking patients appointments, booking surgeries through The Ottawa Hospital portal EPIC, and patient services.

Medical technician and sales associate, responsible for operating clinics for the optometrists on site. Responsibilities include gathering patient history, discussing current concerns and pre-testing the patient prior to seeing the doctor, with the use of a refractor test, a visual field test, taking intraocular pressures, and retinal images. Knowledgeable in prescribing glasses, contact lenses and other products related to eye care.