Matthew Brown

University of British Columbia

Bachelor of Health and Exercise Sciences, 2018-Present

Overall GPA: 3.95/4.00
Honors and Awards: Deputy Vice-Chancellor Scholarship (2020, 2021, 2022)

Semiahmoo Secondary School

High School Diploma, Surrey, BC, 2013-2018

 Westminster House Long Term Care Facility 

Visitation Screener, May 2020-August 2021

• Assist with scheduled visitation between residents and their family members while ensuring that COVID-19 precautions and screening protocols were met
• Monitor visits while remaining aware of the residents specific physical and psychological needs
• Work in conjunction with staff to meet the resident’s particular needs outside of visitation
• Carry out resident questionnaires for the activity department and audits for the food service department

Surrey Memorial Hospital 

Wayfinding, July 2020-July 2022  

• To support patients and families by providing a friendly welcome, helpful information, and escorting as needed
• Help with COVID-19 screening, wheelchair and elevator access

Critical Illness Unit, June- August 2020 

  • Assisting nursing staff and family members with patient visitation 

Peer Trainer, July 2022-Present 

• Prepare incoming volunteers on the practices, policies, and guidelines of wayfinding

Emergency Room Volunteer, July 2022- Present 

• Support adult and pediatric patients/family members in the waiting room as well as assist nurses in acute care sections of the ER
• Initial screening/check in, ensure wheelchair availability, and provide water as well as warm blankets to patients
• Support nurses by assisting patients in wheelchairs and escorting visitors to patient’s rooms as needed

Meals on Wheels 

   • Deliver meals to seniors in the community

The Center for Interventional Cardiovascular Research and Clinical Trials at Mount Sinai

Research Intern, New York, May 2022- July 2022

Chest Pain Myocardial Infarction Registry, National Cardiovascular Data Base (NCDR) extraction and entry

• Extracted data alongside supervisors and independently entered data
• Merged NCDR data

CORE team meetings

• Attended and presented at weekly meetings to discuss/review the latest developments of ongoing clinical trials

Clinical Events Committee

• Attended monthly meetings between interventional cardiologists to discuss individual clinical trial cases as part of the adjudication process

Cath Lab Observation

• Observed various types of percutaneous coronary intervention procedures including a triple coronary artery bypass and a right heart catheterization with tissue biopsy following transplant

Worked alongside fellows

• Assisted interventional cardiology fellows in various projects including the management of medical conference files

Vicky Harris, Royal Columbian Hospital, Canada, BC

• Observed a CABG procedure, ECMO circuit change, and Cell Saver

Laura Dell'Aiera, Medical University of South Carolina, SC

• Observed a CABG procedure, ECMO circuit change, and Cell Saver

Kyrylo Chasovskiy, BC Children's Hospital, Canada, BC

• Observed a CABG procedure, ECMO circuit change, and Cell Saver

Kim Long, Vancouver General Hospital, Canada, BC

• Observed a CABG procedure, ECMO circuit change, and Cell Saver

Diabetes Lab, UBC

Undergraduate Research Volunteer, Jan 2022-April 2022

• Analyzing the effects of ketone supplementation on glycemic control in type 2 diabetes

British Columbia Soccer Premier League, 2012-2018

• Team Captain 2014-2018
• 2017 Provincial Champion

UBC Men’s Soccer, 2018-2019

UBC Soccer Community Events, 2018-2019 

• Help students move into residence on campus
• Local youth soccer camp coach
  

UBC Laboratory Biological Safety Course

• Procedures of handling biological materials

TCPS 2 CORE Research Ethics Course
Language: Fluent English

Technology: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Google Docs, EpicCare database, National Cardiovascular Data Base (NCDR)