Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Credentials
Research
Hobbies and Interests
Languages
Timeline
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Shant Boshnakian

North Hills

Summary

To obtain a position where my extensive medical, administrative, academic, and research skills will prove valuable and help establish a lifelong, mutual relationship with an employer that offers a friendly environment, steady position, and opportunity to grow.

Overview

32
32
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Physician Assistant

Java Psychiatry
09.2017 - Current

Evaluate, diagnose, and treat mental and behavioral disorders.

Physician Assistant: Pain Management

Conservative Care Specialists Medical Group
04.2014 - 07.2017
  • Evaluate. diagnose, and treat patients with acute and chronic pain with the integration of pharmacological, psychological, and complementary treatments.

Physician Assistant: Psychiatric care/Behavioral Science

Thomas A Curtis, MD. Inc.
09.2011 - 02.2014

Evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients with mental and behavioral conditions related to a workplace injury.

Private Tutoring/Essay Proofreading and Editing Services

Personal
06.2000 - 01.2014
  • Tutoring biological and chemical sciences, reading comprehension, and verbal reasoning
  • Essay editing and proofreading services for high school and college students, including research and term papers, personal statements, college admission applications, and resume/CV editing

Physician Assistant for the Spine Center, Spine Program Coordinator, and Per-diem PA for the Center for Weight Loss

Northridge Hospital Medical Center
10.2007 - 10.2009
  • Evaluate, diagnose, and treat physical health conditions related to the spine
  • Giving injections, identifying the appropriate referral, patient education and dictating/charting;
  • Plan, develop, organize, and mobilize the spine center and the spine program
  • Identify and recruit interdisciplinary/collaborative team of physicians
  • Maximize physician relations
  • Act as a liaison between administrative staff, nursing staff and physicians
  • Manage project planning and execution
  • Organize monthly meetings
  • Work with physicians for referrals and/or follow-ups
  • Assist in writing policies/procedures
  • Create medical forms
  • Screen and assist patients for pain support group
  • Organize and maintain patient records
  • Assist in marketing
  • Patient data collection

Institutional Review Board (IRB) Administrator/Research Coordinator/Consultant

Northridge Hospital Medical Center
08.2005 - 02.2008
  • Administer, implement, and manage policies/procedures for the protection of the rights and welfare of research patients
  • Monitor patient safety through data analysis
  • Serve as a liaison between the hospital Administration, IRB Committee, and the investigators
  • Provide education about patient safety to research staff, including nurses, physicians, and IRB members
  • Consult with investigators in regards to current issues and ethical concerns
  • Ensure that all research related decisions and ethical concerns or questions are intelligently communicated to investigators and to their staff
  • Provide investigators, study coordinators and/or sponsors with documentation and other educational materials to support research decisions
  • Help investigators launch a study
  • Provide expertise to investigators and IRB members regarding federal and state regulations on the protection of human subjects and about Joint Commission policies
  • Conduct preliminary review of study protocols and present findings to the IRB Chairman
  • Prepare for and conduct IRB meetings
  • Prepare correspondence, including action notices and
  • Maintain records

Physician Assistant for Urology

Sherman Oaks Urologic Medical Group, Inc.
01.2006 - 10.2007
  • Evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients with urological conditions.
  • Perform bladder/renal ultrasounds
  • Perform uroflow/voiding trials/catheterization
  • Order and interpret diagnostic and lab tests
  • Assist with procedures, such as vasectomy, cystoscopy, and prostate biopsy
  • Give injections
  • Perform diagnostic procedures for the assessment and treatment of male sexual problems
  • Patient education
  • Dictating/charting

Physician Assistant/Health Educator for Family Medicine

Victory Medical Group
06.2003 - 11.2006
  • Assist in the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of general health conditions
  • Take histories
  • Order diagnostic tests, formulate diagnosis and treatment plan
  • Review labs
  • Prescribe medications
  • Give injections
  • Provide patients with referrals when clinically indicated
  • Assist with minor procedures
  • Patient education about therapeutic regimens, family planning, sexual health, and health maintenance
  • Dictating/Charting
  • Train and educate staff about various health topics

Administrative Coordinator

Victory Medical Group
06.1999 - 04.2004
  • Supervisory duties
  • Coordination and implementation of office services
  • Interpretation and communication of operating policies
  • Compilation and formatting of reports, including detailed findings and recommendations
  • Gathering & evaluation of survey data
  • Contract management
  • Conducting employee orientation
  • Management of personnel records, including performance evaluations
  • Ground-work for monthly training exercises and meeting agendas
  • Financial transactions, including check requests, petty cash, and statement reports
  • Prep work for facility checklist and audits
  • Assistance with special events planning, and
  • Assistance with the development of new programs

International Student Consultant

Kaplan Educational Centers, Inc.
01.1995 - 01.2000
  • Support services and consultations to foreign graduates on academic, immigration, and cultural matters
  • Verification of F-1 visa eligibility, review of applications, and processing of I-20 Certificates, and
  • Assistance with school transfers, change in program level, extension of stay, admission of dependent(s), and reinstatements

Orientation Leader, Student Counselor, Biology/Chemistry/English tutor, and Molecular Biology & Organic Chemistry Lab TA

California State University, Los Angeles
01.1993 - 01.1995

Education

Physician Assistant -

Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
Los Angeles, CA
01.2002

Bachelor of Science - Biology, English

California State University, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
01.1995

Skills

  • EMR
  • eScript
  • CURES
  • Microsoft office
  • Knowledge of medical & general office policies
  • Knowledge of local, state, and federal laws and regulations
  • Knowledge of Joint Commission Policies
  • Operating medical equipment
  • Knowledge of safety hazards and precautions
  • Record maintenance
  • Report writing and summarizing
  • Interpreting graphs/tables/data
  • Training staff
  • Organizing group sessions
  • Leading meetings
  • Planning medical events
  • Organizing educational seminars
  • Computer skills
  • Organizational skills
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Cross-cultural skills
  • Verbal communication skills
  • Written communication skills
  • Leadership skills
  • Negotiation skills
  • Team building skills
  • Conflict resolution skills
  • Multi-tasking
  • Project management
  • Meeting deadlines
  • Handling sensitive situations
  • Quick learning
  • Detail oriented
  • Maintaining relations with physicians and patients
  • Commitment to community service

Certification

  • Licensed Physician Assistant by the Physician Assistant Committee
  • DEA

Credentials

  • PA-C
  • BS

Research

Regulation of gene expression, protein synthesis, and the physiochemical properties of proteins., Spring 1993, CSULA

Hobbies and Interests

  • Teaching
  • Counseling
  • Community Work
  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Sketching
  • Swimming
  • Soccer
  • Hiking
  • Camping

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual
Armenian
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Limited Working

Timeline

Physician Assistant

Java Psychiatry
09.2017 - Current

Physician Assistant: Pain Management

Conservative Care Specialists Medical Group
04.2014 - 07.2017

Physician Assistant: Psychiatric care/Behavioral Science

Thomas A Curtis, MD. Inc.
09.2011 - 02.2014

Physician Assistant for the Spine Center, Spine Program Coordinator, and Per-diem PA for the Center for Weight Loss

Northridge Hospital Medical Center
10.2007 - 10.2009

Physician Assistant for Urology

Sherman Oaks Urologic Medical Group, Inc.
01.2006 - 10.2007

Institutional Review Board (IRB) Administrator/Research Coordinator/Consultant

Northridge Hospital Medical Center
08.2005 - 02.2008

Physician Assistant/Health Educator for Family Medicine

Victory Medical Group
06.2003 - 11.2006

Private Tutoring/Essay Proofreading and Editing Services

Personal
06.2000 - 01.2014

Administrative Coordinator

Victory Medical Group
06.1999 - 04.2004

International Student Consultant

Kaplan Educational Centers, Inc.
01.1995 - 01.2000

Orientation Leader, Student Counselor, Biology/Chemistry/English tutor, and Molecular Biology & Organic Chemistry Lab TA

California State University, Los Angeles
01.1993 - 01.1995

Bachelor of Science - Biology, English

California State University, Los Angeles

Physician Assistant -

Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
Shant Boshnakian