Steven Kurtz

Evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients of all ages and acuities within the primary care setting.

Evaluated 20-25 scheduled patients per shift, addressing walk-in and urgent care visits to ensure comprehensive patient care.

Perform annual and well-child examinations with a high priority on prevention and immunization.

Conduct women’s health examinations with pelvic exams, pap smears, and breast exams. Thoroughly discuss birth control/vasectomies and family planning.

Performed pre-operative evaluations and determined clearance.

Connected patients with community resources and coordinated specialty referrals to enhance access to comprehensive care.

Assessed acute care patients to determine triage levels; performed minor procedures including laceration repair and orthopedic splinting.

Efficiently and effectively diagnose and treat high acuity urgent care cases with a daily patient census of 20-30 patients per shift.

Identify and triage medical emergencies, providing appropriate management and facilitating transfers.

Extensive experience with laceration repair, orthopedic splinting, basic surgical procedures, and toenail removals.

Perform point-of-care ultrasound as well as interpret/wet read EKG & X-Ray results.

Perform DOT and annual physical examinations to assess work performance suitability.

Facilitated care for 10-30 patients on inpatient consult service, collaborating with surgeon to enhance treatment outcomes and resolve complex inquiries during night call, improving patient satisfaction.

Experienced with bedside cystoscope, complicated foley catheter/SPT exchanges, outpatient cystoscope for stent removal, bedside ultrasound, and wound care.

First assist in the operating room during all surgical cases. Minimal experience with Da Vinci.

Evaluated, diagnosed, and treated 10-15 patients in outpatient setting, managing new consults and return visits, with proficiency in urodynamic studies.

Examine and treat patients diagnosed with acute and chronic infectious diseases that require outpatient management. Typical conditions include Prosthetic Joint Infections, Endocarditis, HIV/AIDS, Community-Acquired Pneumonia, Tuberculosis, Osteomyelitis, & Septic Arthritis.

Evaluate and treat patients as a hospital consultant on the Inpatient team for conditions that typically include COVID, complicated Pneumonia, Sepsis, Osteomyelitis, Intra-Abdominal infections, ESBL and Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms, Endocarditis, Opportunistic Infections, HIV/AIDS, and Complicated Urinary Tract Infections.

Conduct Travel Medicine consults with appropriate considerations for vaccination & prophylaxis prior to travel.

Act as an antibiotic steward and participate in continuing medical education in order to provide up-to-date; evidence-based medicine.

Evaluated, diagnosed, and treated various endocrinology disorders, including diabetes and thyroid conditions.

Managed insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors for effective glycemic control in type 1 diabetes.

Customized hormone replacement therapy to effectively manage adrenal disorders and osteoporosis.

Enhanced patient care by staying current with the latest treatment options for diabetic patients.