Mohs surgery specialistsMedical assistant
Jun. 2011 - Jun. 2016Dallas txMedical assistant- Room patients, take patients medical history, vitals, do consultations with patients before surgery, inject lidocaine in surgical site for 12 surgical patients per day, Assist the Physician in Mohs surgery, bandage patients after surgery, go over post-surgical care, wound care, remove surgical sutures for minimum 9 patients per day. Determine if the wounds were infected if so set patients up with wound care specialists, coordinate plastic surgery if a patient required plastic surgery post Mohs. Receive tissue sample, freeze tissue, process and cut tissue using a cryostat to make the slide, put the slide through the slide dyer, and then prepare slides for the physician to read, assisted with15 patients.