I am an Advanced Training Emergency Medicine Registrar training with the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine (ACEM). My clinical experience includes work in Intensive Care, Anaesthetics, and mixed adult and paediatric Emergency Medicine. In addition to my clinical responsibilities, I have a background in web programming and interest in health information technology. I maintain two online projects that improve access to medical information, and hold an associate lecturer position with the University of Queensland School of Medicine. My other professional experience includes several years of research in biomedicine and public health, serving as the director of an undergraduate emergency response team, and working as the medical content director for a health information website.

CURRENT

Emergency Registrar, Launceston General Hospital

Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
2022 - present

Perform clinical duties in a mixed adult and paediatric tertiary public emergency department. Completed an accredited 6 month anaesthetcs rotation.

 

EDUCATION

University of Melbourne, Graduate Certificate in Clinical Ultrasound, 2022 - present

Melbourne, VIC, Australia

University of Queensland - Ochsner, M.B.B.S., 2017

Brisbane, QLD, Australia (pre-clinical)
New Orleans, LA, USA (clinical)

Pitzer College, B.A. Public Health and Philosophy of Science, 2009

Claremont, CA, USA
Double major. Favorite courses: Bioethics, Biotechnology, Mathematical Physiology, Philosophy of Science

Thesis:

Would you or wouldn’t you?: A report on the artifacts of performance enhancement on college campuses and the implications of their use. (PDF)

Activities:

Institutional Review Board member, Health Education Outreach, Outdoors Club treasurer, editor for the Asclepius Health Journal

PUBLICATIONS

Effect of general anesthesia in infancy on long-term recognition memory in humans and rats (2014)

Stratmann G, Lee J, Sall JW, Lee BH, Alvi RS, Shih J, Rowe AM, Ramage TM, Chang FL, Alexander TG, Lempert DK, Lin N, Siu KH, Elphick SA, Wong A, Schnair CI, Vu AF, Chan JT, Zai H, Michelle KW, Anthony AM, Barbour KC, Ben-Tzur D, Kazarian NE, Lee JY, Shen JR, Liu E, Behniwal GS, Lammers CR, Quinones Z, Aggarwal A, Cedars E, Yonelinas AP, Ghetti S. Neuropsychopharmacology, 39(10), 2275 – 2287: Website; PDF.

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING

Med CMS (working title)

2022
Hobart, TAS, Australia

This application is designed to kill two birds with one stone: creating an easy interface for publishing medical information while also providing a platform for delivering basic presentations of that information. A usecase example may be Problem-Based Learning group that needs to give frequent presentations on medical issues, but for whom it would also be useful to be able to share and review that content easily.

I have used the platform for delivering brief lectures to other doctors and medical students, as well as providing them with a learning resource they can reference after the presentation. Unique features of the platform include a "presentation mode" that converts a document into a powerpoint-like presentation, searchable contents, sophisticated indexing, code-free page editing, internal linking, and tag structures.

The link below is for a demonstration page of the app. medCMS -- Hypovolaemic Shock

 

Nighthawk Scheduler

2016
Brisbane, QLD, Australia

I developed the Nighthawk Scheduling app for a physician group that wanted to enhance the way their practice handles shift-scheduling. In designing this app, intuitive ease-of-use was critical, as was accessibility and consistancy. I opted to develop this site using the Node.js server framework and to use a MongoDB NoSQL document database for the data.

The link below is for a sandbox version of the app, which you are welcome to interact with. Nighthawk

 

OSCEPass

2015
Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Mobile application to help students prepare for Objective Structured Clinical Exams.

OSCEPass

 

Emergency GIS

2015
Brisbane, QLD, Australia

I wrote an iPhone, Android, and web app that gets the user's location and allows them to call the local emergency services anywhere in the world. This is to help travelers stay safe when they run into emergencies while visiting other countries.

EmergencyGIS website.

 

WikiAnaesthesia

2015
Brisbane, QLD, Australia

I am the lead developer for a project that aims to provide free and comprehensive anaesthesia information online. I work with physicians and medical students to gather data, write the software to handle those data, and manage the overall project under the supervision of professor Andre van Zundert at the Royal Brisbane Women and Children's Hospital. The project is in the very early unit-testing phase.

WikiAnaesthesia Development website.

 

Interactive Nephron

2015
Brisbane, QLD, Australia

An interactive nephron to illustrate kidney physiology, pathology, and pharmacology.

Interactive Nephron

 

Australia Equity Group

2014
Brisbane, QLD, Australia

I designed the web buisness resources and developed the website for the Australia Equity Group. Theme for website frontend by Bootstraptaste.

Australia Equity Group

 

Avicenna eBook Search Engine

2013
Brisbane, QLD, Australia

I am often frustrated by the inefficiency of using pdf ebooks. Navigating to the correct chapter is often non-intuitive, they are easy to loose track of on my computer, and the keyword searching is both slow and unhelpful. I decided to create a better application for handling my medical textbooks to improve the accessibility of the excellent content they provide.

The Avicenna eBook Search app, named for the prolific 10th century physician and author of the same name, consists of several components. The app model is stored in a typical, highly abstracted MySQL relational database and controlled with PHP. The ebook text is also stored in the database, which allows for faster indexing than if the app dealt with the documents directly. I wrote a parser in Perl to extract the structure of each ebook and put it in my database. To mix things up, I wrote the rest of my document-handeling code in Python, including scripts to extract the text from eBooks and convert them to images to improve mobile accessibility. The app view is HTML and PHP, with a bit of javascript and AJAX for basic features like the table of contents modals on the home page.

I add features to this website as my free time allows. Most recently, I added a "word suggestion" feature to the search word field, which draws from a list of 9,000 medical terms. This website is password-protected due to copyright laws, but I am happy to share it with you upon request.
Avicenna

 

From Your Doctor

2012
Berkeley, CA, USA

I worked with a development team to build From Your Doctor, a consumer-oriented health information website. We used an MVC PHP app framework for the site. I did extensive work developing the view, as well as writing code for the database model and proprietary content management system. Presently, the company has merged the resources developed by this service with their physician-specific services, Vivacare.
Vivacare

 

Fog Magazine

2009-present
Oakland, CA, USA

Fog Magazine is an online journal that focuses on issues related to scientific journalism, bioethics, and technology. I created Fog Magazine after I graduated college as a venue for developing my thoughts about the epistimology of modern science and medicine. Now that I focus most of my professional and academic time on my medical studies, Fog Magazine has begun to shift to include creative content such as stories and projects. In addition to the articles that I write, I also designed the website, manage the MySQL databases, and write the XML, HTML, PHP, and javascript code that is necessary for the site to function.
Fog Magazine

 

DASH Camp

2012
Oakland, CA, USA

Diabetes And Sports Health (DASH) Camp in a sports camp for Type 1 diabetic children. I volunteered my time to help set up the DASH website, SEO optimise it, and familiarize its director with how to manage a website.
DASH Camp

 

Amidst the Panic

2011
Oakland, CA, USA

The Amidst the Panic website is a place to share music I have recorded. Instead of using a SQL database, I opted to develop a directory-based CMS for the website in PHP.
Amidst the Panic

 

RESEARCH

Research Assistant, UCSF Anesthesia Department

Stratmann Lab; San Francisco, CA, USA
December 2009 - September 2011

I worked in a lab that studies the physiological basis of anesthesia-induced cognitive deficits. My project examined the effects that neonatal exposure to anesthesia has on memory. I used an animal model to evaluate behavioral memory impairments in rats, then performed histology studies to learn more about the underlying mechanism of anesthesia-induced neurotoxicity. My lab has recently finished a manuscript detailing our findings, and it is currently being prepared for publication.

 

Analysis of Destabilising Noise in Bistable Systems, Harvey Mudd College

Claremont, CA, USA
September - December 2008

I worked with a group of students to investigate how feedback delay affects the stability of nonlinear, bistable systems in “noisy” environments. The project was intended to enhance our understanding of computational modeling of nervous system processes. We used Python and XPPAUT to evaluate the stochastic resonance in each of three models of bistable nonlinear feedback systems: the Mackey-Glass model, a postural sway model, and a genetic switches model. Our results suggested that incorporating the time delay of the feedback control system is crucial for characterizing stable bistable systems. We presented our paper as the final project for our course in mathematical physiology.

 

Study Coordinator, Pomona College

Health Education Outreach; Claremont, CA, USA
September 2007 – May 2008

I worked with volunteers, health officials, and Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) to administer the ACHA-NCHA student health survey to six colleges. This project included editing informed consent forms, writing IRB proposals, and facilitating the collection and evaluation of the survey data.

 

Research Intern, UC Berkeley School of Public Health

CHAMACOS laboratory; Berkeley, CA, USA
May - August 2006

I assisted with a pesticide exposure study. My responsibilities included creating a questionnaire and a food diary for study participants, and cataloging urine samples. The study, “Pesticides and their Metabolites in the Homes and Urine of Farmworker Children Living in the Salinas Valley, CA, USA,” was published in the Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology in July 2007.

 

MEDICAL EXPERIENCE

Emergency Medicine Registrar, Royal Hobart Hospital

Hobart, TAS, Australia
2019 - 2020

Perform clinical duties in a mixed adult and paediatric tertiary public emergency department. Completed an adult ICU rotation, worked on a department quality improvement project for storing, reviewing, and auditing point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) studies performed in our department.

 

Resident Medical Officer, Mater Adult Hospital

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2019 - 2020

Perform clinical duties in a metropolitan public Emergency Department. Duties include acute clinical evaluation and management, procedures, rapid assessment and triage (RAT), specialist referral, and care for Fast Track and Short Stay Unit patients.

 

Internship, Greenslopes Private Hospital

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Janurary 2018 - Janurary 2019

Resident physician, working in General Medicine, Oncology, Plastics, Emergency Medicine, and General Surgery.

 

Medical Content Director, Vivacare Inc.

Berkeley, CA, USA
May 2010 - Dec 2012

I was responsible for writing, developing, and editing consumer/patient-oriented health education handouts for a patient education service provided to doctors by Vivacare. In this position, I developed several hundred handouts on topics including medications, diseases, and pathology. In the second half of 2012 I focused much of my attention to the technical challenges of developing a new consumer website for the company, fromyourdoctor.com.

 

Director, Pitzer Emergency Response Team

Claremont, CA, USA
2006 - 2008

I directed a team of EMTs and first responders to provide first aid services at seven colleges. I facilitated a weekly meeting in which I taught CPR and emergency preparedness skills, and lead discussions about health and safety. During my tenure as director, I spearheaded an Alcohol Response Unit, and sat on the College Safety Committee and the Student Senate.

 

Evening Attendant, Scott Luebking

Berkeley, CA, USA
May - August 2008

I assisted a professional man with a severe mobility disability. My responsibilities included helping him with his activities of daily living, medications, dressing, lifting him into bed, and preparing his medical equipment for the evening and following day.

 

Emergency Medical Technician, Medic-1 Ambulance

San Dimas, CA, USA
January - April 2007

I provided BLS care to sick, injured, and elderly patients during inter-facility ambulance transfer. Other duties included managing the ambulance supplies and writing reports for Emergency Departments, insurance agencies, and the Company's internal records.

 

Volunteer Medical Assistant, Glide Health Center

San Francisco, CA, USA
September - December 2006

I assisted clinicians at a free HIV testing and counseling clinic with patient care by taking vital signs, organizing and updating medical records, distributing condoms, and other administrative tasks.

 

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Wilderness Guide, Lifeschool Go Adventure!

Bodega, CA, USA
May - August 2007

I led teenagers aged 12-18 on trips into backcountry wildernesses in California, Colorado, and New Mexico. In this position I was responsible for administering backcountry first aid, teaching compass and map skills, environmental ethics, and rock climbing safety.

 

Swim Instructor, Piedmont Swim Club

Piedmont, CA, USA 2005 - 2009

I taught swim lessons to students aged 2-16 in levels ranging from elementary through advanced swim technique and water safety. I also gave weekly demonstrations of various pool safety procedures and interventions.

 

SOFTWARE PLATFORMS

These are the noteworthy software platforms, markup languages, and typesetting interfaces that I have used in a professional capacity for more than two years:

• Data management
  Excel
  MySQL
  Git
  XAMPP
• Markup languages
  HTML/XHTML
  LaTeX
  XML
• Programming
  PHP

 

I am also competent in the following techniques and platforms:

• Adobe Photoshop and Gimp
  Apache web server
  ASP.NET
  Biostatistics
  CakePHP and Laravel PHP frameworks
  CMS design and use (e.g. Drupal)
  General systems networking
  Inkscape
  jQuery/javascript
  Lucene/Solr search
  
• Matplotlib/NumPy
  MVC design pattern
  MongoDB
  Node.js
  Perl
  Python
  R
  Ruby/Rails
  User experience design
  XPP/XPPAUT
  

 

I am competent in the following laboratory techniques:
Bacterial transformation
Column, gas, and TLC chromatography
DNA cloning
FISH staining
Fractional distillation
Gel electrophoresis
NMR and IR spectroscopy
PCR
Southern Blotting

 

HOBBIES

Baking sourdough bread
Bike touring
furniture design
Music composition and audio engineering
Rock climbing
Yoga