California Medical License # A133145
ABA Diplomate Certificate # 59212
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Anesthesia Practice, Coastal Anesthesia Medical Associates, San Luis Obispo, California | August 2016 – Current
Independent anesthesia practice at various Central Coast area hospitals and outpatient surgery centers.
Critical Care Practice, Twin Cities Hospital, Templeton, California | December 2017 - Current
Anesthesia Critical Care Medicine Fellowship University of California, Irvine, California Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care | August 2015 – August 2016
Clinical experience with point of care ultrasound in the ICU, including transthoracic cardiac, lung, abdominal and vascular ultrasound.
INTERNSHIP & ANESTHESIOLOGY RESIDENCY
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine | June 2011 - June 2015
Clinical experience with approximately 200 ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia peripheral nerve blocks.
EDUCATION
Ross University School of Medicine, Portsmouth, Dominica, West Indies Doctor of Medicine | November 2010
Awards: Highest Honors; GPA 3.98
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California Bachelor of Science, Nutritional Science, September 2005
Awards: Dean’s List; GPA 3.3
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
Gerstein NS, Chou HG, Dixon AL. Analysis of a Fatal Left Ventricular Assist Device Infection: A Case Report and Discussion. Southwest J Pulm Crit Care. 2015;10:16-20.
Author, Post-Kyphoplasty Hemoptysis: Acute Bone Cement Pulmonary Embolism. Medically challenging case presentation. Presented at American Society of Regional Anesthesia (ASRA) Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, April 2014
Author, Palliative Care for Non-Surgical Bowel Perforation: The Anesthesiologist’s Perspective. Medically challenging case presentation. Presented at American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, November 2013
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
American Board of Anesthesiology, Diplomate
National Board of Echocardiography testamur status for certification in Basic Perioperative Transesophageal Echocardiography, June 2016
Attendee, International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH). First attendee from University of New Mexico; provided full funding because of interest in simulation and medical education. Society for Simulation in Healthcare Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, January 2014
New Mexico State Delegate, ASA Resident Component. ASA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, November 2013
Attendee, Residents as Educators Retreat. Two-day course aimed at developing teaching methods and feedback techniques within the clinical setting. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 2013