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REBECCA DURIAN, MSN, FNP-C Nurse Practitioner in Primary Care, CBOC Dubois, PA EDUCATION: * GRADUATE: Carlow University Pittsburgh PA UNDERGRADUATE: California University of PA: BSN,

Mercyhurst College: ASN ************ KIMBERLY M GORMAN, DNP,AG-ACNP-BC, CNL, CCRN, CNRN, TCRN Nurse Practitioner in Primary Care, CBOC Johnstown, PA EDUCATION: * GRADUATE: University of

Pittsburgh: DNP, Adult and Geriatric * UNDERGRADUATE: University of Pittsburgh: Msn, CNL AWARDS: Margorie Farabaugh NP scholarship, Aspiring young leader program, Excellence in caring award,

The spirit of nursing award PUBLICATIONS: Case report: Suspicious hematoma caused by rectal artery pseudoaneurysm, Knowledge retention of the traumatic brain injury guidelines at a level 1

trauma center, How much education is enough? One unit’s approach to bereavement, Care of patients with a ventriculostomy, Facial fractures, Falls POSTER PRESENTATIONS: Cortrak advanced

technology for enternal feeding, E-TOPICS (Electronic transmission of patient care and information for the surgical patient). ATSPA: improving complications with protocol-driven care in

adult traumatic brain injury patients by implementing an electronic clinical compliance monitoring tool, NTI: National teaching institute improving the bereavement process in the ICU, TCAA:

The implementation of a multidisciplinary transition of care process: Utilizing an electronic platform through the surgical services & beyond, TQIP: A multidisciplinary approach to the

electronic transition of patient information of care, Geriatric trauma patients: What makes them different? ************************* NICOLE L. HOOVER FNP-C, BC-ADM Primary Care Float

EDUCATION: * GRADUATE: Walden University, MSN, Family Nurse Practitioner * UNDERGRADUATE: Lock Haven University, ASN, Registered Nurse ************************* ELIZABETH HOUSER, CRNP, MSN

Nurse Practitioner, Primary care, Indiana CBOC EDUCATION: * GRADUATE: Carlow University * UNDERGRADUATE: Indiana University of PA PUBLICATIONS: Clinical challenges: Bruising, bleeding gums,

nosebleeds in young college athlete, High on Bath Salts ******************************* AMANDA L. JODON, RN, MSN, ALUMNUS PCCN, FNP-C  Nurse Practitioner, Primary Care, Women’s Health

EDUCATION: * GRADUATE: Clarion & Edinboro University 2016 * UNDERGRADUATE: Conemaugh School of Nursing (RN) 2010, Liberty University (BSN) 2012 PRESENTATIONS: PowerPoint on documentation

for Nurse Practitioner Residency Program  AWARDS: Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Resident Program Preceptor of the Year 08/2024 ************************* KARA LECHENE, CRNP  Float Provider

in Primary Care, Battlefield Acupuncture certified, Menopause certified practitioner EDUCATION: * GRADUATE: Penn State University  * UNDERGRADUATE: Indiana University of Pennsylvania

PRESENTATIONS: Menopause presentation  ******************** SARA MEESE CRNP, FNP Primary Care Provider Indiana CBOC and Women’s Health Provider EDUCATION: * GRADUATE: BSN, MSN-FNP,

Chamberlain College of Nursing * UNDERGRADUATE: AD RN, Mount Aloysius College ************************* KELLI M. MANIPPO, RN, MSN, ACNP-BC, ACNPC, CCRN, PCCN Primary care nurse practitioner

Johnstown CBOC, Women’s health provider, Primary care CRNP supervisor EDUCATION: * GRADUATE: University of Pittsburgh * UNDERGRADUATE: Conemaugh School of Nursing & University of

Pittsburgh ************************* WELDON MILLER, MD Internal Medicine physician, Primary care physician  EDUCATION: * GRADUATE: Med school: University of Pittsburgh, Residency: University

of Maryland Medical Center * UNDERGRADUATE: Eastern Mennonite University AWARDS: Dean’s List & Presidential Scholarship Eastern Mennonite University. Summer institute for training in

biostatistics participant, Outstanding Incoming Graduate Student North Carolina State. Vertical InteGration of Research and Education (VIGRE) Fellow, Mu Sigma Rho Statistical honor society,

Integrated biostatistical training program for CVD research pre-doctoral trainee, School of Medicine Merit Scholarship, Institute for Complementary and Alternative medicine NIH T35 grant

scholarship. PUBLICATIONS: An empirically based tool for analyzing mortality associated with congenital heart surgery. Chronic mesenteric ischemia: endovascular versus open

revascularization. Development and validation of a bariatric surgery morbidity risk calculator using the prospective, multicenter NSQIP dataset. A population-based study of risk factors for

stroke after carotid endarterectomy using the ACS NSQIP database. Development and validation of a risk calculator for prediction of cardiac risk after surgery. Determinants of resource

utilization and outcomes in laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a multicenter analysis of 14,251 patients. Determinants of outcomes in pancreatic surgery and use of hospital resources.

Development and validation of a risk calculator predicting postoperative respiratory failure. Predictors of pulmonary complications after bariatric surgery. Development and validation of a

risk calculator predicting postoperative pneumonia. ORAL PRESENTATIONS: A new chapter in outcome analysis for congenital heart surgery: empirically based stratification of mortality risk.

Oral presentation at the Western Thoracic Surgical Association annual meeting. Gastric Bypass versus Banding versus Duodenal switch versus Gastroplasty - A prospective, multicenter analysis

of 11,023 patients from the NSQIP dataset. Oral presentation at the American College of Surgeons annual meeting. Risk factors predicting postoperative pneumonia in surgical patients. Oral

presentation at the American College of Chest Physicians annual meeting. Predictors of cardiac events after major vascular surgery. Oral presentation at the Academic Surgical Congress annual

meeting. A population-based study of risk factors for stroke after carotid endarterectomy using the ACS NSQIP database. Oral presentation at the Academic Surgical Congress annual meeting.

Determinants of resource utilization and outcomes in laparoscopic Roux-En-Y gastric bypass: a multicenter analysis of 14,251 patients. Development and validation of a bariatric surgery

morbidity risk calculator using the prospective, multicenter NSQIP dataset. Oral presentation at the American College of Surgeons’ Nebraska Chapter annual meeting. Predictors of pulmonary

complications following bariatric surgery. Oral presentation at the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery annual meeting.  POSTER PRESENTATIONS: Risk factors predicting

postoperative respiratory failure in surgical patients. Poster presentation at the American College of Chest Physicians annual meeting. Risk factors predicting intra- and postoperative

cardiac arrest or myocardial infarction in surgical patients. Poster presentation at the American Heart Association annual meeting. Predictors of postoperative renal insufficiency. Poster

presentation at the Society of Critical Care Medicine annual meeting. Predictors of pulmonary and cardiac complications following pancreatoduodenectomy. Poster presentation at the Society of

Surgical Oncology annual meeting. Determinants of resource utilization in pancreatoduodenectomy: a multicenter analysis of 1,467 Patients. Poster presentation at the Society of Surgical

Oncology annual meeting. Predictors of postoperative thoracic complications in patients undergoing orthopedic surgeries. Poster presentation at the American Thoracic Society annual meeting.

Development and validation of a risk calculator predicting perioperative cardiac risk and its comparison to the revised cardiac risk index. Poster presentation at the American College of

Physicians’ Nebraska Chapter annual meeting. Determinants of operative time and hospital length of stay after laparoscopic fundoplication: a multicenter analysis of 2,052 Patients. Poster

presentation at the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons annual meeting. Resource utilization in patients with migraine headache with and without concomitant

depression & anxiety. Poster presented at the annual American Headache Society annual meeting. HIT-6 score and resource utilization in patients with migraine headache. Poster presented

at the annual American Headache Society annual meeting. Assessing the readability of online patient educational materials offered by the American College of Cardiology and American Heart

Association. Poster presented at the American College of Physicians’ Maryland Chapter annual meeting.  ************************* ALICIA SHEDLOCK, CRNP Primary Care Nurse Practitioner 

Huntington CBOC EDUCATION: * GRADUATE: Penn State University * UNDERGRADUATE: Penn State University ************************* SHEREEN WEINZIERL, CRNP  Primary Care Nurse Practitioner,

Women’s Health Provider  EDUCATION: * GRADUATE: Masters from University of Cincinnati  * UNDERGRADUATE: Bachelors from Liberty University  ************************* PHIL YARGOSZ Primary care

provider- M.D. EDUCATION: * GRADUATE: M.D- Drexel University College of Medicine -graduation 2016, Residency:  West Virginia University -Internal Medicine * UNDERGRADUATE: Purdue University

– B.S. in 2002, University of Vermont- Post Baccalaureate certificate PUBLICATIONS: Personality traits as a source of bias in medical student evaluations, Small molecule inhibitors of

biofilm formation in laboratory and clinical isolates of candida albicans.