Faculty

Loran Bielewicz, PA-C

St. Elizabeth Healthcare

OBJECTIVE                 To obtain a Physician Assistant position in cardiothoracic surgery.

EDUCATION            KETTERING COLLEGE OF MEDICAL ARTS Kettering, OH

Masters of Physician Assistant Studies July 2010

Clinical Rotations: General/Cardiothoracic Surgery, Pediatrics, Adult Medicine, OB/GYN, Psychiatry, Family Medicine (Guam).

Elective Rotations: Cardiothoracic Surgery (Adults-UCMC), Cardiothoracic Surgery (Pediatrics-CCHMC)

COLLEGE OF MOUNT ST. JOSEPH Cincinnati, OH

Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry/Biology May 2008

WORK EXPERIENCE

St. Elizabeth Healthcare-Edgewood – Edgewood, KY

Physician Assistant in Cardiac Surgery April 2014- Present

  • First Assist in Cardiac Surgery
  • Endoscopic Vein Harvesting
  • Femoral Artery/Vein Cutdown
  • CVICU Management-Ventilator, Inotropic/Pressor infusions, Temporary Pacemakers, Placement of Arterial lines, Central lines, and Swan-Ganz catheters, Removal of Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps.
  • Patient Rounds, Perform History and Physicals, Consultations, Discharge Summaries
  • Manage Postoperative Patients in the Office

The Christ Hospital Health Network – Cincinnati, OH

Physician Assistant in Cardiothoracic Surgery January 2014- March 2024

  • First Assist in Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery
  • Endoscopic Vein Harvesting
  • Femoral Artery/Vein Cutdown
  • CVICU Management-Ventilator, Inotropic/Pressor infusions, Temporary Pacemakers, Placement of Arterial lines, Central lines, and Swan-Ganz catheters, Removal of Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps.
  • Patient Rounds, Perform History and Physicals, Consultations, Discharge Summaries
  • Full Prescriptive Authority/DEA licensed

University of Cincinnati Medical Center- Cincinnati, OH

Physician Assistant in Cardiac Surgery March 2011-January 2014

  • First Assist in Cardiac Surgery, Endoscopic Vein Harvesting
  • Removal of Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumps
  • Perform History and Physicals, Consults, Discharges
  • Rounding and Patient Management in the ICU and Stepdown units
  • Full Prescriptive Authority
  • Weekly M&M

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center- Cincinnati, OH

Research Assistant II at the Heart Institute May 2008-July 2010

  • Conduct Congenital Heart Disease Patient Interviews
  • Perform quality control on research data
  • Collaborate with research nursing staff on other research studies

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center- Cincinnati, OH

Student Co-op in Cardiology October 2007-May 2008

  • Conduct patient interviews for PCQLI (Pediatric Cardiac Quality of Life) study
  • Data Collection and Data Entry
  • Organization of Data Entry and Analysis Sequence

HONORS

Schmidlapp Scholarship: Awarded to the top freshman chemistry/biology student, according to overall GPA, chemistry/biology GPA, and school involvement.

Department of Chemistry and Physical Sciences Award: Awarded to the top senior chemistry/physical sciences student, according to overall GPA, chemistry/physical sciences GPA, school involvement, and quality of their senior capstone/senior research.

PUBLICATIONS

Yafetto L, Carroll L, Cui Y, Davis DJ, Fischer MWF, et al. (2008) The Fastest Flights in Nature: High-Speed Spore Discharge Mechanisms among Fungi. PLoSONE 3 (9):33237.

Doi:10.137/journal.pone.0003237.

CERTIFICATIONS

Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Basic Disaster Life Support