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| ==Norina Usman, M.D.==
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| Email: dr.norinausman@gmail.com<br />
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| ==Medical Education==
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| January 2001 – March 2009
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| * Medical degree (M.D) from University College of Medicine and Dentistry Lahore Pakistan.
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| ==Professional Affiliations==
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| * ECFMG Certified – February 2015.
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| * Registered general practitioner, Pakistan.
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| ==Work Experience==
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| '''Trinitas Regional Medical Center, Elizabeth, NJ, United States of America'''
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| '''Clinical Extern, Oscar Verzosa, M.D''' '''06/2019 - 07/2019'''
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| I worked with Dr. Verzosa at his clinic as a Clinical Extern. During this Clinical Externship,
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| - I actively participated in patient care. My mentor, Dr. Verzosa is a primary care physician and Chairman of Internal Medicine
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| Department at Trinitas Regional Medical Center, with a 50+ years’ experience in primary care.
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| - My responsibilities included History taking and performing physical examination, getting the pertinent workup done, and discussing
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| cases and possible management plans of different patients.
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| - I also recorded EKGs regularly, assisted in IM injections of B12, vaccinations, wound care and dressing.
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| - I attended morning rounds, weekly grand round, conferences and lectures presented by residents in the Hospital.
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| - This externship allowed me to work on the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and come across some of the common Ethical dilemmas
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| faced by physicians here, as well.
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| 03/2019 - 04/2019 Average Hours/Week: 35
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| Presence St. Joseph Medical Center, Joliet, IL, United States of America
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| Clinical Extern, Sameer Shafi, MD
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| - Took part in inpatient morning rounds, history taking, physical and case discussion in Presence St. Joseph and Silver Cross Hospital.
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| - Attended dialysis unit at Fresenius Kidney Care and was involved in case presentations and learned about the prevention techniques
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| used in sterilization and the operation of dialysis machines.
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| - The outpatient rotation at Kidney Care Centre, where I took patient history presented the case, differential, and management plan and
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| received EMR training of Meditech and Citrex.
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| - Presented cases on Hypertensive and urgency, Glomerulonephritis, and QIP.
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| - Attended Quality Assurance Initiative Meeting, regarding the maintenance and regulation of the following indicators: Albumin,
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| Vascular Access, Anemia, Phosphate, Mortality Analysis, Admission and Discharge, Observed vascular procedures.
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| 08/2018 - 09/2018 Average Hours/Week: 45
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| AMC IPA/ Mount Sinai DSRIP Welness Care, New York, NY, United States of America
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| Clinical Extern, Rizwanullah Hameed, MD
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| - Took part in triage, history taking, physical, and case discussion.
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| - Worked as a chief extern of population health management Mount Sinai DSRIP HTN project where I was responsible for making
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| patient registries, followed up and kept track of patients through phone encounters tracking their labs and BP records and made
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| follow-up appointments.
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| - Assisted in daily work in a coordinated and timely manner.
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| 04/2018 - 05/2018 Average Hours/Week: 40
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| Brooklyn Methodist Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, United States of America
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| Clinical Extern, Emmanuel Valery, MD
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| - This is a hands-on clinical experience working with Dr. Emmanuel Valery.
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| - Attended morning rounds in Brooklyn Methodist Presbyterian, Suny Downstate Medical Center and Kings Brook Hospital, My duties
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| as a Clinical Extern included:
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| - Taking a thorough history from patients, complete full physical exam, present each case to Dr.Emmanuel and formulate a management
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| plan.
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| - Writing patient notes, order diagnostic tests, schedule follow-up visits, and help inpatient admissions if needed.
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| - Taking patients vitals and conduct ECG's when required
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| - Assisted in the transition of the clinic from paper charts to EMR.
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| ==Publications==
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| *Janapala, N.R., Jayaraj, S.J., Fathima, N., Kashif, T., Usman, N., Dasari, A., Jahan, N & Sachmechi, I. Continuous Glucose Monitoring Versus Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis. Cureus. 2019, Sep; 11(9): 5634. Pub Status: Published.
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| *Jayaraj, S.J., Janapala, N.R., Qaseem, A., Usman, N., Fathima, N., Kashif, T., Reddy, K.V & Bakshi, S. Efficacy and Safety of Stem Cell Therapy in Advanced Heart Failure Patients: A Systematic Review with a Meta-analysis of Recent Trials Between 2017 and 2019. Cureus. 2019, Sep; 11(9): 5585. Pub Status: Published.
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| *Kashif, T., Fathima, N., Usman, N., Qaseem, A & Jayaraj, S.J. Women with Epilepsy: Anti-epileptic Drugs and Perinatal Outcomes. Cureus. 2019, Sep; 11(9): 5642. Pub Status: Published.
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| *Pervez, H., Usman, N., Ahmed, M.M & Hashmi, S.M. The Impact of Inflammatory Bowel Disease on Pregnancy and the Fetus: A Literature Review. Cureus. 2019, Sep; 11(9): 5648. Pub Status: Published.
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| *Qaseem, A., Usman, N., Jayaraj, S.J., Janapala, N.R & Kashif, T. Cancer of Unknown Primary: A Review on Clinical Guidelines in the Development and Targeted Management of Patients with the Unknown Primary Site. Cureus. 2019, Sep; 11(9): 5552. Pub Status: Published.
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| *Sattar, Y., Susheela, T.A., Ullah, W., Usman, N & Zafrullah, F. Use of Plasmapheresis and Immunosuppressants to Treat Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in a Patient with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis. Medicina. 2019, Jul; 55(7): 378. Pub Status: Published.
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| *Sattar, Y., Zubair, Z., Patel, B.N., Zafar, S.F., Hassan, A., Tariq, N., Latchana, S., Biswas, S., Usman, N & Pantoja, L.C.S. Pulmonary Involvement in Crohn’s Disease: A Rare Case Report. Cureus. 2018, May; 10(5): 2710. Pub Status: Published.
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| *Usman, N., Qaseem, A., Jayaraj, S.J., Fathima, N & Janapala, N.R. Drug-induced Reduction of Gamma Carboxylation in Osteocalcin: What is the Fallback?. Cureus. 2019, Aug; 11(8): 5504. Pub Status: Published.
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| ==Certifications==
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| *'''Calibrated IRB Training Initiative (CITI)'''
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| *'''Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)'''
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| *'''Basic Life Support (BLS)'''
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| *'''Introduction to Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (ISRM)'''
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| *'''Training for COVID-19 Contact Tracers (CCT)'''
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| ==Communication Languages==
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| * English
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| * Urdu
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| *Hindi
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| *Punjabi
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| *Siraiki
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| ==Pages Authored==
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