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RECENT POSTINGS
- Manjeet Birring (Fall 2011)
Manjeet is working for Maxim Healthcare Services as a reimbursement specialist for the West Coast. Congratulations Manjeet!
Posted 2/12
- Amina Saeed-Shams (Spring 2001)
Amina Saeed-Shams is living in Baltimore, MD with her husband and two children. She graduated with a dual track MPH in Health Education & Communications/Maternal & Child Health from Tulane University. She currently works as a Project Manager leading EMR development projects for Ochsner Health Systems. She volunteers for a number of nonprofit organizations, including serving on the board of LA Health Connection.
Posted 1/12
- Edwin Mayah (Fall 2008)
Edwin completed an M.Sc. in Healthcare Administration from UMUC. Congratulations Edwin!
(Posted 9/2011)
- Kanchan Aryal (Spring 2011)
Kanchan recently got hired by Theracom, a CVS/Caremark company. It is a specialty pharmacy and she will be working as a reimbursement case advocate. The office is located in Rockville. Kanchan tell us "I am really excited about this job. My degree in HAPP and previous work experience as a medical receptionist and a certified pharmacy technician helped me land this job".
(Posted 6/2011)
- Philips Khuu (Spring 2011)
Philips accepted a position at Kernan Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Hospital as an Admitting Specialist in the Patient Access Services Department.
This hospital is a part of the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) and is primarily focused on therapy (PT, OT, and SLP), as well
as performing elective outpatient surgeries and dental care. Congratulations Philips!
(Posted 6/2011)
- Caroline Carrico (Spring 2011)
Caroline has been accepted into the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at the University of Maryland at Baltimore School of Medicine. She will be attending the Physical Therapy school for three years of year round school and will emerge with a Doctorate in Physical Therapy.
(Posted 6/11)
- Sabrina Chacon (Spring 2011)
Sabrina got accepted into the Intercultural Communication Program at UMBC this Fall and plans to make a career of Health Communication/Management.
Congratulations Sabrina!
(Posted 5/11)
- Monet Stanford (Spring 2011)
Congratulations to Monet who has been accepted into UMB Doctor of Pharmacy/Masters in Public Health. We wish you all the best!
(Posted 4/11)
- Jenna Desaulniers (Summer 2010)
Is employed with Maxim Healthcare Services (www.maximhealthcare.com) as a Medical Billing Specialist.
(Posted 1/11)
- Stephanie Gitukui (Fall, 2010)
After interning with the Transdisciplinary Science and Translational Prevention Program of RTI International, she has been offered a full-time position as a project coordinator. (www.rti.org)
Posted 12/10
- Dipal Panara (Spring 2010)
Dipal sent HAPP an email with an update on what she has been doing since graduation."I'm really excited to share that I'm one of the 30 Allies for Public Allies-DC. www.publicallies.org. Public Allies is one of the Americorps programs (http://www.americorps.gov/). It's a 10 month leadership program. The mission is to advance new leadership to strengthen communities, nonprofits and civic participation. Each Ally works with a different nonprofit. The nonprofit I will be working with is Emmaus Services for the Aging. Emmaus provides services to the elderly within the DC area( including medicare and medicaid assistance, providing transportation, providing nutrition,exercise and computer classes). I can't wait to start working with PA and Emmaus!" Congratulations Dipal!
Posted 9/10
- Sangeeta N. Nambi (Spring 2010)
Sangeeta is working at the International Monetary Fund in the nation's capital (IMF) as a Staff Assistant to the Assistant Director of the Sovereign Assets and Liabilities Management Division of the Monetary & Capital Markets Department. The IMF promotes international monetary cooperation and exchange rate stability, facilitates the balanced growth of international trade, and provides resources to help members in balance of payments difficulties or to assist with poverty reduction.
Sangeeta shared with us how HAPP influenced her answers during her interview "Upon interview for the position, and asked how my background with HAPP would apply, or serve the organization, I had described how money drives access to health care, and better management of money on a grand scheme, will overall improve the country's chances at acquisition of ideal resources, to include health care as well. The regulation aspect of our HAPP program also came in handy in terms of being familiar with the basic concepts of economics, and how better management and understanding of the needs of a society can help ensure better ways of serving that society." Congratulations Sangeeta!
Posted 9/10
- Eram Abbasi (Fall 2009)
Eram was pleased to share with us that she is now employed at the Maryland Department of Aging where she did her senior internship. She is the Case Management Liaison for the program Money Follows the Person/Medicaid Waiver for Older Adults.
Money Follows the Person (MFP) in Maryland will help people transition from an institution, for example a nursing facility, to community living in an apartment, private home, or small group setting. MFP initiatives increase outreach to individuals in institutions and decrease barriers to transition. New efforts under MFP include peer mentoring, enhanced transition assistance, improved information technology, housing assistance, flexible transition funds, and the addition of waiver services to existing waivers.
Posted 9/10
- Lauren Davis (Spring 2010)
Lauren was very happy to let us know that she had just been hired by XLHealth. She wrote "I work for XLHealth as a
Pharmacy Outreach Specialist. XLHealth [www.xlhealth.com] is an insurance company that provides specialized care and coverage to Medicare beneficiaries that
have a chronic illness. I'm really excited about this job because the company focuses on PREVENTATIVE CARE!!!!!! The plan that we provide is the Care Improvement Plus program. This company is federally funded for the purposes of managing and caring for Medicare patients." She believes her internship with a pharmacy was helpful in landing the position. She is already making plans to continue her education at Johns Hopkins in the School of Public Health.
Posted 9/10
- Kristin Schwab (Spring 2010)
Kristin has recently started working at the Social Security Administration (SSA) in the Office of Budget as a Budget Anayst on the Budget Presentation Team. This team helps to prepare the SSA budget for presentation to the President and eventually to Congress. She will be helping to write the presentation materials that go along with the budget itself and will be one of the liason's to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Congressional Appropriations and Budget Committees. She is also studying to complete a Masters in Public Policy at UMBC.
Posted 8/10
- Kristina Bennett (Fall 2008)
Kristina writes to HAPP:
I just wanted to give a little update on what I have been up to. I joined the Peace Corps, and I have been in Guatemala since April. I am in this program called Health Homes. It's a pretty neat program. My job title is a rural health technician. I work with the health centers, giving health education talks, and forming health promoter groups. I will be giving health talks and training people to give health talks for the first year, and during the second year I will be building projects, such as latrines, stoves, cement floors, and water reserves. I live in this small town, about 20 minutes away from the nearest city, so it's not too far out there. Peace Corps life for me is not as hard as I thought it would be. I have access to water and electricity pretty much all the time and a hot shower, which is a bonus in Peace Corps world. I must say that the education that I received in the HAPP program really did help prepare me for some of the work I will be doing down here! So thank you so much!
Posted 8/10
- Alexandria Urrutia (Spring 2008)
Alex completed her first year of her Master's of Health Services Administration at the University of Michigan in April, 2009 and started working at the University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) as a Graduate Intern in Strategy and Planning as well as Operational Redesign for the summer. She wrote about how much she enjoyed her internship. " I have been able to take what I learned at UMBC, as well as my past internship work experience, coupled with what I have learned and done at Michigan into a very successful summer experience." Below are a list of some of the activities in which she participated while interning,
- Administered the operational planning and implementation of mammography referral service to UCMC from FQHC
- Developed detailed communication and process flow plan and led training of nurses and ED personnel for new Hem/Onc 12 bed inpatient Evaluation Unit
- Conducted a Market Analysis of service area for a potential Center for Frail Elderly Living at affiliate hospital
- Created orientation documents for the establishment of UCMC Teaching service at a community hospital as well as created and administered an Attending Physician Satisfaction Survey at this site
- Constructed and administered measurement systems for patient volume, bed census tracking, and financial performance tracking for UCMC and affiliate hospitals and clinics
Posted 4/10
- Rachel Ammann (Fall 2008)
Rachel recently shared that she is a Program Support Assistant with the Office of Science and
Engineering Laboratories with the Food and Drug Administration. She writes "My time
is split between the Office of the Director and the Personnel Management
Office. It's great working here!"
Posted 2/10
- Morgan Gapara (Spring 2009)
Morgan has accepted a job with the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) in Silver Spring, MD as the Laboratory Systems & Standards Specialist. He is planning to return to school in fall to get his MPH.
Posted 1/10
- Talat Chaudhry (Fall 2009)
Currently a graduate student in the Public Policy masters program at UMBC, has been offered a fellowship at Infectious Disease and Enviromental Health Administrations, Center for HIV/AIDS Prevention which she will begin January, 2010.
Posted 1/10
- Rachna Pancholi (Fall 2008)
Taking my degree forward, I have started working for Fox Rehabilitation here in NJ. I work as Medicare Reimbursement & Transmissions Specialist. I am utilizing many terms, rules & regulations we learned during our Health Admin Program. Thus, I only want to thank you for all the hard work that you and the Administration team have put into this great program.
The company I work for is a private practice, which specializes into Geriatric Population by providing them “In Home Therapy” under Medicare part B guidelines. You can check out our website: www.foxrehab.org. This is a great company to work for and grow within.
Posted 11/09
- Ashley Larusso (Spring 2009)
Ashley has accepted a position with the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).
She is a Licensure and Certification Coordinator. CONGRATULATIONS ASHLEY!
Posted 9/09
- Alicia Reboso (Fall 2006)
Has recently taken a position with Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC) marketing the Anne Arundel Diagnostic Imaging. She writes, "It's a new marketing position (I get to help build the position as I go) for their Anne Arndel Diagnostic Imaging (AADI) locations. My responsibilites include: visiting physyicians and specialists to market our diagnostic services and locations, field research, work closely with the team of radiologists and techs, ect. Learning radiology and diagnostics has been very intense but really interesting...Overall, it has been a very challenging, but very rewarding position at the end of the day. I am making a lot of positive changes, while helping patients with their diagnostic needs. AAMC is a wonderful organization to work for, and I can truly see myself moving up the ladder here in the years to come. www.aahs.org
Posted 9/09
- Manisha Khatta (Summer 2008)
Manisha currently works for the University of Maryland Medical Center in downtown Baltimore with the Division of Quality and
Safety as a Clinical Decision Support Analyst. She will also start school at UMUC fall 2009 for a MHA/MBA dual degree.
Posted 8/09
- Courtney Breece (Spring 2004)
Courtney is a Senior Analyst, Licensure & Certification for National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA http://www.ncqa.org/ ) in Washington DC.
Posted 8/09
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