I have watched several thousand hearts respond to stress, one treadmill at a time. Somewhere in that repetition, the patterns started to look like data.
Lead Clinical Exercise Physiologist
2022 — presentUW Medicine
- Direct 600+ exercise stress echocardiograms and treadmill tests annually under ACSM and AHA protocols, including specialized protocols for cardiomyopathy, genetic heart disease, obstructive LVOT, and pacemaker mapping.
- Interpret arrhythmias, dysrhythmias, and pacemaker responses, identifying contraindications in real time.
- Analyze patient records for risk stratification and individualized exercise prescription; flag positive stress tests for expedited catheterization referral.
- Led a quality improvement initiative translating ACSM guidelines into standardized, reproducible evaluation criteria, in collaboration with cardiologists and electrophysiologists.
- Mentor and supervise clinical exercise physiology interns preparing for the ACSM-CEP examination.
Exercise Specialist II
2021 — 2022Island Hospital
- Delivered phased cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation for high-risk populations including advanced heart failure (HFpEF and HFrEF), post-TAVR, NSTEMI and STEMI, COPD, and pulmonary fibrosis.
- Supervised nuclear stress testing alongside treadmill protocols, identifying contraindications and maintaining protocol compliance.
- Designed individualized exercise prescriptions optimizing functional outcomes and long-term chronic disease management.
ACSM-CEP Outcomes by Program Accreditation
Under reviewMaster's thesis, University of Mary
- Led an IRB-approved, double-blind comparative study of certification exam pass rates between graduates of accredited and non-accredited programs.
- Owned the full research lifecycle: study design, survey distribution, data collection, analysis, and manuscript.
- Conducted linear regression and ANOVA with post-hoc testing, producing a benchmark dataset for program comparison.
English, Spanish, and Portuguese — fluent in all three.