Objective
Seeking a Clinical Data Management position and/or Biomedical Engineering
capacity that collaborates with a project team, interfaces with clients, and use
of technology to build successful solutions for clients.
Technical Experience and Proficiency
Hands-on Technical Skills and Hands-on Exposure to:
• Oracle Clinical v4.5.1 (database development)
• Oracle Clinical’s Remote Data Capture system v4.5.1
• SQL, Microsoft Access
• Microsoft Project
• LabVIEW
• MATLAB®
• C++ Programming Language
• Windows, Microsoft Office
• Operating/Surgical Room Experience
• Read, Write, and Conversational in Spanish
• UCLA – Animal Research Committee certification
Education
• Master of Science, Biomedical Engineering, University of California-Los
Angeles, Los Angeles, June 2004
Specialization: Instrumentation
• Bachelor of Science, Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern
California, Los Angeles, May 2002
Minor: Neuroscience
Professional Experience
CLINICAL DATA SPECIALIST, Medtronic- Diabetes Division, Northridge, California
January 2006 – Present
• Extensive experience in developing and maintaining clinical databases using
Oracle Clinical. Responsible for creating objects (Questions, Question Groups,
DCMs, DCIs, DCI Books) and their corresponding layouts, validation and derivation
procedures, and data extract requirements.
• Initiated standardization of clinical Case Report Forms in accordance with
CDASH specifications and, subsequently, standardized Oracle Clinical’s Global
Library using CDISC dataset specifications. Collaborated with BioStatisticians,
CRA’s, Data Managers, and Compliance Specialists during all phases of
standardization. Standardization lead to highly effective means of creating
clinical databases with reduction in database release time and increased data
management team efficiency and consistency when clinical databases are released
for production use.
• Lead the data management team in developing procedures for utilizing Oracle
Clinical’s Remote Data Capture (RDC) system, which include writing DOPs, Work
instructions, and all training materials for the department and clinical sites.
• Trained personnel (Site Coordinators, Investigators, Data Managers, and CRA’s)
on their respective roles.
• Work with the Clinical research team to review Protocols and develop Clinical
Research Forms (CRFs).
• Collaborated with Clinical Research’s new Safety Team to develop requirements
for implementing new safety database. Utilized all items listed above to complete
this project (Database development and RDC)
• Lead a team in restructuring the department’s electronic file storage system.
Develop guidelines, request forms, training materials, and conducted audits to
maintain the storage system’s structure.
• Responsible for re-engineering data management’s DOPs and work instructions.
STAFF RESEARCH ASSOCIATE II, UCLA- Biomedical Engineering Department, Los
Angeles, California
June 2004 – January 2006
• Investigation of epimysial stimulation for reanimating the lateral rectus
muscle in 6th nerve palsy and development of an implantable closed-loop feedback
system for recovery of horizontal eye movements
• Development of LabVIEW interface for data acquisition including force, voltage
and current measurements during stimulation experiments
• Development of implantable electrodes and complete surgical setup
• Development of firmware and software for offline data analysis, including
signal processing, image processing, and statistical analysis using LabVIEW and
MatLAB®
• Maintained and trained animals used for experiments
• Responsible for writing NIH yearly progress reports for current research grant
and prior to new animal experiments, write UCLA research protocols in accordance
to UCLA’s Animal Research Committee
CLINICAL TECHNICIAN (4 month contract), Advanced Brain Monitoring, Carlsbad,
California
May 2003 – Sept 2003
• Oversaw clinical trials for recording EEG from human control subjects for
sleep apnea study
• Responsible for screening potential participants and informing and reviewing
consent form with qualified human subjects
• Achieved a certification in Human Participants Protection Education for
Research Teams
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER (Volunteer), Engineering World Health, Managua, Nicaragua
June 2002 – August 2002
• First student volunteer who joined a team of doctors and medical staff to
assist and train local hospital personnel in the Nicaragua.
• In charge of delivery, installation and calibration of all donated medical
equipment and repaired existing medical equipment for the ICU, OR, ER, and
cardiology departments which increased the number of patients accepted due to
available bed-side monitoring
• Conducted training sessions in the operation of medical equipment for the ER,
ICU, and cardiology doctors and nurses
DESIGN ENGINEER, USC – Pharmaceutical Department, Los Angeles, California
October 2001- May 2002
• Improved tissue clamping data capture by designing and implementing a LabVIEW
program to stimulate and record from the voltage clamp module 558C-5, which
originally was not computerized
• Decreased data analysis time by 95% by computerizing entire tissue clamping
system
• Wrote the manual which is now used as the guideline for the Voltage Clamp
Software Set-up Electrophysiology Equipment
INTERN: Electrophysiology, Neurocrine Biosciences, La Jolla, California
May 2001 – August 2001
• Performed whole cell patch clamp on cultured neurons and HERG cell lines
• Generated Dose Response Curves for cellular response to various drug
applications
• Maintained cultured cells
INTERN: Computer Programmer, Mayo Clinic – Biomechanics Department, Rochester,
Minnesota
June 2000 – August 2000
• Development of MatLAB® interface for quantifying tremor in Multiple Sclerosis
Patients that have undergone implantation of deep brain stimulator to reduce
tremor
• Employed signal processing techniques for extracting power spectrum of tremor
and comparing movement before and after implantation to assess improvement
• Assisted in data acquisition of motion through “Flock of Bird” system for
quantifying tremor in Multiple Sclerosis Patients
INTERN: Pharmaceutical, SkyePharma – Research and Development, La Jolla,
California
May 1999 – June 1999
• Analyzed the capability of Depofoam to encapsulate Bupivacaine
• Assisted with the analysis of Depofoam’s stability and release rate
• Conducted dialysis tests on Depofoam for implantation purposes
INTERN: Genetic Research, Salk Institute – Genetic Research, La Jolla,
California
June 1997 – August 1997
• Succeeded in quantifying the time-span for Tetracycline to regulate gene
expression in cells
• Analyzed DNA through PCR, enzyme, and gel electrophoresis experiments
Publications
• Federico Velez, Stephanie Patnode, , Arthur Rosenbaum, and Jack W. Judy,
"Towards an Implantable Stimulator for Recovery of Ocular Motility", The Brain
Research Institute Sixteenth Annual Neuroscience Poster Session, Los Angeles,
California (November 16, 2004)
• Federico Velez, Stephanie Patnode, Jason M. Clevenger, Arthur Rosenbaum, and
Jack W. Judy, "Recovery of Lateral Rectus Function Following Abducens (VI) Nerve
Lesion", Jules Stein Eye Institute Clinical and Research Seminar, Los Angeles,
California (May 20-21 2005)
Acknowledgements
• Kannan R, Gukasyan HJ, Zhang W, Trousdale MD, Kim KJ, Lee VH., “Impairment of
conjunctival glutathione secretion and ion transport by oxidative stress in an
adenovirus type 5 ocular infection model of pigmented rabbits” Free Radic Biol
Med. 2004 Jul 15;37(2):229-38.
• Hovhannes J. Gukasyan, Kwang-Jin Kim, Ram Kannan, Robert A. Farley, and
Vincent H. L. Lee1,“Specialized Protective Role of Mucosal Glutathione in
Pigmented Rabbit Conjunctiva” Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2003
Oct;44(10):4427-38.
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