Cardiothoracic Surgery PA — 13+ Years in the OR
I help cardiac surgery programs develop structured onboarding systems, reduce APP turnover, and build high-performing OR teams — using frameworks proven in real clinical environments.
About
Three months out of PA school, I started in a cardiac surgery OR. No roadmap. No onboarding system. I figured it out — and eventually became the person responsible for building the systems I never had.
As APP Supervisor at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, I grew our team from 7 to 14, achieved zero turnover for four consecutive years, and trained five of our eight OR APPs. I also built and manage the STS adult cardiac surgery database for our program.
Now I help other programs do the same — faster, with less guesswork.
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Consulting
Paid professional support for authorized APP and service-line leaders adapting onboarding, role-clarity, team-integration, and implementation frameworks locally.
Paid implementation support
Focused, scoped professional support
A discovery call is used to clarify one bounded operational problem, determine mutual fit, and identify whether a written implementation-support scope would be useful. Scope is defined before work begins.
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Free Planning Tools and Guides
Use interactive assessments and builders, plus downloadable planning guides for onboarding, retention, and preceptor consistency.
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Implementation Support
Explore APP onboarding, team-readiness planning, local framework adaptation, and focused implementation support.
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