Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Affiliations
Extracurricular Activities
Timeline
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Velimira Asenova

Carol Stream

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Immediate Care Technician

Northwestern Medicine Immediate Care
10.2023 - Current
  • Responsible for patient intake, collecting vital signs, and completing tests such as rapid strep, COVID, and flu
  • Set up exam rooms with the appropriate tools for vaginal exams, eye/ear exams, and suture placement or removal
  • Administer vaccines, perform EKGs, and obtain glucose and hemoglobin levels
  • Place splints, braces, post-op shoes, and wound dressing
  • Perform ear/eye irrigation, and urine testing

MOHS Surgical Assistant

Derick Dermatology
09.2023 - Current
  • Responsible for prepping surgical rooms with sterilized tools, medical equipment, and wound dressing materials
  • Educate patients on presurgical and post-surgical procedures, including physical restrictions, medications, and wound care
  • Collect vital signs, perform numbing injections, and call patients to receive updates on their post-surgical wounds
  • Multitasking ability by comforting the patients while assisting the MOHS fellowship-trained surgeons during adjacent tissue transfers, full thickness skin grafts, and skin substitute grafts

Surgical Assistant

Derick Dermatology
05.2022 - 09.2023
  • Responsible for prepping surgical rooms with sterilized tools, medical equipment, and wound dressing materials
  • Aid physicians during surgical procedures, suture placement, and wound dressing
  • Thoroughly educate patients on pre-surgical and post-surgical procedures including physical restrictions, medications, and wound care

Medical Assistant

Derick Dermatology
08.2021 - 09.2023
  • Demonstrated proficiency in taking medical histories and vital signs, as well as performing venipunctures and injections
  • Ensured the cleanliness and sanitation of exam rooms and maintenance of medical equipment
  • Efficiently handled administrative duties of providing lab results, scheduling appointments, and billing cosmetic appointments
  • Aided physicians with wound care, electronically sending prescriptions, and charting the plan of treatment

Molecular Lab Technician

Doctor's Data, Inc
12.2020 - 08.2021
  • Promoted to Molecular Diagnostics team after exceptional performance of specimen preparation on Microbiology team
  • Operated, maintained, and cleaned diagnostic machinery including JANUS G3 and Chemagic360
  • Prepared stool specimen and reagents for DNA Extraction to detect and identify bacterial, viral, and parasitic nucleic acids
  • Generated RT-PCR amplification Master Mix for xTAG Gastrointestinal Pathogen Panel
  • Prepared nasopharyngeal swab specimen and reagents for RNA Extraction to detect SARS COV-2 infection
  • Maintained QC performance on all protocols, reported sample results, and reported infectious diseases to IDPH

Microbiology Technician

Doctor's Data, Inc
08.2020 - 11.2020
  • Labeled and inoculated stool specimen on various culture plates
  • Prepared and stained slides for analysis of parasitology samples
  • Struck yeast cultures and prepared botanical antimicrobials for bacterial identification
  • Maintained QC performance of all reagents and equipment used

Research Assistant

Dr. Cari Vanderpool Microbiology Lab
01.2018 - 05.2020
  • Undergraduate research thesis written on the screening of single gene deletions in E
  • Coli involved in defective growth due to glucose phosphate induced stress
  • Designed primers and conducted PCR to create strains with single gene deletion replaced with selectable markers
  • Observed growth curves with constructed strains to analyze growth behavior

Exam Proctor

University of Illinois Testing Center
09.2019 - 03.2020
  • Supervised test-takers in a quiet and controlled environment
  • Assured adherence to the rules and regulations

Research Assistant

Dr. Kathryn Clancy Anthropology Lab
01.2017 - 01.2018
  • Assisted in data collection for projects focused on the female reproductive system
  • Created correlation graphs to illustrate the relationship between hormonal cortisol and the recorded mood in adolescent girls
  • Measured and recorded the specific gravity of urine samples from participants
  • Presented research poster on how cortisol concentrations vary with mood at UIUC Research Symposium

Education

Bachelor of Science - Cellular and Molecular Biology

University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
05.2020

High School Diploma - undefined

West Chicago Community High School
West Chicago, IL
05.2016

Skills

  • Microsoft office and google drive
  • Solution-oriented with strong attention to detail
  • Prioritizes and organizes tasks to maintain control of the workflow
  • Data collection/entry
  • Accurate Pipetting
  • Experimental microbiology/molecular lab techniques
  • Focus on sterilization and aseptic technique
  • Medical terminology
  • Excellent communication with patients, physicians, coworkers, and supervisors
  • Phlebotomy and wound dressing

Certification

  • 06/01/2023, Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) – National Healthcareer Association
  • 06/01/2020, Scribe101 Course Certification – Scribe101
  • 06/01/2023, Basic Life Support (BLS) – American Heart Association

Affiliations

  • MEMBER
  • Beta Psi Omega Professional Biology Fraternity
  • This professional biology fraternity’s mission was to provide a supportive community for students pursuing careers in the biological sciences.
  • The organization furthered my awareness of graduate programs by inviting health professionals, professors, and admission counselors to hold informational panels.
  • We created service events such as making blankets for NICU babies and cleaning up invasive plant species from forest preserves.
  • I improved my exam preparation by leading study groups where members would share their study techniques, notes, and practice exam questions.

Extracurricular Activities

Downtime champaign

Northwestern Medicine Immediate Care

Bloomingdale, IL

September 2024 - Present

  • Epic Systems Corporation is the healthcare software company we use at Northwestern Medicine.
  • As the immediate care clinics announced a new system, my manager chose me to become the Epic superuser at the Bloomingdale location to educate staff on the new program and ensure a smooth transition.
  • I spent time with other superusers learning the new system and practicing on the Epic simulation website.
  • After the launch of the latest update, I trained the staff, answered any questions, and made myself available on my days off to help with any problems.

Epic Superuser

Northwestern Medicine Immediate Care

Bloomingdale, IL

September 2024 - Present

  • Epic Systems Corporation is the healthcare software company we use at Northwestern Medicine.
  • As the immediate care clinics announced a new system, my manager chose me to become the Epic superuser at the Bloomingdale location to educate staff on the new program and ensure a smooth transition.
  • I spent time with other superusers learning the new system and practicing on the Epic simulation website.
  • After the launch of the latest update, I trained the staff, answered any questions, and made myself available on my days off to help with any problems.

Member

Beta Psi Omega Professional Biology Fraternity

Urbana, IL

October 2017 - May 2020

  • This professional biology fraternity's mission was to provide a supportive community for students pursuing careers in the biological sciences.
  • The organization furthered my awareness of graduate programs by inviting health professionals, professors, and admission counselors to hold informational panels.
  • We created service events such as making blankets for NICU babies and cleaning up invasive plant species from forest preserves.
  • I improved my exam preparation by leading study groups where members would share their study techniques, notes, and practice exam questions

Head Peer Mentor/Orientation Leader

Health Professions Living Learning Community

Urbana, IL

March 2017 - May 2018

  • As an orientation leader, I contributed to creating team-bonding games and gave campus tours for the incoming class of 2021.
  • As the students were all interested in healthcare, we gave presentations on how social justice relates to healthcare and motivated students to discuss the topics through games.
  • Finally, as a head peer mentor, I allowed students to visit my dorm room and contact me with academic, social, or campus questions.
  • This position allowed me to empathize with students, organize my time to be available for those in need, and teach students lessons based on my experiences.

President

Florida Council

Urbana, IL

September 2017 - May 2018

  • My goal as the president of my residence hall was to promote inclusive community events that would encourage friendships between residents.
  • I hosted ice cream socials, basketball tournaments, and movie nights.
  • We launched stress-free activities such as canvas painting, slime making, and plant pot decorating.
  • In council meetings, I efficiently delegated tasks to the other chair members and opened the floor for others to share their ideas.
  • After each event, I collected input from the council to document the highlights and challenges to share with future boards.

Timeline

Immediate Care Technician

Northwestern Medicine Immediate Care
10.2023 - Current

MOHS Surgical Assistant

Derick Dermatology
09.2023 - Current

Surgical Assistant

Derick Dermatology
05.2022 - 09.2023

Medical Assistant

Derick Dermatology
08.2021 - 09.2023

Molecular Lab Technician

Doctor's Data, Inc
12.2020 - 08.2021

Microbiology Technician

Doctor's Data, Inc
08.2020 - 11.2020

Exam Proctor

University of Illinois Testing Center
09.2019 - 03.2020

Research Assistant

Dr. Cari Vanderpool Microbiology Lab
01.2018 - 05.2020

Research Assistant

Dr. Kathryn Clancy Anthropology Lab
01.2017 - 01.2018

High School Diploma - undefined

West Chicago Community High School

Bachelor of Science - Cellular and Molecular Biology

University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
Velimira Asenova