Maria Esther Zurita Jimenez
Mexico City,
Summary
Patient-driven Medical Director offering 5-year history managing medical facility functions to optimize operations and foster superior organization-wide service delivery. Expert in patient care and business administration with success designing effective patient care and business models. Focused on continuous quality improvement and leadership development.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Medical Director
Grupo Medico Dr. Zurita
04.2017 - Current
- Optimized case and clinical management and recommended plans to improve safety and health programs. (Nutrition education for patients, tobacco cessation among other community-focused with over 300 patients and patient-relatives enrolled).
- Created and implemented health protocols to prevent infectious diseases among personal and patients with best practices evidence prior and during Covid-19 pandemic.
- Drove planning for business development and relationship building with healthcare partners.
- Assessed performance of medical care, equipment, supplies, and pharmaceutical drugs.
- Supervised clinical staff, providing continuous professional development opportunities and training to maintain and strengthen competencies.
Medical Associate
American British Cowdray Center
05.2015 - 03.2016
- Assisted as a 3rd surgeon in over 150 brain and spine surgeries.
- Supported duties for diagnostic and technical treatment procedures, such as setting up and operating special medical equipment and apparatus.
- Taught patients about medications, procedures and care plan instructions before their hospitalization discharge.
- Collaborated with medical and administrative personnel to maintain patient-focused attention. Advocating for patients when there were disputes with their insurance companies.
- Maintained detailed records of test results by entering data and patient information into computer. Kept up-to-date medical indications for an average of 15 hospitalized patients a day.
- Supervised nurse compliance with medical indications.
- Collected pertinent data and calculations to aid physician in interpreting results.
- Oriented and trained new staff on proper procedures and policies.
General physician
Dalinde Hospital
06.2009 - 04.2015
- Teamed with other physicians, specialists and health care providers to provide well-rounded care for complex cases.
- Identified serious conditions and emergency situations and immediately referred to hospital for prompt care.
- Implemented therapeutic regiments involving medications and other interventions to mitigate symptoms and prevent reoccurrence.
Content editor
Universo Médico
06.2008 - 06.2009
- Authored and edited original content oriented to educate non-medical readers, across diverse topics such as contraception, Alzheimer's disease, etc.
- Wrote and edited high-quality content and visually impactful programs under deadline pressure with exciting, captivating and authentic approach.
- Coordinated with subject matter experts for interviews and topic generation.
- Completed thorough research into assigned topics.
Education
Research Scholar - Medical Genetics
2016
ECFMG Certification - Medicine
04.2015
- Institution that certifies that foreign MDs have the required knowledge and skills for the practice of medicine and further training in the US.
Leukemia Department- Observership -
2014
M.D. -
2009
Skills
- Logistics Project Management
- Decision Making
- Critical Thinking
- Policy and Program Development
- Time and Organization Management
- Process Implementation
- Bilingual Verbal and Written Communication
- Patient Care Assessment
- Patient Advocacy
- Community-based Educational Programs
Software skills
- Basic R coding for Statistical computing. (certified by Microsoft through the EdX.org platform)
- Office package (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Outlook calendar tools).
- Google Ads ( Experience creating Ad extensions, Ad groups, bid strategy optimization, split testing and improving digital campaigns).
- Facebook Business Suite (Experience creating facebook campaigns and as a community manager).
- Zoom for healthcare (Experience using this Zoom product for Telemedicine care).
Additional Information
- Austin Volunteers Clinic (Austin, Tx. 2015) - Bilingual medical assistant
Accomplishments
- Fonteles, C.S., Finnell, R.H., Lei, Y., Zurita-Jimenez, M.E., Monteiro, A.J., George, T.M. and Harshbarger, R.J. (2021). De novo ALX4 variant detected in child with non-syndromic craniosynostosis. Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 54(11) DOI:10.1590/1414-431x2021e11396
- Damasceno, J. X., Guedes, M. I., Leite, C. A., Monteiro, A. J.,
Fonteles, M. C., Jimenez, M. E., . . . Fonteles, C. S. (2018).
Salivary immunoglobulin levels in juvenile autoimmune
hepatitis. Archives of Oral Biology, 92, 51-56.
DOI:10.1016/j.archoralbio.2018.04.014 - Lu, H., Finnell, R. H., Lei, Y., Zurita-Jimenez, M.E., . . .
Zoghbi, H. Y. (2017). Disruption of the ATXN1–CIC complex causes a spectrum of neurobehavioral phenotypes in mice and humans. Nature Genetics, 49(4), 527-536. DOI:10.1038/ng.3808
Teaching experience
• Invited professor for part of the Microbiology course at the Medicine Faculty of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM, Mexico City), since 2015 to date.
• Mentor for undergraduate students for a BRCA-1 and BRCA-2 gene mutation project at the University of Texas at Austin in 2016.
• Teacher for the Clinical workshop “Neurology.- Clinical basics” for the Autonomous Metropolitan University (UAM, Mexico City) in 2015.
Languages
Spanish
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
English
Advanced (C1)
German
Elementary (A2)
Timeline
Medical Director - Grupo Medico Dr. Zurita
04.2017 - Current
Medical Associate - American British Cowdray Center
05.2015 - 03.2016
General physician - Dalinde Hospital
06.2009 - 04.2015
Content editor - Universo Médico
06.2008 - 06.2009
University of Texas - Research Scholar, Medical Genetics
ECFMG - ECFMG Certification, Medicine
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Leukemia Department- Observership,
Universidad Westhill - M.D.,
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