Innovations & Tools

Tool

Robotic Pancreaticoduodenectomy Difficulty Score

An innovative tool that quantifies case severity into a point-based system, effectively stratifying cases into distinct categories for optimized surgical planning and outcomes.

Tool

Robotic Hepatectomy Difficulty Score

The first tailored robotic hepatectomy difficulty scoring system. Quantifies case severity to stratify cases for optimized surgical planning.

EdTech

ImmunoDx

An immunodeficiencies learning tool for 1st-year medical students, featuring clinical cases and reverse reasoning exercises.

Clinical

Cancer Care Navigation Pathways

Designing care coordination pathways for GU, GI, and breast cancers at Carilion Clinic. Aiming to reduce "time toxicity" for patients from suspicion to treatment.

Research & Initiatives

A collection of my work in clinical oncology, bio-electronic medicine, and health innovation.

Current

npj Digital Medicine

News & Views Editor. Reviewing and writing about all things digital medicine.

Current

Cancer Focus Fund

Analyst. Supporting promising new cancer treatments and projects in partnership with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Current

Reimagine Care

Analyst. Collaborating with executive medical leadership to support research strategy and clinical insight generation from oncology datasets.

Current

Mass General Cancer Center

Research Extern. Psychosocial Oncology and AYA Cancer Research.

2023–2024

Digestive Health Institute, AdventHealth

Clinical Research Coordinator. Mentored students in the Robotics/MIS HPB Department and managed submission of >50 abstracts and manuscripts.

2023–2024

Intl. Women in Surgery Career Symposium

Co-Chair of Planning Committee. Led a team raising $300k+ for sponsorships and organized a plenary event for 600+ attendees.

2023

USF Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

Course Instructor. Developed and taught "Gene Therapy 101," translating complex science for senior learners.

2024–Pres

Accelerated LIFU for Chronic Pain

Lead student researcher on a double-blind clinical trial investigating Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (LIFU) targeting the dACC for pain modulation.

2021–2022

Nanobubble Synthesis (Patent)

Developed a novel ultrasound shearing-based method for nanobubble synthesis in gene/drug delivery systems for osteoporosis.

2016–Pres

Freelance Science Journalism

Bylines in Teen Vogue, Huffington Post, and StartUp Health. Distilling complex medical concepts into accessible narratives.