Jim Gillan, PA-C

Licensure and Certifications

• American Academy of Physician Assistants: 2005 – Current
• California Academy of Physician Assistants: 2005 – Current

Clinical Experience

Pulmonary Physician Assistant

Coastal Pulmonary Associates

Encinitas, CA     June 2015 – Current

• Evaluation and management of patients with pulmonary complaints such as cough, shortness of breath, thromboembolism, and lung nodules related to both obstructive, restrictive, and neoplastic processes in an outpatient clinic setting.

Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant                                                         

Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas

Encinitas, CA     July 2014- Current

• Evaluation and management of patients with medical complaints of mild to moderate acuity involving all major organ systems in a hospital based emergency department setting.
• Procedures including fracture reduction, deep and superficial laceration repair, abscess incision and drainage, foreign body removal, wound care, joint aspiration and injection, splinting. 

Orthopedic Physician Assistant Hospitalist

Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas

Encinitas, CA     October 2013 – Current

• Evaluation and management of orthopedic patients in an inpatient setting including post-operative rounding, inpatient and ER consultations.
• Surgical First Assistant in knee and shoulder arthroscopy, total hip and knee arthroplasty, fracture repair of upper and lower extremities, wound/infection management under general anesthesia.
• Inpatient and ER fracture reductions, simple wound suture closure, joint aspiration and injection, casting, splinting, imaging interpretation including X-ray, MRI, and CT.

Orthopedic Physician Assistant 

Core Orthopaedic Medical Center

Encinitas, CA     February 2007 – October 2013

• Surgical First Assistant in knee and shoulder arthroscopy, total hip and knee arthroplasty, fracture repair of upper and lower extremities, wound/infection management under general anesthesia.
• Evaluation and management of orthopedic patients in an office setting. New complaints, follow up appointments, pre and post-op visits.
• Evaluation and management of orthopedic patients in an inpatient setting including post-operative rounding, inpatient and ER consultations.
• Inpatient and outpatient fracture reductions, simple wound suture closure, joint aspiration and injection, casting, splinting, imaging interpretation including X-ray, MRI, and CT.

Orthopedic Physician Assistant

Joel Heiser MD; Andrew Cooperman MD

Vista, CA     October 2005 – February 2007

• Surgical First Assistant in knee and shoulder arthroscopy, total hip and knee arthroplasty, fracture repair of upper and lower extremities, wound/infection management under general anesthesia.
• Evaluation and management of orthopedic patients in an office setting. .  New complaints, follow up appointments, pre and post-op visits.
• Evaluation and management of orthopedic patients in an inpatient setting including post-operative rounding, inpatient and ER consultations.
• Inpatient and outpatient fracture reductions, simple wound suture closure, joint aspiration and injection, casting, splinting, imaging interpretation including X-ray, MRI, and CT

Administrative Experience / Medical Programatics

Checkpoint Transition Clinic

A post-hospital discharge transitional care outpatient clinic                                                                                                                                  Encinitas, CA     August 2013 – Current

• Member of clinical and administrative program development team
• Clinic director and medical provider

STRIDE Joint Replacement Program

A comprehensive, multidisciplinary peri-operative total knee and hip replacement program

Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas, Encinitas CA
Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego, San Diego CA      June 2009 – Current

• Head of clinical and administrative program development team
• Program director and medical provider
• Winner of Scripps annual quality award 2010

Education

Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR

Masters of Science, Physician Assistant Studies, 2005

Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA 

Bachelors of Science, Biology, 2000

Licensure and Certifications

National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants 2005

Physician Assistant Committee of the State of California: 2005

Professional Affiliations

American Academy of Physician Assistants: 2005 – Current

California Academy of Physician Assistants: 2005 – Current