Molly M. Drake, RD, PA-C

3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, KS 66160 Email: [email protected] Phone: 913-588-6329

Objective: Interested in contributing my clinical and bilingual skills in a setting that reaches underserved populations, as well as immigrants and refugees. Education:

08/05-12/07 Saint Louis University Physician Assistant Program, Master of Medical Science, St. Louis, MO 08/03-12/04 University of Kentucky Hospital Dietetic Internship Program, Lexington, KY 08/96-05/00 College of the Ozarks, Bachelor of Science degree in Dietetics with a minor in Spanish, Point Lookout, MO

Clinical Experience:

Physician Assistant, General Pediatrics, University of Kansas Medical Center, KC, KS 2/08-present - Take histories, perform physical exams, diagnose, and treat well and sick children ages 0-20. - Order, interpret, and perform laboratory studies including urinalysis and strep tests - Staff a safety net clinic at the local health department that serves a low income, underserved, multi-lingual pediatric population - Serve as a medical director for Reach out and Read, an early literacy program - Precept medical students and physician assistant students during their pediatric rotations - Provide lectures to 2nd year physician assistant students at St. Louis University - Provided lectures to medical students and residents at the medical center - Provided continuing education experience for nursing staff at an outside hospital

Clinical Dietitian, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO 07/01-07/05 - Provided nutrition assessments, managed nutrition care plans, and provided diet education to patients on medical, surgical, oncology, and geriatric acute care divisions - Formulated and managed nutrition support regimens for patients in a medical ICU - Provided nutrition assessments and diet education to pre and post lung transplant recipients - Participated in interdisciplinary medical rounds and discharge planning rounds in the critical care, acute care, and ambulatory care settings - Trained dietetic interns during clinical rotations

Volunteer Experience:

Mission Adelante, Kansas City, KS 6/08-present -Co-lead a 1st and 2nd grade group in a weekly outreach program to Hispanic youth Hispanic Health Fair, Kansas City, KS 10/10 & 10/11 - Assisted in the “ask a doctor” area and with vision screening JayDoc Free Clinic, Kansas City, KS 8/09-8/11 - Provided once monthly Spanish interpretation Kenya, Africa Medical Mission Trip 8/09-9/09 - Provided acute illness visits for adults and children in addition to well child exams for orphans at an orphanage outside of Nairobi, Kenya

Professional Registration and Certification:

02/08-present: Member of the American Academy of Physician Assistants 02/08-present: Certified Physician Assistant by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants 09/01-present: Registered Dietitian by the Commission on Dietetic Registration BLS certified PALS certified