OBJECTIVE:  Bookkeeper, Accountant, CPA

CAREER SUMMARY

• 7 years, Internal Revenue Service Agent (accounting, finance, tax consultant)
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• 18 years, Medical Practitioner (M.D., Neurology)
• 6 years, Executive Director (medical services)
• 4.5+ years, Medical Consultant (traumatic brain injury; electronic medical records)
• 4 years, Medical / Healthcare Professor, Instructor (neurology)

ACCOUNTING CAREER PORTFOLIO

Internal Revenue Agent, Employee Plans Section (7 years), Internal Revenue Service 

• Advise taxpayers or reps on issues, laws, and regulations involved in returns and resolve problems
• Performed quality assurance and quality control as a member of the technical review staff
• Audited 3-5 returns and profit-sharing retirement plan funds weekly for regulatory compliance 
• Reviewed pension, profit-sharing, and 401(k) plan documents to ensure compliance with the Internal Revenue Code, Employee Retirement Income Security Act, and federally mandated legislative statutes
• Managed a Termination Project investigating audit potential for pension and profit-sharing plans being terminated by employers, resulting in the identification of negative/positive account balances per penalties and plan proceeds

Accounts Payable Clerk, Patterson Auto Group

• Conducted accounts payable tasking, managing outgoing payments, recording to accounting software, balancing books, and conducting bank deposits (daily)

HEALTHCARE CAREER PORTFOLIO

02/17 – 01/21, Assistant Clinical Professor

Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA

• Teach general and behavioral neurology to medical rotation students and behavioral neurology to Neurology residents on hospital inpatient or consult services every 4-6 weeks with one senior-level resident and two junior level residents in addition to four medical students; conduct formal lectures to 6-9 residents and 6-8 medical students as well as informal mentoring
• Diagnose neurological conditions based on interpretation of examination findings, histories, or test results for an average of 12-16 patients per day with diagnoses for general neurology patients (e.g., migraine headaches, peripheral neuropathy, or post-stroke care); specialized in evaluation, diagnosis, and management of cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, fronto-temporal lobar degeneration, and Lewy Body Dementia
• Perform specialized treatments in behavioral neurology; inform patients or families of neurological diagnoses and prognoses, or benefits, risks, and costs of various treatment plans 
• Created and presented the dementia module presentations (annually) during the Mind, Brain, and Behavior block to ~200 second-year medical students; lecture on dementia topics (treatments, diagnosis) while rotating on the hospital services
• Participated in research and development of a new interdisciplinary cognitive wellness clinic as the neurologist in the team (composed of myself, neuropsychologists, and Physical, Occupational, and Speech therapists); attended weekly Continuing Medical Education sessions

08/16 – 01/17, Traumatic Brain Injury Neurologist 

General Dynamics Information Technology, (Walter Reed / Bethesda) Silver Spring, MD

• Provide neurological subject matter expertise (SME) in the area of traumatic brain injury 
• Develop protocols for treatment of brain injury in active duty and veteran armed forces personnel

09/15 – 08/16, Neurologist

The Neurology Center, Chevy Chase, MD

• Examine 12-14 patients daily to ascertain functional status of vision, physical strength, coordination, reflexes, sensations, language skills, cognitive abilities, and mental status to diagnose and manage general neurology and behavioral neurology conditions including migraine, neuropathy, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, Lewy Body dementia, and Fronto-temporal dementia
• Perform specialized treatments in behavioral neurology; inform patients or families of neurological diagnoses and prognoses, or benefits, risks, and costs of various treatment plans

04/12 – 01/16, Electronic Healthcare Record Consultant

Meditech, Inc., Westwood, MA

• Provided neurological Subject Matter Expert (SME) advice in the development of electronic health record, software program; conducted hands-on testing of Electronic Healthcare Records (HER) prior to beta release to public sector
• Coordinated with software developers and engineers to develop the neurology templates for history and physical exam to enhance healthcare record and charting efficiency; coordinated / met with peer physicians to exchange brainstorming ideas, input, and advice targeting improved product outcome
• Recommended incorporation of neurological ‘scales’ (indicators) for disease progression (e.g., Mini-mental status exam, Montreal Cognitive Assessment, St. Louis University Mental Status for dementia patients, Unified Parkinson Disability Rating Scale for Parkinson’s disease, and Expanded Disability Severity Scale for Multiple Sclerosis)

09/08 – 09/15, Neurologist & Medical Director, Primary Stroke Center

Fauquier Health System, Warrenton, VA

• Directed the Stroke Team tasking and efforts, as Medical Director, resulting in initial Joint Commission certification as a Primary Stroke Center of Excellence (2011) and two biannual recertifications (2013 and 2015); ensured Code Stroke protocol met Joint Commission’s standards; ensured quality control for stroke team protocol; reviewed patient charts to audit compliance with protocol standards
• Provided neurological health care for a 97-bed inpatient unit as sole hospital neurologist with tele-neurology emergency back-up for four (of seven) years
• Examine patients to obtain information about functional status of areas such as vision, physical strength, coordination, reflexes, sensations, language skills, cognitive abilities, and mental status
• Perform or interpret the outcomes of procedures or diagnostic tests such as lumbar punctures, electromyography, and nerve conduction velocity tests
• Used medically accepted tests and procedures to determine brain death
• Perform specialized treatments in behavioral neurology; inform patients or families of neurological diagnoses and prognoses, or benefits, risks, and costs of various treatment plans
• Provided SME counsel for equipment acquisition, including meeting with electromyography machine reps to determine the most practical machine for return on investment (ROI) for office

09/06 – 09/08, General and Behavioral Neurologist

Alpert & Sermas Neurological Associates, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX

• Examine patients to obtain information about functional status of vision, physical strength, coordination, reflexes, sensations, language skills, cognitive abilities, and mental status
• Perform or interpret the outcomes of procedures or diagnostic tests such as lumbar punctures,
• Perform specialized assessments in behavioral neurology, including administration and interpretation of neuropsychological testing, conducted medically accepted tests and procedures to determine brain death

07/03 – 09/06, Assistant Professor and Neurology Residency Director 

John Sealy Hospital University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX

• Performed duties and practiced healthcare medicine as a Neurology Residency Program Director 
• Coordinated implementation and expansion of increased patient evaluations for dementia, partnering with geriatrics clinics, resulting in concept expansion by partnering with two neuro-psychometricians to provide same-day evaluation and treatment recommendations via physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and social work
• Examine patients to obtain information about functional status of vision, physical strength, coordination, reflexes, sensations, language skills, cognitive abilities, and mental status
• Perform or interpret the outcomes of procedures or diagnostic tests such as lumbar punctures, completed patient charts
• Liaise/coordinate with other healthcare professional specialists regarding patients’ conditions and care (e.g., patients with strokes with cardiovascular disease [heart specialists), dementia patients with complicated medical histories [geriatric specialists])
• Perform specialized treatments in behavioral neurology; inform patients or families of neurological diagnoses and prognoses, or benefits, risks, and costs of various treatment plans; used medically accepted tests and procedures to determine brain death

FORMAL EDUCATION

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX USA; Courses: Anatomy, Physiology, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Pathophysiology, Mechanisms & Management of Disease, Microbiology & Immunology, Pathology, Psychiatry, Resuscitation & the Prehospital Setting, Interpretation of EKG

Bachelor of Business Administration, Major: Accounting, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX, USA; GPA: 3.54 (Cum Laude); Courses: Accounting Principles, Intermediate Accounting, Advanced Accounting, Federal Income tax, Auditing, Government/Non-profit Accounting, Business Law, Principles of Management, Survey of Accounting Theory, Accounting Applications, Corporate Finance, Economics

JOB-RELATED CAREER TRAINING / CERTIFICATIONS

• 06/03, Fellow Behavioral Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
• ●      06/02, Residency Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
• ●      06/99, Internship Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
• 06/98, MD Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
• ●      03/90 – present, Certification, CPA # 053061, State of TX
• 07/08 – present, Certification, MD # 0101244087, State of VA
• 10/99 – present, Certification, MD # K8660, State of TX

HARDWARE / SOFTWARE / TECHNICAL / COMPUTER

• Cerner, Centricity, Greenway, Meditech, Amazing Charts
• Quicken Accounting software
• CPRS (VA, medical school, residency)
• Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
• Google Sheets, Docs, and Slides
• LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/kriswilliams03/

PUBLICATIONS

Wade, J.B., Hayes, R.B., Wade, J.H., Bekenstein, J.W., Williams, K.D., Bajaj, J.S. (2019) Associations Between Religiosity, Spirituality, and Happiness Among Adults Living with Neurological Illness, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 25/1, pp. S27-S28.