CURRENT CONTACT INFORMATION
Home: 2201 8 th Ave. South #303
Nashville, TN 37204
Work: 2200 Children’s Way, DOT 8
Nashville, TN 37232
802-345-1200 (cell)
615-835-1952 (pager) emily.l.fagan@vanderbilt.edu
RESIDENCY TRAINING
Department of Pediatrics
Vanderbilt School of Medicine
July 2008 –present (anticipated graduation June 2011)
Monroe Carell, Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
Nashville, TN
EDUCATION
University of Vermont College of Medicine August 2004 – June 2008
MD (conferred May 2008)
Burlington, VT
Connecticut College August 1999 - May 2003
BA Zoology, cum laude
New London, CT
LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION
Board Eligible
Registered for October 2011
Life Support Certification
Basic Life Support, (BLS)
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Certification renewed May 2010
Pediatric Advanced Life Support, (PALS)
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Certification renewed April 2010
Neonatal Resuscitation Program, ( NRP)
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Certification renewed April 2010

Emily Lauren Wesolowski
RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE
Proctor Elementary School Fall 2003 - Spring 2004
Proctor, VT
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Para-Educator o Assisted special education and special needs students with classroom work in one-on-one instruction and small group settings.
Rutland Area Prevention Coalition Work-it-Out Winter 2003- Spring 2004
Rutland, VT
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Mentor o Met weekly with at-risk mentee to support, encourage and build confidence through participation in physical activities.
Vermont Community AIDS Research and Education (CARES) Fall 2003 – Spring 2004
Rutland, VT
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Peer Outreach Worker o Worked as a confidential contact to provide HIV/AIDS information and prevention materials to members of my peer group.
RESEARCH
Strengthening Community through Integrated Programming (SCIP) July 2010-present
Mozambique Health Survey - US Agency for International Development (USAID)
World Vision in cooperation with the Government of the Republic of Mozambique, the Johns Hopkins
University Center for Communication Programs, Friends in Global Health - Vanderbilt University, Adventist
Development Relief Agency (ADRA), International Relief and Development (IRD), and the Mozambican Red
Cross
Primary Vanderbilt Contact: Alfedo Vergara MPH, PhD. Mentor: Philip Ciampa MD, MPH
Overall goal of the survey is to evaluate and monitor the effectiveness of SCIP initiatives in Zambezia province through administration of a baseline and 5 year follow-up survey.
My contribution: Assessing the Association of Literacy and Primary Pediatric Care in Mozambique
Through use of the available survey, a cross sectional study using secondary data is being conducted with the goal of evaluating the association between literacy and health knowledge as it relates pediatric health outcomes. The survey is intended to be regionally representative and data is being collected throughout the fall of 2010. Analysis and interpretation is ongoing.
LEADERSHIP, HONORS AND AWARDS
Global Health Fellowship Development Committee January 2010 –present
Monroe Carell Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
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Resident Liaison o Worked closely with Dr. Leah Harris in the conceptualizing and development of a proposed pediatric global health fellowship. o Researched and evaluated potential partnership programs.
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Vanderbilt Pediatric Global Health Program July 2009 –present
Monroe Carell Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
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Resident Coordinator o Coordinated speakers for monthly conferences related to current interests and research in global health. o Developed a curriculum to expose pediatric residents to issues related to global health. o Created a website to update residents on upcoming speakers as well as provide information about how to go about participating in an international elective.
Freeman Medical Scholar August 2004 -June 2007
University of Vermont College of Medicine
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Medical student o Scholarship granted to deserving medical students who will consider practicing in Vermont
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES
Foreign Language Institute March 2011
Nosara, Costa Rica; Buenos Aries, Argentina
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Foreign Language Student o Attended classes and private tutoring sessions in an intensive in-country Spanish language experience.
Fundacion Universitaria Juan N. Corpas September 2009
Bogota, Colombia
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Physician o Provided primary care in neighborhood clinics; administered in-home epidemiologic surveys assessing access to medical care and social resources; contributed to a multi-disciplinary team’s appraisal of a marginalized community’s needs.
Fundacion Hospital General, El Buen Samaritano Spring 2008
La Romana, Dominican Republic
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Medical Student o Visited remote communities as part of a traveling clinic that provided medical, dental, and nutritional support.
Student Health and Welfare Canter Org. (SHAWCO), University of Cape Town Fall 2002
Cape Town, South Africa
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Educator o Taught health topics including nutrition, HIV/AIDS awareness, illness prevention, growth and development to mothers within the Nyanga township.
School for Field Studies Fall 2000
South Caicos Island, BVI
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Tutor o Traveled to local schools to help teach basic literacy skills.
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PUBLICATIONS
Emily Fagan, Jeremy Slone, Ashley Shoemaker Jennifer Black, Mike Engel, Jordan Berlin, Neuroendocrine
Carcinoma in an Adolescent with Hypercortisolemia. Submitted for consideration in J Peds Heme/Onc, 2011.
Emily Fagan, Philip Ciampa, Exploring the Relationship Between Literacy, Health Knowledge and Pediatric Health
Care in Mozambique. In preparation 2010.
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