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Tanya K. Elston, PA-C
EDUCATION
Physician Assistant Program
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, S.C.
B.S., Physician Assistant, 8/98,Cum Laude
Physician Assistant, Board Certified
May 1996 -August 1998
College of Charleston
Charleston, S.C.
B.S. Biology,12/91,Cum Laude
Aug 1988-Dec 1991
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
Northside Cardiology
960 Johnson Ferry Rd. Suite500
Atlanta, GA 30342
November 2004-present
Evaluation and treatment of inpatient cardiology patients at Northside and St. Joseph hospitals
-cardiology consultation assessment and treatment plans
-hospital admissions and discharges and daily rounding on inpatients
-supervision of nuclear stress testing
-precept medical and physician assistant students
Southcoast Cardiology
1326 Eisenhower Dr. Bldg 2
Savannah, GA 31406
February 2002- October 2004
Evaluation and treatment of inpatient and outpatient adult cardiac patients. Transferred to Southcoast from
Cardiology Associates in February 2002 with my supervising physician
-Perform inpatient history and physicals, discharges and daily rounds involving three local hospitals.
-Assess and treat cardiac patients with and without direct physician supervision in daily outpatient clinic.
-Supervise exercise and nuclear stress tests and dobutamine stress echocardiograms
Cardiology Associates of Savannah
11700 Mercy Blvd. Suite 6
Savannah, GA 31419
August 2001- January 2002
Evaluation and treatment of inpatient and outpatient adult cardiac patients. Hired in August 2001 by
supervising physician; supervising physician left Cardiology Associates to join Southcoast Cardiology in
February 2002.
-Perform inpatient history and physicals, discharges and daily rounds involving three local hospitals.
-Assess and treat patients in daily outpatient clinic with supervising physician.
-Supervise exercise and nuclear stress tests and dobutamine stress echocardiograms
Family Practice
Harrison Peeples Healthcare Center (HPHCC)
1000 Pine St POB 969
February 1999- July 2001
Varnville, S.C. 29944
Evaluation and treatment of inpatients and outpatient infants, children and adults in a rural, underserved,
community.
-Performed inpatient history and physicals, discharges and daily rounds in the local 32 bed hospital
-Assessed and developed treatment plans for patients in a non-profit community primary care clinic and
local nursing home.
-Served as personnel manager of the HPHCC. Experience includes supervising and managing seven
administrative and nine nursing staff members. Responsibilities include creating the monthly nursing
schedule, approving leave, reviewing time cards, assuring daily nursing and administration staff coverage,
maintaining provider and other staff employee files, hiring and terminating staff members.
-Served as coordinator of the of a Healthy Start Grant program designed for high risk populations to include
infants, adolescent women, pregnant and post-partum women.
-Precepted physician assistant and medical students.
CLINICAL RESEARCH STUDY COORDINATOR
Medical University of South Carolina
Veterans Administration Medical Center
Charleston, S.C.
Apr 1995-Apr 1996
Coordinated psychiatric investigational medication studies for schizophrenic and post-traumatic stress
disorder veteran volunteers. Pharmaceutical company sponsors for studies included Abbott Laboratories,
Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, Otsuka Pharmaceuticals, Janssen Research Foundation and Pfizer Inc.
-Recruited study patients through chart screening, advertisement and sessions with inpatient psychiatry staff
and other providers.
-Explained informed consent documents to study candidates.
-Obtained vital signs, performed venipuncture, completed psychiatric rating scales and cognitive function
tests with patients according to study protocols.
-Attended principle investigator start-up and interim study meetings sponsored by the pharmaceutical
companies.
TRAVEL/TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT
Jan 1995-March 1995
SCIENCE TEACHER
United States Peace Corps
Zimbabwe, Africa
Oct 1992- Dec 1994
-Taught secondary school science to grades 8-10 in classrooms totaling 200 students in a rural village. The
science curriculum combined practical agriculture, conservation, industrial processes such as mining and
chemical manufacturing and basic physical sciences. Additional activities included:
-Counseled children in rural areas on social and family problems, education plans and career options.
-Started a creative writing club and coached volleyball
-Wrote a proposal for the construction of a science laboratory to the U.S. Embassy Self-Help Fund for U.S.
$7,400; money received.
-Participated in three workshops involving Peace Corps Volunteers, Zimbabwe teachers and administrators
to develop science resources for rural secondary schools and to incorporate environmental education into
the national syllabus.
RESEARCH INTERN
Environmental Sciences Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Jan 1992-July 1992
-Carried out an individual research project evaluating the toxicity of the rivers and streams draining the Oak
Ridge Federal Reservation. This project was part of a larger assessment investigating the use of biomarkers
in evaluation water quality and environmental damage on the reservation. Responsibilities were as follows:
-Engaged in extensive field work to select testing sites and collect water samples.
-Conducted biotoxicity assays with fish embryos to evaluate water quality.
-Completed a research paper and 30-minute seminar on the results of the project in fulfillment of
requirements for the Research Participation Semester through the Department of Energy.
CERTIFICATIONS
National Commission of Certification of Physician Assistants
LICENSURE
State of Georgia
State of South Carolina (not active)
MEMBERSHIPS
American College of Cardiology
American Academy of Physician Assistants
American Association for the Advancement of Science