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Summary
- I am a PA with Orthopedic, Emergency Medicine, and Urgent Care experience. I have worked in various Orthopedic settings including Sports Medicine, Hand and Upper Extremity, Trauma, Joint Replacement, Limb Salvage, Spine, and several Foot and Ankle clinics. I currently work in numerous Urgent Care clinics in and around the Baton Rouge area. I am a Vietnam-era U.S Navy Hospital Corpsman veteran with a previous EMT certification. In addition, I am retired from LSU Heath Science Center in Shreveport after working in several clinical and research laboratories with numerous scientific and medical publications and citations.
Certifications & Licensure
National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) Certified Physician Assistant
Education & Training
University of Nebraska Medical CenterMPAS, Physician Assistant (Orthopadics), 2006 - 2007
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New OrleansPhysician Assistant, 1998
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 16 citationsIron binding, a new function for the reticulocyte endosome H(+)-ATPaseCai-Yuan Li, J. A. Watkins, S. Hamazaki, J. D. Altazan, Jonathan D. Glass
Biochemistry. 1995-04-18 - 25 citationsKinetic characterization of reductant dependent processes of iron mobilization from endocytic vesiclesJ. Abra Watkins, James D. Altazan, Pam Elder, Cai Yuan Li, Marco T. Núñez
Biochemistry. 1992-06-30 - 7 citationsIn vitro maintenance of bone marrow-resident T cell precursors in cultures supplemented with exogenous IL-3Robert Chervenak, James D. Altazan
Cellular Immunology. 1990-10-01
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