Education
Education
2018 - Present
University of Texas at Southwestern Medical Center
MD, expected 2022
2015 - 2017
Case Western Reserve University
MS in Medical Physiology
2011 - 2015
BA in Biology
September 2018 - Present
Dallas-Fort Worth Hep B Free (DFW Hep B Free)
Director (since June 2020), Logistics Officer (2019-2020) of a student-led, hepatitis B and C virus screening organization that aims to provide free screening to underserved and under insured high-risk adultsNovember 2018 -August 2019 Monday Clinic
Medical student volunteer for free, student-run primary care clinic associated with the North Dallas Shared Ministry that serves underserved and under-insured patientsOctober 2018
Medical student volunteer for free, student-run dermatology and primary care clinic that serves underserved and under-insured patients in the East Dallas regionSeptember 2015 - July 2016
AmeriCorps Community HealthCorps
Chronic Disease Management team member responsible for providing free nutrition education to patients with diabetesFebruary 2013 - September 2014
Referral Assistant responsible for checking patient's referral and insurance authorization statuses and for connecting patients to available community health resourcesOctober 2011 - May 2015
Mentor preparing disadvantaged high school students for college through career exploration and interest developmentFebruary 2021 - Present
Independent Dermatology Research (Divya Srivastava, MD)
UTSW Department of Dermatology. Evaluating the appropriate Mohs micrographic surgery margins for complete excision of melanoma in-situ and comparing results to current standard recommendations of 5 mm surgical margins.July 2020 - Present
Independent Dermatology Research (Heather W. Goff, MD, MPH)
UTSW Department of Dermatology. Investigating the role of fractionated CO2 laser therapy on improving the vascular, pigmentary and textural abnormalities found on the necks of individuals with Poikiloderma of Civatte.September 2016 - March 2018
Clinical Research Coordinator (Tiffany S. Moon, MD)
UTSW Department of Anesthesiology. Oversaw IRB documentation and approval process, patient enrollment, data collection, training medical student researchers and coordinating among hospital staffAugust 2014 - May 2015
Cellular Biology Thesis (Derek Applewhite, Ph.D.)
Reed College Department of Biology. Year-long thesis and defense investigating the role of post-translational modification of tubulin in microtubule dynamic instabilitySummer 2014
Independent Microbiology Research (Jay Mellies, Ph.D.)
Reed College Department of Biology. Investigated the potential inhibitory mechanisms (colicin production vs. contact-dependent inhibition) of a commensal E. coli strainSummer 2013
Betty C. Liu Memorial Research Fellowship (Jay Mellies, Ph.D.)
Reed College Department of Biology. Investigated the influence of zinc on E. coli pathogenesis, specifically with regard to the type three secretion systemKarani S, Smith KM, Kim A, Moon TS. Recent Cocaine Use and the Effect on Perioperative Hemodynamic and Cardiac Events. American Society of Anesthesiologists Meeting. Orlando, FL. October 19, 2019.
Moon TS, Chen JL, Nnamani NP, Kim A, Gonzales MX, Lu R, Nguyen LH, Tai K, Ogunnaike B. Apneic Oxygenation Prolongs the Safe Apneic Duration in Obese Patients. American Society of Anesthesiologists Meeting. San Francisco, CA. October 14, 2018.
Volnov Y, Lu R, Somasundaram A, Sun S, Pham T, Kim A, Michael A, Sun J, Moon TS. Airway Management in the Morbidly Obese: An Ongoing Prospective Cohort Study. American Society of Anesthesiologists Meeting. San Francisco, CA. October 13, 2018.
Chen JL, Kim A, Gonzales MX, Nguyen LH, Lu R, Moon TS. Apneic Oxygenation with Nasal Cannula Prolongs Safe Apnea Duration by One Minute in the Morbidly Obese Patient. American Society of Anesthesiologists Meeting. Boston, MA. October 16, 2018.
Moon TS, Wright EJ, Gonzales MX, Kim A, Drummond S, Woods A, Gasanova I, Fox PE, Ogunnaike BO, Whitten CW. Cocaine Use and General Anesthesia: A Prospective Study of Cardiovascular Effects. American Society of Anesthesiologists Meeting. Boston, MA. October 24, 2017.
Moon TS, Volnov Y, Gonzales MX, Kim A, Sun J, Minhajuddin A, Fox PE, Ogunnaike B, Whitten CW. Morbid Obesity Does Not Increase Significantly Difficult Intubation as Measured by the Intubation Difficulty Scale. American Society of Anesthesiologists Meting. Boston, MA. October 22, 2017.
Moon TS, Gonzales MX, Volnov Y, Sun JJ, Kim A, Fox PE, Ogunnaike B. Morbid Obesity is Not a Risk Factor for Difficult Intubation. International Anesthesia Research Society Annual Meeting. Washington DC. May 7, 2017.
Moon TS, Volnov Y, Gonzales MX, Kim A, Koshy C, Minhajuddin A, Ogunnaike B. Predictors of Difficult Intubation: A Prospective Study of 1351 Patients. International Anesthesia Research Society Annual Meeting. Washington DC. May 7, 2017.
Moon TS, Gonzales MX, Volnov Y, Kim A, Sun JJ, Ogunnaike B. Cocaine Use in Surgical Patients: A Retrospective Analysis of Cardiovascular and Anesthetic Events. California Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. April 28, 2017.
Volnov V, Gonzales MX, Sun JJ, Kim A, Sung JM, Moon TS. The Difficult Airway: Incidence and Predictors in Lean vs. Obese Patients. 55th Annual UT Southwestern Medical Student Research Forum. Dallas, TX. January 17, 2017.
Sung JM, Gonzales MX, Sun JJ, Volnov Y, Kim A, Moon TS. Body Mass Index is Not Associated with A Higher Intubation Difficult Score. Young Generation Technical and Leadership Conference. Philadelphia, PA. January 13, 2017
November 14, 2020
Virtual | APAMSA 2020 National Hepatitis B & C Conference Operations and Development of a Student- Operated Hepatitis B and C Screening ProgramNovember 9, 2019
Research Poster Session
Cambridge, MA | APAMSA 2019 Hepatitis Conference Needs for Hepatitis B Vaccination in Foreign Born CommunitiesOctober 24, 2017
Research Poster Session
Boston, MA | ASA 2017 Annual MeetingCocaine Use and General Anesthesia: A Prospective Study of Cardiovascular EffectsMoon TS, Pak TJ, Kim A, Gonzales MX, Volnov Y, Wright E, Vu KQ, Lu RD, Sharifi A, Minhajuddin A, Chen JL, Fox PE, Gasanova I, Fox AA, Stewart J, Ogunnaike B. A Positive Cocaine Urine Toxicology Test and the Effect on Intraoperative Hemodynamics Under General Anesthesia. Anesthesia and Analgesia 2020. Epub ahead of print. DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004808.
Moon TS, Reznik S, Pak T, Kathryn J, Pruszynski J, Kim A, Smith KM, Lu R, Chen J, Gasanova I, Fox PE, Ogunnaike B. Sugammadex versus neostigmine for reversal of rocuronium-induced neuromuscular blockade: A randomized, double-blinded study of thoracic surgical patients evaluating hypoxic episodes in the early postoperative period. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 2020; 64: 109804. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2020.109804
Moon TS, Gonzales MX, Sun JJ, Kim A, Fox PE, Minhajuddin AT, Pak TJ, Ogunnaike B. Recent cocaine use and the incidence of hemodynamic events during general anesthesia: A retrospective cohort study. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 2019; 55: 146-150. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2018.12.028
Moon TS, Tai K, Kim A, Gonzales MX, Lu R, Pak T, Smith K, Chen JL, Minhajuddin AT, Nnamani N, Fox PE, Ogunnaike B. Apneic oxygenation during prolonged laryngoscopy in obese patients: A randomized, double-blinded, controlled trial of nasal cannula oxygen administration. Obesity Surgery 2019; 29: 3992-3999 . DOI: 10.1007/s11695-019-04077-y.