I've been employed in many capacities over the years.   My first job was to feed baby chicks at the local five and dime -- a privilege for which I paid the owner of the store five cents a day.  I worked as often as I could afford it but never seemed to make any money.  It was my first accounting lesson on the old adage "you can't turn a loser into a winner on volume." 

Since then, my occupational endeavors have increased in their responsibilities and rewards.  It's been fascinating to see how jobs that I thought would just be stops along the way to something better have turned into valuable experiences for my current labors.  Below is a list of some of my more recent employment experiences in reverse chronological order.

Senior Manager, Business Technology - Pfizer Inc - February 2001 to present

World's largest pharmaceutical company - Focus on technology standards, eBusiness development and medical education

Department Editor, Information Technology - Managed Care Interface - January 2000 to April 2001

Published by Medicom, Intl. - Peer-reviewed medical journal with a controlled circulation of 40,000 - monthly column focused on IT issues as they relate to managed care

Editor - Essential Informatics for Medical Groups - September 1998 to April 2000

Co-published by Aspen Publishers, Inc. and the Medical Group Management Association - Premier Issue January 1999 - Eight-page, monthly newsletter focuses on medical informatics issues for small to mid-sized medical groups - Preside over all aspects of newsletter, including content, concept and design

Information Technology Consultant - 1997 to present   

Clients have included: CareInsite - PacifiCare of California - MD Consult - Ohio Willow Wood - Apollo Medical Technologies - Medicom, International - Aspen Publishing - Discovery Concepts

Consultation Topics have included: Establishment of a "Model Office" to demonstrate the use of IT in a clinical practice - Marketing and pricing strategies for an online medical publishing company - Strategies for implementing new medical technologies in a managed care setting - Selecting electronic medical record systems - Medical informatics applications in managed care - Instructional design

House Physician - The St. Luke Hospitals - Ft. Thomas, Kentucky - 1993 to 1996   

Responded to all inpatient codes and supervised treatment - Provided obstetric care for service patients - Evaluated and treated injured employees - Redesigned house physician schedule which resulted in a significant decrease in scheduling difficulties

Obstetrics & Gynecology Resident - Bethesda Hospitals - Cincinnati, Ohio - 1991 to 1993

Provided comprehensive obstetric and gynecologic care for clinic and private patients

Program Director - Urban Health Project - Cincinnati, Ohio - 1988 to 1989

Directed all aspects of a program which places medical students in social service organizations for summer internships - Raised over $29,000 in funds from eight sources, six of them new - Developed new placement sites, significantly increasing the program’s size - Coordinated local, state, and national level media promotion

Personnel Manager - Environment Control - Dayton, Ohio - 1985 to 1987

Performed all aspects of recruiting, hiring, training and termination of employees for a national franchise commercial building maintenance company - Developed and implemented a comprehensive incentive program for all non-management employees

Ross D. Martin, MD, MHA
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