JESSICA H. KAYLOR jkaylor@wfubmc.

edu cD- 724-516-9292 EDUCATION Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Physician Assistant Studies, Winston-Salem, NC June, 2009-present * Received honors in Otolaryngology and Psychiatry rotations * First assisted in kidney transplant from incision to vessel anastomosis during rotation with Transplant Surgery, July, 2010 Graduate Records Examination (GRE) August, 2008 * Verbal: 590, Quantitative: 740, Writing: 4.5, Total Score: 1330 Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) June, 2007

* Verbal Reasoning: 8 Physical Sciences: 10 Biological Sciences: 10 Writing (J-T):S Total Score: 28S Georgetown University, Post-baccalaureate Premedical Program, Washington, DC Fall 2005-May 2007 * Intro Biology I & II; Physics I & II, Organic Chemistry I & II, Biochemistry, Probability/Statistics; Cumulative GPA: 3.15/4.0 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA May 2005 * Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and in French Studies, minor in International Relations; Cumulative GPA: 3.16/4.0 Universite Lumiere Lyon II, Institut d'Etudes Politiques (IEP), Lyon, France Spring 2004 * Sub-matriculated into Lyon's political science school; all courses and exams in French; achieved a 3.46 semester GPA COMMUNITY SERVICE DEAC (Delivering Equal Access to Care) - Wake Forest School of Medicine's Student Run Free Clinic June 2009-present * Volunteered in triage, check in/check-out, laboratory, pharmacy, and on medical teams seeing patients with providers Tysons Corner Kiwanis Club, Tysons Corner, VA- Service Director July 2008-Apr 2009 * Responsible for leading the Service Committee in organizing club service events in the community INVOLVEMENT IN HEALTH FIELD The Clinical Skin Center, Fairfax, VA- full-time medical assistant (dermatology) Mar 2007-Aug 2008; Nov 2008-Apr 2009 * Assisted physicians in surgical procedures, injected anaesthetics,

administered flu shots, removed/treated skin lesions, sutured excision sites, prepared wound dressings, recorded medical histories, diagnoses and treatment plans in charts, prepared and consented patients for procedures, explained post-procedure and post-visit skin and wound care, and interacted with insurance companies, pharmacies, and laboratories Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Center, Arlington, VA- full-time clinical staff member August-October 2008 * Interviewed patients, performed casting and bracing, applied wound dressings, removed operative sutures/staples, and performed patient education Georgetown University Hospital, Center for Wound Healing- part-time research assistant January 2006-July 2007 * Reviewed current medical literature, collected data through chart review and patient interviews, and wrote an article for journal publication regarding ambulatory success post-calcanectomy * Observed Maggot Debridement Therapy (MDT), below-knee amputation, debridement with application of wound-vac, neurolysis, excision of soft tissue mass Pre-Med Volunteer Program, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) Spring-Summer 2005 * Spent 10-weeks in each of the following departments: Post-Operative, Emergency, Ambulatory Procedure, and Labor and Delivery for a total of over 170 hours of volunteer service * Helped with patient discharges, assisted nurses with basic patient care, observed procedures and visited with patients * Observed vaginal births, C-sections, cervical cerclage, kidney transplant, and emergency stabilization procedures in the ED Language Links Medical Interpretation (HUP), Philadelphia Interpreter Training Program April 2005 * Certified as a medical interpreter for French-speaking patients Student Health Advisory Board, University of Pennsylvania Spring 2005 * Worked with other students and health clinicians to optimize student health services for the Penn community Red Cross Club at Penn Spring 2003-Fall 2003

* As Incentives Director, worked to encourage greater student involvement in campus blood drives UPMC Center for Sports Medicine, Dr. Freddie H. Fu May-June 2001

* Observed ACL reconstructive surgery, proprioception study in research laboratory, and shadowed physical therapists Aestique Ambulatory Surgical Center, Dr. Theodore A. Lazzaro Summer 2000

* Observed 32 hours of plastic surgery procedures: mammaplasty, blepharoplasty, excision of malignant lesions, abdominoplasty, liposculpture, bilateral bonelli lift, rhytidectomy, dermabrasion, bilateral reduction for gynecomastia, and forehead lift, peaking my initial interest in a career in medicine and, specifically, plastic surgery PUBLICATIONS