Director of Community Projects

Coordinator, South Georgia Farmworker Health Project

jsumitani@emory.edu

 Education:

Emory University  Emory College - B.A. in Psychology and Linguistics Graduated, December 2005

 Emory University School of Medicine, Physician Assistant Program - Master of Medical Science Graduated with Highest Honors, December 2008

Clinical Experience:

Physician Assistant, Grady Health System Infectious Disease Program (March 2009 – current)

 Nurse Technician, Emory University Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine (June 2005 – July 2006)

Emergency Medical Technician, Emory University EMS Emory University Police Department (August 2001 – July 2006)

 Organizations/Licenses:

Physician Assistant – Certified, National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants

Physician Assistant – Licensed, State of Georgia Composite State Board of Medical Examiners

Fellow, American Academy of Physician Assistants

Basic Life Support – Instructor, American Heart Association

Teaching/Speaking:

Lecturer and Lab Instructor, Fundamentals of Clinical Medicine Laboratories

Lab Instructor, Introduction to Clinical Medicine Laboratories

Group Leader, Clinical Correlates/Problem Based Learning Sessions

Preceptor/Advisor, Good Samaritan Health Center Saturday Clinics

Course Instructor, Issues in Farmworker Health

 Honors/Awards:

Emory Physician Assistant Program (2008) –

Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities

Outstanding Academic Achievement Award

Professional Achievement Award

Mary Beth Bowns Memorial Scholarship (2008)

Global Health Institute Field Scholar (2008)

National Society of Collegiate Scholars (2000)

 Personal Profile:

I am a true “Emorhoid” as they call it – I graduated from Emory College with my bachelor’s degree, worked at the Emory University Hospital and Emergency Medical Service on campus, and finally received my PA training here at Emory!  Since graduating from the program in 2008, I have been working at the Grady Health System Infectious Disease Program, a Ryan White clinic in downtown Atlanta where I provide primary care and HIV medicine to those with an AIDS diagnosis. 

I joined the Emory family once again in the summer of 2010 as the Director of Community Projects – it was a calling and a duty to take over the South Georgia Farmworker Health Project (http://www.emorypa.org/farmworker.htm), a project that truly changed my life as a PA student at Emory.  I also help coordinate the student-run Good Samaritan Health Center Saturday clinics (http://www.emorypa.org/good_sam.htm), as well as numerous health fairs and volunteer opportunities that our students participate in.  I continue to work part time in clinical practice at the Infectious Disease Program, splitting my time between Emory and Grady. 

My Interests:

Originally from Tokyo, Japan, I’m still trying to figure out how I ended up in the south, working with migrant farmworkers in rural Georgia!  I do like to boast my “southern twang” from time to time.  I enjoy traveling and am interested in global health issues, especially HIV/AIDS.