| David F. Essi IV |
| Salutations and welcome to my website, davidessi.com. This is where I have posted my curriculum vitae for the use of employers, academic institutions, and whomever may have a need for this information. Thanks for visiting. |
| Teaching Experience |
| NEOMED | July 2011 - present |
| I will be working at Northeastern Ohio Medical University to collaboratively develop and teach an 8 week course on Pharmacy Ethics for the College of Pharmacy. Topics currently include Issues of Conscience, Public Health & Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Research Policy & Process, Research & Marketing, Pharmacogenomics, Shortage of Pharmaceuticals & Gray Market. |
| Cleveland Clinic Dept. of Civic Education | May 2011 - July 2011 |
| Volunteered as a bioethics moderator/instructor for a leadership internship for highly motivated high school juniors and seniors. Topics include stem cell research, patient access to unapproved drugs and the environment, health and sustainable healthcare. Moderators provide the support for peer leaders to create presentations on the various subjects. Also responsible for moderating discussions on the day of class. |
| Case Western Reserve University | Aug 2010 - May 2011 |
| School of Arts & Sciences - Worked as a graduate teaching assistant for two undergraduate bioethics classes. Graded weekly reflections and facilitated small group discussions on a broad range of subjects including the doctor-patient relationship, issues at the end of life, research ethics and reproductive ethics. I developed lesson plans, formulated presentations and taught classes on specifically on "Palliative Care & Hospice" and "Confidentiality & Duty to Warn." |
| School of Medicine - Was invited by professors to assist in the teaching of a Case Inquiry (IQ) Team to medical students on Ethics, DNR-CCA & DNR-CC. The session "generally involves a small, student-centered learning team in which elaborate patient cases are discussed to allow medical students to learn, retain, synthesize and integrate knowledge." Students are forced to think critically and philosophically about the patient cases before being given the actual legal specifications that would inform their future practice. Both small and large groups are used as a framework for the classes. I facilitated a discussion with a group of approximately 13 medical students. |
| Independent Scholarship - Conducted extensive research on ethics related to all aspects of pharmacy. Have composed papers on international ethnobiopharmacology research, material complicity associated with pharmacists' conscientious objections to dispensing emergency contraception and the ethics related to tangible and virtual pharmaceutical drug samples. Other areas of interest involve surigcal/intraoperative ethics, ethics of medical instruction, and international health research ethics. |
| North Coast Diving | Oct 2009 - Feb 2011 |
| Worked as an assistant coach for a diving club that coaches approximately 14 east side area high school diving teams. Students were from a variety of different skill levels and came from both public and private institutions. I functioned as a sort of mediator between the older coaches and the high school students. I coached in a different style than the more experienced coaches; the alternative way that I approached the sport greatly helped some of the students, as different communication styles suit different people. |
| Classical Piano | June 2003 - Aug 2006 |
| Throughout high school, I taught classical piano to young students ranging from the ages of 9-13. This was my first teaching experience of any kind, and was based upon my own classical piano experience which began at age 5. Like ethics, teaching music can be abstract and forces both the teacher and student to think beyond the superficial reality of notes on a page. |
| Scientific / Pharmacy Experience |
| University Hospitals Case Medical Center | Oct 2011 - Present |
| Work as a Certified Pharmacy Technician II (CPhT II) at University Hospitals Case Medical Center. Here, I make rounds to patient floors to deliver medications, make intravenous preparations of medications, and prepare electrolyte mixtures for continuous renal replacement therapy. |
| Cleveland Clinic Pharmacy | April 2010 - Oct 2011 |
| Worked as a Certified Pharmacy Technician I (CPhT I) at a mail order pharmacy. Responsible for the normal processes associated with pharmaceutical practice (i.e. filling prescriptions, filing insurance claims, helping patients). |
| University of Alabama | May 2010 - Aug 2010 |
| Chemical Engineering - Conducted ancillary work in organic chemical engineering in ionic liquids for the University of Alabama. Specifically, two different methodologies were used to synthesize a cyclo-propane compound, resulting in products that were of both high yield and purity. |
| John Carroll University | May 2009 - Aug 2010 |
| Chemical Engineering - Synthesized terphenyl based Palladium pincer complex catalysts (industrial catalysts). Conducted column chromatography, Grignard reactions, NMR, distillations,Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry, extractions, and other typical processes related to synthesis and purification of chemical compounds. |
| Ecology Researcher - Formulated and implemented a research protocol over the duration of an Advanced Ecology course. Surveyed species diversity of earthworms in relation to headwater streams and % soil moisture in light of purported continental invasion of introduced earthworm species from both Europe and Asia. |
| Miscellaneous Experience |
| Crop Bistro | Dec 2011 - present |
| Was allowed the freedom to create my own position at this award-winning, inventive-American restaurant to meet the challenges of transitioning our services to a larger venue in Ohio City (was formerly located downtown). Currently, this position is supplementary to full-time and other part-time employment. |
| DE Web Design | May 2009 - Sept 2011 |
| Founded an affordable website design company. Have done creative work for both individuals and organizations. Familiar with all stages of website design, from conception to publication. |
| Blue Point Grille | May 2008 - November 2011 |
| Worked as a food runner and busser for this upscale restaurant. |
| Towers Perrin | Oct 2006 - Oct 2007 |
| Managed central storage file room for actuarial firm. Overhauled the record keeping system under vastly different, updated corporate standards. |
| Education |
| Education is one of the most important things to me. As such, I would like to recognize my master's degree from CWRU as representing a year of profound personal growth intellectually, morally and humanistically. |
| Case Western Reserve University | Aug 2010 - May 2011 |
MA Bioethics |
| Harvard Medical School | June 2010 |
Certificate |
| John Carroll University | Aug 2006 - Jan 2010 |
BS Biology, Conc Italian Studies |
| Pontificia Università Urbaniana | Aug 2008 - Dec 2008 |
Study Abroad Program (Rome, Italy) |
| Conferences/Committees |
| University Hospitals Ethics Committee | October 2011 - present |
| CERMACS 2011 | May 2011 |
| American Society of Bioethics & Humanities | October 2010 |
| CERMACS 2010 | May 2010 |
| CERMACS 2009 | May 2009 |
| Certification |
| Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT) | March 2010-2012 |
| Languages |
| English | First |
| Italian | Proficient |
| Spanish | Functional |
| HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL | Functional |