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Lisa Brown, Surgical Technologist, Department of Anesthesia and Surgical Services, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, Maryland

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Lisa Brown

"After working most of my career in a community hospital, I find it interesting to work in the NIH research environment. I have worked on surgical cases that I never knew existed."

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Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. May help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeon's assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.

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