Sam Celarek
Healthcare Data Analyst
Former Neuro ICU Nurse
Portland, Oregon
Portfolio
Eight years as a nurse, including five in neuro ICUs and four on a hospital Quality Improvement & Safety Council, two as chair. Then three years in data: I design databases, models and pipelines for healthcare questions, and I test them before anyone acts on them.
Featured · Cofounder & Data Analyst · 2023–2026 · Portland, OR
Compares 400+ US fertility clinics on outcomes adjusted for the patients each clinic actually treats, so clinics that take harder cases aren't penalized.
Data Analyst · 2023–2026 · Nerevu Group LLC, Peoria, IL (remote)
Production SQL Server, SSIS and Python pipelines, model evaluation and client reporting. Cut lead prep from 30+ minutes to about one.
See the work →Critical Care Nurse · Oct 2019 – Aug 2022 · Portland, OR
Made treatment decisions from labs, assessments and live monitoring on a multidisciplinary NCCU team. Chaired the Scheduling Committee and created the unit's Excel scheduling model.
See nursing →Charge Nurse & QI Council Chair · Jul 2014 – Jul 2019 · St. Louis, MO
Four years on the QI & Safety Council, two as chair. Central line infections fell 41% after a house-wide rollout I led. Two-time DAISY Award winner.
See the results →Organizer · 6 years · Portland, OR
Led Portland's effective altruism and rationality community for six years: won an EA Funds grant to grow it, then moved it to community funding. 1,166 members, 547 events, a 4.6-star rating, weekly dinners and a book club.
See the community →May – Aug 2023
Top of cohort (98%).
Aug 2010 – May 2014
BSN, graduated as a Provost Scholar.
BrainStation · 2023
BrainStation · 2023
Capstone · BrainStation · 2023
Time series and epidemiological models forecasting COVID cases 14 days out.
See the capstone →“You can't actually feel the weight of the world. The human mind is not capable of that feat. But sometimes, you can catch a glimpse.”— Nate Soares, On Caring