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BASIC LIFE SUPPORT CERTIFIED

Professional Summary

Pharmacist with over 20 years of experience in hospital pharmacy and ambulatory care. Areas of concentration include critical care, cardiology, diabetes, hypertension, and lipid management; special interest in infectious diseases. Committed to recommending the most cost-efficient medication therapy that will achieve the best therapeutic outcome for the patient as determined by pharmoecomonic evaluations.

Licenses

Registered Pharmacist in Nevada #15137

Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist 2012 to 2019

Skill Highlights

Medication therapy management
Drug therapy monitoring
Anticoagulation monitoring and teaching
Dispensing medications

Sterile product preparation

Professional Experience

Basic Life Support certified
January 2001 to 2015BLS

Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certified, July 2001 to 2003.

Clinical Pharmacist
January 2002 to January 2013Health Plan of Nevada － Las Vegas, NV

Responsibilities encompassed formulary management, developing and maintaining drug protocols used in the prior authorization determination process, drug use evaluations (DUE) activities, voting member on Pharmacy & Therapeutic committee.
Maintained and updated three therapeutic categories in the preferred drug list: antimicrobials, gastrointestinals, and genitourinary.
Developed medication coverage alternatives such as compounding oral vancomycin solution from injectable form, resulting in an annual cost savings of $200,000.
For the Southwest Medical Associates ambulatory care clinic, developed the pharmacist role in the post-discharge clinic.
The clinic was staffed by an interdisciplinary team working to prevent hospital readmissions.
Program resulted in the reduction of 1 bed day per patient per year, saving $3 million over a 2-year period.
Developed and instituted a computerized medication assessment tool used by the pharmacists in the electronic medical chart to standardize patient medical therap.

Staff pharmacist (Intensive care and Trauma)
January 2000 to January 2002University Medical Center Hospital － Las Vegas, NV

Dispensed medication in addition to pharmacokinetic dosing and monitoring.
Prepared total parenteral nutrition for adults and pediatric patients.
Staffed various satellites including medical/surgical, intensive care (Medical and Cardiology), and the sterile preparation room (IV room).
Participated in medical and surgical rounds.
Served on an interdisciplinary critical care committee.

Staff Pharmacist, Lead ICU pharmacist, Clinical Pharmacist
January 1999 to January 2000Albert Einstein Medical Center － Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dispensed medication and held clinical responsibilities primarily in the Intensive Care Pharmacy Satellite with a concentration in the coronary care unit.
Dispensing and clinical duties include making rounds with the medical team and monitoring drug therapy.
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Staff pharmacist, Lead ICU pharmacist, Clinical Pharmacist
January 1991 to January 2000Albert Einstein Healthcare Network － Philadelphia, PA

January 1998 to January 1999

Managed the critical care and transplant pharmacy service lines along with dispensing medication and clinical responsibilities.

Staff Pharmacist / Clinical Pharmacist
January 1995 to January 1998

Dispensed medication and held clinical responsibilities primarily in the intensive care pharmacy satellite.
Clinical duties include: rounds with the medical team and monitoring and adjust drug therapy.
Helped coordinate the department's QAIP activities in preparation for JACHO inspection, 1997.

Pharmacy Shift Manager
January 1992 to January 1995

Supervised evening and third shift staff pharmacists, technicians, and all pharmacy interns.
Planned pharmacists' work schedule, revised and implemented policies and procedures, and some staffing.
Member editor of the pharmacy newsletter.

Staff Pharmacist
January 1991 to January 1992

Staffed in almost all pharmacy satellites (Intensive Care, Med/Surg.) and Central IV Lab.

Staff Pharmacist
January 1990 to January 1991Johns Hopkins Hospital － Philadelphia, MD

Staff Pharmacist
January 1990 to January 1991Johns Hopkins University Hospital － Philadelphia, Maryland

Education and Training

PharmD : Pharmacy, 2013University of Florida College of Pharmacy － Gainesville, FL

Bachelor of Science : Pharmacy, 1990University of Maryland School of Pharmacy － Baltimore , FL

B.S. in Pharmacy

Community Service

Volunteer Pharmacist at Volunteers in Medicine Southern Nevada 2013

Additional Information

Registered pharmacist, State of Nevada, since 2000; license #15137.
Board certified ambulatory care pharmacist, 2012 - 2019
Board certified geriatric pharmacist, 2005 - 2011
Registered pharmacist, State of Pennsylvania, 1991 (on hold 2006)
Registered pharmacist, State of Maryland, 1990 (on hold 2006)

Professional Affiliations

Member of American College of Clinical Pharmacy - on going Member of American Society of Health System Pharmacists, 1991 - 2008

Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

BLS
Health Plan of Nevada
University Medical Center Hospital
Albert Einstein Medical Center
Albert Einstein Healthcare Network
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Johns Hopkins University Hospital

School Attended

University of Florida College of Pharmacy
University of Maryland School of Pharmacy

Job Titles Held:

Basic Life Support certified
Clinical Pharmacist
Staff pharmacist (Intensive care and Trauma)
Staff Pharmacist, Lead ICU pharmacist, Clinical Pharmacist
Staff pharmacist, Lead ICU pharmacist, Clinical Pharmacist
Staff Pharmacist / Clinical Pharmacist
Pharmacy Shift Manager
Staff Pharmacist

Degrees

PharmD : Pharmacy , 2013
Bachelor of Science : Pharmacy , 1990

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