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staff pharmacist
looking for rewarding career in drug information or related fields using 25 years of clinical experience and education in a multilingual environment if needed.
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y; Boston, Massachusetts
Professional experiences
2004-present: St. Josephs Medical Center, Paterson, New Jersey.
Supervision, teaching of entry-level pharmacists and technicians.
Inservices and power point presentations of pertinent drug therapy information to other health care colleagues.
Review of patient medication profiles, hematologic parameters, appropriateness of erythropoietin stimulating factor prescribing, provision of drug information to health care professionals and patients in the Outpatient Hemodialysis Center.
Report medication incidents/near misses in accordance with risk management policies.
Monitor patients labs and medication profiles for potential interactions, therapeutic duplications.
Monitor patients for adverse reactions or unexpected events related to their medication. Ensure that details of any ADR and hypersensitivity reactions are adequately documented.
Monitor drugs that have a narrow therapeutic index and make changes as needed if authorized by physicians.
Total parenteral nutrition (TPN): Assess and monitor specific TPN related laboratory parameters as well as data entry for outsourcing.
Chemotherapy: Assess all patient specific laboratory data, diagnosis, regimen and calculation accuracy for a large adult and pediatric inpatient and outpatient population.
Complete all appropriate documentation and supervise technical staff in the preparation of oral and intravenous chemotherapy.
Drug information using appropriate reference sources; contacting drug companies and physician specialists when needed.
Intensive Care Unit clinical rotations in the MICU, and CCU: providing clinical support to medical residents, attendings, and nursing.
Reviewing medical charts for pertinent lab and test results that correlate with ongoing drug therapy ensuring appropriate use, drug levels, duration, drug-drug interactions, and adverse effects.
Advise on alternative formulations, therapies, routes of administration and possible dosage adjustments.
Pediatric satellite rotation: assessment of pediatric dosing, appropriate drug therapy, monitoring of drug-drug, drug- lab interactions. Reviewing patient profiles for age appropriate drug therapy. Providing drug information to residents, attendings, and nurses. Participating in the individual preparation of patient specific parenteral nutrition, IV fluids, antibiotics, oral and intravenous chemotherapy. Calculations, preparation of various NICU, PICU, PSD unit dose IV therapies, oral solutions in a unit dose format for the neonatal and pediatric patients.
Ensuring appropriate labeling with stability information and cautionary statements.
Investigational drug pharmacist: participation in the dispensing of investigational drugs and record keeping.
1998-2004: Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood, New Jersey
Providing drug information to physicians, nurses and other health care professionals
Supervising and training other pharmacists, students and technicians
Participation in weekly journal club.
Responsibilities included profiling, reviewing patient information such as lab data, identifying drug- drug, drug lab interactions, therapeutic duplications and appropriate therapy in the setting of a strict formulary
Areas of rotation include IV admixture, TPN preparation, oncology, and pediatrics.
1989-2002: Holy Name Hospital, Teaneck, New Jersey
Staff pharmacist with experience inputting and reviewing physician orders
Reviewing patient charts and looking for drug- drug, drug food interactions, therapeutic duplications and providing quality and careful care
Daily supervision of the IV room including preparation of adult and pediatric TPN, chemotherapeutics, antibiotics, small and large admixtures.
Calculations for IV admixtures, chemotherapeutic preparations, all TPNs and daily monitoring of patient lab data.
Manufacturing of extemporaneous products, teaching and supervising other pharmacists, students and technicians.
Interpretation of patient lab data resulting in clinical interventions made in the setting of a strict antibiotic and drug formulary.
Drug information, support to physicians, nurses and other health care professionals
Diabetic certification with a specialty in pediatrics on insulin use and devices
1985-1988: Mercy Hospital Rockville Center, Long Island, New York
OR/ER pharmacist responsible for running to codes, drug information, preparation of drips, dispensing and record keeping of code information.
OR satellite pharmacist: preparation of various narcotic and non narcotic drips, large volume parenterals, antibiotics, irrigations for the surgical and anesthesiology staff.
Processing physician orders, looking for drug/drug interactions, reviewing lab data and charts for appropriate therapy.
Rotations include ICU, IV Room
Manufactured IV admixtures and TPN, as well as PPNs
Patient counseling in a multilingual environment
1984-1985: Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York
Special projects pharmacist.
Rotations through general medicine, oncology and pediatric satellites.
Development of investigational drug protocols, data acquisition, management and analysis
1983-1984: ASHP Pharmacy Residency Program, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York
Rotations through all aspects of a big city teachings hospital, clinical and administrative
Rotations included roundings/scrubbing with surgeons in a cardiothoracic setting
Assisting with special projects, developing a comprehensive investigational drug service, the first of its kind in the New York area.
Development of IRB approved investigational drug protocols, data maintenance and preparation and distribution of respective therapy.
Rotations in areas such as cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, infectious diseases, critical care, medicine, oncology, pediatrics, immunization, inpatient drug distribution and control as well as investigational drugs.
Participation in Drug Use Policy development, Medication Use Evaluation, Performance Improvement, and Monitoring for Adverse Drug Events and Medication Errors.
Participation in pharmacokinetic and drug information services, oncology and geriatric satellites, operating room/anesthesia , family medicine and all outpatient clinics.
Rotations as staff pharmacist and primary supervisor for the department on weekends and holidays.
1982-1983: St. Michaels Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Staff pharmacist
Drug information, oncology, neurology, investigational drug rotations in the setting of a University of Toronto teaching hospital.
Weekly interdisciplinary rounds discussing individual therapeutic plans with the health care team.
Journal club participation with weekly presentations.
Patient drug counseling upon each discharge.
PRESENTATIONS:
June 2007 : Overview of Hyponatremia with focus on Vaptans: New class of Vasopressin Antagonists presented at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, Boston ,MA and at St Josephs Medical Center , Paterson, NJ
June 2006 : A pharmacy based program to prevent falls in the hospital,presented at St Josephs Medical Center, Paterson, NJ
Skills:
Languages spoken: English, Romanian, French, Italian, Spanish
Membership:
ASHP
ACCP
Licensure:
New Jersey: active
New York: inactive
Massachusetts: inactive
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