Chris Denis, Pharmd, Phd Email & Phone Number

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Kingston, ON

• I review prescriptions for accuracy and therapeutic appropriateness in a community pharmacy setting. I communicate with other HCPs in the patients’ circle of care to resolve drug therapy problems, and I adapt/renew.
• Reconciling patients’ medications after hospital discharge to ensure a smooth and safe transition back home.
• Assessing patients presenting with minor ailments and recommending over the counter treatment options.
• Counselling patients on prescription medications, improving patient understanding of and adherence to therapy.
• Providing patient care services, including the administration of a variety of immunizations and opioid agonist therapy (methadone, buprenorphine/naloxone).

North York, ON

575 Granite Court, Pickering, ON, Canada

• I supported pharmacovigilance and medical information operations as the company launched 4 new products in different therapeutic areas, including pain, ADHD, glaucoma, and cancer supportive care. In this role I,
• Developed medical information resources and responded verbally and in writing to unsolicited medical information requests from patients and healthcare professionals, empowering patients and providers to make clinical.
• Created frequently asked question (FAQ) documents, improving quality and consistency of verbal responses to healthcare professionals.
• Designed and delivered Product Monograph training to sales representatives, leading to meaningful interactions with customers about new products.
• Increased consistency and decreased turnaround time for creating new letters during product launches by developing a template for standard response letters.

6775 Financial Dr, Mississauga, ON

• I supported the optimal use of Amgen products with a focus on Prolia® (denosumab), this work included:
• Conducting comprehensive literature searches, critically appraising and distilling information, and effectively communicating responses to unsolicited inquiries from patients and HCPs in a timely manner.
• Managing the approval and rollout of tools for the regional medical liaisons (RMLs), often on very short timelines.
• Providing product training for internal stakeholders and maintaining up-to-date medical information resources for call center and vendor staff, ensuring an optimal customer experience.

6775 Financial Dr, Mississauga, ON

In this role I completed research projects supporting the development of a company oncology product. This included assessing the landscape for a potential new indication, surveying the competition’s clinical trials, and producing evidence based training materials for healthcare professionals.

119 Langstaff Dr, Carp, Ontario

In my rotation at WCFHT, I received consults and drug information inquiries from providers. These consults involved full medication assessments, identification of current or potential drug therapy problems (DTPs), developing care plans with recommendations to resolve these DTPs, and patient follow up. Common disease states included: diabetes, hypertension.

610 University Ave, Toronto, ON

A) The Palliative Care Unit at Princess Margaret Hospital is an acute care unit that admits patients with advanced cancer for symptom management, transition, and end of life care. In this rotation I collected Best Possible Medication Histories (BPMH) for newly admitted patients and reconciled these histories with admission orders as part of the pharmacy.

236 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON

Shoppers Drug Mart Store #1410 serves a diverse population including University of Toronto staff/students, the residents and employees of Yorkville, and tourists. It is a customer service oriented pharmacy dedicated to growing its prescription volume by going the extra mile for its patients. My role was to deliver pharmaceutical care to the pharmacy’s.

550 University Ave, Toronto, ON

Responsibilities included partnering with pharmacists and technicians to provide pharmacy operations support to patients. This included medication reconciliation, order entry, automated cabinet refills, patient-specific cart fills, and preparation of medication aids (dosettes/blisterpacks/medication cards) for patients on a self-medication program.

1300 Stittsville Main St, Stittsville, ON

Responsibilities included receiving, entering, and filling prescriptions using the HealthWatch system. I also performed MedsCheck reviews under pharmacist supervision, counselled patients on their medications under pharmacist supervision and assisted in the development of diabetes care plans.

Responsibilities included teaching scientific writing and experimental techniques such as protein purification, PCR, and enzyme kinetics to small groups of students in a third year biochemistry laboratory course. I also mentored and supervised fourth year biochemistry students doing their senior Honours projects in my Principal Investigator’s laboratory.

3650 Danforth Ave, Toronto, ON

Responsibilities included designing, performing, and documenting chromatography experiments according to SOPs required in a pharmaceutical industry environment. Accomplishments included developing a new application for capillary electrophoresis that was published in Journal of Chromatography A (Denis and Baryla 2006).

Pharmd, Graduated With Honours

Phd, Biochemistry

Activities and Societies: Graduate Student Departmental Representative, Biochemistry Journal Club, Hematology Journal Club.