Lead pharmacist for the medical and surgical intermediate units. Zone leader responsibilities include organizing zone meetings for other staff pharmacists, attending monthly Zone Leader Meetings to address department and staff concerns, and establishing continuing education and zone requirements for other staff pharmacists. Clinical duties include pharmacokinetic antibiotic dosing, anticoagulant dosing, answering drug information questions, order verification for patients, interdisciplinary… Show more Lead pharmacist for the medical and surgical intermediate units. Zone leader responsibilities include organizing zone meetings for other staff pharmacists, attending monthly Zone Leader Meetings to address department and staff concerns, and establishing continuing education and zone requirements for other staff pharmacists. Clinical duties include pharmacokinetic antibiotic dosing, anticoagulant dosing, answering drug information questions, order verification for patients, interdisciplinary rounding, and counseling on anticoagulant medications. Have experience covering for the anticoagulation pharmacist, including giving a warfarin overview presentation to incoming pharmacy students and instructing and demonstrating appropriate warfarin patient counseling techniques. Also cover the infectious disease zone, which involves rounding with the antimicrobial stewardship physician and providing recommendations regarding antimicrobial therapy. Have given presentations to medical residents regarding antimicrobial stewardship. Show less

Successfully completed a PGY 1 pharmacy practice residency.

Duties included performing prescription data entry, prescription filling, and prescription pick-up to assist with workflow in the pharmacy, verifying prescriptions under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist, interacting with Illinois Medicare and Medicaid services and other third-party payers to resolve issues with prescription claims, taking doctors phone calls as well as prescriptions off of voicemail, counseling patients on their medications at pick-up, recommending over-the-counter… Show more Duties included performing prescription data entry, prescription filling, and prescription pick-up to assist with workflow in the pharmacy, verifying prescriptions under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist, interacting with Illinois Medicare and Medicaid services and other third-party payers to resolve issues with prescription claims, taking doctors phone calls as well as prescriptions off of voicemail, counseling patients on their medications at pick-up, recommending over-the-counter products based on patients’ needs and symptoms, verifying the narcotic counts, assisting with drug inventory management, and administering flu vaccinations and assisting with flu clinics. Show less