Experience

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center

• United States
• Medical Practices
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Consulting Pharmacist

  • Jun 2021 - Present

  Covington, Louisiana, United States

• Consulting Pharmacist

  • Jun 2021 - Present

  Covington, Louisiana, United States



Pontchartrain Pharmacy

• United States
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Long-Term Care Pharmacist

  • Aug 2017 - Jan 2021

  Mandeville, Louisiana, United States - Provided extensive medication management through reviews of patient drug profiles to ensure medications were appropriate, available, and delivered in a timely fashion. Monitored residents by providing medication reconciliation to improve compliance and minimize adverse drug interactions. - Ensured continuity of care for newly admitted patients to long term care facilities. Extracted, entered, verified and executed physician’s orders and communicated with nursing staff and physician(s) as… Show more - Provided extensive medication management through reviews of patient drug profiles to ensure medications were appropriate, available, and delivered in a timely fashion. Monitored residents by providing medication reconciliation to improve compliance and minimize adverse drug interactions. - Ensured continuity of care for newly admitted patients to long term care facilities. Extracted, entered, verified and executed physician’s orders and communicated with nursing staff and physician(s) as required with medication recommendations for potential adverse interactions. - Maximized medication utilization with infusion therapies which included vancomycin dosage adjustment for positive patient outcome. Ordered labs and adjusted dosage as needed to ensure patient remained therapeutic. - Adhered to USP 797 guidelines for sterile compounding of infusion preparations; provided antibiotic preparations for approximately 10 patients weekly. Aseptic technique verified through gloved fingertip testing and media fill testing. - Monitored overall quality assurance for residents medication needs including insurance adjudication & medication cost management for skilled residents as well as supervision of technicians dispensing technique, including nonsterile and sterile compounding. Show less



Central Rexall Drugs, Inc. - Compounding Pharmacy

• Compounding Pharmacist; Department Supervisor

  • Jan 2014 - Nov 2016

  - Oversee training, daily workflow and potency testing of compounding lab technicians; maintaining lab associated accreditations which include appropriate laboratory cleaning techniques and disinfectants - Supervise technicians compounding medications, fill/label prescriptions and prepackage bulk medications - Research and development of new patient specific formulations and troubleshooting failed formulations - Maintenance of Material Safety Data Sheets, Certificates of Analysis and… Show more - Oversee training, daily workflow and potency testing of compounding lab technicians; maintaining lab associated accreditations which include appropriate laboratory cleaning techniques and disinfectants - Supervise technicians compounding medications, fill/label prescriptions and prepackage bulk medications - Research and development of new patient specific formulations and troubleshooting failed formulations - Maintenance of Material Safety Data Sheets, Certificates of Analysis and adjusting formulas accordingly - Monitoring inventory levels to include ordering, receiving new inventory and adjusting on hand counts as needed - Oversee Quality Improvement department to include monitoring of environmental variances and validation testing Show less



Walgreens

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Community Pharmacist

  • Jul 2010 - Jan 2014

  - Data entry and verification of entered prescriptions at high volume location - Inventory management, resolution of TPRs and bin reconciliations - District trainer for health testing equipment and proficiency in A1C, Glucose monitors & Cholestech - Immunization administration including Influenza, Meningitis, Hepatitis A & B, HPV &Shingles

• Pharmacy Intern

  • Jan 2006 - Jul 2010

  - Trained new personnel in intern and technician duties and managed workflow - Transcribed voicemails and transferred transcriptions - Data entry and third party rejection resolution



The University of Southern Mississippi

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lab research assistant

  • Sep 2001 - May 2005

  - General lab focus in genetic manipulation of Staphylococcus aureus - Thesis project involved in disruption of biofilm production using synthetic polymer coatings - Assisted graduate students on their thesis projects - Maintained fresh supplies of buffer solutions and colonization plates