Experience

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  Self-employed

  • Northeast Texas

  • USP <797> Compliance Consultant

    • Jan 2013 - Present
    • Northeast Texas

    Needs assessments, GAP analyses, and recommendations for ensuring compliance with USP Chapter <797> Sterile Compounding (hazardous and non-hazardous). Development of SOPs/P&Ps, staff training programs, staff competency assessment and monitoring, environmental monitoring, QA programs, and related topics.

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  Tenet Healthcare

  • Nacogdoches Medical Center, Nacogdoches, TX

  • Clinical Consultant

    • Jan 2001 - Present
    • Nacogdoches Medical Center, Nacogdoches, TX

    Worked as a part-time (3 days/week) staff clinical pharmacist until 2013 when I changed to PRN to work on special projects for the pharmacy director. I have been heavily involved in staff training, cleanroom operations (USP 797 Compliant), policy and procedure development, quality assurance, competency assessments, and other projects as the director may require.

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  Abbott

  • Manager Regional Home Infusion Pharmacy

    • 1992 - 1999

    Managed Abbott's Chicago Regional Home Infusion Pharmacy serving the North- and Middle-eastern U.S.

  • Program/Project Manager

    • 1988 - 1992

    Development and maintenance of Abbottbase Pharmacokinetics Dosing software application. Wrote user manual and established an in-house training program for users of the software. Marketed the product in the U.S. and Europe.

  • Pharmacy Manager Abbott Home Infusion Regional Pharmacy

    • 1986 - 1988

    Managed Abbott's Atlanta Regional Home Infusion Pharmacy serving the Southeastern U.S.

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  Baptist Medical Center

  • Gadsden, AL

  • Director of Pharmacy Services

    • 1978 - 1986
    • Gadsden, AL

    Director of Pharmacy in a 350-bed teaching hospital.

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  Mercer University School of Pharmacy

  • Atlanta, GA

  • Assistant Professor

    • 1976 - 1978
    • Atlanta, GA

    Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy. Lectured on diseases and disease management. Administered the School's externship program in which students were placed in area pharmacies for experience. Mentored students during clinical rotations in area hospitals.

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  Memorial Medical Center

  • Savannah, GA

  • Staff Pharmacist/Unit Dose Coordinator

    • 1970 - 1974
    • Savannah, GA

    Worked as a staff pharmacist in a 500-bed teaching hospital. Primary responsibility was in maintaining our unit dose medication inventory.

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  U.S. Army

  • Camp Eagle, RVN

  • Fire Direction Control Specialist (E-5)

    • 1969 - 1970
    • Camp Eagle, RVN

    Entered the U.S. Army in January 1969. Served 13-months in the Republic of Vietnam from July 1969 to September 1970. Honorable discharge upon return to the U.S.