Eager to contribute excellent credentials and extensive industry experience as an active participant of the ASHP Resident Matching Program.

 

 

         Championed analysis, design, implementation and maintenance of clinical screening tools for online POS Medicare/Medicaid pharmacy claims adjudication system.

         Spearheaded Federal DUR (Drug Utilization Review) program for Medicaid in Minnesota.

         Proactively defined and developed Regions Hospital Emergency Department medication reconciliation and emergency room clinical services prototype.

         Clearly defined coverage criteria for HGH and other challenging pharmaceutical products for Pharmacy Benefits Managers.

         Successfully formulated and administered program to assist home health care workers with medication management requirements for Medicare Part D.

         Pioneered first Speakers Bureau for CME sponsored by pharmaceutical industry.

         Substantial experience in dispensing, clinical chart review, pharmacy management, team leadership, project management, and policy and procedure development.

         Apply strong cost and inventory control expertise to optimize profit and loss performance.

 

 

Regions Hospital, St. Paul, MN, 2005 to Present

Staff Pharmacist

• Support inpatient operations and ER requirements.
• Create, maintain and enforce procedures to achieve and optimize quality assurance, security of controlled substances, and disposal of hazardous waste drugs.
• Perform inventory control, medication reconciliation, and budget management.

 

Omnicare, Crystal, MN, 2004 to 2005

Staff Pharmacist

• Dispensed medications for long-term care clients, exhibiting outstanding skills in PYXIS, OmniCell, cassette, and carded systems.
• Served as team lead for late evening and overnight shift, exhibiting solid leadership talents.
• Exhibited proficiency in interpreting physician orders, detecting therapeutic incompatibilities, and maintaining records for controlled substances in accordance with strict regulatory requirements.

 

HealthPartners, Woodbury, MN, 2000 to 2004

Staff Pharmacist

• Efficiently dispensed medications by compounding, packaging and labeling pharmaceuticals for clinic and urgent care pharmacy.
• Reviewed, verified and processed orders with an unwavering commitment to accuracy and efficiency.

 

Lakeview Hospital, Stillwater, MN, 1998 to 2004

Staff Pharmacist

• Handled inpatient needs encompassing unit dose dispensing, IV, TPN, chemo, kinetics, renal dosing, and decentralized clinical pharmacy services.
• Demonstrated exemplary versatility in responding to outpatient, home health, and hospice pharmaceutical needs.

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ValueRx  IS, Plymouth, MN, 1998

Senior Business Analyst

• Leveraged considerable analytical thinking abilities as project manager and team lead for clinical pharmacy applications.
• Decisively determined business specifications, coordinated full-scope software development projects, and facilitated clinical enhancements for pharmacy insurance claims processing system.

 

State of Minnesota, Department of Human  Services, St. Paul, MN, 1994 to 1998

Pharmacy Consultant

• Steered development of innovative real-time pharmacy claims adjudication system.
• Directed Medicaid Drug Utilization Review (DUR) program, facilitated DUR Board meetings, and seamlessly liaised between providers and Department of Human Services.
• Collaboratively analyzed and established pharmacy benefit coverage, formulary, and P.A. criteria.
• Authored, edited and distributed informative quarterly pharmacy newsletter to 15,000 providers.

 

Department of Clinical Pharmacy, St. Paul Ramsey Hospital, St. Paul, MN, 1990 to 1994

Staff Pharmacist

• Dispensed prescriptions and adeptly served as an integral clinical resource for long-term care/Seniors Clinic project.
• Precisely measured impact of automated dispensing system (Baxter ATC-212) in a long-term care environment and published results.

 

Additional Experience includes Consulting and Contract Assignments with: Kolstad Consulting; Stillwater and Oak Park Heights Correctional Facilities; Department of Defense; Prime Therapeutics; Bristol-Myers Squibb; and Mallinckrodt.

 

 

College of Pharmacy , University of Minnesota:

• Pharm.D.
• B.S. Pharmacy 
• B.A. Psychology

 

Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota:

• MBA with Specialty in Management Information Systems

 

 

Minnesota Pharmacist (Active)   #112350-4

 

Epic (electronic medical record system) C Regions Hospital, 2005

 

Epic/EpicRx C Training for Healthcare Practitioners, 2003

 

 

American Association of  Anti-Aging, Biomedical, and Regenerative Medicine; AHSP

 

 

SAS for mainframe applications; Microsoft Project; UNIX; SQL I & II, relational databases, Informix CDT