Customer Service Medical

JOhn-Peter ZaK

** **** **** ***** . ********, NJ 07728

Phone 551-***-**** . e-mail *******@*****.***

Pharm. D. professional with 5+ years of Pharmaceutical and Retail

experience. Highly motivated, focused, and detail oriented.

Education

2001-2007 Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University

New Brunswick, NJ

Doctorate of Pharmacy

Dean's List Recipiant 2002, 2004

Professional Experience

2007-2012 Walgreens -Pharmacy Department

New Jersey West District

Staff Pharmacist

Entered prescriptions and completed data and product verification daily

Provided accurate drug information for physicians, nurses, cargivers,

and all patients

Including frequent Physician/Pharmacist collaborations of dosage

recommendations for optimal patient care

Counseled patients on prescription and OTC medications

Patient consults sometimes included critical situations which required

knowledge, composure, and acuity

Compounded capsules, creams, liquids, solutions, suspensions, and

suppositories

Trained in CPR, BLS, and Immunization (working in an Immunization

Center of Excellence)

Received special acknowledgements including Walgreen's Award for

Outstanding Customer Service

Related Work Experience

2005-2008 Hackensack University Medical Center

Hackensack, NJ

Pharamacy Technician/ Assistant

Responsibilities included IV preparations, compounding, filing

prescriptions, medication delivery, and answering healthcare related

questions for nurses and doctors

Provided training in IV formulation, compounding procedures, and

general hospital SOP's for new technician hires

Clinical Externships

02/07-03/07 Englewood Hospital, Internal Medicine Department

Englewood, NJ

Advanced Clincal Practice

Attended grand clinical rounds with medical team including: doctors,

medical students, nurses, patients, and pharmacy clinicians

Participated in drug information sessions for adult patients

Created Pharmacotherapy Care Plans based on information from rounds and

patient chart review

Presented journal article and formal topic discussion to medical

team-See presentations

09/06-10/06 Monmouth Medical Center, Acute Care Psychiatry

Department Monmouth, NJ

Advanced Clincal Practice

Attended grand clinical rounds with medical team including: doctors,

medical students, nurses, social-workers, patients, and pharmacy

clinician

Participated in drug information sessions for both pediatric and adult

patients which included: answering pharmacotherapy related questions,

emphasizing the need for compliance and adverse event reporting, and

promoting patient autonomy

Conducted one-on-one patient interviews which included:

reviewing medication therapy, history of current illnesses, and

clinical diagnoses

ultimately leading to a formal case presentation to the medical team

Presented a journal article and formal topic discussion to the medical

team-See presentations

06/06-07/06 Johnson & Johnson, LLC., Pharmaceutical Research and

Development Raritan, NJ

Department of Clincal Pharmacology and Experimental Medicine

Industry: Clinical Pharmacokinetics

Provided summary of clinical PK/PD data of antibiotics in healthy

volunteers and patients with febrile neutropenia. Performed literature

searches for several classes of anti-infectives in support of clinical

summary.

Provided drug information support for health authority responses for

drug-drug interaction studies associated with Topamax. Performed

literature searches for metabolism of Venlafaxine and time for maximal

induction of CYP3A4.

Became proficient in literature searches using Ovid/Medline, the online

PDR and Micromedex databases in support of the development of a novel

anti-infective compound.

Completed several scientific developmental modules from the

e-Pharmacokinetics training software tool including IV bolus

administration, Drug Elimination, and Physiological Approach to

Clearance.

Attended several cross-functional drug development meetings including:

clinical team meetings, Phase 1 working group meetings, protocol review

meetings, and staff meetings

Attended several training sessions provided by internal and external

experts on topics related to MRSA resistance trends, PK simulation

software, population PK/PD Monte Carlo Simulations in support of

anti-infective drug development

Presented journal club article to Clinical PK department-See

presentations

Presentations

"Hepatic Encephalopathy" Presentation and Topic Discussion, Englewood

Hospital, Englewood, NJ, March 2007

"A Randomized Trial of Rofecoxib for the Chemoprevention of Colorectal

Cancer" Presentation and Discussion, Rutgers University, Piscataway,

NJ, February 2007

"Extra Pyramidal Symptoms" Presentation and Topic Discussion, Rutgers

University, Piscataway, NJ October 2006

"Reduced Suicidal Ideation in Bipolar I Disorder Mixed-Episode Patients

in a Placebo-Controlled Trial of Olanzapine Combined With Lithium or

Divalproex" Presentation and Discussion, Monmouth Medical Center,

Department of Psychiatry, Long Branch, NJ, September 2006

"Pharmacokinetics and intrapulmonary diffusion of levofloxacin in

critically ill patients with severe community acquired pneumonia"

Presentation and Discussion, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research

and Development, Clinical Pharmacology and Experimental Medicine Group,

Raritan, NJ, July 2006

References

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