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Health Care Medical

Location:
Edinburg, TX
Posted:
October 06, 2013

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Henry P. Fonseca

**** *. *********

McAllen, Texas 78504

Telephone: 956-***-****

E-mail: ********@*******.**

Career Objective:

Practice pharmacy in a health care organization and provide optimal pharmacy services within

favorable economic considerations

Summary of Experience:

Twenty plus years of health care experience to provide value for individual patients and health

care service organization

Career History:

CEO

SAGE MED

McAllen, TX

March 2009-Present

● Plan organizational budgets to include: fix, elastic, and labor cost

● Interview and hire management members or organization

● Prepare and review building lease LOIs and final contracts

●Contract with healthcare entities for consulting or staffing needs

●Assist clients with feasibility assessments of healthcare initiatives

●Assist clients’ in obtaining DEA, CMS, and state board certification

●Provide in house training to clients to avoid control substance divergence

●Meet with Accounting firms and CPA to minimize corporate Tax Exposure

●Acting Pharmacist in charge in retail setting

COO/PIC

RAGL Medical Investments

Edinburg, TX

March 2007-Present

● Responsible for day to day operational activities

● Establish and maintain compliance with State boards of Pharmacy, DEA, and CMS in

accordance with local, state and federal regulations

●Work with bookkeeping staff and CPA firm to minimize corporate tax exposure while

maintaining IRS compliance

●Implement strategies using available software to capture and maximize revenues

●Contract with Insurance entities and PBMs for reimbursements

●Prepare and present quarterly revenue reports

●Assist in projection of potential new product lines and provide feasibility assessments

●Assist CEO in capturing exclusivity contracts with health care providers

Clinical Pharmacist

South Texas Health Systems

McAllen, TX

December 2006-March 2007

●Collaborated with nephrologists, surgeons, administration, and nursing directors in the

creation of South Texas first renal transplant program

●Presented and provided drug information to anesthesiologist for optimal transplant

patients’ surgical outcomes

●Prepared materials and educated nursing staff in new drug and drug administration

required for kidney transplants

●Established and chaired Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Committee to measure and

reduce infection rates in collaboration with Physician champion and nursing directors

●Chaired Special Care Committee to introduce protocol which minimized central line

infections and introduced insulin drip protocol in conjunction with endocrinologist and

physician champion

●Collaborated with renal transplant clinic in treating post transplant rejection issues

●Prepared drug monographs for Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee and provided

therapeutic and cost analysis.

●Prepared and presented medication utilization reviews for Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Committee.

●Assisted physicians with antibiotic and drug therapy upon patient chart review or

physician request

●Member of Surgical, Family Practice, and Infection Control Committees

Clinical/Staff Pharmacist

Laredo Medical Center

Laredo, Texas

December 2005-April 2007

●Provide Pharm.D consults, and write medication orders when requested by physician

●Initiate and monitor antibiotic therapy based on patient and pathogen parameters as

requested by physician

●Write medication orders to treat and/or reverse adverse medication events when

requested by physician

●Implement automatic therapeutic interchange in accordance with pre-establish P&T

protocol

●Provide physician and nursing staff drug education and selection based on patients

needs

●Counsel patients on new drug therapy prior to discharge

●Prepare TPN for: adult, pediatric, and neonatal populations with sterile technique

●Monitor overrides of Pyxis medication system. Provided reports to department

supervisor

●Review medication profile prior to entering new medicines on to patients’ MAR.

●Enter and dispensed medications as per physician order in accordance with Texas laws

Staff Pharmacist

Sav-On Pharmacy,

Silver City New, Mexico

July, 2005- December 2005

●Conducted patient cholesterol screenings

●Monitored patient compliance by utilizing computerized records and intervene

accordingly.

● Monitored appropriateness of drug therapy utilizing electronic records.

●Entered patient information, dispensed medication, and educated patients on appropriate

use of medication

Wal-Mart Pharmacy

Albuquerque, New Mexico

November, 2004- June 2005

●Monitored patient compliance by utilizing computerized records and intervene

accordingly.

● Monitored appropriateness of drug therapy utilizing electronic records.

●Entered patient information, dispensed medication, and educated patients on appropriate

use of medication

Presbyterian Hospital

Albuquerque, New Mexico

May 1997- July 2004

Surgical Technologist

●Prepared patient and operating room for surgical procedures

●Assisted with various surgical cases to include: neuro, vascular, general, orthopedic,

and, organ transplants, and GYN.

Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute

Albuquerque, New Mexico

August 1998-May 1999

Course Instructor

● Responsible for the preparation of didactic and clinical skills course material

● Off and on site follow up of students.

University Of New Mexico:

Albuquerque, New Mexico

March 1994-May 1997

Surgical Technologist

● Performed scrub duties for surgical procedures to include: trauma, organ procurement,

kidney transplants, neuro surgery.

United States Army Reserve:

USA, Various Bases and Assignments

September 1985-September 1996

Surgical Technologist /Combat Medic

●Certified as a surgical technologist

●Prepared and documented training plans at a section level. Responsible for training and

documentation thereof for enlisted soldiers.

●Chemical, Nuclear and Biological Warfare Certificate

●Trained in first line combat wound care; to include IV commencement, intubations,

and overall combat related first aid

Clerkships:

New Mexico Pharmacists Association

Albuquerque, NM

May, 2005

●Provided information to the general public and health care professionals in regards to

availability of pharmaceutical products and services.

●Researched pharmacists provided immunizations and smoking cessation programs

and their provider status.

University College of Pharmacy

Albuquerque, New Mexico

April, 2005

●Researched national and New Mexico smoking patterns and overall health care

consequences.

●Researched Pharmacists role in smoking cessation in preparation for master’s

proposal

Duran Central Pharmacy

Albuquerque, NM

February, 2005

●Filled prescriptions and monitored for medicinal and patient profile interactions.

●Provided patient counseling when drug/drug or drug/patient interactions were present

●Provided HIPPA and medical counseling for Spanish speaking populations

●Prepared urgent care manifest of all urgent care centers in the Albuquerque metro

area.

Apria Health Care

Albuquerque, New Mexico

January, 2005

●Prepared admixtures utilizing laminar flow

●Provided patient education prior to hospital discharges to maximize therapy

●Conducted hemophiliac home visits and assisted with blood product administration

●Prepared educational and economic presentations on home infusion antibiotic

regiments

Pharmacare

Alburquerque, New Mexico

October 2004

●Filled prescriptions and checked orders. Documented scheduled drugs and

maintained inventory.

●Reviewed patients’ medical records and assessed for proper pharmaco-therapy and

compliance.

●Made drug therapy recommendations to patients’ primary physician based on medical

chart review

Presbyterian Health Plan

Albuquerque, New Mexico

September 2004

●Conducted extensive pharmaceutical study and literature review to ascertain drugs’

therapeutic and economic value.

●Reviewed original studies of levothyroxine from multiple manufacturers to determine

appropriate generic substitution

●Prepared pharmacy portion of newsletter for physician education

●Assisted with the updating of electronic formulary

Drug Information Center

Albuquerque, New Mexico

August 2004

●Reviewed medical literature and assessed for appropriateness in implementation.

●Presented disease state management and adverse drug event profiles

●Answered telephone calls from public and health care professionals in regards to drug

information, medicine identification and therapy appropriateness.

Albuquerque Pharmacy

Albuquerque, New Mexico

July, 2004

●Entered and dispensed medication including controlled substances

●Reviewed patients’ charts and documented potential drug interactions.

●Monitored INRs and drug blood levels of pharmaco therapy

●Made therapeutic recommendations based on illness, drug therapy, and plasma

levels to patients’ primary physician.

Cibola General Hospital

Grants New Mexico

June 2004

●Prepared IVs under laminar hood and verified for correct content and patient.

●Entered Doctors’ drugs orders, and dispense medication to patient care floors.

●Researched and review hospital heparin utilization and monitored for potential

medication misuse.

Education:

Public Administration

Health Care Concentration

Aug 2008, 39 Master Level Credits

University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Doctorate of Pharmacy

May 2005

University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Bachelors of Science, dual major, Biology/Psychology

August 1996

University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Licensure and Certification:

Registered Pharmacists, Texas

Registered Pharmacists, New Mexico

Pharmacy Clinician Certification, New Mexico

References:

Richard Chavez

Alamo, TX

(H) (956)407-***-****

Trino, Medina R

Alamo, TX

(H) 956-***-****

Daniel, Gaillour

Albuquerque, New Mexico

H: 505-***-****

W: 505-***-****



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