THANIKACHALAM ARUNAGIRI R.PH

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FLUSHING NY 11355

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email ac5ijj@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE:

To secure a professional position that would benefit the employer or institution and also

Help me to further my knowledge and skills as a pharmacist.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

SUNY Downstate Medical Center,Brooklyn,New York SEPT 2007-

PRESENT

-Entering and verifying medication orders in Eclipsys system.

- preparing IV admixtures as per orders for pediatric and adult inpatients and clinics.

-preparing chemotherapy as per orders.

-certified in chemo preparation by chemo chek company.

BLAKE PHARMACY,MANHATTAN, NEW YORK SEPT 2007-PRESENT

Part time

-filling prescriptions using Micro merchant system,maintaining Inventory.

-counselling patients on their medications.

FELICITY PHARMACY,BRONX, NEW YORK JAN 2006-JULY 2007

Supervising pharmacist

-Filling prescriptions and counseling patients on prescriptions drugs and over the

Counter drug products.

-Resolving prescriptions problems(duplicate therapy,drug interactions) through

Communication with prescribers.

-checking and maintaining adequate inventory as per prescription demand.

-supervising the work of pharmacy technicians in entering prescriptions and placing

Orders.

-Resolving insurance issues with prescriptions through communication with

Prescribers and insurance companies.

-cost reduction through economical ordering of medications.

KINGSBROOK JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER,BROOKLYN, NY JAN 03-DEC 05

Staff pharmacist

-Entering and verifying medication orders in Siemens system.

- preparing iv medications.

-answering physicians and nurses drug information queries over phone and in person.

MT SINAI HOSPITAL OF QUEENS JAN 02-DEC 02

Staff pharmacist

-experienced in entering medications orders in qs1 system.

-preparing chemotherapy and entering chemo orders in system and checking

Their doses for accuracy.

-counselling discharge patients on their maintenance medications.

-preparing TPN,PPN,CRRT as per specs..

-performed interventions to optimize cost effectiveness(change to formulary

Drug,iv to po conversions) and improve clinical outcomes.

COLUMBIA PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER, NY OCT 00-DEC 01

Pharmacy intern

-experienced in working in peds and adult satellite pharmacies.

-delivered medications to the nursing units.

-providing drug information medication related queries.

-checking inventory,re-ordering medications.

Katz pharmacy, Brooklyn, ny feb 00-oct 00

Pharmacy intern

SOLGAR VITAMINS,LYNBROOK,LONG ISLAND DEC 09

AUDITOR/QUALITY ASSURANCE ASSOCIATE.

-Responsible for paperwork and visual inspection of 5

Packaging lines.

-checking equipment,personnel and manufacturing areas for

Adherence to GMP standards.

MEDOPHARM PHARMA,Chennai, India 1996

trainee.

-Responsibilites included weighing,Ph measurement,tablet

Dissolution testing,inspecting tablet press,observing coating

Techniques,chromatography.

Education:

B.S (PHARMACY) 1998

MGR UNIVERSITY, INDIA

- covered basic sciences and pharmaceutical subjects including pharmacology,

Industrial pharmacy, technology,pharmacognosy,biotechnology,jurisprudence,

Hospital,dispensing and clinical pharmacy.

- Project work done in chemotherapeutic drugs and undergone training in

Pharmaceutical industry in third year.

DIPLOMA IN COMPUTER PROGRAMMING 1999

CHUBB INSTITUTE, NEW YORK

-Covered programming in cobol,jcl,microfocus cobol on mainframe platform.

-Introduction to computer hardware,software,programmingin c,visual basic,

Cics,db2.

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