Medical Management

A NDREW KERR

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******.****@****.*** PharmD / MBA with experience in diverse settings including community retail

! pharmacy, clinical pharmacy, and hospital management. Looking to expand

Licensed FL, NC, SC, CA experience in diverse roles and settings.

Experience

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Director of Pharmacy, Health South Rehabilitation Hospital 2011-2014

• Provided low cost therapeutic interchange recommendations

• Collaborated with other departments as cross-functional team

• Maintained lowest inventory costs in region

• Improved quality, patient satisfaction, and patient outcomes

• Kept medical staff up to date with industry advancements & changes

• Establish programs & procedures optimizing drug therapy

• Introduced Innovations into the Hospital as informatics/computer specialist

• Maintained & improved compliance with regulatory authorities

• Provided Clinical Services

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Division Director - Pharmacy, Fairfield Memorial Hospital 2009-2011

• Managed 30 employees in Pharmacy, Medical Records, Dietary & Materials

• Hospital administration and leadership

• Implemented 340B drug program

• Increased patient collections and reimbursement rates

• Improved patient outcomes and patient satisfaction

• Chaired P&T Committee and formulary QA, polices & programs

• Instituted community diabetes education program

• Selected & deployed electronic medical records solution

• Ran outpatient chemotherapy and infusion center

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Director of Clinical Pharmacy - Medically Fragile Children 2008-2009

• Worked with children with physical and mental disabilities

• Worked as functional team including physicians, physical therapists, and

social workers

• Drug Utilization Review (DUR)

• Drug information resource for physicians and staff

• Educated patients and family

• Periodic chart reviews, summaries, and recommendations

• Participate and contribute to global patient care via weekly Interdisciplinary

team meetings

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Clinical Pharmacist- Providence Hospital 2005-2008

• Assure appropriate Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and dosing

• Perform renal dosing screens and adjustment on select drugs

• Provide consultation regarding PO switches for step-down therapy, feeding

tube administration, and cost savings

• Execute medication reconciliation for patients in order to maintain continuity of

therapy both from transferring hospital and home medications

• Regularly augment formulary in response to cost, administration issues, and

patient needs

• Provide recommendations in regards to therapeutic substitutions

• Chemotherapy and IV compounding

• Ensure upkeep and maintenance of Automated dispensing system

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Retail Pharmacist- Rite Aid 2002-2005

• Filled over 300 prescriptions per day

• Resolved insurance issues

• Patient Counseling and Education

• Inventory management

• Adherence to applicable laws and regulations

• Managed team of interns and technicians

• Develop physician and customer relationships

• Resolve PBM issues and patient complaints

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Retail Pharmacist- CVS 2000-2002

• Store volume 700+ prescriptions per day

• Resolve PBM issues and patient complaints

• Patient Counseling and Education

• Inventory management

• Adherence to applicable laws and regulations

• Develop physician and customer relationships

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Education

University of South Carolina PharmD, 2000

Winthrop University MBA, 2014

Professional

Member American Pharmacists Association, American College of Clinical Pharmacy

and American Society of Health System Pharmacists. (APhA, ACCP, ASHP)

Board member 2003-2005 Columbia Advertising Club

Personal

Born in New Work, grew up primarily in Switzerland. Fluent in English & German,

conversational Spanish.

References

Upon request.

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