GEORGE J. CHRISTOPHIADES, Pharm.D. **/**/****
South Weber, UT 84405 *********@*******.***
EXPERIENCE
PROFESSIONAL
Hospital Pharmacist
Community Retail Pharmacist
Diabetes retail store Manager
Home Care Pharmacist
Clinical Consultant (chemical dependency, Nursing home)
Long term care pharmacy manager
Dialysis Pharmacy Manager
V.A Methadone Treatment Pharmacist in-tern
MANAGERIAL/SUPERVISORY
Coordinated and directed activities of pharmacists, technicians, and
auxiliary personnel
Conducted staff meetings
Budgeted and scheduled staff
Produced monthly and quarterly financial and administrative reports
Enhanced revenues by interacting with MD’s and pharmacy reps.
Intermediated and resolved work issues and customer disputes
Created and developed policies to comply with JCAHO standards
Home-care supervisor
Consultant for nursing homes and chemical dependency institutions
GEORGE J. CHRISTOPHIADES, Pharm.D.
CLINICAL SKILLS
Medication compounding
I.V. solution preparation
Drug withdrawal monitoring
Oncology drug preparation
Aminoglycoside dosing
Total Parenteral Nutrition management
Coumadin counseling
Renal clearance monitoring and drug dosage recommendations
Evaluating Medical journal articles and studies
Diabetes management
Chemical Dependency treatment- VA Methadone clinic, Betty Ford Center
Dialysis Product Distribution
MARKETING/PROMOTIONS/COMMUNITY RELATIONS
Member of a managed-care advisory board in Spokane, WA.
Introduced program to improve health of high-risk patients in Spokane, WA.
Co-chairman of Public information for a Diabetes chapter in Spokane, WA., and Ogden, Utah
Coordinated marketing and fund-raising activities in WA. and Utah
Communicated with the Public through local media
Developed retail pharmacy Diabetes Management program
Produced brochures on medications and preventing falls
Provided talks to retirement groups
Participated in community health activities
Created and produced health program for a radio station
GEORGE J. CHRISTOPHIADES, Pharm.D.
ADVANCE TRAINING
Diabetes
Chemical Dependency
Medical Error Prevention
Investigational Drugs
Probabilities and Statistics
Dialysis
EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION/RECOGNITION
Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) from the University of Southern California(USC) in Los Angeles, CA.; May 1976
Pharmacy Consultant for the Betty Ford Center
Registered pharmacist for the state of Utah- 309-***-****;
Cont.Subst-309-***-****
California Board of Registered Nursing, Continuing Education Provider, CEP-9087
Nominated as an adjunct faculty member of Washington State University School of Pharmacy
Previous Pharmacist or Pharmacist-in-charge licenses for Arizona,
Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington.
Veterans Administration Methadone Clinic in-tern Pharmacist received GS-11 rating, Los Angeles, Ca.
INSTRUCTIONAL
Nursing pharmacology lecturer
Hospital Nursing in-service lecturer
Chemical dependency speaker
Diabetes talks
Class instructor graduate level for Psychopharmacology during summer of 2005 at Utah State University
Approved educator for California Designated-Representative Licensing
GEORGE J. CHRISTOPHIADES, Pharm.D.
EMPLOYMENT HIGHLIGHTS
All positions are full-time, at least forty hours a week
Fresenius Medical Care of North America March 2009 - Sept 2022
Dialysis Distribution Center
-375 N. Depot Drive, Ogden, Utah 84404
-Chief Pharmacist, Pharmacist in-charge for the Distribution Center
Shopko Pharmacy May 2008 - Feb 2009
-4060 Riverdale Rd., Riverdale, Utah 84405
-Co-Manager-Jamie Gleason
-No longer in Business
Peterson/Canyon View Pharmacy Sept 2007 - May 2008
-Peterson Rx-4650 Harrison Blvd., Ogden, Utah
-Owner-Gary Bailey
-No longer in Business
4Care Pharmacy Oct 2006 - Sept 2007
-109 W. Gentile, Layton, UT 84041
-Supervisor: Roy Rasband
-No longer in business
Molina Healthcare of Utah Mar 2006 - Sept 2006
-7050 Union Park Center, STE 200, Midvale, UT 84047
-Supervisor: Benjamin Schatzman
GEORGE J. CHRISTOPHIADES, Pharm.D.
EMPLOYMENT HIGHLIGHTS CONT’D
Lakeview Hospital Aug 2005 - Mar 2006
-630 E. Medical Dr., Bountiful, UT 84010
-Supervisor: Mike Shurtz
Ogden Regional Medical Center May 1997 - Aug 2005
-5475 S. 500 E., Ogden, UT 84405
-Supervisor: Floyd Handley
Senior Pharmacy Services Jan 1997 - May 1997
- Riverdale, UT
-No longer in Business
Valley Home Medical Center Feb 1996 - Jan 1997
-Layton, UT
-No longer in Business
Intermountain Diab. Service Center July 1995 - Feb 1996
-Salt Lake City, UT
-No longer in Business
Payless Drug Stores Oct 1992 - July 1995
-Spokane, WA
-No longer in Business
KK&R July 1992 - Oct 1992
-Spokane, WA
-No longer in Business
Eisenhower Medical Center Mar 1979 -July 1992 Rancho Mirage, CA
Desert Hospital, Palm Springs, CA Sept. 1976 - Mar 1979