Nabiha Choudhury, PharmD, RPh

Kissimmee, FL adfe75@r.postjobfree.com

FL-licensed pharmacist with diverse pharmacy experiences in numerous clinical hospital settings and specialties as a pharmacy intern, with practice in providing guidance to other professional and non-professional staff within pharmacy operations and demonstrating my strong work ethic and reliability. As a patient service-oriented and detail-oriented pharmacist I aim to provide pharmacy services for patients to help improve understanding and patient compliance of their medications. By assessing their prescribed medication therapy I aim to continue to reduce medication errors, manage disease states and make certain of the safe preparation, labeling, distribution and control of medications as I continue to apply my pharmacy knowledge and clinical experiences. Proficient with hospital computer systems: Epic, Cerner, and UChart.

EDUCATION

Larkin University College of Pharmacy, Miami, Florida – August 2016 to July 2019

Doctorate of Pharmacy

University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida – May 2010 to August 2016

Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences - Pre-Clinical

Pre-Pharmacy courses

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

Florida Pharmacist License No. PS60356 - December 2019 to current

Passed NAPLEX and FL MPJE

Illinois COVID-19 Emergency Pharmacist License Passport No. P-IL-CV19-983465

April 2020 to September 2020

APhA Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery Certification - March 2018 to current

Protecting Human Research Participants- February 2018 to current

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Poison Prevention Certification - December 2017 to current

Opioid Overdose Prevention, Recognition and Response Certification- October 2017 to current

American Heart Association Basic Life Support (AHA BLS) certified - November 2016 to current

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act certified - July 2016 to current

PHARMACY EXPERIENCE

Clinical MTM Pharmacist

Aspen RxHealth, Florida - May 2020 to Present

Implement MTM (Medication Therapy Management) services including but not limited to annual CMR (Comprehensive Medication Reviews and TMR (Targeted Medication Reviews) to assess appropriateness of all medications; identification of drug to drug interactions, duplication in therapy, inappropriate dosing, adverse drug reactions, unnecessary medications, need for additional medications, etc..

Identify barriers to adherence through motivational interviewing process, optimize medication therapy and improve clinical outcomes for Medicare Part D patients on behalf of Humana, WellCare, and Magellan Health

Assess, teach, and answer questions regarding patient’s disease states and medications

Document necessary interventions and communicate recommendations to healthcare providers

PHARMACY INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCES/TRAINING

APPE: Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience IPPE: Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience

Ambulatory Care [APPE]

Memorial Regional Hospital, Hollywood, Florida – February 2019 to March 2019

Preceptor: Sara M. Eltaki, PharmD, BCPS

Inpatient transitions of care, ambulatory care and cardiology experience

Regularly performed medication reconciliation and provided clinical pharmacy services for patients

Educated, interviewed, counseled patients and answered their questions inpatient and outpatient. Documented such services into their records

Followed up with patient/caregiver days after going outpatient to be certain there were no barriers with obtaining their medications, their wellness, etc. to help improve drug usage and therapeutic outcomes

Topic discussions, journal clubs, patient SOAP notes, drug class information pamphlet, clinical experiences, drug information questions, patient counseling

Neonatal ICU [APPE]

Joe DiMaggio-Children’s Hospital, Hollywood, Florida – January 2019 to February 2019

Preceptor: Robert Godin, BS Pharm, BCPPS

Participated in daily NICU rounds with neonatologist’s team, pharmacists, medical residents, nurse practitioners, NICU nurses, etc.

Partook in daily pharmacokinetic monitoring in relation to neonates and pediatric patients’ medications in an acute care hospital setting

Observed procedures/surgery of peritoneal drain placement, PICC line placements, etc. on NICU patients

Topic discussions, clinical experiences, drug information questions, and biostatistics experience

Critical Care [APPE]

Florida Hospital Celebration Health, Celebration, Florida – October 2018 to December 2018

Preceptor: Phuoc (Tyler) Bui, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP

Partook in daily ICU rounds with critical care physicians, pulmonologists, and interdisciplinary team in an acute care hospital setting

Provided medication reconciliation for patients and counseled on new medications

Observed EBUS bronchoscopy procedure, swallow study, cardiopulmonary arrests, intubations, extubations, warfarin clinic etc.

Topic discussions, journal clubs, SOAP notes, in-service to ICU nurses, clinical experience, drug information questions, patient counseling, formal presentation on patient with bacterial meningitis

Advanced Community [APPE]

Walmart, Orlando, Florida – September 2018 to October 2018

Preceptor: Anran Wang, PharmD

Received new prescriptions via telephone, interpreted prescription orders from prescribers, clarified questionable prescription orders with medical providers’ offices, and obtained prescription transfers from other pharmacies

Counseled patients on their prescription medications and OTC medications, helped with the accurate dispensing of prescription orders, and provided customer service to patients regarding the effective usage of medications

Oversaw pharmacists’ tasks and pharmacy operations in accordance to regulations, company policies, standards, in addition to compliance with state and federal controlled substance laws when filling prescriptions

General Medicine [APPE]

Florida Hospital Celebration Health, Celebration, Florida – August 2018 to September 2018

Preceptor: Phuoc (Tyler) Bui, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP

Joined inpatient, ICU, and NICU rounds

Renally dosed medications and/or IV to PO conversions

Participated in code blue training scenario

Regularly led various topic discussions, journal club, SOAP notes, clinical experience, drug information questions, interviewed patients, counseled patients, and presented formal presentation

Volunteered in medicine brown bag day event. Interviewed patients and reviewed their medications for possible errors, misunderstandings, etc. and reported findings

Infectious Disease [APPE]

Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Florida – June 2018 to August 2018

Preceptor: Leira Ramirez, PharmD

Experienced internal medicine, infectious disease, and oncology pharmacy

Partook in daily rounds with an internal medicine team, and grand round presentations

Provided medication reconciliation and counseling for patients

Institutional/Hospital Practice [APPE]

University of Miami Hospital (UHealth Tower), Miami, Florida – May 2018 to June 2018

Preceptors: Christina S. Vargas, PharmD and Melissa Marshall, PharmD

Experienced pharmacy administration, emergency medicine, surgical ICU, and infectious disease

Provided adverse drug reaction assessment and reporting, renal dose adjustment, IV to PO conversion, answered drug information questions, and trained pharmacy students

Topic discussions, SOAP note, in-service to pharmacists, drug information questions, formal presentation

Inpatient Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience [IPPE]

Larkin Palm Springs General Hospital, Hialeah, Florida – February 2017 to March 2017

Preceptor: Milka Jo-Gonzalez, PharmD

Emergency hospital experience with medical residents/physicians

Attended morning report, joined medical team on daily family medicine rounds, inpatient laboratory experience, compounded IV medications based on USP guidelines. Safe preparation, labeling, and distribution of medications

Dispensed medications at inpatient pharmacy for patients on the floors

Helped connect my College of Pharmacy clinical department into Larkin Palm Springs’ medical didactic lectures

Community Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience [IPPE]

CVS Pharmacy #4806, Kissimmee, Florida – January 2017 to February 2017

Preceptor: Rajesh Bommareddy, PharmD

Filled prescription orders, dispensed medications and provided customer service in retail pharmacy

Provided OTC recommendations to patients after discussing with pharmacist

OTHER LONG-TERM EXPERIENCE/ COMMUNITY SERVICE

Community Health of South Florida Inc: Doris Ison Health Center,

Cutler Bay, Florida – May 2017 to June 2018

Shadowed and worked alongside family medicine physician/resident (about 10 hours a week)

Saw and discussed patients of all ages with family medicine physician/resident. Assessed patients with family medicine physician/resident in an outpatient primary care clinic, assisted in the prescribing of medications, and recommended pharmacological therapy

Learned and communicated with family medicine physicians, residents, nurses, PCTs, patients, and pharmacists

Connected my College of Pharmacy with the CHI family medicine team’s didactic lectures

Larkin Palm Springs General Hospital, Hialeah, Florida – December 2017

Shadowed and worked alongside physician/resident (about 20 hours a week)

Interacted with various medical residents, physician, nurses and medical students

Attended inpatient rounds (general, cardiac, ICU), patient sign-out/handoff, cardiopulmonary arrests, intubation, death pronouncement, etc.

Discussed patients’ findings, assessment and/or treatment plan with medical residents

Osceola Regional Medical Center, Kissimmee, FL – October 2015 to July 2016

Volunteered at hospital pharmacy (about 4-8 hours a week)

Received recommendation letter from the Director of Pharmacy prior to applying for pharmacy school

Communicated with the pharmacists and pharmacy technicians regarding medication related tasks

Restocked and labeled IV bags with their expiration date, filed paperwork, took inventory of the medications, and regularly checked for expired medications

Visited the hospital floors with the pharmacy technicians when restocking medications

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