Pharmacy Pharmacist

CHRISTINA YANG, PHARMD, BCCCP

**** ****** **. *** ***** Houston TX, 77004

408-***-**** • **.*********@*****.***

EDUCATION

July 2015 – June 2016 Huntington Memorial Hospital PGY2 Emergency Medicine

June 2014 – June 2015 Palomar Medical Center

PGY1 General Residency

September 2010 – May 2014 UCSD Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SSPPS) Doctor of Pharmacy

August 2005 – May 2009 University of California, Berkeley Bachelor of Arts in Molecular and Cell Biology

CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSES

2018 – Present Board-Certified Critical Care Pharmacist 2017 – Present Texas Pharmacist Preceptor

2016 – Present Texas Registered Pharmacist License No. 59254 2015 – Present ACLS Provider

2015 – Present PALS Provider

2015 – Present Healthcare Provider CPR and AED

2014 – Present California Registered Pharmacist License No. 71593 2014 – Present Teaching Certificate

2014 – Present APhA Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery PHARMACY EXPERIENCE

June 2019 – Present HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake, Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist

- Provide new literature in-services on medication topics and medication information to staff in emergency department

- Update and review emergency department order sets and develop protocols (ex. HIET for beta blocker and calcium channel blocker toxicity, topical and nebulized tranexamic acid, Hydrogen Fluoride exposure)

- Attend all code activations and provide medication information and recommendations

- Perform daily surveillance on antibiotic sensitivities on patients discharged from emergency department

- Provide medication interventions for patients in the emergency department

- Precept PGY1 pharmacy residents and 4th year pharmacy students

- Serve as primary preceptor for resident grand rounds

- Participate in critical care committee

November 2016 – June 2019 HCA Bay Area Medical Center, Critical Care Clinical Pharmacist

- Initiated a pilot emergency medicine pharmacist program

- Initiated a pharmacist led antibiotic culture report and call back for patients discharged from the emergency department

- Acted as pharmacist lead in transitioning the hospital from level 3 to level 2 trauma center.

- Developed and updated medication protocols and provided education to nurses and physicians.

- Participated in code blue committee, trauma committee to ensure codes are run efficiently and effectively

- Attended daily rounds and provided medication recommendations to physicians

- Attended code activations (STEMI, stroke, trauma, cardiac arrest) to make medication recommendations and ensure medications given in a timely manner

- Precepted PGY1 pharmacy residents and 4th year pharmacy students June 2015 – June 2016 Huntington Memorial Hospital, PGY2 Resident Pharmacist – Pasadena, California

- Provided new literature in-services on medication topics to staff in emergency department

- Daily surveillance on antibiotic sensitivities on patients discharged from emergency department

- Participated in medication safety committee in the emergency department and write articles for the newsletter

- Attended code activations and provide medication information and recommendations

- Provided patient education at discharge

June 2014 – June 2015 Palomar Medical Center, PGY1 Resident Pharmacist – Escondido, California

- Provided pharmacy in-services and journal clubs to staff

- Completed quarterly medication-use evaluations, monographs and a residency project

- Participated in rounds and provided medication recommendations and information

- Led cardiac rehabilitation talks to patients with cardiac disease

- Created a business plan for a home infusion pharmacy

- Attended code activations and provided medication information and recommendations

- Provided vancomycin, aminoglycoside, warfarin and TPN dosing June 2011 – June 2014 Palomar Pomerado Health, Intern Pharmacist - Poway, California

- Ordered medications, refilling, compounding, restocked medications

- Assisted with the opening of the Palomar West Hospital

- Updated the hospital’s intranet and references for easier access to medication information

- Provided in-services and drug information to staff

- Helped with implementing a pharmacy led medication intake program

- Organized and updated the controlled substances safe to reduce medication errors RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

July 2015 – June 2016 Huntington Memorial Hospital – Pasadena, California Project: Determine the effects of tranexamic acid on patients with traumatic bleeding requiring massive transfusion.

June 2014 – May 2015 Palomar Health – Escondido, California Project: Determine the relationship between proton pump inhibitors and Clostridium difficile infections within Palomar Health and whether pharmacist education can reduce the inappropriate use of proton pump inhibitors and C. difficile infection. June 2012 – May 2014 Palomar Health - Poway, California Project: Research on if a pharmacy led medication intake program could lead to more accurate and complete medication histories.

June 2009 - August 2010 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, UCSF – San Francisco, California Project: Research of cartilage differentiation, the pathway of chondrogenesis and the growth factors involved in producing mature chondrocytes. September 2007 - May 2009 Research Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley – Berkeley, California Project: Researched the effects of photoperiod on GnIH expression in hamsters and how GnIH expression changes during puberty. Research of kisspeptin and GnIH effects on cancer migration and invasion, and explored the three isoforms of the kisspeptin receptors. Assisted in research of the effects of GnIH on sperm maturation in Serian Hamsters.

PUBLICATIONS

1. Cheng T, Yang C, Weber N, Kim HT, Kuo AC.

Fibroblast growth factor 2 enhances the kinetics of mesenchymal stem cell chondrogenesis Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2012 Oct 5;426(4):544-50. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.08.124. Epub 2012 Sep 6. 2. Zhao S, Zhu E, Yang C, Bentley GE, Tsutsui K, Kriegsfeld LJ. RFamide-related peptide and messenger ribonucleic acid expression in mammalian testis: association with the spermatogenic cycle. Endocrinology. 2010 Feb;151(2):617-27. doi: 10.1210/en.2009-0978. Epub 2010 Jan 5. SKILLS

Experienced with Pyxis, BoxPicker, High speed packager Experience with Cerner, Vigilanz, Abacus, Powerchart, Meditech, Dose-edge Fluent in English and conversational Mandarin Chinese Computer skills - Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Adobe Photoshop

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