Board-Certified Pharmacist - Inpatient Clinical Leader

Amit Saxena, RPh, MS, PhD, BCSCP

DFW region ****.**********@*****.*** 617-***-**** US Citizen SUMMARY

- Board Certified Clinical Pharmacist with 9+ years of inpatient experience across ICU, ER, trauma, NICU/MICU/SICU, and satellite units. Extensive experience with ICU a.m. rounding / multi-disciplinary rounding with physicians and transition of care.

- Proven ability to lead acute care initiatives such as code responses, MTP activations, and antimicrobial stewardship.

- Proven leadership in clinical operations, antimicrobial stewardship/de-escalations, multidisciplinary care, and Pharmacotherapy optimization. Published clinical case report on hyperemesis gravidarum complicated by cannabinoid and opioid use (Sep - 2024) at Texas Health Alliance.

- Prior to transitioning to inpatient clinical practice, I earned my PhD and gained extensive experience as a preclinical scientist in both Europe and the United States, publishing over 24 peer-reviewed articles in the fields of preclinical cardiology and immunology. LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS

• Pharmacist License, Texas #58898 (Since 08/2016 through 12/31/2026)

• Board Certifications –

o BCSCP 2022 - Compounded Sterile Preparations Pharmacy Specialty Certification – Credential # - B12101186

o ACLS/BLS/PALS – active until 02/2028

• IV ACPE Certified (05/2017) BLS current

• ASHP Certifications: Critical Care (06/2021), Emergency Medicine (03/2021). PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Advanced Dallas Hospital and Clinics – Dallas, TX

Director Of Pharmacy (FT) Oct 2025 – Present

• Pharmacy Director of clinical inpatient services for Med-Surg and actively involved in initiatives of opening up a new ICU 10 Bed unit. POC for all inpatient and outpatient related issues pertaining to care and clinical operations.

• Lead and oversee all pharmacy operations, ensuring compliance with CMS, TJC, and USP <797>/<800>.

• Manage inpatient, ED, ICU, and sterile compounding services with a focus on safety, quality, and efficiency.

• Direct staffing, scheduling, hiring, and performance development for pharmacists and technicians.

• Collaborate with medical and nursing leadership to optimize medication-use processes and clinical programs.

• Rolled out numerous educational SBARs strengthening key education and charting issues. Highlighted numerous control discrepancies and worked with nursing and informatics to resolving eMAR charting and reconciliation.

• Oversee budget, drug spend, formulary management, and cost-containment initiatives.

• Guide P&T Committee activities, medication stewardship, and policy development.

• Lead major projects such as EMR optimization, ADC upgrades, pump library management, and workflow improvements.

• Strengthen provider engagement through communication, rounding, and targeted education.

• Recruited Pharmacy Tech and Pharmacist PRN to expand staffing and weekend coverages.

• Rolled out Med Rec program in ED and overnight on call coverages to streamline clinical and operation needs.

• Drive quality metrics, medication safety initiatives, and continuous process improvement. Texas Health Alliance – Fort Worth, TX

Clinical Pharmacist FT Jan 2020 – June 2025

• Worked as PRN from Jan 2020 then FT from Feb 2023.

• Provide critical support in ER, ICU, and decentralized units; lead pharmacotherapy recs. in codes, MTP activations, and ACLS response.

• Extensive experience in running Level 1 ER and Trauma 1 activations.

• Active participation in multidisciplinary NICU rounds alongside neonatologists, neonatal nurses, and dietitians, providing evidence-based pharmacotherapeutic recommendations for neonatal and pediatric patients.

• Skilled in acute care scenarios, including pediatric code blue and emergency response, with real-time medication preparation, weight-based dosing, and adherence to institutional resuscitation protocols.

• Completed annual continuing education requirements, including entity-specific training for NICU supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) management.

• Proficient in NICU-specific dosing protocols and order set utilization, including order review, entry, verification, and clinical optimization.

• Tailors pharmacologic therapy based on gestational age, weight, renal function, fluid status, and access lines.

• Coordinates closely with nursing and NNPs to initiate and adjust starter/maintenance IV fluids, ensuring accurate infusion rates and compatibility with neonatal standards.

• Expert in adult vancomycin consults/dosing monitoring, Anticoag/TPN consults and adjustments, and nephrology/cardiology consults, renal dosing/ TNK/Kcentra protocol.

• Devised alteplase algorithm for PE vs non-PE patients in Trauma/codes for our ER physicians.

• Devised PEN-FAST tool and incorporated guidelines for P&T committee and rolled out to the providers/ancillary nursing units.

• Rolled out community insulin Lispro with leadership on floors for cost minimization to save $ and reduce wastage with insulin admins.

• Held Level 1 and code blue activations in ER and on various floors with multidisciplinary teams.

• Corresponded with ER providers/Intensivist with recommendations to reverse bleed and/or at-risk patients – PCC/protamine dosing etc.

• OD patients on various drugs – strategies to reverse OD and guidance to fluid and nutrition for AKI/Rhabdo patients.

• Member of ASP committee meetings with ID specialists; presented 200+ cases, driving de-escalation and reducing DOTs.

• Extensive experience with Antibiotic stewardship DOT/de-escalations/ bug-drug mismatch and streamlining therapy based on C/S data and experience working with ID recommending de-escalation of therapy and EOT placement.

• Analyzed data from 161 ER patients on PEN-FAST scoring tool to study and communicate need for Cephalosporins in low to moderate risk Penicillin patients and use of Cefazolin in patients even with anaphylactic reaction to PCn.

• Mentored staff, support MUE, enhance safety protocols, and contribute to pharmacy policy and research efforts.

UTSW Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center – Dallas, TX Clinical Pharmacist PRN Jan 2023 – May 2023

• Got trained at Simmons Cancer center as a PRN Chemo. Infusion pharmacist. Moved into a FT Clinical role at Texas health Alliance in March 2023. variables hr worked per week (16-24h depending on staffing req.)

PRN Clinical Pharmacist

Methodist Dallas, Texas Health Southlake, and Encompass Arlington — Dallas/Fort Worth, TX Nov 2022 – Mar 2023 – variables hr worked per week (16-32h depending on staffing req.)

• Provided inpatient and outpatient pharmacy services, including sterile and non-sterile compounding in accordance with USP 797/795 standards at various institutes while gaining valuable clinical inpatient experience.

• Ensured safe preparation, handling, and dispensing of hazardous medications per USP 800 requirements, following all PPE and negative pressure compounding protocols.

• Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to adjust therapy based on lab monitoring and patient response.

Medical City Arlington – Arlington, TX

Clinical Pharmacist Dec 2021 – Oct 2022

• Led daily trauma rounds; managed TPN, IV-to-PO conversion, anticoagulation, ID consults, and clinical surveillance via Vigilanz. Streamlined therapy transitions and discharge coordination in MDR teams.

• Managed IV/TPN orders via Meditech; performed pharmacy tracker audits and infusion verification.

• Managed sterile and nonsterile work flow as an IV pharmacist in this facility. Trained new pharmacists and technicians with IV work flow, dosage calculations and compounding of agents using aseptic strategy. Dispense medications post dual verification, in process checks to NICU and chemo floors while maintaining strict procedural control and sterility and BUD on each preparation. JPS Health Network – Fort Worth, TX

Inpatient Pharmacist (Nights) Nov 2017 – Nov 2021

• Sole pharmacist for a 700-bed hospital during nights; managed all clinical and operational pharmacy functions across ICU, trauma, OB, psych, and NICU.

• Extensive clinical experience in a 35-bed Level III NICU, providing pharmaceutical care for preterm and micro-preterm neonates –

o Collaborated closely with neonatologists and neonatal nurse practitioners (NNPs) on antimicrobial initiation, dosing adjustments, and culture-directed de-escalation strategies.

o Proficient in initiating and verifying neonatal TPN and fluid therapy through infusion order builders, ensuring accurate order entry and compliance with neonatal protocols.

o Demonstrated expertise in preparing and verifying complex sterile IV admixtures, including individualized weight-based antibiotic dosing and parenteral nutrition, using strict aseptic techniques.

o Actively contributed to pediatric antimicrobial stewardship initiatives by evaluating microbiology results and optimizing antimicrobial utilization in alignment with institutional guidelines.

• Conducted clinical reviews, pharmacokinetics (Vanc/AMG), IV dosing, renal adjustments, and Clozapine REMS.

• Proficient in neonatal IV orders and TPN; delivered formulary compliance and addressed critical ADRs.

• Proficient in multitasking and handling workflow in a very fast paced order environment

(order entry/review) with 100% accuracy, involving medical review, dose regimen review for level 1 trauma center.

• Supports the hospital formulary by utilizing the hospital's therapeutic substitution protocols, promoting rational drug therapy selection, and minimizing procurement of non-formulary medication.

• Detect and report suspected ADRs accurately and in a timely manner and monitor drug therapy regimens for Contraindications, DDI, Drug food interactions, allergies etc.

• Extensively trained in handling neonatal order and IV fluids, building IV order sets and parenteral nutrition for newborns in NICU order set drug systematization, drug regimen review and TPN and IV meds for Neonatal ICU patients. Career break and relocation – May 2017 through Oct 2017. Nov 2016 - April 2017 – Got Licensed as a Pharmacist (Aug 2016)

• Worked at CVS Caremark through Aerotek gaining pharmacist varied experience along with at Pharmerica – San Antonio TX

• Handled high-volume IV/med orders for LTC facilities; monitored complex drug regimens and provided after-hours care.

• Led quality reviews, verified controlled substances (CII–CV), and ensured compliance with TSBP protocols.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center – New York, NY Pharmacy Intern Jun 2015 – Oct 2016

• Got trained in USP 797/800 chemo/IV sterile compounding; prepared investigational and CSTD-based oncology infusions.

• Supported inpatient and home infusion prep; educated interns on safe compounding protocols and inventory systems.

• Extensive experience and training in compounding of hazardous medications and antineoplastic IV preparations/Infusions using appropriate aseptic techniques and per entity protocols.

LEADERSHIP & EDUCATION

• Managed pharmacy technician workflows; validated IV med accuracy and ADS stocking.

• Mentored interns and students in clinical shadowing and pharmacology.

• Taught medical/nursing students at Albert Einstein College of Medicine; guided graduate and PhD trainees in pharmacology.

• Built great relationships with nursing/providers and other ancillary teams to promote a collaborative work environment.

• Provided counselling and impacted patient care across various cross functional teams and have always been on a look out to suggest ways to improve work flow and patient are and proactively taking initiative to continuously improve patient care and cost saving initiatives.

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS (2007–2015)

• Albert Einstein College of Medicine – Senior Research Fellow, Cardiology

• Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard – Research Fellow, Molecular Imaging

• Lund University Hospital, Sweden – Research Fellow EDUCATION

• PhD, Pharmacology & Physiology – Charité University, (Magna Cum Laude) Berlin, Germany – Earned 2006

• M.S. Pharmacology – All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, Earned 2003

• Bachelor of Pharmacy – M.D. University, Rohtak, India- Earned 2000 CLINICAL PUBLICATION

• Saxena A. Multidisciplinary management of severe hyperemesis gravidarum... IJBPSA, Sep 2024

[Read: https://ijbpsa.com/sites/default/files/IJBPSA-2024-0073.pdf] ADDITIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

• Contributor: International Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences & Analysis

(IJBPSA), 2024.

• Author/co-author of 20+ scientific publications and reviewer for leading cardiology journals.

• Member, Texas Pharmacy Association (since 2018). References available upon request

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Texas Pharmacy Association (Since 2018)

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