clinical pharmacist

PARAG NIHALANI, R.PH., M.S.

** ****** *****  Pennington, NJ 08534  609-***-****  *************@*****.***

PHARMACIST IN CHARGE

Qualified by 5+ years’ experience as a clinical expert (hospital, retail and pharmaceutical industry combined), 2 years’ teaching experience, a masters degree in Pharmacy Administration, 1 presentation and 1 groundbreaking research paper

QUALIFICATIONS’ SUMMARY

 Conducted and published original research with potential for benefiting the pharmaceutical industry by exploring the evolving area of generic bio-pharmaceuticals.

 Awarded Graduate Assistantship for 2 consecutive years (2000–2002); only individual selected from 20 masters students.

 Performing in leading/critical role as Pharmacist In Charge at Eckerd Drugs.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• R.Ph. New Jersey, Registered Pharmacist in the state of New Jersey, 2004

• R.Ph. Pennsylvania, Registered Pharmacist in the state of Pennsylvania, 2006

• MS in Pharmacy Administration, St. John’s University, Jamaica, NY, 2002.

• BS in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Bombay University, India, 2000.

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Rite Aid Pharmacy 02-08-present

Pharmacist

• Responsible for managing a high volume retail environment (600 scripts a day)

• Lead a team of about 6 members- 2 cashiers 2 technicians and 2 administrative people.

• Provide patient counseling, drug information, drug therapy consultation, staff education, and health promotion and disease prevention activities related to medication use.

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 06/06-02-08

Clinical Pharmacist

• Consistent pharmacist during evening IV shift for a high volume IV room.

• Checked doses for the whole hospital along with about 30 chemotherapy doses made everyday.

• Cover for the intensive care nursery satellite as that would be closed for the evening.

• Prepare neo natal IVs with intense caution and triple check the calculations involved in the dilution.

• Would have techs freshly prepare dilutions each time a dose was made.

• Perform under the hood check while the technician would make neonatal dilutions.

• Would spend twice the average time checking neo natal dilutions versus adult IVs.

Eckerd Drugs Ltd. Hamilton NJ 09/05-06/06

Pharmacist In Charge

• Responsible for managing a high volume retail environment (500 scripts a day)

• Ensure that all activities are being performed according to the guidelines of New Jersey Board of pharmacy.

• Lead a team of about 8 members- 2 cashiers 2 pharmacy technicians and 2 administrative people and 2 staff pharmacists.

Eckerd Drugs Ltd. Ewing NJ 08/04-09/05

Pharmacist

• Responsible for managing a high volume retail environment (600 scripts a day)

• Lead a team of about 6 members- 2 cashiers 2 technicians and 2 administrative people.

Eckerd Drugs Ltd. Ewing, NJ 10/03-08/04

Pharmacy Intern

• Assisted the Pharmacist in performing all the above listed duties.

Scriplogix Inc., Princeton, NJ 07/02-10/03

Consulting Pharmaceutical Marketing Analyst,

 Conducted secondary market research relating to the Pharmaceutical and Biotech Industry:

o E-CME a channel for pharmaceutical companies to reach Physicians.

o Pharmaceutical Licensing Opportunities with pharmaceutical companies in East Europe, Turkey, India and Israel.

 Developed a database which was totally built out of India dealing with “competitive intelligence”

PUBLICATIONS

Published various articles including a paper exploring the upcoming opportunity of generic biopharmaceuticals - “Multi-source Biopharmaceuticals: A New Perspective”

Clinical Research and Regulatory Affairs - Vol. 19, No. 4, pp. 367-380, 2002

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

St. John’s University, Jamaica, NY

Research and Teaching Assistant 09/00  05/02

• Coordinated with faculty in conducting health care research projects.

• Developed multi-faceted and lecture plans for courses.

• Assisted in teaching, classroom management and presentations.

• Independently conducted classroom lectures and research labs for Pharm D students.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Ranbaxy Laboratories Incorporated, Princeton, NJ 08540.

Market Research Intern. 06/01-08/31

• Sales Forecasting, Price Forecasting.

• Assisted Senior Management Team in daily research activities.

• Conducted research and compiled a report after researching the following areas:

1. Managed Care Overview- the Impact on the Pharmaceutical Industry

2. Biogenerics- A challenge or an opportunity.

Knoll Pharmaceuticals, India Summer 1999

Intern

• Rotation in various departments of the Manufacturing unit such as Production department, Quality Control Department and Packaging Department.

• Obtained training in various aspects of production and quality assurance.

PRESENTATION

“Multi-source Biopharmaceuticals: A New Perspective” 2002 Annual MBAA International Conference, Chicago, IL

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