Ahmad Bazzi
Dearborn,MI
Summary
Experienced Staff Pharmacist with a strong focus on prescription verification and medication safety. Enhances patient outcomes through effective healthcare collaboration and patient education. Utilizes pharmacy automation systems to streamline operations and improve workflow efficiency while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
Overview
2
2
Languages
1
1
Certification
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Staff Pharmacist
Henry Ford Health
Detroit, Michigan
06.2023 - Current
- Perform comprehensive clinical verification of prescriptions, evaluating appropriate dosing, drug interactions, allergies, contraindications, and therapeutic appropriateness.
- Collaborate with prescribers and interdisciplinary healthcare teams to resolve medication-related concerns and facilitate optimal patient outcomes.
- Conducted individualized medication counseling to promote adherence, enhance safe medication administration, and improve patient understanding.
- Offered clinical guidance and oversight to pharmacy technicians, ensuring accurate medication preparation and compliance with pharmacy protocols.
- Managed high-volume outpatient prescription dispensing operations, ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and adherence to medication safety standards.
- Utilized Parata automated dispensing technology and BD Rowa pharmacy automation systems to enhance prescription processing, inventory control, and workflow efficiency.
- Resolve prescription insurance rejections, coverage limitations, and medication access barriers to minimize delays in patient care.
- Maintain accurate patient medication records while ensuring compliance with HIPAA, state and federal regulations, and institutional policies.
Pharmacy Manager
Rite Aid Pharmacy
03.2019 - 05.2023
- Ensured compliance with policies, procedures, quality standards, security protocols, and regulatory requirements for tracking and distributing controlled substances, and enhancing operational integrity.
- Reviewed prescriptions issued by healthcare providers for accuracy and identified potential drug interactions based on patients' histories, ensuring patient safety.
- Administered vaccines against influenza, shingles and pneumonia with the top immunization numbers in my district in both 2020 and 2021.
- Coordinated immunization events at schools and businesses, increasing community health outreach and accessibility to vaccinations.
- Maintained day-to-day pharmacy operations at my pharmacy site.
Education
Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) -
Manchester University College of Pharmacy
Fort Wayne, IN01-2018
Skills
Prescription verification
- Prescription processing
- Pharmacy Automation & Operations
- Parata Automated Dispensing Systems
- BD Rowa Pharmacy Automation Systems
- Pharmaceutical Inventory Management
- Workflow coordination
- Medication safety
- Therapy management
- Healthcare collaboration
- Medication access
- Regulatory compliance
- Patient education
Certification
Pharmacist License, Issue Date: 2019-07-31, License/Certification Number: 5302048553, Issued By: Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA), Expiration Date: 2026-07-30, Controlled Substance License, Issue Date: 2019-07-21, License/Certification Number: 5315206048, Issued By: Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA), Expiration Date: 2026-07-30, CPR/AED/First-Aid, Issue Date: 2014-09-10, License/Certification Number:, Issued By: American Red Cross, Expiration Date: 2028-10, Immunization Certification, Issue Date:, License/Certification Number:, Issued By: American Pharmacists Association (APhA), Expiration Date
Languages
English
Professional
Arabic
Professional
Timeline
Staff Pharmacist
Henry Ford Health
06.2023 - Current
Pharmacy Manager
Rite Aid Pharmacy
03.2019 - 05.2023
Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) -
Manchester University College of Pharmacy