Gary Austin

• Achieved effective medication management for patients with autoimmune diseases, functional GI disorders, osteopathic conditions, and hyperlipidemia. Enhanced treatment access for patients with genetic diseases, dermatologic issues, and oncology through medication provision. Leveraged three years of experience with advanced therapies, including monoclonal antibodies, biosimilars, chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, and hormone therapy.
• Provided patient consultations to optimize medication therapy and improve health outcomes.
• Monitored drug interactions and allergies to enhance patient safety during prescriptions.
• Collaborated with healthcare professionals to develop comprehensive treatment plans for patients.
• Managed high volume of prescriptions daily while maintaining excellent customer service and attention to detail.
• Collaborated with healthcare providers to clarify prescription orders, ensuring accurate and timely medication dispensing.
• Dispensed and verified patient prescription orders, conducting necessary utilization reviews.
• Developed strong relationships with healthcare providers to optimize patient care and medication adherence.
• Implemented process improvements that enhanced workflow efficiency within the pharmacy operations.
• Effectively prioritized tasks and organized workflow to increase efficiency.

• Reviewed patient medication regimens for cost effective drug selection, dosing, contraindications, therapeutic duplication, appropriate route and method of administration, drug interactions, and therapeutic outcomes to optimize patient care.
• Reviewed patient medication regimens for cost effective drug selection, dosing, contraindications, therapeutic duplication, appropriate route and method of administration, drug interactions, and therapeutic outcomes as required. Provided drug information requests to prescribers expediently and provided appropriate alternatives to current treatment plans as needed.
• Reviewed provider orders for therapy appropriateness, identifying and reporting drug errors, adverse reactions, allergies, incompatibilities, side effects, and compliance issues to enhance patient safety.
• Processed prescription renewals following facility guidelines.

• Duties of the position as staff pharmacist included, but are not limited to dispensing prescribed medications, providing pharmacological information, and monitoring patient drug therapies.
• Executed medication reconciliation for transitions of care, enhancing patient safety and continuity of therapy.
• Managed medication recalls and shortages per facility policy, ensuring continuity of patient care by substituting alternate dosage strengths or products.
• Managed appropriate actions, for medication orders: flagging prescriptions, managing alerts, using the 'hold' function, and generating unsigned discontinued orders using the 'service reject' function.
• Obtained medication histories from patient records and summarized significant findings in the medical record.
• Received and handled escalated telephone calls from patients, their family members and/or representatives regarding a range of topics, including medications and medical devices, billing, clinical questions, medication refills, drug interactions, side effects, food-drug interactions, product availability, and pharmacy policies.
• Entered supply orders to support patient care in accordance with facility policy, facilitating timely access to necessary medications.

• Adjusted and recommended intravenous and oral drug therapies based on patient-specific lab values and clinical data.
• Recommended drug therapy adjustments based on patient medical condition, gender, and drug indication.
• Reviewed chart orders for drug-drug interactions, therapeutic duplication, drug-disease contraindications, and adverse drug-allergy response.
• Evaluated and interpreted chart orders for dosage, route of administration, dosing interval, and therapy duration.
• Consulted with healthcare professionals on pharmacological information and drug therapy options.
• Processed prescription renewal requests according to facility policy.

COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE

Minor Clinical Science

Certificate of Completion—Phlebotomy