GIGI CHUNG
San Mateo,CA
Summary
Skilled pharmacist with a strong background in collaborating with healthcare team members to optimize patient care, prioritizing safety, accuracy, and confidentiality. Adept at effectively communicating with staff, clients, caregivers, patients, management, and healthcare administrators. Demonstrated expertise in providing patient education and delivering peer-to-peer training on various topics including COVID therapeutics, diabetes guidelines, asthma medications, New Member Onboarding, and Medication Adherence Project.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
PHARMACIST
Kaiser Permanente
04.2010 - Current
- Pioneer in COVID therapeutics outreach workflow, collaborate with cardiologist and infectious disease specialists on COVID therapeutics outreach ( Paxlovid, Legevrio, Remdesivir, Monoclonal Antibodies), determine eligibility via comprehensive chart review, order appropriate therapy according to lab work, educate patients and care givers on treatment plans, coordinate logistics for delivery/pickup
- Conduct methotrexate ambulatory pilot project, develop patient inclusion/exclusion criteria, collaborate with rheumatologist and dermatologist on monitoring parameters, monitor disease progression and appropriate referral, contribute to patient education material, perform medication reconciliation.
- Perform Clozapine REMS (Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy) for enrolled patients, monitor absolute neutrophil count per refill period and consult patients to ensure safe use.
- Perform Accutane REMS (Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy) for monthly refill, monitor pregnancy test results, furnish medication guide and educate patients and caregivers to ensure safe medication use.
- Perform Comprehensive Medication Reviews and medication reconciliation during Medication Therapy Management (MTM), identify high risks medications on Beers List, contribute to Medicare Part D quality rating medication measures, increase medication adherence on Renin-angiotensin antagonists, statins, and diabetes medications
- Conduct comprehensive patient medication interviews, obtain past medical history and document lists of medications, triaging patient referrals based on labs and symptoms, work within protocol to convert non-formulary medications to formulary medications, perform comprehensive medication review for New Member Onboarding Project.
- Educate patients and caregivers on proper blood glucose monitoring techniques (smbg and cgm), access hypoglycemia prevention strategies, promote patient-centered SMART goals in diabetes self- management
- Educate patients and caregivers on proper inhaler and peak flow meter techniques, facilitate identifying triggers and avoiding allergens, consult on proper storage and usage of epinephrine auto-injectors, trouble shoot spacers and nebulizer problems, recommend medication adjustments based on asthma medication ratio and GINA guidelines, provide in-service peer education on asthma/COPD updates
- Furnish Narcan for high opioid use patients, monitor high MME and concomitant medications, coordinate chronic pain management referrals
- Furnish nicotine replacement therapy, educate patient on smoking cessation resources
- Desktop medicine collaborative practice- address patients' medical concerns and medication-related needs, approve refills and adjust dosage according to primary care providers' documentation and necessary labs, identify barriers to adherence
- Check prescriptions for appropriate dosage, drug interactions, allergies and contraindications before dispensing medications.
- Interpret prescriptions from healthcare providers to properly dispense medications and health products.
- Communicate regularly with physicians, nurses, insurance companies and other healthcare professional.
- Comply with all federal laws, company policies and procedures and state regulations regarding intern, technician and assistant training and licensure.
- Supervise and coach intern pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and trainees.
CONSULTANT PHARMACIST
Nursing Care Pharmacy
10.2013 - 10.2017
- Review prescriptions to assure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability
- Provide information and advice regarding drug interactions, side effects, dosage, and proper medication storage
- Assess the identity, strength, or purity of medications.
- Maintain records, such as pharmacy files, patient profiles, chart system files, inventories, control records or registries of narcotics, or controlled drugs
- Compound and dispense medications as prescribed by doctors and dentists, by calculating, weighing, measuring, and mixing ingredients,or oversee these activities
- Collaborate with other health care professionals to plan, monitor,review, or evaluate the quality or effectiveness of drug regimens, advice on drug applications or characteristics
- Perform semi-annual Medication Therapy Management for nursing home residents, recommend dosage adjustments based on lab values
- Perform medication room audit
- Review prescriptions in bubble packs , cassettes and robot to assure accuracy
- Provide in-service to nursing home staff on proper storage and disposal of medications
Education
Doctor of Pharmacy -
UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC
Stockton, CABachelor of Science - Biochemistry
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
DAVIS, CASkills
- Drug Utilization Evaluation
- Drug Therapy Selection
- Non-formulary to formulary drug conversions
- Clinical Documentation via EPIC
- Comprehensive Medication Review
- Motivational Interviewing
- Medication Side Effect Knowledge
- Patient Care Optimization
- Patient Education
- Treatment Monitoring
- Medication Dispensing
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Pharmacy Policies and Procedures
- Assessing Patient Health
- Prescription Counseling
- Order Transcription
- Treatment Assessments
- Prescription Interpretation
- OTC Recommendations
- Clinical protocol and workflow development
Accomplishments
CDCES ambassador
Certification
-Board Certified Advanced Diabetes Management
-Certified Diabetes Care And Education Specialist
-Certified Asthma Educator
-Medication Therapy Management Program
Languages
Chinese (Cantonese)
Native or Bilingual
Mandarin
Full Professional
Timeline
CONSULTANT PHARMACIST
Nursing Care Pharmacy
10.2013 - 10.2017
PHARMACIST
Kaiser Permanente
04.2010 - Current
Doctor of Pharmacy -
UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC
Bachelor of Science - Biochemistry
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
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