Ilya Iskhakov
Far Rockaway,NY
Summary
Licensed New York pharmacist with experience in independent community pharmacy, specialty pharmacy, home infusion support, sterile compounding, and pharmacy operations. Currently serving as Pharmacist-in-Charge while maintaining a per diem specialty pharmacy position supporting dialysis and chronic care patients across multiple states. Clinical training includes cardiology, infectious disease, ambulatory HIV care, formulary review, sterile compounding, and community pharmacy practice.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Pharmacist-in-Charge
Health Stream RX
Valley Stream, NY
08.2025 - Current
- Direct daily operations of an independent community pharmacy processing approximately 20–50 prescriptions daily.
- Verify prescriptions for clinical appropriateness, accuracy, safety, and regulatory compliance.
- Provide patient counseling and collaborate with prescribers to resolve therapy-related issues.
- Manage insurance adjudication, prior authorization workflows, and prescription problem resolution.
- Coordinate inventory purchasing and wholesaler relationships.
- Assist with PBM enrollment and credentialing initiatives supporting pharmacy growth.
- Utilize PrimeRx (Micro Merchant Systems) for dispensing, workflow management, and inventory control.
Staff Pharmacist (Per Diem)
Pharmko Home Infusion & Sterile Compounding Pharmacy
Lawrence, NY
07.2025 - Current
- Verify prescriptions in a specialty pharmacy serving dialysis and chronic care populations.
- Review and process oral phosphate binder prescriptions for patients throughout the United States.
- Support medication distribution to nursing facilities and dialysis centers in multiple states.
- Coordinate packaging and shipment of specialty medications.
- Support sterile compounding operations including intradialytic parenteral nutrition (IDPN) preparations.
- Maintain compliance with specialty pharmacy standards and applicable regulations.
Staff Pharmacist
Central Aid Pharmacy
Cedarhurst, NY
05.2025 - 08.2025
- Verified prescriptions in a high-volume independent community pharmacy processing approximately 200–400 prescriptions daily.
- Provided patient counseling and medication education.
- Initiated prior authorizations and assisted with insurance-related issues.
- Managed inventory and medication procurement activities.
- Performed occasional non-sterile compounding of topical preparations.
- Utilized PrimeRx pharmacy management software.
Education
Doctor of Pharmacy -
Touro College of Pharmacy
New York, NY06.2024
Skills
- PrimeRx (Micro Merchant Systems)
- Prescription Verification
- Clinical Screening
- Medication Counseling
- Prior Authorizations
- Insurance Adjudication
- Inventory Management
- Sterile Compounding
- Non-Sterile Compounding
- Dialysis Patient Care
- Specialty Pharmacy Operations
- Formulary Review Exposure
- Immunization Administration
Certification
- New York Pharmacist License (#072600)
- Immunization Certification
- BLS / CPR Certified
PUBLICATIONS
Iskhakov I, Patel D, Bulakhova V. Effect of Smartphone Use on Education and Overall Well-being. STEM Magazine. 2024.
ADVANCED PHARMACY PRACTICE EXPERIENCES (APPE)
- Mount Sinai Morningside – Cardiology (Acute Care)
- Participated in interdisciplinary rounds involving heart failure, myocardial infarction, and cardiac arrhythmia management. Performed medication reconciliation and evaluated cardiovascular pharmacotherapy.
- Brooklyn Hospital – Infectious Disease
- Participated in infectious disease rounds, antimicrobial stewardship activities, and weekly vaccine clinics administering immunizations.
- SUNY Downstate Medical Center – Ambulatory HIV Clinic
- Supported outpatient HIV care, adherence monitoring, patient counseling, and chronic disease management.
- NYC Health + Hospitals – Pharmacy Services
- Reviewed physician-submitted medication requests and participated in formulary evaluation and pharmacy department projects.
- Pharmko Home Infusion & Sterile Compounding Pharmacy
- Performed sterile compounding activities including IDPN preparation and gained exposure to home infusion operations.
- Town Total Compounding Center
- Prepared sterile and non-sterile compounded formulations including capsules, suspensions, creams, ointments, troches, powders, and hazardous compounds.
- CVS Pharmacy
- Supported prescription processing and patient counseling in a high-volume community pharmacy environment processing approximately 900 prescriptions daily.
- Central Aid Pharmacy
- Supported prescription verification, counseling, inventory management, and prior authorization workflows within an independent pharmacy setting.
- Academic Pharmacy Rotation
- Assisted with lectures, assessment development, faculty projects, and scholarly activities. Contributed to research that resulted in publication.
Timeline
Pharmacist-in-Charge
Health Stream RX
08.2025 - Current
Staff Pharmacist (Per Diem)
Pharmko Home Infusion & Sterile Compounding Pharmacy
07.2025 - Current
Staff Pharmacist
Central Aid Pharmacy
05.2025 - 08.2025
Doctor of Pharmacy -
Touro College of Pharmacy