Overview
Work History
Education
Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE)
Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE)
Professional Memberships
Certification
Accomplishments
Timeline
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Keerat Kandola

Hayward,CA

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Pharmacist

Safeway
East Bay Area, CA
01.2025 - Current

Supervisor: Katherine Nguyen, RPh

  • Typing and filling prescriptions
  • Assisting patients in person and via telephone, completing patient transactions
  • Assisting customers with locating over-the-counter products and providing over-the-counter medication recommendations
  • Billing insurance and handling workers' compensation claims
  • Administering immunizations and other specialty medications
  • Performing Controlled Substance Reconciliations
  • Verifying prescription orders
  • Performing drug utilization reviews
  • Performing Medication Therapy Management services for patients
  • Providing travel vaccine consultations

Pharmacist

CVS Pharmacy
Fresno, CA
09.2024 - 12.2024

Supervisor: Jordan Gettman, RPh

  • Communicated with and addressed patient and prescriber needs and concerns via telephone
  • Typed incoming prescriptions and ensured clinical compliance
  • Filled prescriptions with heavy emphasis on accuracy
  • Provided OTC recommendations to patients
  • Appropriately billed insurance and addressed third-party issues
  • Provided immunizations to the community

Pharmacist Intern

Rite Aid Pharmacy
Fresno, CA
03.2023 - 06.2024

Supervisor: Divyesh Patel, RPh

  • Interacted with and educated patients through consultations, by answering phone calls, and by selling prescriptions
  • Typed, billed, and filled incoming prescriptions and contacted insurance companies when necessary
  • Completed MTM to optimize patient medication regimens
  • Translated into Punjabi to help patients surpass language barriers

Pharmacist Intern

Raley's Pharmacy
Stockton, CA
10.2021 - 03.2023

Supervisor: Harvey Lee, RPh

  • Interacted with and educated patients through consultations, phone calls, and prescription sales
  • Typed, billed, and filled incoming prescriptions
  • Assisted patients with locating over-the-counter products and advised appropriate actions for self-treatment

Education

Doctor of Pharmacy - Pharmacy

University of The Pacific, Stockton, CA
Thomas J. Long School Of Pharmacy
05-2024

Bachelor of Arts - Applied Science

University of The Pacific
Stockton, CA
05-2021

Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE)

  • Block 1: Managed Care Elective Rotation (08/2023-09/2023) - Bright HealthCare, Minneapolis, MN | Preceptors: Reena Mehta, PharmD, BCACP & Mary Anne Choi, PharmD, MBA
  • Block 2: Internal Medicine Rotation (09/2023-11/2023) - Saint Agnes Medical Center, Fresno, CA | Preceptor: Matt Devlin, PharmD, BCIDP
  • Block 3: Hospital Rotation (11/2023-12/2023) - Kaiser Permanente, Fresno, CA | Preceptors: Susie Phan, PharmD, BCSCP & Richard Drew, PharmD
  • Block 4: Association Management Elective Rotation (01/2024-02/2024) - California Pharmacists Association, Sacramento, CA | Preceptors: Rajan Vaidya, PharmD & Cathy Van Pham, PharmD, MBA
  • Block 5: PHASE Clinic Ambulatory Care Rotation (02/2024-03/2024) - Kaiser Permanente, Fresno, CA | Preceptors: Nicholas Stearns, RPh
  • Block 6: Community Rotation (04/2024-05/2024) - Modern Drug Pharmacy, Fresno, CA | Preceptors: Khoa Luong, RPh

Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE)

  • Community I and II - 01/2022-07/2022 Safeway, Manteca, CA - Preceptor: William Chew, RPh
  • Ambulatory Care - Veteran’s Affairs, Sacramento, CA - Preceptor: Randell Miyahara, PharmD
  • Hospital - Valley Children’s Hospital - Preceptor: Tom Cross, RPh

Professional Memberships

  • Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy
  • Student College of Clinical Pharmacy
  • California Pharmacists Association
  • American Pharmacists Association

Certification

California State Board of Pharmacy - Pharmacist License # 90120 (09/2024-12/2025)

American Heart Association - Basic Life Support (2025-2027)

American Pharmacists Association - Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery (2021 - No Expiration)

Accomplishments

  • Pacific Legal Scholar - University of the Pacific
  • Reagent’s Scholar - University of the Pacific

Timeline

Pharmacist

Safeway
01.2025 - Current

Pharmacist

CVS Pharmacy
09.2024 - 12.2024

Pharmacist Intern

Rite Aid Pharmacy
03.2023 - 06.2024

Pharmacist Intern

Raley's Pharmacy
10.2021 - 03.2023

Doctor of Pharmacy - Pharmacy

University of The Pacific, Stockton, CA

Bachelor of Arts - Applied Science

University of The Pacific
Keerat Kandola