Linda Wang
Williston Park,NY
Summary
Results-driven pharmacist recognized for strong leadership in clinical collaboration and regulatory compliance. Proven ability to implement standardized pharmacy workflows and train staff to enhance medication safety and efficiency. A strong team plater with a desire to improve patient outcomes by providing high-quality patient care.
Overview
1
1
Certification
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Oncology Pharmacist
Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center
The Bronx, NY
11.2017 - Current
- Documents and standardizes pharmacy workflows to support audit readiness and reproducibility.
- Trains pharmacists on procedures and medications related to verification, dispensation, and preparation of medications.
- Compounds, labels and dispenses hazardous and non-hazardous intravenous drugs for patients' use while complying with USP 797/800.
- Reviews and manages complex chemotherapy regimens to ensure clinical safety standards.
- Performs daily narcotic counts to ensure regulatory compliance with the DEA, prevent medication errors, and actively detect drug diversion or theft.
- Collaborates directly with oncologists, hematology providers, nursing leadership and infusion center staff to recommend treatment modifications, dose adjustments, therapy holds, supportive care optimization, and formulary- based alternatives based on clinical status, laboratory findings and insurance requirements.
- Maintains detailed audit ready records of drug accountability through NCOUP, a web-based investigational drug management system.
- Serves as a resource for nursing staffs by addressing questions or concerns regarding chemotherapy regimens ie. answering questions about rates, labs, sequence etc.
Inpatient Staff Pharmacist: Per Diem
Mount Sinai West Hospital
Manhattan, NY
10.2019 - 09.2025
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to optimize patient outcomes and ensure continuity of care.
- Verified and prepared intravenous sterile medications, while adhering to strict aseptic techniques.
- Verified and evaluated appropriateness of therapy, dosing, formulation, route, interactions, and duplication of orders.
- Supervised pharmacy technicians, and interns in prescription data entry, packaging and labeling of oral medications.
- Managed vancomycin dosing using AUC monitoring and individualized pharmacokinectics adjustments.
- Served as a resource for nursing staff by addressing questions or concerns related to medication administration or patient care.
- Served as subject matter expert on formulary management, therapeutic interchange, and non-formulary medication review.
- Interpreted lab results and actively adjusting medication doses directly with physicians ie. INR and anticoagulants.
Outpatient Pharmacist
STV Chemists
The Bronx, NY
05.2016 - 01.2019
- Reviewed and verified prescriptions for accuracy and adherence to safety protocols.
- Collaborated with healthcare providers to optimize patient medication therapies.
- Educated patients on proper medication usage and potential side effects.
- Managed inventory levels, ensuring timely restocking of pharmaceutical supplies.
- Directly supervised pharmacy technicians, interns and support staffs while on duty.
Inpatient Staff Pharmacist
Montefiore Medical Center: Jack D. Weiler Hospital
The Bronx, NY
11.2013 - 11.2017
- Verified orders for a large 403 bed hospital and provided a complete drug utilization review prior to dispensing to ensure appropriate therapy and safety.
- Adhered to USP standards while compounding and batching individualized intravenous medication orders.
- Verified, inputted, and compounded total parenteral nutrition for all 3 Montefiore campuses.
- Utilized KitCheck to assemble and check emergency crash carts and ambulatory carts for the entire hospital.
- Performed biweekly narcotic inventory and restocked controlled medications in PYXIS ES stations for all 17 OR rooms.
- Provided counseling for discharged heart failure patients on proper medication use, potential side effects and drug interactions, while promoting adherence to treatment plans to reduced readmission risk and positive patient satisfaction scores.
- Verified and evaluated appropriateness of therapy, dosing, formulation, route, interactions, and duplications or orders.
- Trained and continuously coached staff members to ensure proper sterile preparation techniques and reduce contamination risks.
- Verified and prepared oral NICU syringes via DoseEdge, a workflow management system that automates the routing, inspection, and tracking of sterile intravenous (IV) and oral liquid medications.
- Provided practical and evidence- based drug information for providers and nursing staff while addressing concerns about compatibility, dosing, monitoring, hospital protocols, and antimicrobial stewardship.
Education
Doctorate of Pharmacy - College of Pharmacy And Allied Health Professions
St. John's University
Jamaica, NY05-2013
Skills
- EPIC/EHR: Willow, Beacon, treatment plan validation, medication workflows, documentation tools, and preparation of intravenous medications
- DoseEdge: Routing, inspection, and tracking of sterile intravenous (IV) and oral liquid medications
- ABBACUS Software
- KitCheck
Certification
- Registered Pharmacist, [New York Board of Pharmacy] - August 2003-Current
- Adult First Aid/CPR June 2013-Present
- APhA-s Pharmacy Based Immunization Certification September 2013-Present
Timeline
Inpatient Staff Pharmacist: Per Diem
Mount Sinai West Hospital
10.2019 - 09.2025
Oncology Pharmacist
Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center
11.2017 - Current
Outpatient Pharmacist
STV Chemists
05.2016 - 01.2019
Inpatient Staff Pharmacist
Montefiore Medical Center: Jack D. Weiler Hospital
11.2013 - 11.2017
Doctorate of Pharmacy - College of Pharmacy And Allied Health Professions
St. John's University