Overview
Work History
Education
Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE)
Certification
Languages
Timeline
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Disha Patel

Elkridge

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Pharmacist

CVS Pharmacy
11.2024 - Current
  • Perform technical processes required to dispense medications to patients.
  • Conduct thorough drug utilization reviews to identify potential drug interactions or contraindications, ensuring patient safety.
  • Provide consultations and answer inquiries from patients, healthcare professionals and physicians regarding drugs, potential side effects, and specified use.
  • Collaborate with pharmacy team members to develop and implement strategies for continuous improvement in quality of care.
  • Supervise and coached team of pharmacy technicians and trainees.
  • Administer immunizations and met with patients for medication consultations, effectively improving awareness of pharmacy's health services.

Pharmacy Tech/Intern

CVS
04.2017 - 11.2024
  • Counsel patients, answer doctor calls, take verbal prescriptions and transfer prescriptions under the supervision of the pharmacist
  • Medication reconstitution and non-sterile compounding
  • Perform comprehensive medication review and consultations on OTC products based on patient needs
  • Administer Vaccines

Pharmacy Technician

HCGH – Johns Hopkins Medicine
10.2021 - 09.2024
  • Dispense medications for individual patients according to prescribed orders
  • Deliver medications to patients, nursing stations as needed
  • Compound intravenous (IV) medications under sterile conditions, package medications from stock bottles
  • Operate and restock pharmacy automation systems including pyxis medication cabinets, Talyst carousel system

Research and Development Intern

SigmaPharm Laboratories
08.2022
  • Gained knowledge in drug development and manufacturing, adhering to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
  • Observed and learned from research scientists, gaining insights into the development of new chemical products and formulations
  • Executed diverse drug analytical tests, including methods like dissolution, HPLC, and UV-Vis Spectroscopy, under close supervision
  • Maintained precise and accurate records of experimental data in the laboratory notebook

Telehealth MTM Center Pharmacy Intern

Medwise RX
05.2021 - 10.2021
  • Made outbound “cold calls” offering medication management services to patients
  • Completed comprehensive medication reviews that target a variety of chronic conditions
  • Provided drug and behavioral counseling
  • Contacted the patient’s prescriber(s) to authorize therapeutic interchanges, reviewed potential duplicate therapies and drug-drug interactions
  • Document all services provided and recommendations

Pharmacy Intern (Immunizer)

INOVA Hospital
02.2021 - 10.2021
  • Compounded COVID-19 vaccines based on the standard protocols
  • Administered vaccines and assisted as needed to optimize the mass clinic workflow

COVID Vaccine Clinic Team Lead

CVS
12.2020 - 05.2021
  • Set up individual clinic sites, answered patient questions and concerns regarding the vaccine, registered participants and completed immunization consent forms
  • Administered COVID vaccines by following standard safety protocols

Pharmacy Technician

CVS
04.2017 - 08.2020
  • Entered the prescriptions into the system, sorted pills, created labels, greeted customers, rang up purchase, and operate drive thru
  • Managed daily and weekly inventory
  • Collaborated with the pharmacists based on different needs

Education

Doctor of Pharmacy -

Shenandoah University
Fairfax, VA
05-2024

Associates of Science -

Howard Community College
Columbia, MD
01.2018

Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE)

  • Indian Health Services - Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation
  • Inova Fairfax Hospital
  • Fauquier Health
  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington DC
  • Food and Drug Administration
  • RevHealth
  • Walgreens Pharmacy: District Office, Richmond, VA
  • Costco Pharmacy

Certification

  • Pharmacist Licensure (RPh) - Maryland Board of Pharmacy.
  • Pharmacist Licensure (RPh) - Virginia Board of Pharmacy.
  • Pharmacist Licensure (RPh) - District of Columbia Board of Pharmacy.
  • Immunization Certification - American Pharmacists Association.
  • Basic Life Support Certification (BLS)

Languages

Hindi
Gujarati
Marathi

Timeline

Pharmacist

CVS Pharmacy
11.2024 - Current

Research and Development Intern

SigmaPharm Laboratories
08.2022

Pharmacy Technician

HCGH – Johns Hopkins Medicine
10.2021 - 09.2024

Telehealth MTM Center Pharmacy Intern

Medwise RX
05.2021 - 10.2021

Pharmacy Intern (Immunizer)

INOVA Hospital
02.2021 - 10.2021

COVID Vaccine Clinic Team Lead

CVS
12.2020 - 05.2021

Pharmacy Tech/Intern

CVS
04.2017 - 11.2024

Pharmacy Technician

CVS
04.2017 - 08.2020

Associates of Science -

Howard Community College

Doctor of Pharmacy -

Shenandoah University

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