Serena Patel

Supervisor: Meg Karaffa, PharmD

Clinical Pharmacist - Atrium Health, Pineville - Charlotte, NC

(2024-10)

Supervisor: Meg Karaffa, PharmD

• Participate in multidisciplinary rounds (MDR) on medical/surgical unit, providing evidence-based pharmacotherapy recommendations to optimize patient outcomes
• Evaluate and respond to antimicrobial stewardship alerts, ensuring appropriate antibiotic selection, dosing, and duration in alignment with institutional guidelines
• Perform discharge medication reconciliation and counseling to promote safe transitions of care and reduce readmission risk
• Perform and monitor pharmacy consults for vancomycin, aminoglycosides, and warfarin
• Adjust medications for renal function and from intravenous (IV) to oral (PO) route based on criteria met per protocol

Clinical Pharmacist - Atrium Health, Virtual Pharmacy Services - Charlotte, NC

(2023-10 - 2024-10)

Supervisor: Sara Shields, PharmD, BCPS

• Verify orders for safety, appropriateness, and effectiveness for medicine, surgery, maternity, cardiac and ICU patients across all Charlotte Market hospitals
• Communicate with sites any follow up needed with certain medications orders or monitoring needs
• Address any issues with medication histories with the medication reconciliation technicians and providers

Clinical Pharmacist - Atrium Health, Pineville - Charlotte, NC

(2019-09 - 2023-10)

Supervisor: Meg Karaffa, PharmD

• Perform and monitor pharmacy consults for vancomycin, aminoglycosides, and warfarin
• Adjust medications for renal function and from intravenous (IV) to oral (PO) route based on criteria met per protocol
• Lead the hiring committee for the department and apply relevant course knowledge in unbiased hiring practices and STAR method
• Precepted P4 students on Advanced Hospital and Internal Medicine rotations (2020-2021)
• Completed a Fentanyl Patch Medication Use Evaluation (MUE) in response to ISMP recommendations to enhance safety (2020)
• Verify orders for safety, appropriateness, and effectiveness for medicine, surgery, maternity, cardiac and ICU patients
• Staff distributional and IV room shifts
• Provide discharge medication reconciliation (2023)

Acute Care Post-Graduate Year 1 (PGY-1) Pharmacy Resident - UC San Diego Health - La Jolla & Hillcrest

(2018-07 - 2019-06)

Supervisor: Marcie Lepkowsky, PharmD

• Actively participate in daily rounds with medical teams to adjust medication regimens and ensure appropriate medication use and safety
• Independently staff clinical (IMU, ED, medicine surgery level of care) and distribution (central distributional area and IV room) shifts
• Completed Research Proposal and IRB paper work for the Performance Improvement (PI) Research Project, "Evaluation of the safety and efficacy of abbreviated bridging with parenteral anticoagulation and vitamin k antagonist (VKA) therapy"
• Completed a Medication Use Evaluation (MUE) for Saccharomyces boulardii (Florastor)
• Supervise pharmacy students on APPE rotations and facilitate topic discussions
• Led therapeutics conference for third year pharmacy students at UC San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Intern Pharmacist - UC San Diego Health - La Jolla & Hillcrest

(2015-06 - 2018-05)

Supervisor: Nancy Yam, PharmD, MHA, BCPS

• Showcased a proven ability to excel in a high-volume environment, including managing up to 15 different messages from nurses per hour via telephone or EPIC
• Performed medication histories in the Emergency Department prior to the patient transitioning to in-patient floor, including interviewing and checking refill histories at pharmacies
• Performed 16-20 hours every other week and 40 hours during the summer months (June- August)
• Completed sterile IV compounding (including hazardous medications) in accordance with USP 797

Doctor of Pharmacy - Pharmacy - University of California, San Diego (UCSD) (2014-09 - 2018-05)

Bachelor of Science - Molecular and Cellular Biology - California State University, San Marcos (CSUSM) (2010-08 - 2014-05)