Senior Clinical oncology pharmacist
Clemenceau Medical Center
Total years of experience :11 years, 2 Months
Tasks performed include dispensing and preparation of chemotherapy drugs, chemotherapy protocols writing and revision, monitoring and prevention of chemotherapy related toxicities, engage in health care member’s education from safe handling of hazardous drugs to patient monitoring and follow up.
Participate in the multidisciplinary oncology rounds to provide input on treatment plan selection, appropriate anti-cancer related side effects management and monitoring parameters, dose adjustments needed, patient counseling …
Follow up on pain orders at the level of appropriate assessment of the type of pain, treatment selection as per the WHO analgesic ladder, drug interaction and monitoring, symptom management, check for opioid dosing, conversion, side effects and follow on total pain assessment. Contribute to pain policy protocol setting at the level of dosing and safety monitoring.
Participated in the setting of various system operational policies related to the clinical pharmacy oncology workflow. Perform and analyze KPI at the level of the oncology unit. An IRB member at the CMC ethics committee and have attended the Lebanese clinical trial registry workshop
In addition to performing hospital pharmacist duties in non- oncology sectors which involve: medication dispensing, Total Para-enteral Nutrition preparation, drug dose adjustment, Deep Vein Thrombosis and, drug information providing.
Manage for stock requests and stock expiry at the level of the operational part.
Instructor for the pharmacy dispensing course during the summer semester. Tasks performed included case preparation for fifth year pharmacy students to solove in a community pharmacy setting ( the lab) along with exams preparation and correction.
Tasks performed were prescription dispensing along with patient counseling, stock evaluation, and invoice preparation
Gaining insight into pharmacology increased my in depth understanding of drug research and development, mechanism of action , physiological effects, and adverse drug effects. Thesis project of one year duration performed on " the role of cytochrome p450 mediated metabolites of arachidonic acid in diabetic cardiovascular dysfunction in rats"