Adil Colabawala
Gardena,CA
Summary
- Accomplished Clinical Pharmacist with over [Number] years of experience dedicated to enhancing treatment protocols and medical decision-making within collaborative practice teams.
- Recognized for exceptional leadership, strategic planning, and problem-solving skills in diverse clinical environments, driving improvements in patient care and medication management.
- Expertise includes optimizing patient care and providing education for both patients and healthcare professionals, ensuring the highest standards of treatment success.
- Committed to leveraging advanced technologies and innovative practices to enhance efficiency, improve patient outcomes, and maintain a strong focus on safety and quality control.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Staff Pharmacist
CVS PHARMACY
01.2022 - Current
- Proficiently managed an internal company wide platform to enhance workflow by communicating the workstation assignment board upon shift changes.
- Captained My Patient Care by ensuring all Patient Care Calls are completed in the designated time frame. Proactively coaching the team around suggesting IMZ gaps at all interactions.
- Trained new hires at the register around the register prompts and help them connect the dots around the why’s and how’s and the importance of community outreach.
- Collaborated with the Front Store management team on needs around support during call out and or excessive lines.
- Validate RX elements to avoid any parts missing on compliance as outlined in the Board of Pharmacy and State laws; and coached the team what to look for while encouraged the pharmacy technician’s to notify the pharmacist about any doubt or suspicions as such.
- Actively checked emails and responded to patients concerns on Customer Service, communicated the score daily to the team to improvise.
- Ensure the completion of error of Balance on Hand and Loss prevention Action Plans in a timely manner.
- Systematically completed the Regulatory Review each quarter and maintained the regulatory box up to date, ensuring ready and accessible when needed.
Pharmacist Intern/ Grad Intern
CVS PHARMACY
06.2018 - 10.2021
- Perform medication therapy management, resolve patient non-adherence and further counsel patients on new medication therapies and importance of compliance to reach health goals.
- Process and fill prescriptions, reconstituted medications, took in new medication orders over the telephone and call for transfers in or out for prescriptions.
- Verified with physicians/staff the correct dosing of certain medications especially for pediatric population to ensure the dose was correct for the indication.
- Assist patients with drug information questions, assist patients with over the counter options and selections, promoted and administer various vaccines.
Analytical Chemist II
PURETEK CORPORATION
08.2018 - 06.2019
- All responsibilities as mentioned below during rehire.
- New roles include helping edit existing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) that are outdated with current cGMP Guidelines.
- Consulting on formulations of new over-the-counter and prescription medications.
- Consulting on the stability of current prescription products to help determine and maximize the shelf-life of medications.
- Developing analytical methods for new products to be formulated.
CEO, Business Owner
IMAGE INDIA
01.2007 - 11.2017
- Managed overhead and made purchasing decisions on appropriate products and commercial properties to maximize profits and expand scope of the company.
- Oversaw and approved yearly spending by analyzing account information as well as business trends.
- Distributed finished products to high volume international businesses.
- Developed and monitored organizational and contract budgets.
- Composed weekly meeting minutes.
- Set goals for staff on a quarterly basis.
- Reconciled processed work by verifying entries and comparing system reports to end balances.
Analytical Chemist II
PURETEK CORPORATION
01.2013 - 07.2017
- Assayed pharmaceutical and over-the-counter and raw materials on a day-to-day basis.
- Performed analytical method development, validation, and transfers using United States Pharmacopeia Guidelines (USP).
- Composed analytical methods and assisted with the process of creating SOP for production and analysis.
- Conducted batch reviews and calculations for quality assurance according to FDA Guidelines.
- Reviewed and audited analytical articles and laboratory notebooks.
- Trained employees on sterile and aseptic technique as well as on various analytical instruments such as HPLC-MS, GC-MS, AA, etc.
Education
Doctor of Pharmacy -
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles, CA05-2021
B.S. - Biology and Microbiology, Minor in Chemistry
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
Northridge, CA12-2009
Skills
- Medication dispensing automation
- Proficient in drug labeling standards
- Assessment of drug interactions
- Vaccine administration expertise
- Medication stock control
- Understanding HIPAA regulations
- Precision in tasks
- Patient record organization
- Prescription accuracy assessment
- Medication storage
- Inventory control and administration
- Continuing education
- Drug therapy review
- Expert in insurance claims processing
- Conflict resolution
- Pyxis system
- Patient communication
- Prescription filling training
- Medication dispensing
- Immunization administration
- Motivated self-starter
- Acute care expertise
- HIPAA regulations compliance
- Prescriptions management
- Physician orders processing
- Patient relations
- Qualified in institutional pharmacy
- Proper storage
- Health education advice
- Accurate pharmaceutical calculations
- Inventory maintenance system
- Pharmacy operational procedures
- Drug interactions
- Responsive to scheduling needs
- Medication therapy management
- Vaccines
- Skilled in clinical interventions
- Data entry specialist
Accomplishments
- Directly supervised 5 Pharmacy Technicians, interns and support staff.
- Saved patients up to 40% of prescription costs by substituting therapeutically equivalent generic drugs.
- Designed a new drug-inventory management system to reduce waste and eliminate back orders.
- Filled and dispensed an average of 900 prescriptions per day with 100% accuracy.
Certification
- Dec 2021 – Present: CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY REGISTERED PHARMACIST LICENSE 85650
- Oct 2025 - Present ALASKA BOARD OF PHARMACY REGISTERED PHARMACIST LICENSE 245383
- Aug 2021 – Present: AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION CPR/BLS CERTIFIED
- Aug 2017 – Present: HOSPITAL FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY CERTIFIED
Languages
Hindi
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Staff Pharmacist
CVS PHARMACY
01.2022 - Current
Analytical Chemist II
PURETEK CORPORATION
08.2018 - 06.2019
Pharmacist Intern/ Grad Intern
CVS PHARMACY
06.2018 - 10.2021
Analytical Chemist II
PURETEK CORPORATION
01.2013 - 07.2017
CEO, Business Owner
IMAGE INDIA
01.2007 - 11.2017
B.S. - Biology and Microbiology, Minor in Chemistry
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
Doctor of Pharmacy -
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
HONORS, AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
- Mar 2019: RHO CHI ACADEMIC HONOR SOCIETY
Inducted as a lifetime member of the prestigious honor society, recognizing exceptional academic achievement and commitment to excellence.
- May 2018: DEAN’S PHARMD SUMMER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP USC School of Pharmacy
Awarded a competitive Research Fellowship, including full funding, to conduct in-depth study and contribute novel findings within the field of expertise.
- Dec 2009: CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HONORS PROGRAM-CUM LAUDE | Northridge, CA, Awarded to students who graduated with a GPA of 3.50 or greater in undergraduate studies
- CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY DEAN’S HONORS LIST | Northridge, CA
Fall 2002/Spring 2004/Spring 2008/Fall 2009
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
- Aug 2018 – Dec 2019: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF PHARMACY | Los Angeles, CA
- Supplemental Instructor for Biological Systems I & II
- May 2018 – May 2019: AMERICAN PHARMACY STUDENT ALLIANCE BOARD | Los Angeles, CA
- Indian Pharmacists Association (IPA) Representative
Liaison for USC-IPA relations and Health Fair Organizer
- Aug 2007 - Dec 2009: CSU PEER HEALTH EXCHANGE | Northridge, CA
Student Leader
Trained college volunteers to teach health education in public high school students that lack health education
Presented on various topics such as healthy eating, everyday hygiene, and physical fitness
- Aug 2006 - Dec 2009: CSU SOUTH ASIAN CLUB | Northridge, CA
Historian
Designed pamphlets and designed flyers to promote events and club activities
Attended events and presented event activities during weekly club meetings and California State University of Northridge Sundial publication
- Jan 2008 - Apr 2008: VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE | Northridge, CA
Tax Preparer
Provided free income tax preparation assistance to low-income, elderly, and disabled families
Profiled each individual and families and ensured their income status met the threshold for VITA services
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- Aug 2018- 2022: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF PHARMACY | Los Angeles, CA
- Supplemental Instructor
- Aug 2008 - Dec 2009: CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY TUTORING
- Chemistry Tutor | Northridge, CA
- Tutored California State University of Northridge students in their general and organic chemistry classes