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Angie Luong

San Marcos

Summary

Collaborative leader with dedication to partnering with coworkers to promote engaged, empowering work culture. Documented strengths in building and maintaining relationships with diverse range of stakeholders in dynamic, fast-paced settings.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Manager Pharmacy Services – Infusion Center

Palomar Health
08.2022 - Current
  • Managed IV pharmacists’ and technicians’ duties and IV and infusion center ordering and dispensing workflow
  • Optimized pharmacists onboarding, orientation, and training in the pharmacy IV room and for infusion center
  • Created competencies for pharmacy IV room garbing, cleaning, sterile IV drug compounding, USP 797/800 updates through software and hands-on training
  • Maintained pharmacists training and competency documents
  • Actively participated in committees for pharmacy and infusion center operations, hematology/oncology, and P&T
  • Oversaw new OncoEMR implementation and workflow incorporation for the community oncology office, infusion center and pharmacy department with the interdisciplinary teams
  • Assisted in updating medication and operations policy and procedures for operations in the pharmacy department
  • Kept up with oncology drug shortages and managed oncology drug par levels for pharmacy and infusion center
  • Managed infusion center pharmacy supply list and set up supply inventory with supply chain department
  • Addressed and resolved environmental monitoring reports, alerts, and issues in the IV room
  • Set up proper waste segregation and generation for disposal under strict guidelines from NIOSH and CDPH
  • Validated newly built medical infusion and hematology/oncology treatment plans including supportive care for appropriateness and completeness based on national and NCCN guidelines
  • Served as a subject matter expert on drug therapies for the oncology office, pharmacy and infusion center staff
  • Managed and updated oncology drug formulary and compounding recipes for the pharmacy department.
  • Managed and motivated employees to be productive and engaged in work.
  • Cross-trained existing employees to maximize team agility and performance.
  • Maximized performance by monitoring daily activities and mentoring team members.
  • Onboarded new employees with training and new hire documentation.
  • Evaluated employee performance and conveyed constructive feedback to improve skills.
  • Trained personnel in IV room and equipment maintenance and enforced sterile garbing and cleaning competencies.

Lead Oncology Pharmacist

Cedars-Sinai Valley Oncology Medical Group
07.2017 - 07.2022
  • Reviewed, verified, and provided recommendations for initiation and optimization of chemotherapy regimens, pre-medications, post-medications, and supportive care based on NCCN and CSMC protocols
  • Communicated clearly and concisely with doctors, clinical staff and patients about dosing and frequency, side effects, and lab results relating to chemotherapy and supportive care treatments
  • Checked and dispensed daily hazardous and non-hazardous IV and oral medications prepared by pharmacy support staff, and compounded IV medications and filled oral medications when necessary
  • Supervised appropriate handling and disposal of hazardous drugs and hazardous waste for the pharmacy and infusion area as required by the CDPH and CSMC policies
  • Managed inventory of hazardous drugs and supplies for the IV room, pharmacy, infusion and exam areas
  • Loaded and prepared reports for inventory of stock, drug expenses, and yearly drug budgets in the pharmacy
  • Oversaw logs for daily medication dispenses and waste, temperature monitoring
  • Facilitated initiation and maintenance of pharmacy workflows on the EMR and for pharmacy staff, and connected workflows interdepartmentally among doctors, nurses, medical assistants, lab technicians and check-in/out areas
  • Assisted in establishing and maintaining contracts with third party vendors for ordering intravenous, injectables, and oral medications, and supervised medication ordering, receipt, inventory, and disposal
  • Integral pharmacist in decision-making team for planning the layout, building, maintenance and cleaning of the new pharmacy area and entire IV cleanroom in the clinic according to USP 795, 797, 800
  • Supervised optimal operational conditions for the IV cleanroom, refrigerators, freezers and other supportive equipment to ensure state and USP compliance, performance and efficiency
  • Participated in clinical and operational decision-making in weekly clinic, monthly pharmacy and IT operations, and quarterly P&T committee and oncology pharmacy sub-committee meetings.
  • Effectively prioritized tasks and organized workflow to increase efficiency.
  • Monitored ordering of pharmacy medication stock and supplies to maintain streamlined inventory and low overhead.

Oncology/Investigational Drug Services Pharmacist

Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
10.2015 - 07.2017
  • Adhered to hospital policies and procedures and quality assurance for verifying and dispensing medication orders in the infusion centers, inpatient and bone marrow transplant units
  • Assessed chemotherapy medication orders for appropriateness under established protocol and procedures
  • Reviewed clinically researched therapies and necessary dose adjustments for patients’ disease state, comorbidities, drug interactions, and laboratory results
  • Rotated weeklong on-call oncology pagers to respond to oncology or IDS questions from hospital staff
  • Interpreted NCI clinical trial protocols for correct order entry, review, and dispensing of investigational products, standard of care regimens and/or applicable supportive care and medical supplies
  • Assisted in drafting and editing condensed research outlines of NCI clinical trial protocols and maintaining corresponding Vestigo and manual logs
  • Performed, when necessary, and supervised pharmacy support staff in compounding intravenous admixtures and injectables according to departmental and/or NCI clinical trial protocols
  • Dispensed, filled when necessary, and supervised pharmacy support staff in preparation, receipt, recording and destruction of oral investigational products
  • Corresponded and coordinated with NCI clinical trial investigators, clinical staff, coordinators, monitors and data managers regarding correct interpretation of and compliance with NCI clinical trial protocols and related procedures
  • Counseled patients on chemotherapy regimens, supportive care therapy, investigational drugs and oral medications.

Pharmacy Intern

Walgreens Pharmacy
08.2011 - 10.2015
  • Trained new pharmacy technicians and interns on prescription entry, insurance information entry to bill for prescriptions and qualified vaccinations, and filled prescriptions manually and with automated dispensing machines
  • Received and assessed phoned-in, e-prescribed, and faxed prescriptions from authorized prescribers, transferred and copied prescriptions for refill to and from other pharmacies
  • Counseled patients on medications, disease states, diet and exercise under pharmacist’s supervision
  • Recommended OTC medications, herbals, supplements, diabetic supplies and testing kits to patients
  • Administered flu shots after verifying patients’ eligibilities for vaccination
  • Provided blood pressure screenings and education to patients
  • Assisted in medication and supply orders, applicable logging, and returns, and inventory counts
  • Pulled prescriptions from shelves to return back to stock, and called patients whom haven’t picked up prescriptions.

Education

PharmD. -

Howard University
Washington, DC
01.2015

B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology -

UC Davis
Davis, CA
01.2009

Skills

  • Subject Matter Expert for Infusion Center
  • Regulatory Requirements
  • Verbal and Written Communication
  • Pharmacy Operations Management
  • Pharmacy Policies and Procedures Implementation
  • Team Leadership
  • Staff Management
  • Education training for new pharmacist hires and residents
  • Sterile and Hazardous Drug IV Admixtures
  • Drug Inventory and Supply Management
  • Literature Searches
  • USP 797 and USP 800 Knowledge
  • Investigative Drug Services
  • Knowledge of 340B and GPO billing

Certification

  • California State Licensed Pharmacist, #74821
  • Washington, DC State Licensed Pharmacist, #PH100002068
  • BLS Provider, American Heart Association
  • Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery Certificate of Achievement, APhA

Affiliations

  • American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

Timeline

Manager Pharmacy Services – Infusion Center

Palomar Health
08.2022 - Current

Lead Oncology Pharmacist

Cedars-Sinai Valley Oncology Medical Group
07.2017 - 07.2022

Oncology/Investigational Drug Services Pharmacist

Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
10.2015 - 07.2017

Pharmacy Intern

Walgreens Pharmacy
08.2011 - 10.2015

PharmD. -

Howard University

B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology -

UC Davis

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