Expert Witness - Forensic Expert - Litigation Support - Speaker Bureau
Randa Abdelal, Pharm.D. has a doctorate in pharmacy & has experience in retail, hospital clinical,
pediatrics/neonatal, home health, hospice, long-term care, academia, and pharmaceutical industry experience. Her
practice includes dose adjustments of intravenous drugs on an inpatient setting, clinical initiatives involving
developing policies & protocols involving drug administration & drug guidelines, patient-focused pharmaceutical
care, and the provision of drug information/literature evaluation, drug dispensing & delivery services, and routinely
review patient drug regimens to make recommendations on ways to optimize therapy with emphasis on assessing
adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, and medication errors. Drug-related morbidity has been the primary theme
of her work experience.
Services
Dr. Abdelal, as an expert in pharmacy practice, is responsible for ensuring the safe, effective, appropriate, and
economical use of drugs in patient care settings. As a doctor of pharmacy, she assumes responsibility for direct
patient care as a member of a multidisciplinary team, and serves as the primary source of drug information for other
healthcare professionals. Medication-related problems that she routinely evaluates, assesses, and manages include:
Improper drug selection
Overdosage
Handling & the management of High Risk Medications
Drug toxicity
Adverse drug reactions
Drug interactions
Drug administration errors
Sub-therapeutic drug dosing
Medication non-compliance
Medication use without indication
Medication occurrences
Because of the highly regulated nature of pharmacy practice, as a doctor in pharmacy, she is well versed in
addressing a variety of administrative pharmacy issues, including: compliance with regulatory bodies (e.g.,
State/Federal licensing boards, TJC, FDA); drug procurement; institutional and community drug distribution
systems; controlled substances and the DEA; managed care principles and practice; and insurance company and
third-party reimbursement.
Dr. Abdelal's experience in dealing with medication-related problems, combined with her ability to evaluate causal
relationships between exposure to drugs and subsequent effects, provides for valuable expertise that can be used to
elucidate potential factors in a legal case. Perhaps equally as important as her knowledge in pharmacology and the
practice of pharmacy is the fact that she is skilled at effectively communicating complex drug regimens and
technical information to non-technical people. Additionally, in the eyes of the public, the pharmacist has been rated
the most honest and ethical healthcare professional for many years running as determined by annual Gallup Polls.
These attributes combine to make for an expert who can relate well to a jury.
Following are areas of pharmacy practice, medication use, and pharmacology that she can address:
-Pharmacy standard of care (nursing home/long-term care, acute care, hospice, home health)
-Pediatric/Neonatal drug related issues (Dosing weight, dose adjustments, & drug contraindications)
-Geriatric drug therapy (Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, psychoactive medications, polypharmacy)
-Clinical pharmacy services (drug information services, patient assessment & counseling)
-Drug safety (interactions, adverse reactions, medication occurrences, death/overdose, and product liability)

-Pharmacology (drug causation, pharmacokinetics, pharmacoepidemiology)
-Pharmacy operations (controlled substances, drug distribution systems, and pharmacoeconomics)
Litigation Support Services
Dr. Abdelal offers the following litigation support services for plaintiff and defense attorneys:
- Document review
- Patient interview and assessment
- Facility inspection
- Written report
- Deposition testimony
- Trial testimony
Areas of Expertise:
• Addictions
• Adverse Drug Reactions
• Alcohol
• Causation Analysis
• Drugs
• Drug Abuse
• Drug Addiction
• Drug Interactions
• Drug Testing
• Drug diversion
• Drugs and Narcotics
• DUI
• Forensic Toxicology
• Geriatrics
• Hospitals
• Insulin Resistance
• Long QT Syndrome
• Long Term Care
• Medical Records
• Medical-Legal Issues
• Medication Errors
• Nursing Home
• Nursing Homes
• Overdosage
• Pain Management
• Pediatric/Neonatal
drug related toxicities/
injuries
• Pharmaceutical Care
• Pharmacology
• Pharmacy
• Pharmacy Malpractice
• Quality Assurance
• Standard of Care
• Substance Abuse
• Toxicology

Specific agents, drugs/drug classes, & related issues Dr. Abdelal has established being an expert in, include but are
not limited to the following:
Drug abuse, acetaminophen, acne product, active pharmaceutical ingredient, agonistic drug, alcohol
toxicology, allergy pharmacology, alpha 2 pharmacology, analgesic drug, anesthetic drug, antagonistic drug,
antiarthritis drug, antibiotic, anticancer drug, anticonvulsant drug, antidepressant drug, antihistamine,
antihypertensive drug, anti-inflammatory drug, antiparasitic agent, antipsychotic drug, antitussive, antiviral
agent, aspirin, barbiturate, beclomethasone dipropionate, benzodiazepine, biological drug level,
bronchodilator drug, buccal drug delivery, bulk drug, cardiovascular pharmacology, clinical pharmacology,
cold pharmacology, controlled-release drug delivery, cromolyn sodium, cytotoxic drug, delayed-action drug,
diuretic drug, drug, drug delivery method, drug development, drug dosage form development, drug
interdiction, drug regulation, drug toxicology, expectorant drug, gastrointestinal drug, immunosuppressive
drug, injectable drug, injectable pharmaceutical product, nasal drug delivery, nasal spray, ophthalmic
pharmaceutical product, opiate, oral contraceptive drug, oral drug delivery, over-the-counter drug, over-the-
counter drug product development, oxycodone, pain management, parenteral drug delivery, pediatric
pharmacology, pharmaceutical liquid, pharmaceutical product, pharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics,
pharmacology, prescription drug, programmable drug delivery, prolonged-action drug, protein drug, protein
drug delivery, therapeutic drug, timed-release drug, topical drug, toxicology, transdermal drug delivery
Profile
Dr. Abdelal Pharm.D. is a doctor of pharmacy & is currently the Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator at Saint Peter's
University Hospital, an 500 bed academic medical center. She received a Doctorate Of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) from
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences University in Little Rock, AK. She received her completed her Pharm.D.
Internship in Ambulatory Adult Care from the University Hospital of UAMS and then received specialized training
in Pediatric & Neonatal Care.
She currently serves as the co-chair of pharmacy/therapeutics at Saint Peter's University Hospital, in New
Brunswick New Jersey. She has practiced as a clinical coordinator in acute care hospital settings for 7 years. Before
that she was a Drug Safety Associate at Pfizer Pharmaceutics, in the government/regulatory affairs department and
clinical research dealing mainly with local submission of safety cases (serious & non-serious cases) of select drugs,
among which were Lipitor, Viagra, Depo-Provera, Prem-Pro. Among cases involving these agents, Dr. Abdelal also
revised drug package inserts & served as a pharmacology expert witness in litigations involved with the
combination hormonal drug, Depo-Provera. She chairs the Anticoagulation Therapy Subcommittee at Saint Peter's
University Hospital (SPUH) & developed a warfarin (Coumadin) & heparin protocol programs to insure the safe &
appropriate therapy of these two High Risk Agents to patients, on an inpatient as well as an outpatient setting. Dr.
Abdelal also co-chairs the drug-related morbidity subcommittees at SPUH.
As a clinical pharmacist, she directed, developed, & worked as an information specialist at four university-based
drug information centers. Dr. Abdelal is currently in the process of developing a university hospital-based
anticoagulation point of care clinic at SPUH.
She has held membership and served as an officer in various professional organizations. She has served in an
administrative, clinical, advisory, or committee-related capacity for health-care institutions, governmental agencies,
private industry, & community service groups.
Pharmacist Licensure:
New Jersey
Connecticut
Professional Experience
Saint Peter’s University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ
Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator, August 2008 till Present
-Provide expertise in unique aspects of drug therapy for inpatients which include patients of all age groups
-Participate actively and effectively on patient care rounds

-Provide pharmacokinetics & pain consultations throughout the hospital as required
-Develop and conduct target drug programs and drug usage evaluations on a routine basis
-Providing leadership in identifying and developing cost avoidance strategy in drug therapy by promoting more cost
effective regimens, drugs, and by reducing waste
-Develop and conduct clinical interventions as part of the departmental documentation program
-Provide advanced drug information to health care professionals as well as patients
-Facilitated and monitored a number of ongoing investigational drug studies
-Take leadership roles in the teaching programs of the department of pharmacy, medical residents, and nurses
-Act as a liaison between the Department of Pharmacy and the physicians as well as the Medical Center
-Developed as well as updated hospital policies and procedures for patient standards of care
-Routine updating of the hospital drug formulary to best fit the hospitals need without causing a financial
Burden to the pharmacy budget
-Editor of the hospital pharmacy newsletter
Solaris Health System -Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center, Plainfield, NJ
Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator, February 2004-May 2008
-Provide expertise in unique aspects of drug therapy for inpatients which include patients of all age groups
-Participate actively and effectively on patient care rounds
-Provide pharmacokinetics & pain consultations throughout the hospital as required
-Develop and conduct target drug programs and drug usage evaluations on a routine basis
-Providing leadership in identifying and developing cost avoidance strategy in drug therapy by promoting more cost
effective regimens, drugs, and by reducing waste
-Develop and conduct clinical interventions as part of the departmental documentation program
-Provide advanced drug information to health care professionals as well as patients
-Facilitated and monitored a number of ongoing investigational drug studies
-Take leadership roles in the teaching programs of the department of pharmacy, medical residents, and nurses
-Act as a liaison between the Department of Pharmacy and the physicians as well as the Medical Center
-Developed as well as updated hospital policies and procedures for patient standards of care
-Routine updating of the hospital drug formulary to best fit the hospitals need without causing a financial
Burden to the pharmacy budget
-Editor of the hospital pharmacy newsletter
Pfizer Inc; Bridgewater, NJ
Safety Surveillance & Reporting Case Manager, September 2004 to February 2005
-Fully trained in ARGUS, MEDRA coder, CODER browser, RSGT, pfLITE, and ARISg
-Identify and report on any adverse event occurring as a result of a drug or medical device manufactured
by Pfizer, Inc and determine if case meets regulatory report ability criteria
-Perform custodial review and proofing of clinical trials as well as adverse event monitoring
-Process expedited and nonexpedited case queries within a given time frame and deadlines
-Asses expectedness/Listedness per appropriate product labeling
-Ensure that serious adverse events are reported, forwarded and followed up in a timely fashion utilizing
the AEM report form
St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital & Trauma Center, Patterson, NJ
Clinical pharmacist, December 2003 ¨C September 2004
-Performed safety and multidisciplinary rounds with health care providers to improve the quality of care
for our patients
-Calculated as well as guided health care professionals in pediatric as well as infants and neonatal
IV dosing, TPN, PPN and chemotherapy
-Monitored and attended to two pediatric and adult satellite pharmacies while becoming readily
accessible to healthcare professionals for dosing and drug evaluations
-Evaluated quality control and QA of inpatients and nursing duty accuracies
-Reviewed and made modifications to hospital policy and procedures when required

Harry S. Truman Columbia VA Hospital, Columbia, MO
Clinical support pharmacist, October 2001 ¨C June 2003
-Assisted my fellow colleagues in pursuing the utmost clinical care for our patients
-Analyzed as well as adjusted anticoagulants, aminoglycosides, and vancomycin dosing
- Improved patient compliance and decrease hospital spending by monitoring patient
improvements and giving patients oral rather than injectable medications.
-Researched medical journals and updates via the web to keep my team of pharmacists as well as
myself up to date on the latest medical technologies and breakthroughs
-Counseled and discharged patients after confirming with the physician of the patient medications
-Performed clinic duties where I would meet with patients after they met with their physician to
discussed any new medications started or further help them understand their disease state
Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center, Secaucus, NJ
Staff and clinical pharmacist, August 1998 - October 2001
-Prepared and compounded intravenous piggybacks, large volume solutions and chemotherapy
-Conducted pharmacotherapy interventions as well as adverse drug reaction reports and follow-ups
-Performed routine floor inspections for patient compliance, drug interactions, and narcotic use
Brooks Pharmacy, Meriden, CT
Retail pharmacist, September 1997 - July 1998
-Maintained the dispensing and preparation of prescription drugs via satellite computer programming
-Adapted patients in receiving proper patient counseling and a degree of understanding of their diseases
Rite Aid Pharmacy, Jersey City, NJ
Retail pharmacist, September 1995 - August 1997
-Managed a newly developed pharmacy in which I was awarded a certificate of achievement for its immediate
success and proclaimed customer satisfaction
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
-Received academic recognition in medicinal chemistry and pharmacology awarded upon graduation
from Arnold & Marie College of Pharmacy
-Successfully made the Deans list the third and fourth years of Pharmacy school