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Emily L. Kamenas
91 Prices Switch Road Vernon, New Jersey 07462 Cell: 845-325-7024 emilykamenas@gmail.com
L I C E N S U R E / C E R T I F I C A T I O N S
Pharmacist (NY)
Emily Lynn Kamenas License Number 059491
Issued: 07/24/2014
Expires: 06/30/2017
E D U C A T I O N
Wilkes University
Nesbitt School of Pharmacy Major: Doctor of Pharmacy
Sept. 2008 – May 2014
Degree: Pharm.D. (May 2014)
E X P E R I E N C E
HospitalPharmacy____________________________________________________
Orange Regional Medical Center
Middletown, NY 10941
May 2014- Present Pharmacist
Responsibilities: Working within EPIC systemto provide exceptional care for patients at
ORMC. Working with other pharmacists, clinical pharmacists, and
technicians to verify and prepare medication orders. Helping nursing
staff and doctors with any medication or systemquestions.Working
independently and efficiently to complete othertasks daily including,
medication reconciliation, renal dosing,warfarin monitoring,
vancomycin dosing and IV to PO conversions.Working with OCRA
and Omnicell to load medications to provide timely administration of
medications for patients.Continuing to practice sterile compounding
working in clean room along side technicians and other pharmacists to
compound batches,first doses, TPNs, and pediatric medications.
Lehigh Valley Hospital-Hazleton
Hazleton, PA 18201
March 2014 Pharmacy APPE Student: Institutional Pharmacy
Preceptor: Katie Moore
Responsibilities: Filling prescriptions,filling pyxis stations and pulling medications,
interacting with several pharmacists on doing for antibiotics, pediatric
medications, and CrCl. Teaching technicians aseptic technique and
making IV rooms USP797 compliant and providing staff with
presentation and information on sterile compounding.
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Regional Hospital of Scranton
Scranton, PA 18501
May 2013 Pharmacy APPE Student: Internal Medicine
Preceptor: Dana Manning
Responsibilities: Working directly with the rounding physician and medical residents to
provide the best care for patients.Researched many disease states and
new medications to provide the most up-to-date effective treatment.
Provided several small lectures to accompanying residents on
medications for several disease states. Completed a case study that was
published (see article listed below)
Schuylkill Health Medical Center
Pottsville, PA 17901
May 2011-January 2013 Pharmacy Technician
Preceptor: Robert Karetsky
Responsibilities: Understanding and working with Pyxis (refilling, loading, inventory,
outdating), utilizing Lexicomp, floor deliveries, communicating with
nursing staff, preparations of IV formulations (STAT and batch), IV
room maintenance, individual work (pharmaceutical calculations, IV
formulation, updating and filling MRT boxes), working with on hand
pharmacists to monitor CrCl of patients as well as potassiumlevels,
and identifying patients able to move from IV to PO medications
Gnaden Huetten Memorial Hospital
Lehighton, PA 18253
May 2012 Pharmacy IPPE Student
Preceptor: Holly Bones
Responsibilities: Understanding and working with Pyxis (refilling, loading) Working
with on hand pharmacists to fill orders, monitoring patients on
antimicrobial medications for dosing and appropriate selection,
identifying patients able to move from IV to PO medication, working
with fellow technicians to understand the work flow throughout the
hospital, and attending PT meetings and hospital head meetings
RetailPharmacy______________________________________________________
CVS Pharmacy Pharmacy Intern
Warwick, NY 10990 Preceptor: Chris Rampe
October 2013- May 2014
Responsibilities: Provide excellent patient care to everyone who comes through the door.
Also, responsible for making sure patients are adhering to their
medication regimen and answer any questions they may have. Working
hard to complete all tasks on a daily basis even with an overflow of
patients. Complete courses online to continue building myself as a
valued employee and work closely with the pharmacist. Contacting both
doctors and insurance companies to ensure prescriptions are correct and
prepared for patient in timely manner.
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Sheeley’s Drug Store Pharmacy APPE Student: Community Pharmacy
Scranton, PA 18501 Preceptor: Lori Hart
Summer 2013
Responsibilities: Learning how to run a pharmacy by taking part in ordering and making
sure all prescriptions were being billed properly. Also, built up my skills
for filling prescriptions. Compounding was a major task that Sheeley’s
specializes in and during my time there I focused on making
compounded medications. Lastly, consulting patients and drug
representatives about medications and disease states.
CVS Pharmacy Pharmacy APPE Student: District Chain Management
Baltimore, MD 21202 Preceptor: Keith Heim
Summer 2013
Responsibilities: Helped my preceptor by directly taking on the tasks of a pharmacy
supervisor. Provided feedback to several stores and worked towards
improving metrics on KPMs and SOS score sheets. Followed up with
PICs on several tasks; prescription validation, courses on learnet,
inventory, loss and prevention. Attended regional meetings and district
meetings. Also, covered in stores when pharmacists called off.
Family Prescription Counter Pharmacy Intern
Duryea, PA 18642 Preceptor: Fiore A. Cremard
May 2010- January 2013
Responsibilities: Production, refilling and entering new prescriptions, customer service,
cashier, refilling stock, inventory, maintaining pharmacy sanitation,unit
doing medication, filling pill boxes, pre-filling syringes.This pharmacy
also specializes in adult care homes, therefore filling prescriptions for
group homes that followed their protocols and procedures. Also, aiding
in filling prescriptions for hospice care patients.
Walgreens Pharmacy Pharmacy IPPE Student
Kingston, PA 18704 Preceptor: Jennifer Parish
May 2011
Responsibilities: Refilling and entering prescriptions, understanding the dynamic of a
chain pharmacy, recognize legal issues in filling prescriptions and
reporting false prescriptions to authorities.
SpecialtyPharmacy:
PharMerica Pharmacy APPE Student: Long Term Care
Wilkes-Barre, Pa 18706 Preceptor: Toni McDonald
November 2013
Responsibilities: Filling prescriptions,contacting nursing homes to verify medications,
Going through patient charts to verify proper medications,
discontinuing or gradual dose reducing medications, following up on
projects, conducting aseptic technique testing for the staff, and working
with management to hire new staff and supervise staff.
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CVS Caremark Mail Order Pharmacy Technician
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18706 Preceptor: Rob Alapick
December 2012- December 2013
Responsibilities: Production, refilling prescriptions, continuing work flow at all times,
refilling stock, inventory, and expanding education via intranet offered
onsite
Research/Articles_____________________________________________________
A Tale of Unequal Substitution: Minocycline and Acute Autoimmune Hepatitis
Journal of Pharmacy Technology Volume 30, Issue 2, Release in April 2014
Article: 520400 SAGE Journals Online
Authors: Dana Manning, Emily DeBuck, and Mallory Simchick
Differential Gene Regulation in Japonica and Indica Rice and Their F1 Hybrids. Antisense
Transcripts of Light-Regulated Rice Genes.
Authors:E. DeBuck C.Grow, J. Shah, M. Ritsick, N. Kocher, J. Bird, M. Jalloh, X-W. Deng, C. Papayannakos, N.
Mian, S. Singhal
Wilkes University Student Research Work
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18706 Undergraduate/Summer research
June 2009-September 2009 Preceptor: William Terzaghi
Responsibilities: Conducting gel electrophoresis, running PCR, extracting genetic
material from several rice types, learning the rice genome browser,
working underand with advanced students in the lab, and understanding
how to interpret and record the data collected.
The work conducted was analyzed and presented at PASannualmeeting,
Camp Hill, PA, April 9-11, 2010 and ASPB annual meeting, Honolulu,
Hawaii , July 17-23, 2009
C O M P U T E R S K I L L S
EPIC, CSM, OCRA, Omnicell, Pyxis, Windows Excel, Windows Word, Windows PowerPoint,
Alaris Infusion Pumps, Simplify
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H O N O R S A N D A W A R D S
Wilkes University Dean’s List
Wilkes-Barre, PA
2009-2013
Wilkes University Wilkes University Presidential Scholarship
Wilkes-Barre, PA
Aug. 2008 – May 2012
Wilkes University Varsity Athlete/Captain
Wilkes-Barre, PA
2008-2012/2011-2012
R E F E R E N C E S
Available upon request