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AndreaRussell
ANDREA M. RUSSELL
2013 Greystem Cir
Apt #205
Gurnee, IL 60031
andrea_russell4@chs.net
(952)240-3108
EDUCATION_________________________________________________________
Sept2009- MidwesternUniversity,ChicagoCollege of Pharmacy
May 2013 DownersGrove,IL
Doctor of Pharmacy
Sept2001- Universityof Minnesota
May 2005 Minneapolis,MN
Bachelor of Science,Kinesiology
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES__________________________________________
July 2014-Present Clinical Staff Pharmacist
VistaHealthSystem
Waukegan,IL
Responsibilities:
 Distributionof medications,orderentry,andprocessing
 Supervise pharmacytechnicianactivities
 Provide kineticdosing,renal dosing,IV toPOconversions,and
anticoagulationmonitoringservices
 Provide antimicrobial stewardshipmonitoringandtherapeutic
recommendations
 Counsel patientsonanticoagulationmedications
 Provide TPN dosingandmonitoringservices
 Assessandverifychemotherapyorders
 Provide druginformationfornursesandclinicians
 Participate indaily ICUrounds
 Developandpilot adecentralizedcritical care pharmacotherapyservice
July 2013-
June2014 PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency
VistaHealthSystem
Waukegan,IL
Responsibilities
 Performclinical services:kineticdosing, renal dosing,IV toPO
conversions,anticoagulation
 Verifyandprocessordersinthe central pharmacy
 AssistinCernerEMR implementation

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AndreaRussell
May 2010-
May 2013 Pharmacy Intern
Universityof MinnesotaMedical Center-Fairview Riverside Outpatient
Pharmacy
Minneapolis,MN
Preceptor:RandyKummerfeldt,RPh
Responsibilities:
 Communicate withpatients,pharmacists,physicians,andother
healthcare professionalstomaintainprofessional relationshipsandto
monitorpatients’drugtherapies
 Accurately assess,process,andfill discharge medicationsforhospital,
includingpediatric,transplant,andpsychiatricpatients
 Assistinmedicationdischargeteaching
 Counsel patientsonmedicationsunderpharmacistsupervision
 Give and receive prescriptiontransfers
 Take telephone medicationordersfromphysicians
 Administerfluvaccines
July 2007-
August2009 Pharmacy Coordinator
Universityof MinnesotaMedical Center-Fairview Riverside Outpatient
Pharmacy
Minneapolis,MN
 Scheduledpharmacistsand technicians
 Supervisedpharmacysupportstaff
 Servedasliaisontopatientbillingoffice,solvedpharmacybillingissues
 Controlledpharmacyinventory
 Assistedpharmacymanagerwithavarietyof tasksand projects,
includingaredesignof pharmacyworkflow andapharmacysite
remodel
 Assistedpharmacymanagerwithmaintainingannual budget
 Performedpharmacytechnicianduties
August2005-
July 2007 Staff Pharmacy Technician
Universityof MinnesotaMedical Center-Fairview Riverside Outpatient
Pharmacy
Minneapolis,MN
 Representedpharmacyina professional manner,providingexcellent
customerservice whilereceivingandfillingprescriptions
 Facilitateddeliveryof discharge medicationstoappropriate nurse
stationsina timelymanner
 Assistedindevelopinganew,efficientworkflowforadditionof staff
 Guaranteedavailabilityandvarietyof productsbymaintainingorders
and inventory

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AndreaRussell
RESIDENCEYLEARNING EXPERIENCE ________________________________
June2014 EmergencyMedicine
 KathrynJostPharmD
May 2014 Clinical PharmacyManagement
 KathrynJost,PharmD andJenniferBonnell,PharmD
April 2014 Pediatrics
 KathrynJost,PharmD
March 2014 Critical Care
 JenniferBonnell,PharmD
February 2014 PharmacyPractice Management
 KathrynJost,PharmD
December 2013-
January 2014 InfectiousDisease
 KathrynJost,PharmD andLisa Neyens,PharmD,BCPS
November 2013 Cardiology
 KathrynJost,PharmD
October2013 Psychiatry
 JenniferBonnell,PharmD
August2013-
September2013 Internal Medicine
 KathrynJost,PharmD andAmberServatius,MD
July 2013-
June2014 Drug Information—Longitudinal Rotation
 KathrynJost,PharmD andJenniferBonnell,PharmD
July 2013-
June2014 Education—Longitudinal Rotation
 KathrynJost,PharmD andJenniferBonnell,PharmD
July 2013-
June2014 Distribution—Longitudinal Rotation
 KathrynJost,PharmD andJenniferBonnell,PharmD
July 2013-
June2014 ResidencyProjectExperience—Longitudinal Rotation
 KathrynJost,PharmD andJenniferBonnell,PharmD

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AndreaRussell
PHARMACYPRACTICEEXPERIENCE ______________________________________
Advanced Pharmacy Practice
April 2013-
May 17 2013 Community
 Target Pharmacy#0664, Plymouth,MN
 OliviaCole,PharmD
January 2013 -
February 2013 AmbulatoryCare-Elective
 GoodrichPharmacy,St. Francis,MN
 Michelle Johnson,PharmD,BCPS
November2012-
January 2013 Clinical Specialty-Pediatrics
 Universityof MinnesotaAmplatzChildren’sHospital,Minneapolis,MN
 Lucas Valerius,PharmD
October2012-
November2012 AmbulatoryCare
 Universityof MinnesotaMedical CenterFairview AnticoagulationClinic,
Minneapolis,MN
 RichardJackson,RPh
July 2012-
August2012 General Medicine/Acute Care
 VistaMedical CenterEast,Waukegan,IL
 KathrynJost,PharmD
June2012-
July 2012 Hospital-Institutional
 ElginMental HealthCenter,Elgin,IL
 Bob Barger,RPh
Introductory Pharmacy Practice
January 2012-
February 2012 Clinical
 Mercy Hospital andMedical Center,Chicago,IL
 Paul O’Donnell,PharmD,BCPS
April 2011-
March 2011 Hospital
 RushOak Park Hospital,OakPark,IL
 Viral Mehta,PharmD
December 2009-
January 2010 Community
 WalgreensPharmacy,Maywood,IL
 MelissaHolous-Murphy,RPh

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AndreaRussell
PRESENTATIONS AND PROJECTS________________________________________
July2015 DexemedetomidineCriteriaforUse Protocol inthe Critical Care Unit
Presentedtothe VistaMedical CenterPharmacyandTherapeuticsCommittee
VistaMedical CenterEast,Waukegan,IL
June2014 VistaMedical CenterAdverse DrugReactions(April andMay2014 reported)
Presentedtothe VistaMedical CenterPharmacyandTherapeuticsCommittee
VistaMedical CenterEast,Waukegan,IL
June2014 “Effectsof ImmediateBlood PressureReduction on Death and MajorDisability in
PatientsWith AcuteIschemic Stroke”
PresentedtoVistaMedical CenterEastpharmacists
VistaMedical CenterEast,Waukegan,IL
May 2014 Longitudinal ResidencyProject:Evaluationof aPharmacist-DrivenClostridium
DifficileTreatmentProtocolinaCommunityHospital
Presentedtomedical staff atVistaHealthSystem
VistaMedical CenterEast,Waukegan,IL
May 2014 Tirofiban(Aggrastat) FormularyReview
Presentedtothe VistaMedical CenterCardiologyCommittee
VistaMedical CenterEast,Waukegan,IL
May 2014 StressTestDiagnosticAgents:AdenosineFormularyReview
Presentedtothe VistaMedical CenterCardiologyCommittee
VistaMedical CenterEast,Waukegan,IL
April 2014 Evaluationof a Pharmacist-DrivenClostridiumDifficileTreatmentProtocol ina
CommunityHospital
Great LakesPharmacy ResidentConference
Purdue University,WestLafayette,IN
April 2014 Complicationsof Acute PediatricAppendicitis(Conditionandcase presentation)
PresentedtoVistaMedical CenterEastpharmacists
VistaMedical CenterEast,Waukegan,IL
March 2014 AcquiredImmunodeficiencySyndrome (Conditionandcase presentation)
Presentedto VistaMedical CenterEastpharmacists
VistaMedical CenterEast,Waukegan,IL
March 2014 VistaMedical CenterMedicationErrors(January2014 reported)
Presentedtothe VistaMedical CenterPharmacyandTherapeuticsCommittee
VistaMedical CenterEast,Waukegan,IL

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AndreaRussell
March 2014 VistaMedical Center2014 Antibiogram
Presentedtothe VistaMedical CenterPharmacyandTherapeuticsandInfection
Control Committees
VistaMedical CenterEast,Waukegan,IL
February 2014 “Efficacy and Safety of Canagliflozin VersusGlimepiridein PatientsWith Type2
Diabetes Inadequately Controlled With Metformin”
PresentedtoVistaMedical CenterEastpharmacists
VistaMedical CenterEast,Waukegan,IL
January 2014 Complete MedicationOrdersEvaluation—Follow-Up
Presentedtothe VistaMedical CenterPharmacyand TherapeuticsandHIMS
Committees
VistaMedical CenterEast,Waukegan,IL
January 2014 Angiotensin-ConvertingEnzyme Inhibitors—DrugClassFormularyReview
Presentedtothe VistaMedical CenterPharmacyandTherapeuticsCommittee
VistaMedical CenterEast,Waukegan,IL
December 2013 DisseminatedBlastomycosis(Conditionandcase presentation)
PresentedtoVistaMedical Centerpharmacists
VistaMedical CenterEast,Waukegan,IL
November2013 MedicationUse Evaluation—AntipsychoticPolypharmacy
Presentedto the VistaMedical CenterPsychiatryCommittee
VistaMedical CenterWest,Waukegan,IL
November2013 MedicationUse Evaluation—Tolvaptan(Samsca®)
Presentedto the VistaMedical CenterPharmacyandTherapeuticsCommittee
VistaMedical CenterEast,Waukegan,IL
October2013 Temporal Arteritis(Conditionandcase presentation)
PresentedtoVistaMedical CenterEastpharmacists
VistaMedical CenterEast,Waukegan,IL
September2013 “Efficacy of VareniclineTartrate in AlcoholDependence”
PresentedtoVistaMedical CenterEastpharmacists
VistaMedical CenterEast,Waukegan,IL
August2013 Complete MedicationOrderEvaluation
Presentedtothe VistaMedical CenterPharmacyandTherapeuticsandHIMS
Committees
VistaMedical CenterEast,Waukegan,IL

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AndreaRussell
December 2012 PediatricTuberculosis(Conditionpresentation)
PresentedtoAmplatzChildren’sHospitalpharmacistsandstudents
Universityof MinnesotaAmplatzChildren’sHospital,Minneapolis, MN
December 2012 PediatricNephroticSyndrome (Conditionpresentation)
PresentedtoAmplatzChildren’sHospitalpharmacistsandstudents
Universityof MinnesotaAmplatzChildren’sHospital,Minneapolis,MN
November2012 “Oral Rivaroxaban forthe Treatmentof Pulmonary Embolism”
PresentedtoUniversityof MinnesotaAnticoagulationClinicstaff
Universityof MinnesotaMedical Center-Fairview,Minneapolis,MN
August2012 AliskirenUse forHypertensioninChronicKidneyDisease
(Condition andcase presentation)
PresentedtoVistaMedical CenterEastpharmacistsandstudents
VistaMedical CenterEast,Waukegan,IL
July 2012 “DexmedetomidinevsMidazolamorPropofolforSedation During Prolonged
MechanicalVentilation”
PresentedtoVistaMedical CenterEastpharmacistsandstudents
VistaMedical CenterEast,Waukegan,IL
February 2012 Treatmentof MyastheniaGravisCrisiswithIntravenousImmunoglobulin
(Conditionandcase presentation)
PresentedtoMercyHospital pharmacistsandstudents
Mercy Hospital andMedical Center,Chicago,IL
POSTERPRESENTATIONS
“Evaluationof a Pharmacist-DrivenClostridiumDifficile TreatmentProtocol ina
CommunityHospital”
December2013 Presentedatthe ASHPMidyearClinical MeetingResidencyShowcase
Orlando,FL
COMMUNITYSERVICEAND ACTIVITIES___________________________________
2012 FairviewPharmacy ServicesHealthFair-FluShotClinic;Minneapolis,MN
2012 People’sResource CenterFoodPantryVolunteer;Wheaton,IL
2010-2011 MidwesternUniversity-ChicagoCollegeof PharmacyNew StudentOrientation
Mentor; DownersGrove,IL
2010 Men’sHealthUrbanathlonVolunteer;Chicago,IL
2010 APhA-ASPPoisonPrevention Volunteer- MidwesternUniversityHealthFair;
DownersGrove,IL
2009 MidwesternUniversityHalloweenFestVolunteer;DownersGrove,IL
2006-2009 BloomingtonGirls’HockeyAssociationYouthHockeyCoach;Bloomington,MN

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AndreaRussell
COMMITTEEEXPERIENCE______________________________________________
2014-2015 VistaMedical CenterEmployeeSatisfactionCommittee
2013-2014 VistaMedical CenterPharmacyandTherapeuticsCommittee
2010-2012 KappaPsi Pharmaceutical Fraternity,Inc
 PledgingCommittee,IntrafraternityCommittee
AWARDS AND HONORS_______________________________________________
2010 Dean’sListMidwesternUniversity(Winter,Spring,Fall)
2011 Dean’sListMidwesternUniversity(Winter, Spring,Fall)
2012 Dean’sListMidwesternUniversity(Winter,Spring)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS_________________________________________
2011-Present AmericanSocietyof Health-SystemPharmacists(ASHP)
2011-2013 Rho Chi AcademicHonorSociety
2009-2013 KappaPsi Pharmaceutical Fraternity
2009-2013 AmericanPharmacistsAssociation-Academyof StudentPharmacists
(APhA-ASP)
LICENSURES AND CERTIFICATES________________________________________
2015-Present State of Minnesota-PharmacistLicenseNumber: 122606
RegisteredPharmacist
2013-Present State of Illinois-PharmacistLicenseNumber:051-296824
RegisteredPharmacist
2011-Present APhA PharmacyBasedImmunizationDeliveryCertification
2011-Present AmericanHeartAssociationBLSfor Healthcare Providers(CPRandAED)
REFERENCES________________________________________________________
Available UponRequest