- Andrea Fender has over 15 years of experience as a clinical pharmacy specialist in both hospital and community settings. She has expertise in infectious disease, geriatrics, pharmacokinetics, and medication safety. - She has over 2 years of experience implementing and optimizing the Epic Willow electronic health record system for a large healthcare system. This includes building clinical workflows and training pharmacists and physicians. - She currently teaches advanced pharmacology to nursing students and has taught pharmacy students and residents. She maintains certifications in pharmacotherapy and infectious disease.

1. Andrea D. Fender, Pharm D., MBA, BCPS
2820 Attaberry Dr. Charlotte, NC 28205
(m) 704 244 6355 Email: adfender@yahoo.com
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
• A record of success throughout 15 years as a Board Certified Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in
an acute care multi-hospital system
• Over 2 years of experience in Epic Willow and Beacon including initial build parameters for a
15 hospital system and three go-live events, including workflow design, teaching pharmacists
and physicians how to practice in the EpicCare and Willow environments and performance
improvement
• As part of the corporate clinical pharmacy transformation team, I have a strong background in
writing review courses, job aids, test questions and tip sheets to build and document
pharmacist competency for topics such as Epic Willow, pharmacokinetics, infectious disease,
geriatric medicine, warfarin dosing and renal dosing among others
• Successfully developed and maintained monthly webinars to communicate ongoing changes
within pharmacy and healthcare system, including Willow updates, formulary changes, and
workflow changes and launch of clinical programs
• Facilitate training of new pharmacist employees and developed reference binders, job aids
and webinars to support consistent and efficient training and continuously train pharmacists
on new medications and new pharmacy clinical initiatives including order sets, therapeutic
substitutions and new clinical guidelines
• I also currently teach Advanced Pharmacology on a web based platform to Advanced
Practice Nursing students in addition to my 15 years of teaching and precepting pharmacy
students and pharmacy residents
EDUCATION and ADDED QUALIFICATIONS
Assistant Professor/Instructor Pharmacology—Walden University School of Nursing 2013 - present
Assistant Professor of Pharmacy—Wingate University School of Pharmacy 2008 - present
Wingate University--MBA 2013
MAD-ID Certification in Infectious Disease 2010
Board Certification in Pharmacotherapy—ACCP 2009
Medical College of Virginia School of Pharmacy-- Pharm D. 1999
Medical College of Virginia Graduate Level Certificate, Aging Studies, Geriatrics 1999
Professional Experience:
Walden University
Professor/Instructor of Advanced Pharmacology 2013 – present
• Teach Advanced Pharmacology to nursing students enrolled in the Master of Nursing--Nurse
Practitioner Program using a web-based platform
• Mentor students and teach Advanced Pharmacology medication modules including
Pharmacokinetics, Cardiology, Neurology, Geriatrics, Gastroenterology, Hematology
• Grow students' skills in critical thinking and in advanced literature search and evaluation and build
confidence so that they can be safe and effective clinical practitioners

2. Novant Health
Pharmacist Consultant—Epic Willow 2012 to Present
• Consultant for Epic Build for major healthcare system; providing strategic direction, analysis, data
integration, interface integration, training, support, and maintenance of the Epic Willow module
• Optimized initial clinical build, order set and medication build verification, clinical decision points,
monitoring and reports building for pharmacist teams; training of pharmacist users in Epic Willow
and in use of clinical monitoring reports and I-vents to yield data for clinical activities and
efficiency optimization by management team
Novant Health--Huntersville Medical Center 2008 to Present
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
• Key operational member of the Novant Pharmacy Transformation Initiative
• Interact with physicians and other members of an interdisciplinary health care team to optimize
drug therapy, care and outcomes for hospitalized patients
• Communicate clinical and economic value information to key decision makers including
physicians, pharmacy and physician leaders and administrators
• Partner with key physician leaders in development of order sets and process improvement to
ensure optimal clinical and pharmacoeconomic goals as well as organizational regulatory goals
are met
• Perform extensive clinical and financial analyses on drug classes and new drugs as part of
formulary review process through corporate Pharmacy &Therapeutics (P&T) committee.
• Active member of multiple committees including P&T, Antibiotic Subcommittee, Order set
committee and Regulatory Oversight committee
• Attend national pharmacy programs and share learning with pharmacy staff and management
• Act as drug safety advocate for the pharmacy and report monthly adverse drug reactions to P&T
committee as well as provide regular medication safety presentations to pharmacy and nursing
staff
• Provide intensive analysis and support of budgetary contraction initiatives and other corporate
regulatory and financial goals by sharing innovative ideas for cost savings and optimization of
efficiency in operations as well as medication use
• Provide drug information service and coordinate educational in-services and presentations
throughout the hospital for various disciplines.
Target Pharmacy 2006 to 2008
Community Pharmacist
• Processed/dispensed safely an average of 200Rxs/day, counseled guests, supervised technician
staff, compounded medications and ensured each guest experienced Target Values and the
Target Brand experience
NeighborCare Pharmacy 2004 to 2006
Clinical Consultant Pharmacist
• Ensured regulatory compliance with state and federal laws as well as optimal use of medications
per published clinical guidelines
• Partnered with staff and administration at various facilities to continuously improve patient
outcomes and control costs via educational presentations as well as provided clinical information
and counsel in specific situations as needed by the facilities.
• Prepared comprehensive reports detailing various aspects of medication use at each facility and
presented these reports to administrators and decision makers at the facility level and at the
corporate monthly quality improvement meetings

3. • Fostered the relationship between each facility and the central pharmacy and was instrumental in
maintaining excellent client relations and optimal communication.
Rappahannock General Hospital 1999 to 2005
Clinical Pharmacist
• Actively participated in patient care through voting membership on P&T committee,
• Provided medication use improvements throughout hospital, drug information to other health care
professionals and staff, drug regimen review, kinetic and TPN dosing, evaluation and monitoring,
renal and hepatic dosing and IV to PO conversion.
• Created clinical pharmacy programs and trained and validated staff competency
• Assisted pharmacy director in meeting financial goals through formulary management
presentation to P&T, partnership with KOLs, maximization of contracts and reduction of
pharmacy expenditures.
• Extensive clinical knowledge and excellent communications skills have enabled successful
interactions with all members of the healthcare team as well as administrative and ancillary staff
to ensure continuous improvement in pharmacy services and patient care.
Callao Pharmacy 2000 to 2004
Community Pharmacist
Anchor Pharmacy 2000 to 2004
Clinical Consultant Pharmacist
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES
Available upon request