Dr. Afshan Rafeeq is a clinical pharmacist with over 8 years of experience providing consultative services and drug information to medical staff. She has worked at Aga Khan University Hospital and Liaquat National Hospital. Her skills include drug information, clinical pharmacy services, investigational product management, and inpatient/outpatient pharmacy services. She has a MPhil in Pharmacology and is a licensed pharmacist with the Pharmacy Council of Sind.

1. Page 1 of 4
Clinical Pharmacist
DPIC |Inpatient |Outpatient | Clinical Trials Unit
Confident, innovative, intellectual, optimistic and reliable person with
full professional commitment. Combined my dedication with my
determination and hard work shall help me to go up the specialist ladder.
I have professional ethics, goal oriented approach and managerial skill.
Expert clinical, drug and poison information centre pharmacist with
eight years plus experience providing consultative services to medical,
nursing and pharmacy staff, documenting hospital pharmacy activities
and outcomes, work directly with the physicians, other health
professional and patients to ensure that the medication prescribed
contribute to the best possible health outcome.
Effective participation and outstanding performance in JCIA audit.
Member of Pharmacy and therapeutic committee.
OBJECTIVE:
Seeking a challenging position in a recognized organization with an aim
to contribute positively towards the objective of the organization to the
best of capabilities and to develop professional skills. To enhance my
learning and show my creativity by working with the well-reputed
organization in the cutthroat competitive environment.
CORE SKILLS:
Laboratory data Interpretation | Implementation of Pharmacy System |
Drug & Poison Information | Clinical Rounds | Intervention |
Accomplishing Immediate and Important Tasks | IMP Management |
Concept Development | Fluency in English, Urdu Customer Service
Operating System (Window XP, MS Office, AS400, PeopleSoft, N-
PHA, SAHL, POE)
WORK HISTORY:
1. Aga Khan Univeristy Hospital
(It is ISO 9001;2008 certified and only JCIA accredited hospital in
Pakistan. It is tertiary care, approx. 599 bedded hospital)
Designation: Clinical Pharmacist (2012-present) | Staff Pharmacist
(2010-2012) | Pharmacist (2008-2010)
2. Liaquat National Hospital
(It is ISO certified, tertiary care, 700 bed hospital)
Designation: Point of Care Pharmacist (2007-2008) | Trainee Pharmacist
(2006-2007)
Drug & Poison Information Services:
• Responding to drug and poison-related queries and providing
information to health care professionals and others.
• Prepare and implement procedures for handling different type
of queries.
• Updated hospital formulary when required.
CURRICULUM VITAE OF
Dr. AFSHAN RAFEEQ
Dr. AFSHAN RAFEEQ D/O SHAIKH
RAFEEQ AHMAD
(MPhil. Pharmacology, Pharm-D, B-
Pharm)
+92 346 2676045
phrshaikh_07@hotmail.com
R-475, 15-B, Buffer Zone, North
Nazimabad Town, Karachi
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of birth: 11th
-August-1983
Marital status: Married
C.N.I.C: 42101-6070067-8
Religion: Islam
Nationality: Pakistani
Passport #: DM1510672
Passport expiry: April 23, 2019
EDUCATION:
MPhil. in Pharmacology from
University of Karachi in 2011.
Pharm-D from University of Karachi in
2009.
B-Pharm from University of Karachi in
2009.
Higher Secondary Certificate from
Board of Intermediate Education, Karachi
in 2002.
Secondary School Certificate from
Board of Secondary Education, Karachi in
2000.

2. Page 2 of 4
• Facilitate non formulary drug through local purchase with
limitation as per patient’s conditions.
• Provide information regarding safe use of drugs during
pregnancy and lactation.
• Creating and maintaining currency of a variety of print and
online educational resources for patients (e.g., tip sheets,
pamphlets) and health care professionals (e.g., in-service
documents, newsletters, monograph).
• Monitoring and assessing the clinical significance of
medication safety alerts communicated by the FDA, drug
manufacturers, and other sources.
• Performing health outcome and comparative effectiveness
analyses.
• Coordinating investigational drug services, including
participating on institutional review boards (IRBs), evaluating
protocols.
• Managing drug shortages, including identifying alternative
treatments, developing protocols for restrictive use, and
addressing formulary concerns.
• Developing clinical decision support tools such as order sets,
dosing protocols, and order-entry alerts.
• Maintaining DI and medication-use policy-related intranet
resources.
• Participating in various service projects (e.g., formulary
support, database development, training programs).
• Planning and delivering academic detailing
programsCounseling study team regarding to the side effect,
route, storage, dose, of medications.
• Enters computerized documentation of information received
for telephone inquiries and follow up calls, in accordance with
established protocol; ensures that all documentation completely
and accurately reflects the content of the conversation.
• Complile data of adverse drug reaction received from different
department of hospital and present in P and T committee.
• Monthly generate flayers for drug information on drug-drug,
drug-food, drug diease interaction.
• Precepting and educating pharmacy students and residents.
• Participating in quality improvement research projects and
drug cost analyses.
• Generate memos for the availability of new drugs, non-availability of drugs at hospital, use of
alternate in case of non-availability of drugs.
CURRICULUM VITAE OF
Dr. AFSHAN RAFEEQ
LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION &
AWARDS:
• Pharmacy Council of Sind Reg.#
3481
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Good Clinical Practices (GCP)
• Position holder in B-Pharmacy
• Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee
member
• Pharmacist of the month for the
month of Jan & Feb 2007
• Outstanding performance in yearly
evaluation
• Effectively participation and
completeion of JCIA audit
• Speaker & Organizer of Symposium,
workshop, conferences at national
level
PUBLICATIONS:
1. Afshan Rafeeq, Rahila Najam,
Syed Yasir Hussain “Aspirin
Associated Liver Toxicity – The
Optimal Dose of Aspirin in Liver
Insufficiency” International Journal of
Scientific Research in Knowledge,
4(2), pp. 028-032, 2016.
2. Syed Yasir Hussain, Mehjabeen,
Afshan Rafeeq, Mansoor Ahmed
“Metformin and Insulin Therapy in
GDM – Comparison of Maternal and
Neonatal Complications” International
Journal of Scientific Research in
Knowledge, 4(3), pp. 064-068, 2016.
3. Book publication “Aspirin
associated liver toxicity-Liver friendly
dose of aspirin” by LAP LAMBERT
Academic Publishing.

3. Page 3 of 4
• Collect different data from patients MR file, CPOE for abstract/poster presentation.
• Assist in research (clinical trial, observational trial) for improving patient safety.
• Reviews protocols for Clinical Trials Unit clinical investigational drug trials.
• Maintains appropriate accountability and record keeping of all research medications.
• Coordinates with sponsor, EPI Centre, MMD purchase, warehouse for study drug procurement.
• Ensures the accuracy and integrity of products procured as per protocol requirement.
• Liaises with principal investigators and/or trial coordinators and maintains a pharmacy binder which
contains a study summary, protocol, dispensing procedures, completed samples of required
paperwork, dispensing checklist, and any other relevant materials for each investigational trial.
• Randomizes the research participant.
Clinical Pharmacy Services:
• Participating in multiple disciplinary clinical rounds in paeds ICU, HDU, ward, surgical wards,
NICU, Chest ward, ICUs, HDUs and Obs/gynae ward thereby monitoring the clinical use of drugs,
including medication action, dose, adverse effects, drug interactions, drug stability and compatibility
etc and lab data interpretation in collaboration with other members of the health care team.
• Evaluate the appropriateness and effectiveness of patient’s medication use in order to meet the
overall goal of patient care.
• Prepared and implemented the guideline for parental use of Venofer (Iron Sucrose) infusion.
• Prepared and implemented intervention and drug information logs for the safety and improvement in
patient care.
• Solve patient’s health problems through the rational use of medications on the basis of clinical
experience and literature support.
• Advise the patient the best way to take their medications i.e. Take home medication counseling.
• Assess the patient for any side effects and in collaboration with their primary physician to develop
an effective medication plan.
• Consult with the patient’s primary physician and other health care providers in a team to develop and
implement an effective medication plan that meet the overall goals of patient care.
• Facilitate the health care team’s efforts for the patient education to improve or maintain health, such
as exercise, diet, and any preventive measures.
Inpatient and Outpatient Pharmacy Services:
• Order screening through both computerized unit dose drug distribution system and manual drug
prescription.
• Cash handling.
• Utilize knowledge to ensure the best use of available medicine by reviewing medication orders,
dispensing and consulting fellow health care professionals.
• Supervise and monitor all patient drug therapy in the designated area, for cost effectiveness and
communicates all possible cost saving recommendations to pat’s physician.
• Stop irrational use of pharmaceutical medical and surgical items.
• Provide direct patient care to patients while working with physicians at outpatient clinic.
• Unit dose auto refill batch running/checking of cassettes, timely delivery.
• Monthly floor stock inspection for proper storage of drug.
• Expiry monitoring.
• Inventory management.
• Maintains strict control over distribution and usage of controlled drugs, such as narcotics.
• Supervision of pharmacy technicians and pharmacists.
CURRICULUM VITAE OF
Dr. AFSHAN RAFEEQ

4. Page 4 of 4
• Helps maintain pharmaceutical and supplies inventories, storing under proper conditions and
security.
• IV admixture preparations.
• Compounding prescription, bulk compounding, extemporaneous compounding as per hospital
Cardex.
Investigational products Management:
• Provide accurate and efficient dispensing of medicines.
• Proper interpretation of prescriptions and the dispensing of the products in accordance with protocol.
• Prepares sterile products following aseptic techniques.
• Stores drugs as per storage requirement in accordance with protocol.
• Maintains cold chain as well as temperature record of the fridge and freezer.
• Monitors pharmacy activities, on a daily basis, to ensure adherence to study protocols.
• Maintains appropriate logs for procurement, storage, temperature monitoring etc.
• Maintains confidentiality of all information related to research patients, medical staff, sponsors.
• Maintains responsibility for the management of the inventory for clinical investigational drug trials;
orders, replaces and returns study materials, as required.
• Evaluation of drug proposals and the surveillance of marketed drugs for safety.
• Work as a study coordinator in a couple of studies (Goal, Proxima, Remade 2 etc.).
Mentoring and Administrative Responsibilities:
• Maintains professional development.
• Orientates staff to pharmacy's role with respect to clinical investigational drug trials.
• Participates in the orientation and training of new employees and pharmacy trainee / interns, as required.
• Attends and contributes to interdisciplinary team meetings.
• Supervises and provides direction to support staff in order to maintain overall pharmacy operations.
• Communicates any concerns regarding ethical issues or deviation from established Hospital/CTU
policies & procedure to the supervisor
• Prepare departmental policies & procedure, opretional manuals and make sure their implementation.
Completes reports including incident reports, adverse drug reaction reports, etc and present in P&T
committee.
.
CURRICULUM VITAE OF
Dr. AFSHAN RAFEEQ