James Cowart has over 25 years of experience as a pharmacist, including owning his own home infusion pharmacy. He has extensive skills in compounding and administering IV medications, total parenteral and enteral nutrition, and clinical monitoring of patients. Currently, he works as a contract pharmacist at MedNorth Health Center, where he counsels patients, processes prescriptions, and supervises technicians.

1. James T. Cowart
1506 Princess Street Wilmington, North Carolina 28401
P: 252-341-6981
E: james@cowartventures.com
I am a dedicated, motivated and punctual pharmacist who has more than 25 years of pharmacy
experience in patient care.
Experience:
MedNorth Health Center – Wilmington North Carolina 2016
Contract Pharmacist
Contract pharmacist with staff pharmacist duties. Order entry using QS1 computer system. Received and
processed e-prescriptions from physicians, physicians assistants, and nurse practitioners in clinic. Counseled
patients on oral medications and diabetic counseling. Supervised technicians on ordering inventory and
inventory maintenance.
Jabez Home Infusion Company, Inc. – Greenville & Wilmington North Carolina 2002 to 2015
Owner/CEO - Pharmacist in Charge of Greenville location
Owner and operator of a federal and state licensed, accredited, clinical home infusion pharmacy. Performed
and managed all daily workflow from admission and entry of patient to the accurate and punctual delivery of
patient’s medication. Trained and managed all steps and levels to include billing personnel, pharmacy and
delivery technicians.
Compounded and trained authorized personnel in, all oral and IV medication orders, enteral and parenteral
nutrition, antibiotic, antiviral, antiemetic, chemo, chelation and biological modifier therapies, from order entry
to completed and delivery of medication including accurate and complete documentation of all steps.
Performed and documented clinical conferences on regular basis with physicians, nurses, Skilled Nursing facility
support staff and patients. Monitored and documented ongoing billing and contract compliance. HIPPA trained,
compliant and performed yearly in-services to employees for accreditation.
Strong and proven clinical skills for clinical lab monitoring, therapy recommendations, pharmacokinetic dose
recommendations, and patient specific dose and/or procedure change recommendations. Flexible, punctual
and dedicated until all orders have been completed and delivered. Employed, trained and fostered efficiency of
10 employees in two Eastern North Carolina locations. Prepared for and successfully passed 3 ACHC
accreditations.
Beverly Home Infusion Company - Greenville, North Carolina - 2000 to 2002
Pharmacist in Charge
Contract pharmacist with staff pharmacist duties and expectations later promoted to Pharmacist in
Charge/Manager with all applicable duties and expectations. Procured, received, stored and compounded and
documented home infusion medication therapies. Therapies included enteral and parenteral nutrition,
antibiotic, antiviral, antiemetic, chemo, chelation and biological modifier therapies. Clinically monitored and
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2. managed patients labs and therapies with therapy and dose recommendations to physicians. Prepared for and
successfully passed ACHC accreditation.
Onslow Health Services (Onslow Memorial Hospital) – Jacksonville, North Carolina 1997 – 1999
Pharmacy Director/Oncology Clinical Manager
Set up, developed and managed home care infusion pharmacy. Developed and oversaw budgets for pharmacy
programs; compounded, delivered and clinically managed more than 100 infusion patients at all times. Prepared
for and successfully passed JACHCO accreditation.
Carteret General Hospital - Morehead City, North Carolina - 1996 to 1997
Contract Pharmacist
Electronic data entry of patient information: medication profile, order entry, patient statistics.
Monitored patient’s labs and performed pharmacokinetic calculations for dosage recommendations for
aminoglycoside patients and drug therapy management. Filled patient’s orders; restocking Pyxis Medication
Modules; filled nursing station medication carts and floor code carts. Compounded IVs: antibiotics and epidural
medications.
Baptist Hospital/Bowman Gray Medical Center - Winston Salem, North Carolina - 1993 to 1996
Senior Oncology Pharmacist
Procured, compounded and implemented all oncology patient therapies; clinically monitored and managed all
oncology patient’s labs and therapies. Performed clinical Oncology rounds with Oncologists.
Developed Oncology protocols and collected and submitted NCI reporting statistics
Biomedical Home Care, Inc. - Charlotte, North Carolina - 1991 to 1993
Director of Pharmacy
Revco Drug – Ayden, Mt. Olive, Charlotte, Rockwell, Huntersville, North Carolina 1989 to 1991
Staff Pharmacist – Pharmacy Manager
Rite Aid Pharmacy – Hwy 41, Tamiami Trail, Ft. Myers, Florida 1988 to 1989
Staff Pharmacist
Treasury Drug (JC Penney Company) – South Square Mall Durham, North Carolina to 1986 to 1988
Staff Pharmacist
PRN Pharmacy
I also worked PRN throughout the years between and during full-time jobs for various retail pharmacies.
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3. Education
Vaccination Administration Certificate 2016
Red Cross CPR 2016
Bachelor of Sciences Degree in Pharmacy – UNC – Chapel Hill 1986
20+ Continuing Education hours yearly
65 hours CE in 2015
Skills
• Extensive counseling and management of therapies to include patient side effects, all interactions as
well as OTC and prescription management of side effects.
• Specialized in intravenous: antibiotics, antiviral, chemotherapy, pain management and total
parenteral and enteral nutrition.
• Highly knowledgeable of USP 797 guidelines and how to implement into practice.
• Assisted, prepared and consulted with ACHC and JCAHO for pharmacy accreditations.
• Highly skilled on Mediware CPR+ software; knowledgeable & Experienced with Microsoft Word and
Excel and many other software system.
• Managed heavy daily patient volume to include laboratory monitoring, pharmacokinetic calculations,
clinical interventions, multidisciplinary case conferences and patient referral process.
• Proficient in all documentation/record maintenance/paperwork to ensure accuracy and patient
confidentiality (cognizant of HIPAA and legal ramifications of guidelines).
• Excellent communication skills with patients, doctors, hospitalists, nurses, hospice and other
healthcare coordinators.
Credentials
Pharmacy Board of Examination 1986
License, State of North Carolina #09387 1986
License, State of Florida 1987
Affiliations
American Society of Parental and Enteral Nutrition 2002 - Present
National Home Infusion Association 2002 - 2015
American Society of Health Care Pharmacists 1986 – Present
PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES
 Ned Clark Jr., RPh – P.O. Box 337, Red Oak, North Carolina 27868-0337
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4. Ph. 252-908-3776
 David Tacy, V.P. Tacy Medical, 7025 Daniel Road, Wake Forest, North Carolina 27587
Ph. 919-880-4302
 Kevin Mayer, Pharm. D – 3809 S. Congress Ave., Austin, Texas 78704
Ph. 252-435-4910
 CDR Cynthia Shultz, USN, MD – Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Dept. of Pediatrics/NICU,
Portsmouth, VA 23708
Ph. 757-575-6441
 Donna Steele, RN – 900 Jefferson Wood Lane, Greensboro, North Carolina 27410-3547
Ph. 336-908-2436
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