Toby Lee

Experience

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  Food Basics

  Sept 2014 - Sept 2015

  Pharmacy Assistant

  • Efficiently processed prescriptions and accurately filled medications while addressing patient concerns and needs.• Diligently ensured inventory of medications were accurate and made adjustments to reflect on-hand inventory.• Made monthly blister packages in a timely manner to ensure patients are compliant with their medications.

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  Shoppers Drug Mart

  Sept 2015 - now

  • Clinically verify prescriptions by checking dose, adverse events, drug interactions, and clinical appropriateness.• Vigilantly assess and monitor daily dosing and adverse events in patients undergoing opioid use disorder treatments (methadone and buprenorphine/naloxone).• Deliver patient-centric care by thoroughly conducting medication reviews, developing pharmaceutical opinions, performing tasks in the expanded scope of pharmacy practice (renewing/adapting prescriptions and vaccinations), and making over-the-counter (OTC) recommendations in various minor ailments.• Manage pharmacy team to ensure prescriptions are processed accurately and efficiently while adhering to proper pharmacy standards of practice. Show less

  • Pharmacist

    Jan 2018 - now

  • Pharmacy Assistant

    Sept 2015 - Dec 2017
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  Cancer Care Ontario

  May 2016 - Jun 2016

  Pharmacy Student

  • Researched various naming nomenclatures of biosimilars in hospital settings and presented findings to team of formulary pharmacists.• Explored changes in the National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities (NAPRA) guidelines for hazardous sterile compounding.

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  The Hospital for Sick Children

  Jun 2016 - Jul 2016

  Pharmacy Student

  • Therapeutically managed adverse events of pediatric patients undergoing chemotherapy treatments.• Routinely monitored lab results of medications (methotrexate, vancomycin, and amikacin) and made recommendations on dose adjustments to physicians.

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  MdBriefCase Group Inc.

  Sept 2016 - Oct 2016

  Pharmacy Student

  • Created scientific content by writing the monthly eNewsletter on various therapeutic areas and initiated the patient education portal for patients to access summaries of common disease states.• Conducted critical appraisals of subsequent entry biologic insulins education modules by evaluating their strengths/weaknesses and their relevance in pharmacy practice.

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  Sunnybrook

  Jan 2017 - Mar 2017

  Pharmacy Student

  • Clinically assessed patients’ medication profiles to develop and implement pharmacy care plans in the general medicine ward, intensive care unit, and the trauma ward.• Monitored and followed-up with patients’ progresses by reviewing lab results and collaboratively made appropriate medication changes to resolve drug therapy problems.• Delivered weekly presentations on stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation and therapeutic management of catheter-related bloodstream infections to physicians and allied health team. Show less

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  Lakeridge Health

  Oct 2020 - now

  Oncology Pharmacist

  • Clinically verify chemotherapy orders for 80+ patients per day, ensuring lab results align with proper dosing of chemotherapy regimens.• Provide education sessions for patients starting chemotherapy/immunotherapy by counselling on antiemetic premedications, neutropenia prevention, side effect monitoring, and possible drug interactions with home medications.• Liaise and collaborate with physicians and nurses at the cancer centre in providing drug information and resolving drug therapy problems. Show less