Winter 2012 - Western University of Health Sciences
Winter 2012 - Western University of Health Sciences
Winter 2012 - Western University of Health Sciences
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Preceptor/Alumni Pr<strong>of</strong>ile: Dr. Sam Badiant<br />
Sam Badiant, PharmD, graduated from the <strong>Western</strong>U College<br />
<strong>of</strong> Pharmacy in 2003. After getting his license, he became a<br />
Pharmacy Manager for Rite-Aid and Staff Pharmacist at<br />
Beverly Hospital. He remembers that “It was a challenging,<br />
yet fruitful combination working in a retail and hospital<br />
setting.” He started to precept <strong>Western</strong>U student pharmacists<br />
at Rite Aid during 2005-2006 as part <strong>of</strong> the community<br />
practice track. He found that it was an extremely rewarding<br />
experience for himself as well as his students.<br />
In the middle <strong>of</strong> 2011, he accepted a position with<br />
PharMedQuest Pharmacy Services as their new Pharmacy<br />
Operations Supervisor. PharMedQuest Pharmacy Services is<br />
an innovative and robust company in the Specialty <strong>Health</strong>care<br />
Management field. The corporate <strong>of</strong>fice in Brea adjoins their<br />
specialty pharmacy, the Watts Clinic Pharmacy. Specialty<br />
pharmacy is a relatively new field <strong>of</strong> pharmacy that services<br />
patients <strong>of</strong> chronic diseases with very expensive injectable,<br />
infusion or biotech drugs. They serve a narrow patient<br />
population that requires a lot <strong>of</strong> expensive and complicated<br />
drug therapies such as oncology, transplant and HIV patients<br />
and those on orphan drugs.<br />
In addition, PharMedQuest Pharmacy Services also serves as a<br />
“staff-model” pharmacy in collaboration with two AltaMed<br />
Medical Clinics in East Los Angeles. The partnership between<br />
AltaMed and PharMedQuest has been one that has seen great<br />
increases in providing access to care in underserved areas.<br />
Two other <strong>Western</strong>U alumni, Sally Shin, PharmD ’08, and<br />
Vincent Ly, PharmD ’10, work at the AltaMed pharmacy in<br />
Commerce. Dr. Shin completed a <strong>Western</strong>U Residency with<br />
Dr. Scott, and now precepts students in the HIV clinic there.<br />
Dr. Ly is also a preceptor and Pharmacist-in-Charge at the<br />
Commerce AltaMed site. ■<br />
Bottom left: Dr. Sam Shimomura, Associate Dean for College Advancement,<br />
<strong>Western</strong>U alumni Sally Shin, PharmD ’08, Sam Badiant, PharmD ’03, and<br />
Vincent Ly, PharmD ’10.<br />
4 | RxBound <strong>Western</strong>U, College <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy
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