Sylvia Ou

Experience

1. Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Ambulatory Care

   Rush University Medical Center

   Oct 2022 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

   Optimize medication therapy for patients with diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia through in-person and telehealth visits in primary care clinics (Rush University Family Physicians, Rush Associates in Internal Medicine, Rush Senior Care) to improve patient outcomes.• Provide anticoagulation education and management for patients on warfarin therapy.• Provide pharmacotherapy recommendations and answer drug information questions for providers.• Presented CME to family medicine and internal medicine providers on updates in management of type 2 diabetes and diabetic kidney disease.• Presented CME to inpatient nurses on identifying and addressing medication barriers in people with diabetes.• Provide in-services to clinicians and nurses on clinical updates, including continuous glucose monitoring and RSV vaccines.• Precepted seven fourth-year pharmacy students, two third-year pharmacy students, two PGY1 pharmacy residents, and three PGY2 internal medicine pharmacy residents.• Mentored a pharmacy student on the publication of an article about the use of SGLT-2 inhibitors in chronic kidney disease for the Rush Pharmacy Newsletter.• Collaborated with informatics team members to improve ordering efficiency and to reduce prescribing errors by implementing updates for over 300 orders in Epic.

Education

• Stuyvesant High School

  Advanced Regents Diploma

  2007 — 2011

• University at Buffalo Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

  Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD), Pharmacy

  2016 — 2020

• New York University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Biochemistry

  2011 — 2015

Skills

• Spss
• Customer Service
• Community Pharmacy
• Data Entry
• Microsoft Excel
• Powerpoint
• Usp
• Microsoft Word
• Social Media
• Pharmacy
• Microsoft Office
• Teaching
• Windows
• Healthcare
• English