1. SAMANTHAGROSS, PharmD, RPh
4 Bishop Street, Unit 215 | Framingham, MA 01702 | 617-610-5326 | samantha@wgross.net
EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY
‐ Registered pharmacistin Massachusetts
‐ Expertise in delivering quality customerservice
‐ Proficiencyin MicrosoftOfficeanddata entry
‐ Seven years’ experience in biotech andpharmaceutical science (pre-clinicaldevelopment)
EDUCATION DOCTOR OF PHARMACY, MCPHSUniversity, Worcester, MA Sep 2011 –May 2015
BACHELOROFSCIENCE –EnvironmentalBiology,UnityCollege, Unity, ME
PHARMACY
INTERNSHIPS
BIOGEN, Weston, MA Mar 2015– May 2015
Regulatory Affairs(Advertising,Labeling, andPromotion[ALP]Intern)
‐ Prepared summaries of FDA warningletters and presented to the ALP team.
‐ Worked upcompetitive intelligence on othercompanies and presented findingsto the team.
‐ Delivered a presentation about off-label promotion andthe First Amendment.
EDWARD M. KENNEDY COMMUNITY HEALTH CTR,Framingham, MA Feb 2015–Mar 2015
Ambulatory Care (Clinical Intern)
‐ Providedcare to Brazilian Portugueseand Spanish patients as part ofa multidisciplinary
team managing chronic disease states.
‐ Providedmedication therapy management services includingdiabetes mellitus education;
counseledon medication adherence and smoking cessation.
‐ Developed pharmaceutical care plans and wrotepatient progressnotes.
‐ Provideddruginformation services for the multidisciplinary team.
‐ Critically analyzed a journalarticle and presented it to students andthe preceptor.
FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER – DEVENS,Ayer, MA Jan2015– Feb 2015
Ambulatory Care (Clinical Intern)
‐ Providedpatient care tofederal prison inmates with various complexdisease states.
‐ Monitored Coumadin(INR) and iron levels (bloodsample) to ensure compliance and
therapeutic efficacy;interpreted results anddetermined appropriate changesif applicable.
‐ Monitored various psychiatric medications (lithium, valproic acid, clozapineand
carbamazepine),assessed risk factors,andchose/considerednew medications when
treatment failed; attended treatment team meetings and shadowedother psychiatric
professionals.
‐ Filled andblister-packed medications, assisted in dispensingmedications to inmates, and
participated in the inmate pill line.
‐ Prepared IVmedications using a laminar flow hoodand aseptic technique(USP 797).
‐ Performedmedication reviews forinmates in the long-term care facility.
UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER, Worcester, MA Nov 2014 –Dec 2014
Community (StaffIntern)
‐ Retrieved, prepared and dispensed medications for a busyoutpatient retail pharmacy.
‐ Performedprescription data entry.
‐ Answeredquestionsand respondedto requests frompractitioners and customers;phoned
practitioners to clarify/verify prescriptionsreceived.
‐ Verified andstocked medication orders uponreceipt.
‐ Dispensed and reconciledcontrolled substancesfromthe Pyxismachine (perpetual
inventory).
‐ Providedpatient educationand counseling.

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‐ Increasedworkingknowledge of pharmacysoftwareand medication-dispensing robots.
SAINT VINCENT HOSPITAL, Worcester, MA Sep 2014 –Oct 2014
Internal Medicine (Clinical Intern)
‐ Providedquality patient care in a busy,high-volume hospital setting.
‐ Collected, processed,and analyzed patient informationto prepare care plans.
‐ Participated in daily roundswithresidents, attending physicians,and medical students.
‐ Reconciledmedications andprovided discharge counseling.
‐ Ensuredappropriate dispensing of medications and monitoring parameters.
‐ Ensuredproper dosingof medications in accordancewithrenal function.
‐ Attended a weekly hepatitis C clinic with preceptorand provided patient counseling.
‐ Prepared a patient case on atrial fibrillation and presented to facultyand students.
BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL, Needham, MA Aug2014 –Sep 2014
Institutional (StaffIntern)
‐ Assisted pharmacistswith patient care in a medium-volume hospital setting.
‐ Processedinpatient prescriptions underthe direct guidance ofa licensed pharmacist.
‐ Assessedpatient profiles for appropriate pharmacotherapy,antibiotic use, and drug
interactions; ensuredproper dosingof medications in accordancewithrenal function.
‐ Prepared medications to be delivered to variousPyxis machines.
‐ Prepared IVmedications using a laminar flow hoodand aseptic technique(USP 797).
‐ Critically analyzed a journalarticle and presented it to the preceptor.
‐ Participated in daily roundswithattending physicians,nursingstaff,and social workers.
WORK
EXPERIENCE
CVS CAREMARK, Concord, MA Oct2005– Mar 2011
PharmacyTechnician
‐ Received and verified information for writtenprescriptions and/orrefill requests.
‐ Maintained patient profiles, including lists of medications taken.
‐ Maintained properstorage and security ofall drugs.
‐ Filled bottles with prescribedmedications, andtyped and affixed labels. Supplied and
monitored medication-dispensing machines.
‐ Assisted customersby answeringsimple questions,locating items, orreferring them to the
pharmacist formedication information.
‐ Received and stored incomingsupplies, verified quantities against invoices, checkedfor
outdated medications in currentinventory, andinformed supervisorsof stockneeds and
shortages.
‐ Ordered, labeled, and countedstocksof non-prescriptionmedications and supplies.
‐ Transferred medication from vials to sterile, disposable syringes, usingaseptic techniques.
NOVARTIS INSTITUTES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, Cambridge, MA Dec 2010 –Jun2011
ContractorScientific AssociateII
PROTEOSTASIS THERAPEUTICS, INC., Cambridge, MA Aug2009 –Dec 2010
Research AssociateII
SURFACE LOGIX, INC., Brighton, MA Mar 2009 –Aug2009
Research AssociateI
ELIXIR PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,Cambridge, MA Sep 2006 –Feb 2009
Research AssociateII

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TOXIKON INC.,Bedford, MA Nov 2004 –Mar 2006
InVivo Technician
PUBLICATIONS Enhancedgastrointestinalmotilitywithorally activeghrelinreceptoragonists.
CharoenthongtrakulS, Giuliana D,LongoKA,Govek E, Nolan A, Gagne S,Morgan K, HixonJ,
FlynnN, MurphyB, Hernandez A,Li J, Tino J,GordonD, DiStefano PS,Geddes B. J Pharmacol
Exp Ther.2009Feb27.
Characterizationofthe insulinsensitivity ofghrelinreceptorKO mice usingglycemic clamps.
Qi Yong,LongoKA,Giuliana DJ, Gagne S,McDonaghT, GovekE, Nolan A,ZouC,Morgan K,
HixonJ, SaundersJO,DiStefano PS, Geddes BJ.BMCPhysiology2011 Jan6.
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS
AmericanPharmacists Association(APhA),2011
CERTIFICATIONS PharmacyImmunizationDelivery Certification, APhA,2013
VOLUNTEER
ACTIVITIES
SAINT LINUS PARISHPRISONMINISTRY,Natick,MA
‐ Attendmass and provide spiritual supporttowomen at the Massachusetts Correctional
Institution– Framingham.
‐ AftercareMentor Program:provide supporttonewly released or long-term prison inmates
(womenonly).