Dr. Ulfat Usta
Scope of Practice
- Clinical Pharmacy
- Compounding sterile and non sterile preparations
- Health Information Systems
- Nutrition Support
- Pharmacy Management
- Quality and Patients’ Safety
Highlights
Academic Achievements
4
Publications
19
Posters
7
Presentations
Community Outreach Activities/Achievements
- Active presenter of many webinars directed for the management of drugs and drugs use
Health Care Profession Achievements
- Implement strategic goals to improve the Pharmacy Practice
- Implement the Electronic Health Information System (EPIC®)
- Apply all the pharmaceutical requirements in compliance with International Joint Commission Standards and Patient Safety Goals
- Launch of the Satellite Oncology Pharmacy Unit
- Implement Clinical Pharmacy Practice Model
- +30 Years of Experience
Experience & Education
- Director of Pharmacy, American University of Beirut Medical Center
- Doctor in Pharmacy, American University of Beirut
- Master in Clinical Pharmacy, American University of Beirut
Certifications
- Board Certified Clinical Nutrition Support (BCNS)
- Board certified Pharmacotherapy Specialty (BCPS)
- Board Certified Pharmacist in Compounded Sterile Preparation (BCSP)
- Pharmacy Leadership Academy ASHP (PLA)
- Lebanese Order of Pharmacists
- European Society of Oncology Pharmacists
- Member of the Biosimilar Debate Advising Group discussion, Webex meeting
Publications
- Letters for Your Next Act. ASHP publication 2021 By Sara J. White, Susan Teil Boyer, Bruce E. Scott
- Solutions for the “Vanishing Drug” Conundrum in Lebanon: A Change in the Subsidy System Coupled with a Digital Prescribing Platform. Arab reform Initiative, Nov 17,2020
- Current Trends in Hospital Pharmacy Practice in Lebanon. Hospital Pharmacy 55(1) January 2019. DOI:10.1177/0018578718823733
- Review of the article entitled "Impact of anticipatory batching of pharmacy compounded sterile products on time to nurse administration", May 2021
- Reviewer of ACCP PSAP 2017 chapter Sickle Cell Disease, June 2017