Clinical Pharmacist Specialist
Rotation precepted: Principles of Managed Care, Orientation, Teaching Certificate, Moonlighting
Areas practice or expertise: Medication Therapy Management, Transitions of Care.
Training and education:
Professional interests: OSHP, Population Health, Medication Therapy Management, Transitions of Care.
Projects: Medication Therapy, CMS STAR measures, Quality Initiatives.
Favorite Portland pastime: Portland Saturday Market
Senior Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Rotation precepted: Specialty and Innovation
Areas practice or expertise: Areas practice or expertise: Specialty Medications, Pipeline Management,
Value-Based Agreements, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Inpatient Care.
Training and education:
Professional interests: Specialty Medication Management, Gene and Cellular therapies, and formulary
management.
Projects: Value-based agreement implementations, Biosimilar Preferred Strategy, Specialty
Generic Utilization
Favorite Portland pastime: McMenamins Edgefield Concerts on the Lawn
Senior Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Rotation precepted: Prior Authorization Review
Areas of interest or expertise: Medication Therapy Management
Training and education:
Professional interests: Medication Therapy Management, Population Health, Evaluation of New Drugs
and Therapeutic Classes
Projects: Pharmacy & Therapeutics committee, Medication Use Evaluations, Operational
Improvements
Favorite Portland Pastime: Portland Timbers and Portland Trail Blazer games
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Rotation precepted: Prior Authorization Review
Areas practice or expertise: Managed Care, Drug Utilization Review, Immunizations, Public Health Emergencies,
Clinical Account Management, Appeals
Training and education:
Professional interests: Population Health Management, Managed Care, Drug Utilization Management,
Evaluation of New Drugs and Therapeutic Classes
Projects: Vaccine Program Team Subcommittee, Public Health Emergency Subject Matter
Expert (COVID-19, Monkeypox)
Favorite Portland Pastime: Exploring new restaurants and coffee shops in Portland, watching reality
television, cooking
VP, Pharmacy Division
Rotation precepted: Managed Care Pharmacy Administration, Leadership
Areas practice or expertise: Accountable Care in Pharmacy Practice
Training and education:
Professional interests: Clinical Pharmacy Practice in Managed Care Pharmacy, Drug, Utilization
Management, Leading Through Change, Excellence & Compliance in managed care
Projects: Any DUR or pharmacy network project
Awards: OSHP Pharmacist of the Year; Icon in Pharmacy, Oregon State University;
Past President; Oregon Board of Pharmacy
Favorite Oregon Pastime: Any trail in Oregon
Senior Clinical Pharmacy Specialist- Managed Care
Rotation precepted: Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee, Evidence-Based Medicine, Introduction
to Managed Care (elective for PSJH PGY-1 residents)
Areas practice or expertise: Pharmacy Practice Experience: Hospital, Ambulatory/Primary Care, Accountable
Care Organization, Managed Care, Program Instructor. Clinical Pharmacy
Program Development (CMM, CCM, TCM, MTM, consulting), Health Coaching,
Health Information Technology.
Training and education:
Professional interests: Population Health, Healthcare Innovative Technologies, Design Thinking and Quality Improvement,Program
Development and Project Management, Provider-Payer-Vendor Relations, ACCP
Publication Reviewer and Pilot Tester
Projects: Technologies: Real-Time Benefit (RTBT) and Electronic Prior Authorization
(ePA), Quality Contracting (Innovative Contract Models- Clinical Services),
Finance (Pricing, Rebates), Pharmacy Appeals: Commercial, ASO, and Medicare
Favorite Portland Pastime: Exploring new PNW places with my husband and kids and being a youth worship
team mentor at my local church
Jatin Gandhi, Pharm.D,
Senior Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Rotation precepted: Medication Therapy Management (MTM)
Areas practice or expertise: Medication Therapy Management(MTM), Transitions of Care (ToC)
Training and education:
Professional interests: Geriatrics, Asthma and COPD management
Exploring Portland's vast food scene and visiting Willamette Valley wineries
and vineyards.
Favorite Portland Pastime: Exploring Portland's vast food scene and visiting Willamette Valley wineries
and vineyards.
Program Manager, P&T/Formulary
Rotation precepted: Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee, Evidence-Based Medicine, Introduction
to Managed Care (elective for PSJH PGY-1 residents)
Areas practice or expertise: Drug Information, Formulary Development, Drug Utilization Review
Training and education:
Professional interests: Population Health Management, Managed Care, Precepting
Projects: Implementation of electronic prior authorization, Cost-effectiveness Evaluation
of New Drugs and Therapeutic Classes
Favorite Portland Pastime: Exploring various parks with my dog; Trying out new restaurants/pubs; Gardening
Senior Clinical Pharmacist Specialist
Rotation precepted: Clinical Account Management
Areas practice or expertise: Clinical account management, implementation, analytics, utilization management,
benefit design, acute care pharmacy, investigational drug pharmacy
Training and education:
Professional interests: Managed care, Healthcare Innovative Technologies, total cost management,
Member experience.
Favorite Portland Pastime: The Portland marathon! running, being outside in the pacific northwest
with friends and family, coffee.
