Gah Wai Wong

A board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist

Jan 2019 - Current
Head of Cytotoxic Drug Reconstitution unit
Hospital Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah, Temerloh, Pahang
• Research committee to coordinate and facilitate pharmacists in conducting clinical research projects.
• Actively conduct clinical research
• Specialised in cytotoxic drug reconstitution
• Manage and report adverse drug events
• Participate in decision making on drug or non-drug related adverse event
• Involve with the care of cancer patients at all phases of their treatment; medication management, symptom management and supportive care
• Specialised in sterile preparations e.g. eye drops, intravenous admixture and total parenteral nutrition.
• Review patient medication profiles and medical records to screen for appropriate drug selection, dosing, contraindications, side effects and therapeutic outcomes.
• Provide consultations and answered inquiries from patients, healthcare professionals and physicians regarding drugs, potential side effects and specified use as well as counselling.
• Provide therapeutic drug monitoring services which involves pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamic through optimisation and customization of safe drug dose for patients

Dec 2017 - March 2020
Locum Pharmacist
Community Pharmacy
• Ensure the appropriateness, effectiveness and safety of patients' medications use.
• Provide nutritional advices on supplements and traditional medicines to the customers.
• Process prescription and dispense medications to patients.

Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
In Patient Pharmacist
Hospital Ampang, Selangor
• Part of National Drug Call Center team to provide drug information to public and healthcare professionals.
• In charge of Unit of Dose (UOD) system, including stock management
• Handle special drugs e.g. drugs with import permit, drugs that require permission from Director of General Health and loan of goods.
• Committee of Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics
• Review patient medication profiles and medical records to screen for appropriate drug selection, dosing, contraindications, side effects and therapeutic outcomes
• Compound and prepare sterile preparations such as cytotoxic drugs and total parenteral nutrition.
• Assist in Drug Counselling app development.

Dec 2016 - Dec 2017
Provisionally Registered Pharmacist
Hospital Ampang, Selangor
• Conducted a clinical study with title of “Conversion of IV Cyclosporin to PO Cyclosporin in hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients of Hospital Ampang”
 

Jan 2016 - June 2016
Research Assistant
UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur
• Assisted in daily experimental tasks in the area of pharmaceutical technology

Bachelor of Pharmacy (Hons)