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Chirag Rathod

Clinical Pharmacist, Supervisor

College of Pharmacy

Contact

Office Phone:

312-355-1056

About

Areas of Expertise

  • Adults
  • Alternative Pain Management
  • Chronic Pain
  • Government Funded Programs (Medicaid/Medicare)
  • Naloxone
  • Patients
  • Policy
  • Prescribing
  • Prescription Drug Monitoring
  • Primary care

Previously Completed Project/Research

Category: Research
Source of Funding: CDC Funding

My department was involved in a CDC-funded research study that looked at the impact of Academic Detailing on changing prescribing habits. We focused on the CDC Guidelines for Pain management as we spoke to 200 providers in the Southern Illinois Region.

Research Currently in Progress

Category: Clinical

As part of my job as a prior authorization pharmacist, we manage our chronic opioid patients by providing recommendations of non-narcotic therapies.