Anuja Kulkarni — Clinical Pharmacist, Critical Care and Antimicrobial Stewardship
Pune, Maharashtra
Pharm.D-qualified clinical pharmacist with six years on Indian hospital wards, now covering a 22-bed ICU and the antimicrobial stewardship round. Built the stewardship programme that cut restricted carbapenem days of therapy by 34% in a year with no adverse signal at mortality review.
Experience
Clinical Pharmacist, Critical Care and Antimicrobial Stewardship, Chandanvan Multispeciality Hospital · March 2024 – present
420-bed NABH-accredited hospital. Covers the medical and surgical ICU round and sits on the infection control committee.
- Reviews 60 to 70 ICU medication charts a week; interventions in the first year prevented 148 dosing errors, 41 of them renal adjustments.
- Built the twice-weekly stewardship round with two intensivists, taking restricted carbapenem days of therapy down 34% in 12 months.
- Wrote the 26-drug intravenous-to-oral switch protocol now used on four wards, shortening mean IV antibiotic duration from 6.8 days to 4.1.
- Trains every new nursing batch on high-alert medication double checks; 180 nurses through the session so far, and reported insulin near-misses halved.
Clinical Pharmacist, Suvarna Institute of Medical Sciences · April 2022 – February 2024
- Set up the first pharmacist-led anticoagulation clinic at the hospital, following 210 warfarin patients and raising time in therapeutic range from 48% to 67%.
- Reconciled medication histories for 2,400 admissions and found 310 discrepancies, 47 of which the treating unit judged clinically significant.
- Cut ward-stock expiry write-offs from Rs 4.2 lakh to Rs 90,000 a year with a monthly near-expiry swap between wards.
Pharmacist, Inpatient Dispensary, Meghdoot Hospitals · August 2020 – March 2022
- Checked and dispensed about 400 inpatient prescriptions a day, and introduced a look-alike sound-alike shelf separation that ended three recurring mix-ups.
- Digitised the narcotic register, turning a two-hour manual monthly reconciliation into a 15-minute one.
Projects
- Stewardship dashboard — A ward-level board tracking antibiotic days of therapy per 1,000 patient days, built from the pharmacy issue data already collected.
Education
- Pharm.D Pharmacy Practice · Poona College of Pharmacy, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) · August 2014 – July 2020
Skills
- Clinical practice: Ward and ICU rounds, Medication reconciliation, Renal and hepatic dosing, Therapeutic drug monitoring, Anticoagulation clinics, Parenteral nutrition review
- Medication safety: Adverse drug reaction reporting, High-alert medication protocols, Look-alike sound-alike controls, Antibiotic policy, NABH documentation
- Teaching and analysis: Nursing in-service training, Pharm.D intern supervision, Drug utilisation review, Formulary evaluation, Prescription audit
Certifications
- Registered Pharmacist, Maharashtra State Pharmacy Council (registration number on request) — Pharmacy Council of India
- Antimicrobial Stewardship Certificate — British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
- Good Clinical Practice (ICH-GCP) — Indian Society for Clinical Research
- Basic Life Support Provider — American Heart Association
