• Eagle Scout – born and raised in small town Bedford, PA

• Aging parents with health conditions – empathy for their health/wealth situations

• University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy graduate Cum Laude class of 2012

• Pharmacist with 15 years of experience in the community setting where I was a floater pharmacist, staff pharmacist, and pharmacy manager (pharmacist in charge).

• Currently working as a specialty pharmacist.

• Passion for saving people money. Breaks my heart to see someone unable to afford their medication.

• Medication expert with experience in billing, copays/copay assistance, medication brand/generic availability, possible substitutions, and formularies.

• Customer service skills

• Experience working with seniors and their health needs

• Collaborating with other healthcare practitioners

• Leadership training within pharmacy and outside pharmacy as an Eagle Scout

• Exceptional patient care interactions and relationships

• Excellent understanding of Medicare and Medicaid processes and procedures

• Prescription verification and counseling

• Inventory management experience including schedule 2 drugs

• Proficient at administering injectables

• Community pharmacy law expertise

• Problem solving and decision-making experience

• Chronic disease management

• Four years of preceptor experience

• Oral and written communication skills

• Telephone communication skills

 

Family

 

• Married with 2 dogs and a cat. We have a small corgi named Podrick and a large great pyrenees named James. Also a cat named Pierre.

• Wife Melissa is a Nurse Practitioner specializing in oncology and palliative care

 

Medicare

 

• Working with my father-in-law Brent Styan through his company Stigand LLC

• Brent has 20+ years in this industry

• Contracted with all competitive plans in Pittsburgh area

• Willing to meet in person at neutral places or in beneficiary’s home if needed

• Phone or zoom calls also available for application processing

• Available for follow up questions

• Able to sell in Allegheny and Westmoreland Counties – more to come for AEP this year

 

Goals

 

• Build a strong book of business over the next 5 years

• Decrease pharmacy to part time then optional within 10 years

• Build a small but mighty real estate portfolio by reviving Pittsburgh properties and keeping them to provide great housing

• Leverage the former into more time with my family by the time we have kids that are in activities

• Travel the world more including a month long stay overseas once per year

• Travel sketching and painting on trips