Christian Marto
PharmD Candidate, Class of 2027
St. John's University
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It is my firm belief that transparency, honesty, and knowledge are important aspects of healthcare which can improve patient-doctor relationships and can lead to overall improvements in the quality of care. I chose this career after seeing first-hand what the job is about spending time with Armando of Aj's Ridgewood Chemist. Armando has been a pharmacist for many years and deals with a wide variety of patients everyday. Armando has the skills to deal with everyone uniquely and works with every patient that walks through his doors with individual care. I've seen Armando even give medication without the patient paying if they are in dire need. I want to become a pharmacist so that I can see my patients smile when they are leaving with their medication knowing they have nothing to fear when taking their medication. My vision for pharmacy practice is to have the knowledge and skills to be ready to give patients both their medications and any necessary information needed. My goals are to one day have my own pharmacy or at least have caused a major impact on people's lives and to play a role in increasing the well-being of my community, I plan to achieve my goals by working in various places throughout my career and once I believe that I have acquired all the experience that I need then I will open my own pharmacy store.
- Maintaining my status as a Saint John's University student in the PharmD program
- Understand the roles, actions, and consequences that a pharmacist has
- Working towards a job and interacting with patients daily (work experience)
- Securing a stable career as a pharmacist
- Able to make on the spot decisions
- Able to focus on both my mental and physical health
- Open up my own pharmacy and impact my community
- Help others understand what a pharmacist really is
- Build close personal relationships with my patients
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Expected May 2027
Pharmacy (Six-year Pharm.D) Major
Pharm D candidate 2022 (second semester)
Graduated June 2021
Advanced Regents Diploma
PHS 3303 Biomedical Laboratory III
PHS 3508 Intro to Medicinal Chemistry
PHS 3509 Introduction to Pharmacology
PHS 3510 Gen Path and Clinical Lab Data
PHS 3603 Pharmaceutics II for PharmD
PHS 3604 Pharmacy Practice Lab II
CPP 3153 Intro to Alternative Medicine
Introduction learning about pharmacy services and skills, also did self-learning assignments about drugs and Labatory data.
PAS 3301 Pharmacy and US Health Care
Learning about how healthcare services work and how Medicare and Medicaid works.
PHS 3302 Biomedical Lab II
Learning about each organ system using various visuals such as bones, 3D models, and rats
PHS 3505 Clinical Immunology
Learning about the immune system and how our bodies can respond to pathogens.
PHS 3506 Intro to Infectious Disease
An introduction learning about various parasites and bacteria about how these pathogens causes infection, symptoms, and further complications.
PHS 3507 Human Anatomy and Physiology II
Learned about the remaining organ systems that weren't taught in the first anatomy class.
PHS 3601 Pharmaceutics I for PharmD.
Learned how to do dose calculations and certain dosage forms, learning when it would appropriate to administer which dosage as well as their pros and cons.
PHS 3602 Pharmacy Practice Laboratory I
Make pharmaceutical products for educational purposes, understanding how the formulations are prepared and which excipients are needed.
Reading real cases about ethical and moral concerns in a medical setting and giving our own opinions and thoughts about we should we do
PAS 2201 Intro to Pharmacoeconomics
Learning about the economic infrastructure and how pharmacoeconomic studies are conducted
PHS 2101 Public Health for Pharm D
Learning about the history of healthcare and how healthcare is implemented everywhere in the world
PHS 2201 Biopharmaceutical Chemistry
Learning about the enzymes that affect metabolic pathways in our body and how our body is able to regulate these pathways
PHS 2301 Biomedical Lab 1
Using the principles of organic chemistry and biochemistry we are able to prove these theories based on the experiments we conducted
PHS 3504 Application of Human Anatomy and Physiology
Learning about the structure that make up the cell and the functions as well as learn about the structure of certain organ systems as well as their functions
Learned about the body, microscopic processes, plant life, and new technological advancements
CHE 1130 Introduction to general and organic chemistry III
Learned how to name chemical compounds as well as predict the products based on reactants and reagents and reactants based on reagent and products
PAS 2301 Social aspects of pharmacy practice
Learned about the origins of pharmacy, what a pharmacist should and shouldn't do, how to act and respond in a professional work environment
THE 2000 The mystery of God
Critically think about how the mystery of God affects everyone of us everyday
PHI 3000 Metaphysics
Philosophical talks about famous philosophers all around the world
PHI 2240 Ethics and health care
Reading philosophers and medical article and gave our opinion on controversial topics
ENG 1100 Global Literature
Given an introduction to literary works from various time periods
THE 1000 Perspective on Christianity
Given an introduction on religious writings, religious teachings, and religious literary works
RCT 1005 Interpersonal communication of pharmacy
A class that helps improve speaking to crowds or small groups of people
CHE 1120 Intro to General and Organic chemistry II
Got a deeper understanding of what happens in chemical reactions
CHE 1121L Introduction to General and Organic Chemistry II Lab
Took the classroom theories and applied it in practice
CHE 1122R Introduction to General and Organic Chemistry II Recitation
Took small quizzes to help reinforce what was learned in class
CPP 1101 Intro to Pharmacy Practice
Learned medical terms that are related to the body, surgical procedures, diseases
PHI 1000 Philosophy of the human person
Got an introductory experience into philosophy starting with the first philosophers to today's philosophers.
DNY 1000 Discover New York, Art and Architecture
Able to learn about the history of New York, went to museums for projects and did a tour of Manhattan
FWY 1000 First year writing, Writing towards composition
Learned about the history of myself and got to know my family better with the writing assignments
CHE 1110 Intro to General and Organic chemistry
Learned the basics of general chemistry
CHE 1111L Introduction to General and Organic Chemistry Lab
Took the classroom theories and applied it in practice
CHE 1112R Introduction to General and Organic Chemistry Recitation
Taught eachother a weeks worth of material in a couple of minutes
MTH 1260 Stat APP-PHAR/ALLIED HLTH
Learned how to use statistics to determine the probability of certain events taking place
PHR 1000 Intro Seminar for Pharmacy Students
Learned what was to be expected over my six years.
(May 2023 - September 2023)
Pharmacy Intern, help with managing the daily activities of the pharmacy.- Fill prescriptions with the correct medication and dose.
- Accept deliveries from McKesson, ABC, and Kinray and make sure everything is listed on the invoice.
- Verify patients' information and give the correct medication.
- Taking phone calls and help patients with refills and delivery questions.
- Making phone calls to doctors asking for a change of prescription or further verification
- Make deliveries to patients with their medications.
(2017 Oct - 2020 Jan)
Stockboy, gained additional tasks over time.
- Started out stocking items on shelves.
- Checked expiration dates for all items once a month.
- Secured medications and gave them out to patients.
- Made phone calls to patients with their medications are ready to be picked up
- Sometimes go out and make deliveries.
2017 (3 days a week)
Cleaner/Janitor, overall, we made sure the areas used by the kids were clean.
- Cleaned tables after breakfast and lunch
- Cleaned classrooms after hours
- Attend weekly workshops
Assistant to camp leaders and help them with daily activities.
- Made sure the children were happy
- Interact with them daily with games and activities
- Be aware of our surroundings when we are outside with the kids
- Made sure the kids were safe at all times
Sponsoring Organizations: ST. John's University
Recived: 2021
Description: Graduated from a catholic high school and entering Saint John's University in the fall
Sponsoring Organization: Saint John's University
Received: 2021
Description: For academic excellence, maintaing a GPA of 3.0 or higher each semester and maintain satisfactory academic progress to retain scholarship
One of my biggest accomplishments that I am proud of joining my high school handball team in the beginning of my sophmore year.
Handball is an activity where two teams slap a ball against a wall and tries to make the other person fumble. Personally, this simple activity means much more than it meets the eye. I've been a shy person in school and I haven't done any other sports or clubs since I didn't really enjoy what was offered, but after trying out handball I fell in love. Instead of practicing once a week with the team I practiced everyday at my nearest park for hours at a time, after a couple of months I understood the rules, footwork, and hand motion of this sport. I am currently trying to perfect my moves as handball has become part of my life and has became a major stress reliever.
The only strength that really supirsed me is arranger beacuse I am sometimes all over the place yet I am still able to understand what I have to do first in order to get my job done.
I plan on using my strengths to bring out my full potential so that I can be the best version of me that is possible
Describe, in your own words, what is a pharmacist?
A pharmacist is someone who is able to talk you through your medication and try to answer all the questions that you may have about your medication. Pharmacists should be able to know what medication to give based on the symptons a patient describes to you and how often it should be taken.
Why did you personally choose pharmacy as your major?
I chose pharmacy as my major because I saw first hand experience of how a pharmacist should act in a professional environment. I personally believe that I am able to mimic, if not, be better and provide a sense of security for my patients
Why did you choose to study pharmacy here at Saint John's University?
Other than having the knowledge of one of the few colleges that I knew were close to me, my boss who runs Aj's Ridgewood Chemist offered me a incentive to going here. If I was able to graduate from this pharmacy program then I would be able to work side by side with him once I am done with college.
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