For the past three years, Ellen Scharaga has served
as Senior Vice President of Operations with OncoMed Pharmacuetical Services.
Headquartered in Great Neck, New York, OncoMed is well established as a
physician preferred, bio-oncology pharmacy, providing targeted biological drugs
for cancer treatment. The firm compounds and mixes its pharmaceuticals in a
class 5 clean-room environment, packaging drugs in stability-ensured containers
that ensure safety and consistent product quality.
Ms. Scharaga’s firm takes pride in customer
responsiveness, maintaining a staff of bio-oncology certified pharmacists
on-hand day and night to assist patients in determining their ideal
prescription plan. OncoMed tailors order fulfillment procedures to
physicians’ specific office administrative-ordering and drug administration
procedures. Every effort is made to carefully coordinate physicians’ preferred
delivery times and methods, with orders accepted via fax, website, email, and
phone.
Throughout her time with OncoMed, Ellen Scharaga
has taken focused efforts to improve efficiency and quality of services.
Responsible for all aspects of pharmacy dispensing and call center operations,
she has improved overall prescription processing times by 30 percent. Ms.
Scharaga has also led recruiting, hiring, and training programs, expanding
staff by 50 percent. She has directed successful efforts to achieve Joint
Commission accreditation, a key quality check for health care services
providers across the United States.
Ms. Scharaga obtained her B.S. in Pharmacology at St
John's University in New York City, gaining New York state registration as a
licensed pharmacist. She spent nine years with Group Health Inc. in
executive capacities before accepting her current role. Ellen Scharaga is a
longstanding member of the Hematology Oncology Pharmacy Association and
the Academy
of Managed Care Pharmacy.
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