This month, Flushing Hospital Medical Center is proud to shine its Employee Spotlight on Samuel Hart, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist – Critical Care. Samuel has been employed at Flushing Hospital for 3 ½ years.
Samuel grew up on Long Island. He is a graduate of Jericho High School, and went on to study at the University of Arizona where he majored in Anatomy and Physiology and minored in Nutritional Sciences. Samuel earned his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Long Island University Pharmacy School in Brooklyn. After Samuel completed his Pharmacy Residency at Plainview Hospital, he was hired to work at Flushing Hospital as a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist focusing on Emergency Medicine in the Emergency Department. He worked in the Internal Medicine Department for a year and now works with the MICU, CCU, and SICU teams. Samuel earned two pharmacy specialty board certifications. He is a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist ( BCPS) and a Board Certified Critical Care Pharmacist (BCCCP). Samuel is one of 1,071 pharmacists in the country to hold both certifications simultaneously.
Samuel currently lives with his wife in Long Island City. In his free time, Samuel enjoys keeping up with his physical fitness. He and his wife like to walk around Manhattan and discovering new restaurants. They have traveled to Columbia, where his wife is originally from and have also traveled to Italy and Curacao. In the future they hope to travel to Japan for their honeymoon, Eventually, they would like to travel to Greece, France and England. Samuel is currently learning Spanish so that he can communicate better with his wife’s family.
Samuel enjoys Italian food as well as Mexican and Thai cuisine. He likes many different types of music, his favorite musical artist is Kygo who he finds to be very relaxing with a tropical sound. Samuel’s favorite sport teams are the Knicks, the Jets and the Mets.
Samuel enjoys working at Flushing Hospital because of its diverse patient population. He finds working in a community hospital setting rewarding due to the fact that professional relations can develop over time. These strong relationships create opportunities for interdisciplinary education and collaboration, which ultimately contribute to better patient care. One of his favorite parts of his career is working alongside other clinical pharmacists because they help each other work through challenging clinical situations and learn from one another. We are very fortunate to have Samuel as a member of our team and look forward to him working with us for many more years into the future.
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