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Ron Del Gaudio
After earning his bachelor's degree in pharmacy in 1979 from the Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy
and Health Sciences, Ron Del Gaudio began his career as a pharmacist. Soon thereafter, he joined the independent
drugstore chain, Kings Pharmacy. Today, after rising through the ranks, he is the company's president and owner.
With a steadfast reputation for superb professional support and technical expertise, he operates two pharmacies
in Brooklyn and one in Manhattan that provide daily hypertension screenings, ADA recognized diabetes education
and other classes, as well as patient compliance programs and IV home infusion services.
Kings Pharmacy has an extensive compounding specialty, where skilled pharmacists work closely with physicians
to customize prescriptions and to provide more effective treatment and preventive care for patients with a broad
range of health-related conditions. Their success with infertility, allergy, HIV and hormone replacement therapy
drugs is known and recognized throughout the region.
In addition to his professional obligations, Mr. Del Gaudio gives generously of his time to a variety of
health-related causes. He is a longtime board member and the current president of the Brooklyn-Queens chapter
of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Also active on behalf of his profession, Mr. Del Gaudio is a member
of the board of the Pharmacists Society of the State of New York (PSSNY) and is a regional representative for the
New York City Pharmacists Society. His outstanding professional achievements have been recognized by the National
Federation of Italian-American Societies, which honored him as a distinguished member in 2001.
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Barry A. Reiter
Mr. Reiter is a detail-oriented,
results-focused Chief Operating Officer with over 25 years experience
in the Pharmaceutical Industry. Barry has extensive knowledge in vendor
and customer relations. He is also skilled at hands on project management,
problem solving and in the development and implementation of new methods
and procedures. Barry possesses extensive knowledge of the DEA and other
regulatory agencies and is fully versed in the in the running of a large
specialty pharmacy that is fully "Chapter 797" compliant.
Mr. Reiter spent the majority of his career as the Chief Operating
Officer of Remo Drug Corp. which at the time was the 7th largest
independently owned and operated pharmaceutical distributor
in the nation. After Remo closed its doors in 2002 he joined
the Kings Pharmacy team becoming its Chief Operating Officer. In
addition to his Bachlor of Science degree from the prestigious
Berklee College of Music in Boston, Mass, Barry has also been
trained and schooled by some of the best academic professors and
consultants from The Wharton School of Business, Harvard University
and Stanford University.
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Leonard Chiarello Mr. Chiarello was educated at
Long Island University's, Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of
Pharmacy and has been a member of the Kings family for over 30
years. His current role as Director of Pharmacy Operations requires
him to manage the day-to-day operations of the pharmacy, including all
specialty divisions, such as, Transplant, IVF, Dialysis, HIV,
and Hepatitis C. Lenny is an expert at all third party billings and
has extensive knowledge of all insurance companies, whether private
insurance, Medicaid or Medicare. His accreditations include PCCA
Compounding Techniques, NIPCO accredited Arthritis Care, and NIPCO
accredited Community Aging, Assisted Living and Long-Term Care.
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Sweta Chawla, PharmD, MS, CDE
Dr. Sweta Chawla, an assistant professor of pharmacy
practice at Long Island Universityês Arnold & Marie Schwartz
College of Pharmacy joined the faculty there in 2002. She attended
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science where she earned a B.S.
in Pharmacy and a Pharm.D. After graduation, she completed a one-year
community pharmacy residency at Banks Apothecary in Philadelphia where
she had affiliations with USP, Albert Einstein Medical Center, and Temple
University Hospital. During the residency, she specialized in diabetes,
HIV and hepatitis. She continues to implement disease state management
programs here at Kings Pharmacy, where she is the director of the
community pharmacy residency program. She also precepts three sixth-year
Pharm.D. students from LIU every month. In addition, she recently
graduated with an M.S. in pharmaceutical marketing from Long Island
University and has received board certification as a diabetes.
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Renita Rambarat, Pharm.D.
Renita Rambarat, Pharm.D. graduated from St. John's University College of Pharmacy and
Allied Health Professions in May 2009. She is currently a community pharmacy resident at Kings
Pharmacy where she educates patients in various disease state management programs, including diabetes, HIV, hepatitis,
as well as general medication management. Renita has been appointed as a Clinical Instructor of Pharmacy
Practice at Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy for the year that she will be a resident,
where she teaches 4th year pharmacy students. She also assists in precepting three 6th year pharmacy students
who come to Kings Pharmacy every month for their clinical rotations. Renita's responsibilities also
include staffing in the pharmacy and clean room, where she makes connections between traditional
pharmacy dispensing and clinical pharmacy. As part of her major project for the year, Renita will be
implementing a smoking cessation clinic at Kings Pharmacy and performing a study of patients
concerns about weight gain, results of which will possibly be published in a medical journal later
next year. After the completion of her residency, Renita hopes to become a certified diabetes educator
and continue to advance the practice of pharmacy in the community setting.
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Mary Ellen Figueroa
Mary Ellen Figueroa, RN Kings Pharmacy 24-hour infertility nurse specializes in
reproductive endocrinology. She graduated as the valedictorian from Long Island College Hospital School of Nursing.
She worked at Long Island College Hospital as a volunteer sexual assault and domestic violence counselor before she
became certified as a sexual assault examiner through Jamaica Hospital School of Nursing. She has worked at Long
Island College Hospital as a nurse in the OB/GYN specialty with a subspecialty in oncology and URO/GYN and as a
crisis center volunteer after the September 11th tragedy. There, she educated infertility patients on the
self-administration of medications. Currently, Mary Ellen works as the on-call nurse for Reproductive Specialists
of New York and Kings Pharmacy. She answers calls from patients who have questions about their medications at any
time of the day. She is a valuable asset to the Kings Pharmacy patient community.
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George Meikle Mr. Meikle is a graduate of Columbia
University with a BA in Economics, a graduate of Binghamton University
with an MBA and graduate of Syracuse University with a Juris Doctor. He
spent more than 15 years in the Pharmaceutical Industry in a variety of
capacities: Sales representative, Sales Trainer and Product Manager. He
has worked for Bristol-Myers-Squibb, Procter and Gamble,
Tap pharmaceuticals, Forest laboratories and Inventiv Health. Currently,
he is the Key Account Representative for Kings Pharmacy.
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