VITALY PERTSIS

PROPRIETOR, CONSULTANT PHARMACIST, DIABETES EDUCATOT at KENNEDY'S PHARMACY IN BOTANY

PhD-trained healthcare professional and pharmacy executive with approximately 20 years of experience in the Australian healthcare system. I hold a PhD and MSc in Physiology and Pharmacology from Tel Aviv University and a Bachelor of Pharmacy from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. I am an AHPRA-registered pharmacist, Accredited Consultant Pharmacist and Credentialled Diabetes Educator, with 17 peer-reviewed scientific publications. My experience includes approximately 10 years of pharmacy ownership and management, community pharmacy operations, medication management reviews, chronic disease and diabetes care, opioid substitution and addiction services, compounding, vaccination, medication safety, polypharmacy, patient adherence and healthcare services for vulnerable and culturally diverse populations. Areas on which I can provide expert consultation include: • Australian community pharmacy market and operations • Pharmacy ownership, management and commercial models • Medicines utilisation and medication management • Pharmacology and medication safety • Opioid substitution therapy and addiction-treatment services • Diabetes and chronic disease management • Patient access, adherenc…