Tamara Hernandez Oz, PharmD, MBA, BCPPS

Dr. Hernandez Oz is originally from Northern Kazakhstan. She moved to New York in 2011 where she completed her education. She is passionate about pharmacy advocacy and expansion of healthcare access in communities. Dr. Hernandez Oz is excited to serve as a pediatric faculty member at Touro College of Pharmacy and The Brooklyn Hospital Center. 

Clinical Specialty

Pediatrics

Education

• PGY-2 Pediatrics Pharmacy Resident, Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital; 2022
• PGY-1 Pharmacy Resident, Maimonides Medical Center, NY; 2021
• PharmD, MBA, Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy, New York; 2020

Areas of Expertise

Pediatric emergency medicine and child and adolescent psychiatry.

Honors and Awards

• Recipient of the College Silver Medal for graduating with the second highest GPA, 2020
• Recipient of the Frederic and Linda Greenberg Endowed Scholarship, 2019
• Rho Chi Honor Society, Long Island University, 2018 - 2020
• Dean’s List, Long Island University, 2018 - 2020
• Recipient of the JewishFoundation Scholarship for the Education of Women, 2017 - 2020
• Recipient of the Presidential Honors Scholarship, 2016 – 2018

Research

Areas of interest include development of discharge counseling program and discharge medication reconciliation process for pediatric patients; development of pediatric ketogenic diet drug use guidelines; development of Alteplase use policy in pediatric patients with pulmonary embolism; evaluation of enoxaparin and apixaban for the prevention of venous thromboembolism in patients with COVID-19; the effect of Pitavastatin on the blood glucose levels in patients with or without type 2 diabetes mellitus; implementation of a precision-dosing regimen for patients receiving treatment with intravenous immune globulin

Publications

• Girotto, J., Klein, K., Cober, P., Cavness, A., Hagemann, T., Warminski, S., & Hernandez, T. (2024). Pharmacists as Partners in Pediatric Immunizations: A White Paper From the Pediatric Pharmacy Association. The Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics. https://doi.org/10.5863/1551-6776-00.0.1
• Hernandez, T., Barisano, D., Welsh, C., Rosano, J., & Papiro, T. (2024). Development of a Discharge Counseling and Medication Reconciliation Process for Pediatric Patients Within a Large, Academic Health System. The Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 29 (1), 76-81. https://doi.org/10.5863/1551-6776-29.1.76
• Girotto, J. E., Klein, K. C., Cober, M. P., Cavness, A. A., Hagemann, T. M., Warminski, S., & Hernandez, T. (2024). Pharmacists as Partners in Pediatric Immunizations: A White Paper From the Pediatric Pharmacy Association. Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 29 (6), 660 - 666. https://doi.org/10.5863/1551-6776-29.6.660
• Hernandez, T., Caughman, K., Moton, R., & Ray, S. D. (2023). Chapter 41 - Side Effects of Contaminants Associated with Medications and Drug Withdrawal. Side Effects of Drugs Annual, 45, 529-536. Retrieved from https://touroscholar.touro.edu/tcopny_pubs/279
• Hernandez, T., Caughman, K., & Moton, R. (2023). Side Effects of Contaminants Associated with Medications and Drug Withdrawal. Side Effects of Drugs Annual, 45, 529-536. Retrieved from https://touroscholar.touro.edu/tcopny_pubs/379
• Kaler, J., Hussain, A., Patel, K., Hernandez, T., & Ray, S. D. (2023). Respiratory Syncytial Virus: A Comprehensive Review of Transmission, Pathophysiology, and Manifestation. Cureus, 15 (3). https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36342

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Professional Service

• Pediatric pharmacy representative on an Immunizations Committee at Pediatric Professional Association (PPA)
• Co-chair on a Grassroots Committee at New York City Society of Health-system Pharmacists (NYCSHP)

Memberships and Affiliations

• Pediatric Professional Association (PPA)
• New York State Council of Health-system Pharmacists (NYSCHP)

Languages

Russian

Hobbies

Skiing, tennis