Mark Craig RPh, BSc (Hons), Dip Clin Pharm.
Licensed in both California and the UK as a pharmacist, having specialized in Critical Care (Intensive Care and Coronary Care) and Pain control, Mark has extensive medical knowledge spanning endocrine (diabetes and thyroid disease), gastro-enterology (IBS and alcoholic liver disease), renal (dialysis), respiratory (asthma and emphysema) and rheumatology (arthritis), as well as surgical pharmacy experience in general surgery, orthopedics (elective and trauma), ophthalmology and urology.
Mark has additionally trained in Holistic therapies, being certified in: Full Body Massage, Aromatherapy / Essential Oils, Reflexology, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Hypnotherapy and Time-Line Therapy.
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Mark Craig RPh, BSc (Hons), Dip Clin Pharm.
Licensed in both California and the UK as a pharmacist, having specialized in Critical Care (Intensive Care and Coronary Care) and Pain control, Mark has extensive medical knowledge spanning endocrine (diabetes and thyroid disease), gastro-enterology (IBS and alcoholic liver disease), renal (dialysis), respiratory (asthma and emphysema) and rheumatology (arthritis), as well as surgical pharmacy experience in general surgery, orthopedics (elective and trauma), ophthalmology and urology.
Mark has additionally trained in Holistic therapies, being certified in: Full Body Massage, Aromatherapy / Essential Oils, Reflexology, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Hypnotherapy and Time-Line Therapy.
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So, if you have a question about traditional medicines v complementary therapy, or maybe you have a question about combining the two... Simply Ask Medicines.
Having graduated in the UK, Mark did a 2 year residency at Cambridge University Hospital (Addenbrookes), followed by 4 years at St Helier Hospital, Carshalton, covering all the surgical disciplines, general surgery, urology, orthopedics and ophthalmology, attending regular twice weekly consultant ward rounds in each of these, Mark also maintained an input into medical disciplines, attending a regular gastro-enterology & rheumatology and later endocrinology consultant ward round once a week, as well as cross covering both general medical and cardiology wards, as well as the tertiary renal unit, as needed. Within 2 years at St Helier, Mark additionally had responsibility for A&E / admissions for 1 year, and then the intensive care unit for just over 1 year, before moving onto Mayday University Hospital, Croydon in May 2002 to specialize further as a critical care pharmacist, during which time, he provided cross-cover for the neonatal special care baby unit amongst others, a post he held for an additional 4 and a half years until leaving to work as a locum/relief pharmacist in October 2006.
Amongst other responsibilities Mark has acted as a tutor for pharmacists undertaking either the University of Brighton post-graduate clinical therapeutic modules, or the London School of Pharmacy post-graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy. Mark has also acted as a CPD facilitator, sat on the national critical care expert group in the UK, helped develop the Department of Health New Ways of Working program and critical care pharmacist competencies and chaired the regional Allied Healthcare Professional and Healthcare Scientists Group for cross-regional hospital critical care network.
In 2011 Mark moved to Los Angeles, California having worked at Providence St John's Health Center in Santa Monica, passing his California Board of Pharmacy exams in 2015.
Mark is currently working in Los Angeles as a relief pharmacist for various hospitals and clinics, including Barlow Respiratory Hospital, Olive View Hospital- UCLA, Chan Soon-Shiong Institute for Medicine (Oncology-Immunology), Southern California Hospitals - Hollywood.
Having graduated in the UK, Mark did a 2 year residency at Cambridge University Hospital (Addenbrookes), followed by 4 years at St Helier Hospital, Carshalton, covering all the surgical disciplines, general surgery, urology, orthopedics and ophthalmology, attending regular twice weekly consultant ward rounds in each of these, Mark also maintained an input into medical disciplines, attending a regular gastro-enterology & rheumatology and later endocrinology consultant ward round once a week, as well as cross covering both general medical and cardiology wards, as well as the tertiary renal unit, as needed. Within 2 years at St Helier, Mark additionally had responsibility for A&E / admissions for 1 year, and then the intensive care unit for just over 1 year, before moving onto Mayday University Hospital, Croydon in May 2002 to specialize further as a critical care pharmacist, during which time, he provided cross-cover for the neonatal special care baby unit amongst others, a post he held for an additional 4 and a half years until leaving to work as a locum/relief pharmacist in October 2006.
Amongst other responsibilities Mark has acted as a tutor for pharmacists undertaking either the University of Brighton post-graduate clinical therapeutic modules, or the London School of Pharmacy post-graduate diploma in clinical pharmacy. Mark has also acted as a CPD facilitator, sat on the national critical care expert group in the UK, helped develop the Department of Health New Ways of Working program and critical care pharmacist competencies and chaired the regional Allied Healthcare Professional and Healthcare Scientists Group for cross-regional hospital critical care network.
In 2011 Mark moved to Los Angeles, California having worked at Providence St John's Health Center in Santa Monica, passing his California Board of Pharmacy exams in 2015.
Mark is currently working in Los Angeles as a relief pharmacist for various hospitals and clinics, including Barlow Respiratory Hospital, Olive View Hospital- UCLA, Chan Soon-Shiong Institute for Medicine (Oncology-Immunology), Southern California Hospitals - Hollywood.
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