Linda Frisk, PharmD, is Pharmacy Manager at Ironwood Research and Cancer Centers in Phoenix, Arizona. Ironwood includes 10 sites of service and one central medically integrated dispensing (MID) location that services all 10 sites. There are 53 medical oncologists and advanced practice providers, 10 radiation oncologists, 8 breast surgeons, and 3 gynecological oncologists as well as urologists within the Ironwood practice. Linda’s role is similar to her prior management role with the addition of an increased emphasis on providing clinical education to the nursing and pharmacy teams. Linda has helped to incorporate therapeutic biosimilars into the practice to comply with payer requirements.
Previously, she served as Pharmacy Manager with Arizona Oncology. Dr. Frisk came to Arizona Oncology in 2004. She was pharmacy manager for their infusion clinics in Phoenix, northern Arizona sites and Tucson area. She was responsible for the drug management for 20 oncology sites as well as implementing in-office dispensing of oral chemotherapy in 12 locations throughout the state. During this time, Linda worked on helping to create a USP <800> mixing site and developed centralized admixture distribution at a substantial reduction of drug waste.
Prior to that, Dr. Frisk spent over 20 years as a hospital pharmacist, working in Med-Surg, ICU, and Oncology Services.
She received her PharmD degree from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.