Our Lead Faculty

PharmAchieve has quickly developed a stellar reputation for delivering high-quality OSCE preparation training. We are committed to our students' success and go the extra mile because we care.

At PharmAchieve we believe that to achieve your best you need to learn from the best. Consequently we only use highly qualified instructors who passionate about teaching and are themselves committed to excellence.

	Negeen Katirai, RPh, PharmD, is the lead instructor and President of PharmAchieve. She is a licensed pharmacist in Ontario, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts and completed her doctorate in Pharmacy at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. She currently practices as a perinatal pharmacist at Mount Sinai Hospital (a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto) and prior held a "Senior Pharmacist" position at Brigham & Woman's Hospital (a teaching hospital affiliated with Harvard Medical School). In addition to her hospital practice, Negeen has held retail pharmacy positions in both Canada and the United States.
	Cindy Natsheh, RPh, BScPhm, ACPR, PharmD completed a doctorate of Pharmacy from the University of Colorado; an accredited Pharmacy residency from the University Health Network (UHN); and a BSc in Pharmacy from the University of Toronto. Cindy is a lecturer at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Pharmacy, a position she has held since 2007. Since 2008, she has served as the Education Coordinator of UHN (the largest hospital system in Canada) where she is responsible for the pharmacy residency program and the training and mentoring of all pharmacists. Cindy has worked in a number of clinical areas at Toronto General Hospital and Toronto Western Hospital since 2000 where she also serves as a preceptor to multiple interns and residents. Cindy's past work also includes serving as a PEBC OSCE assessor.
	Najat Abu-Halimeh, RPh, BSc, MPharm acquired her BSc from the University of Toronto at 2003, and completed an MPharm degree from Aston University in England in 2007. She has worked as a staff pharmacist with several chain drug stores including Shoppers Drug Mart, Rexall, and Loblaw. Prior to becoming an instructor at PharmAchieve Najat served as a Senior OSCE Assessor at PharmAchieve where she has coached more than 300 students. Najat has a strong passion for teaching is frequently chosen by students in satisfaction surveys as one of their most favoured assessors.
	Hooman Katirai, BASc, RA, MSc, MScTP is the CEO of PharmAchieve. He completed a 3 year traineeship at Harvard Medical School and two masters degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In addition to managing PharmAchieve, Hooman advises healthcare institutions including the Canadian Pharmacists Association (CPhA), eHealth Ontario, and the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (MOHLTC) and Shoppers Drug Mart. He has served as the lead architect of four provincial healthcare projects for the Ontario government (each used by 9000 physicians) including the Ontario Diabetes Registry (a project designated by the Ontario Government as its number one health priority). Hooman is presently engaged by the Canadian Pharmacists Association to help develop the digital strategy for key publications including the Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties (CPS). He teaches methods for performing under pressure and continually improves the course through new services and technology.

Our Pharmacists

PharmAchieve only employs licensed pharmacists to serve as assessors. All of our assessors work in positions that require them to counsel patients daily. Four of our staff have PharmD degrees; several are instructors at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Pharmacy. Our team collectively has certifications in geriatrics, asthma, diabetes, COPD, neonatology and anti-coagulation. Many work at leading hospitals and retail organizations. Each brings together their unique expertise and passion for teaching the next generation to improve counseling.

Our Standardized Patients

All of PharmAchieve's Standardized Patients work or have worked for the standardized patient programs of local medical schools or government mandated health professional evaluation programs. There are two different levels of Standardized Patients: those who can act as patients, and those who are also trained to give feedback. All of PharmAchieve's Standardized Patients are trained to give feedback. In satisfaction surveys PharmAchieve students consistently rate interaction with Standardized Patients as an highly valuable part of their learning experience.