{"id":11125,"date":"2026-09-26T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/?p=11125"},"modified":"2026-10-27T05:08:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T05:08:56","slug":"our-graduates-success-story-1-haider-raad-al-khalisi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/department-of-pharmacy\/our-graduates-success-story-1-haider-raad-al-khalisi\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Graduates\u2026 A Success Story (1): Haider Raad Al-Khalisi"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.single .cz_single_fi img.wp-post-image{height:auto!important;object-fit:contain!important}@media (min-width:768px){body.single-post .page_cover .page_title.page_title{padding-top:150px!important;padding-bottom:40px!important}}<\/style>\n<div dir=\"ltr\" class=\"cz_ignore_number\" style=\"max-width:860px;margin:0 auto;color:#233865;font-size:17px;text-align:left;line-height:1.8\">\n<p><strong>Our Graduates\u2026 A Success Story | Episode 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Haider Raad Al-Khalisi<\/strong> \u2014 12th cohort \u00b7 2015\u20132016<br \/>Pharmacy Leader \u2014 Kroger Health, Atlanta, USA<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSuccess begins when you do what you are afraid to do.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Education<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>B.Sc. Pharmacy \u2014 Baghdad College of Medical Sciences, 12th cohort (2016)<\/li>\n<li>MBA \u2014 Missouri State University (2019)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Career path<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Pharmaceutical marketing representative \u2014 Sanofi, Baghdad<\/li>\n<li>Pharmacy technician, then licensed pharmacist \u2014 Harmons, USA<\/li>\n<li>Pharmacy Manager \u2014 CVS Pharmacy (2018)<\/li>\n<li>Pharmacy Leader \u2014 Kroger Health, Atlanta (2022 \u2013 present)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Key milestones<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Has worked in the United States for years, managing high-volume pharmacies<\/li>\n<li>Preparing for a company-level Pharmacy Practice Coordinator role<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>His story in his own words<\/h3>\n<p>His journey in one sentence: \u201cCreating real meaning in my life through what I do every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I began my career after graduating from Baghdad College in pharmacy, working in pharmaceutical marketing with Sanofi-Aventis, responsible for important products such as Clexane and Lantus. I then emigrated to the United States and started my career over as a pharmacy technician trainee, then a pharmacy technician, and eventually a licensed pharmacist at Harmons.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018 I had the opportunity to move into management when I accepted a Pharmacy Manager position at CVS, and I continued managing pharmacies until 2022. I then moved to Kroger Health as a Pharmacy Leader, where I currently manage high-volume pharmacies.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside my career, in 2019 I earned a business administration degree from Missouri State University to support my leadership and management ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>My next step is to move into a Pharmacy Practice Coordinator role, where I aim to expand my impact from managing a single pharmacy to developing and managing the pharmacy profession on a wider scale.<\/p>\n<h3>Pharmacist Haider Raad Al-Khalisi\u2019s advice to today\u2019s students<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cDon\u2019t let negativity or fear define your future; success begins when you do what you are afraid to do and distance yourself from negative environments.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Are you a graduate of our College \u2014 Pharmacy or Nursing? Share your story through the <a href=\"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/alumni\/share-your-story\/\">success stories form<\/a>. All episodes are on the <a href=\"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/alumni\/graduate-stories\/\">series page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Graduates\u2026 A Success Story | Episode 1 Haider Raad Al-Khalisi \u2014 &#8230; <a class=\"cz_readmore cz_readmore_no_icon\" href=\"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/department-of-pharmacy\/our-graduates-success-story-1-haider-raad-al-khalisi\/\"><span>\u0627\u0642\u0631\u0623 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0632\u064a\u062f<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,84,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni-affairs-unit","category-department-of-pharmacy","category-93"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11126,"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11125\/revisions\/11126"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcms.edu.iq\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}