Kendrick Wilkins, PharmD

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Get to know Pharmacist Dr. Kendrick Wilkins, who serves patients in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Since November of 2020, Dr. Wilkins has been serving as an Assistant Pharmacy Manager at Kroger Pharmacy in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Prior to his current endeavors, he served as a floater pharmacist at Kroger Pharmacy (April 2020 – November 2020), a teacher at Calcasieu Parish School Board (September 2017 – September 2019), a pharmacy intern at Rite Aid Pharmacy (June 2010 – January 2017), an organic chemistry tutor at Xavier University of Louisiana (September 2007 – May 2010).

Dr. Wilkins obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Xavier University of Louisiana in 2009. Years later, in 2016, he earned his Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree from the same educational venue. 

Licensed by the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy, he is certified as a Basic Life Support Provider through the American Heart Association. He also completed the APhA’s Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery certificate training program through the American Pharmacists Association.

Pharmacy is the health science that links medical science with chemistry and it is charged with the discovery, production, control, disposal, safe and effective use of drugs. The practice of pharmacy requires excellent knowledge of drugs, their mechanism of action, side effects, interactions, mobility, and toxicity. Pharmacists, also known as chemists or druggists, are health professionals who specialize in the use of medicines, as they deal with the composition, effects, mechanism of action, and proper and effective use of drugs.

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