Consultant Pharmacist · Myrtle Beach, SC
One clear look at the entire medication picture.
Independent pharmacist-led care for older adults and the teams who support them — untangling years of prescriptions, one honest conversation at a time.
Long-term care, assisted living, and home across the Myrtle Beach area.
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Built to fit beside your team — not on top of it
Most care settings already work with a dispensing pharmacy and a consultant pharmacist. Those relationships matter, and they aren’t going anywhere.
Pharma by Elliot works differently. Independent and non-dispensing, this practice isn’t tied to prescription volume or pharmacy contracts. That freedom changes the nature of the work:
- Time enough to actually sit with people
- A view that spans every provider and condition
- Recommendations with no agenda behind them
- A steady focus on safety, function, and what life looks like at home
Nothing here replaces existing partners. It fills the space between them — where the full medication story tends to go missing.
Nobody owns the whole shelf
Complex care means many providers, many diagnoses, and medication lists that quietly grow over the years. In that swirl, no single person is expected to step back and ask: do all of these still make sense together?
Short visits and disconnected records mean medications often drift unexamined — accumulating risk for falls, confusion, hospitalizations, and moves to higher levels of care that might have been preventable.
This isn’t a failure of effort or skill. It’s a gap in time, continuity, and someone whose whole job is the whole picture.
Pharmacist-led, whole-person medication management
Pharma by Elliot brings the kind of clinical review that usually only happens in a crisis — and puts it to work quietly, in advance, alongside everyone else on the care team.
That work centers on:
- Untangling complex regimens until they’re simple to live with
- Finding risk while it’s still a warning, not an event
- Shaping decisions around what the individual actually wants
- Protecting independence — and the homes and routines that come with it
The measure of success is confidence and quality of life, not just compliance with a schedule.
The Age-Friendly Health Systems framework
Care organized around the 4Ms
Every review starts with the person, not the pill bottles. The 4Ms keep the focus where it belongs.
What Matters
The goals, values, and preferences that make each person’s life their own.
Medication
Every drug earns its place — necessary, effective, and truly aligned.
Mentation
Clear thinking and emotional steadiness, protected from avoidable side effects.
Mobility
Safe movement and independence, guarded against falls and weakness.
Age-friendly care has little to do with age itself. It’s about meeting people where they are — and designing care that holds up at every stage of life.
Who this work supports
Wherever older adults receive care, medication decisions shape the outcome.
Assisted Living Communities
Keeping residents steady, engaged, and independent through thoughtful medication review.
Skilled Nursing & Long-Term Care
Supporting the most complex residents — and the teams who care for them.
Provider Groups & Medical Directors
Coordinating medication decisions across specialists and settings.
Individuals & Families
Bringing clarity and confidence to aging at home, one appointment at a time.
What changes when the picture is clear
When medications finally line up with the life someone is trying to live, the ripple effects show up in everyday places:
- A lighter pill burden, with every dose pulling its weight
- Fewer falls, fewer confused mornings, fewer avoidable hospital stays
- More energy for the things that matter — family, hobbies, a walk on the beach
- Confidence for families and staff that nothing is being missed
The aim isn’t perfection. It’s alignment — and fewer avoidable risks in between.
Meet the pharmacist
Elliot Gottlieb
Consultant Pharmacist — Long-Term Care Medication Management
Elliot is a consultant pharmacist who works where the healthcare system leaves gaps — in the space between specialists, prescriptions, and daily life. His job is to take the long view the rest of medicine rarely has time for.
A consultant pharmacist with Remedi SeniorCare, a leading long-term care pharmacy, since 2017, he brings deep experience across skilled nursing, assisted living, and community-based care to the Myrtle Beach, South Carolina area.
His approach is grounded in the Age-Friendly Health Systems framework and the 4Ms of care, ensuring that every recommendation supports safety, independence, and the quality of life that matters to the person living it.
“People rarely leave a doctor’s office with a full understanding of their medications. I want to change that — one household, one care team, one medication list at a time.”
— Elliot Gottlieb, PharmD
Let’s start the conversation
Whether you’re a family trying to make sense of a complicated regimen, or a care team looking for a clinical partner, the first step is simple: reach out.
- Email: elliotsgottlieb@gmail.com
- Location: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Common questions
Don’t care settings already have a consultant pharmacist?
Most do. Dispensing pharmacies typically provide a consultant pharmacist as part of their service, and that role is valuable — but it isn’t built for the kind of time, continuity, and whole-person review that complex medication management needs.
Pharma by Elliot operates independently, which allows for deeper engagement and recommendations focused purely on safety, quality of life, and what matters most to the individual.
How is this different from a standard medication review?
Standard reviews are often brief, driven by regulation, and focused on a single moment in time. This work is longitudinal — it follows how medications shape daily life over months, and how decisions should shift as health and goals evolve.
Is this about getting people off their medications?
No. Many medications are essential and life-changing. The goal is alignment — making sure every drug is appropriate, effective, and supporting the life the person wants to live. Deprescribing is a tool, not an agenda.
Who benefits most from this work?
Settings and families supporting people who take many medications, see many providers, or bounce between care transitions. If a medication list has outgrown its explanation, this work fits.
How is this work billed?
That depends on the care setting and payer mix. Billing pathways are discussed after an initial conversation, to make sure any arrangement is compliant and sustainable for everyone involved.
What does the first step look like?
Just a conversation. We explore the situation, the challenges, and whether there’s a fit — no commitment, no pressure.