Los Angeles Pharmacy Manager receives CVS Health recognition

Ashkan Isakharian, Pharmacy Manager at the CVS Pharmacy on Crenshaw Boulevard in Los Angeles, was awarded a 2024 National Paragon Award from CVS Health. The annual Paragon Awards recognize the best of the best among CVS Health’s colleagues and are among the highest honors awarded by the company.

Paragon Award recipients are chosen for their commitment to company values and for their dedication to fulfilling CVS Health’s purpose: bringing our heart to every moment of your health. At the same time, they have demonstrated their ability to deliver outstanding business results, lead their teams to excellence, and make substantial contributions to the communities where they live and work. They are considered role models for the entire company.

Isakharian immigrated to the United States from Iran in 2014 and is a first-generation college graduate and advanced degree recipient. He joined CVS Pharmacy in 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, and played an important role in helping local businesses reopen by administering COVID-19 tests to their employees. He has taken on additional roles of increasing responsibility since beginning his career with CVS Pharmacy and is now the Pharmacy Manager of the Crenshaw Boulevard store.

Isakharian is a well-respected pharmacist and CVS Pharmacy leader in the Los Angeles market. He is committed to building strong pharmacy teams that are focused on providing outstanding pharmacy care to their patients and excels at training pharmacy technicians and pharmacy interns and helping them advance in their careers.

“Ashkan is passionate about the practice of pharmacy and teaching others and has been a driving force in helping to develop new pharmacists in our area,” said Deep Patel, PharmD, District Leader for CVS Pharmacy. “He is a trusted team member who is a role model for new pharmacists and always ensures his team is focused on meeting their patients’ needs. Ashkan is a true leader who goes above and beyond for both his patients and his team.”

Every year, CVS Health honors Paragon Award winners from its thousands of store managers, pharmacists, nurse practitioners and pharmacy benefits management employees. The winners were nominated by their supervisors and eventually voted on by CVS Health’s senior leaders. The 2024 Retail Paragon Award winners are being recognized in October as part of the company’s American Pharmacist Month and National Customer Service Week activities.