SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

Amy is a clinical associate professor with the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy and clinical pharmacist at El Rio health center. Before joining the staff at UA, Dr. Kennedy worked as a clinical pharmacist at a health center for the homeless. Her scholarship interests include preventive health, the impact of medication adherence on mental health outcomes, the role of therapeutic lifestyle modifications, medication therapy management outcomes, and the pharmacist’s role in caring for the underserved.

Brian completed his Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the University of Arizona. He completed a Pharmacy Practice Residency (PGY1) and Critical Care Residency at the University of Arizona/ University Medical Center. Brian is currently a Clinical Pharmacist in the Surgical-Trauma ICU at Banner - University Medical Center Tucson and Adjunct Clinical Professor at the University of Arizona. In addition, he is the Residency Program Director for the Critical Care Residency. Brian’s clinical interests include medication safety, management of critically ill trauma patients, sepsis, and sedation/analgesia.

Katie, an Associate with Quarles and Brady, assists clients with a diverse range of regulatory issues and transactional matters. She offers practical legal counsel to clients on a wide range of pharmacy regulatory issues such as controlled substances and state licensure compliance. Katie’s work also involves advising pharmacy benefit manager, insurance carrier and third-party administrator clients to understand an ever-changing regulatory landscape with multifaceted implications across business segments. She has experience with credit card compliance, program audits, federal and state health care laws and regulations, and Medicare Part D pharmacy benefits. Prior to joining Quarles, Katie worked for a PBM and a global health care services company. Her previous business experience and acumen allows her to bring a unique perspective to her legal work when advising clients.

Robert serves as the Senior Clinical Pharmacist for SinfoniaRx and Clinical Associate Professor, Dept. of Pharmacy Practice and Science College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona. Dr. Lipsy serves on numerous pharmacy quality, management, policy and disease-state committees. The author of numerous articles, books and chapters, he’s delivered more than 100 presentations and lectures on topics from evidence-based medicine to pharmacotherapy. A fellow of the American Society of HealthSystem Pharmacists and the Arizona Pharmacy Association, he received the Elias Schlossberg Lifetime Achievement Award from the Arizona chapter of the ASHP.