alumni NEWS Dr. Zac Renfro, Class of 2012, has accepted a position with Pharmacy Quality Solutions, the makers of EQuIPP in Durham, North Carolina. He is a pharmacy quality consultant that helps both chain and independent pharmacies understand pharmacy quality measures and how to implement initiatives in their pharmacies to improve those measures.
Congratulations to Dr. Baoqi Liang, Class of 2014, who accepted a clinical position in Internal Medicine with Johns Hopkins. She will participate with an interdisciplinary team as she rounds, coordinates medication-related discharge needs, and follows up with patients after hospital discharge.
Dr. Kris Lozanovski, Class of 2013, has recently accepted an Enterprise Pharmacy Application Coordinator position with Bon Secours Health System in Richmond, Virginia. Bon Secours Health System is a notfor-profit health system headquartered in Marriottsville, Maryland. Bon Secours Health System owns, manages or joint ventures 19 acute-care hospitals, one psychiatric hospital, five nursing care facilities, four assisted living facilities, and 14 home care and hospice services throughout Virginia, New York, South Carolina, Maryland and Kentucky. Dr. Lozanovski’s role will be working as an Enterprise Pharmacy Application Coordinator as a part of the Bon Secours’ pharmacy application support team. Dr. Lozanovski’s role will involve in the build and support of new installations of the Willow pharmacy application at regional hospital sites in Virginia and Maine that have contracted Bon Secours Health System to oversee and manage their EHR implementations.
Congratulations to Dr. Ali Foster, Class of 2012 alumni, on her recent publication, Metabolism and Disposition of Prescription Opioids, in the journal Forensic Science Review. Dr. Foster is a Clinical Scientist with Aegis Sciences Corporation.
Dr. Matt Tracy, Class of 2013, has recently accepted a Pharmacy Manager position with Genoa Healthcare in Kansas City, Missouri. Genoa was the first pharmacy that filled and dispensed the anti-schizophrenic medication, Clozapine. Since that time Genoa has opened 276 pharmacies across the U.S. that work with patients who have been diagnosed with mental health disease. Dr. Tracy currently works with an interdisciplinary team to provide the best treatment possible for patients.
Dr. Amy Barras, Class of 2013, has recently become a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Pharmacist. In addition, Dr. Barras has accepted a position with the Veteran’s Administration Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. In this position she will work with an interdisciplinary team to manage various disease states including diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and others. Christie Griffiths, Class of 2015, is pursuing an MBA in Healthcare Management, currently resides/works in Arizona. Kyle Robison, Class of 2014: is pursuing an Executive MBA program at Vanderbilt University. Khang Tran-Tan has accepted a new position with Cook Children’s Health Care System in Texas. As the first PharmD to be hired by Cook Children’s Health Plan, he will be assisting the organization with establishing and managing pharmacy programs required by Texas’s STAR, CHIP and STAR Kids Medicaid programs.
faculty PRODUCTIVITY Book Chapters
Peer Reviewed Manuscripts
Chen AMH, Frame TR. Prevention of contact lens-related disorders. In: Krinsky DL, ed. Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs: An Interactive Approach to Self-Care. 18th ed. Washington, DC: APhA; 2015. Chapter 28: 531-553.
Wahaib K, Beggs AE, Campbell H, Kodali L, Ford PD. Panobinostat: A histone deacetylase inhibitor for the treatment of relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. 2015; 72. In Press.
Holmes ER, Bynum L. Holmes E.R., Bynum L Holmes, Erin R., and Leigh Ann Bynum.Customer Service. In: Desselle SP, Zgarrick DP, Alston GL. Desselle S.P., Zgarrick D.P., Alston G.L. Eds. Shane P. Desselle, et al.eds. Pharmacy Management: Essentials for All Practice Settings, 4e. Accepted – In Press. Bynum LA. Managerial Issues in Pharmacy. In: Desselle SP, Zgarrick DP, Alston GL. Desselle S.P., Zgarrick D.P., Alston G.L. Eds. Shane P. Desselle, et al.eds. Pharmacy Management: Essentials for All Practice Settings, 4e. Accepted – In Press. Kiningham, K. Manganese Superoxide Dismutase. In: Aschner, M, Costa, LG, eds. Manganese in Health and Disease. Cambridge, UK: Royal Society of Chemistry; 2015; 79-102. McGuire JM, Ficzere CH. Appendix B: Psychotropic Drugs. In: Manville, CA, Keough, JL, eds. Mental Health Practice for the Occupational Therapy Assistant. 2016.
Sathe N, Krishnaswami S, Andrews J, Ficzere C, McPheeters M. Pharmacologic Agents That Promote Airway Clearance in Hospitalized Subjects: A Systematic Review. Respiratory Care. 2015; 60(7):1061-1070. McGuire JM, Duquette M, Burghart SM, Ferri MJ. New-onset visual hallucinations with eszopiclone. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. Accepted – In Press. Thompson ME, Reed K, Schultes K, Ficzere C. Student Perceptions of a Basic Medical Science-focused Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience. Medical Research Archives. 2015; 2(2). Epstein RA, Fonnesbeck R, Williamson E, Kuhn T, Lindegren ML, Rizzone K, Krishnaswami S, Sathe NA, Ficzere CH, Ness GL, Wright GW, Raj M, Potter S, McPheeters ML. Psychosocial and Pharmacologic Interventions for Disruptive Behavior in Children and Adolescents Review No. 154. (Prepared by the Vanderbilt Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-2012-00009-I.) AHRQ Publication No. 15-EHC019-EF. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 2015 October.
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