Pharmacy Practice Annual Report 2020 by UIC Department of Pharmacy Practice

Pharmacy Practice ANNUAL

REPORT 2020

WELCOME

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TABLE OF

CONTENTS MESSAGE FROM THE HEAD

ABOUT US

RESEARCH & SERVICES

EDUCATION

PHARMACY SERVICES

DRUG INFORMATION GROUP

PRIOR AUTHORIZATION, MRAD, DOCASSIST

ROCKFORD

RESIDENTS & FELLOWS

IN THE NEWS

GIVING

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MESSAGE FROM THE

HEAD

Dear Colleagues and Friends of Pharmacy Practice, Despite the unprecedented challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, our faculty, staff and trainees continued to shine with outstanding contributions to our education, research, service and entrepreneurship mission. I want to take this opportunity to share some of our accomplishments with you. While this isn’t a comprehensive list of everything we’ve accomplished, it gives a glimpse into the productivity and success of our faculty, staff, and trainees. More importantly, we hope to share with you a sense of who we are and the kind of work that we are doing through section highlights and a selection of some of our representative stories. Many of our faculty were recognized by local, regional and national awards. Dr. Alan Gross and Dr. James Lee were named Fellows of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP); Dr. Renee Petzel Gimbar named Fellow of the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology; Dr. Keith Rodvold named a UIC Distinguished Professor; Dr. Alan Gross recognized with the Outstanding Clinical Practice in Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy Award; Dr. Jamie Paek received the UIC Chancellor’s COVID-19 Response Award; Drs. Keri Kim, Jeff Mucksavage and Eljim Tesoro received Presidential Citations from the Neurocritical Care Society; Dr. Alicia Lichvar received ACCP’s Immunology and Transplantation PRN Junior Investigator Award, and Dr. Edith Nutescu received the Michael Reese Endowed Professorship of Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy and ACCP’s Therapeutic Frontiers Award. Several of our faculty were recognized for their excellence in teaching such as the Golden Apple Award to Laura Meyer-Junco, Preceptor of the Year to Dr. Marlowe Djuric Kachlic, PGY1 Residency Preceptor of the Year to Renee Petzel Gimbar, and the 2020 Frederick P. Siegel Innovative Teaching Award to Dr. Vicki Groo. We continued with our groundbreaking research funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the ASHP Foundation, the US Department of Health and Human Services, The National Cancer Institute, the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Dept. of Health and Human Services / HRSA, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corporation, the Illinois Department of Human Services, CSL Behring, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The faculty

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presented their research at 155 national and international conferences, published 357 journal articles and served on 65 editorial boards throughout the year. The department has gained and remodeled new space to support our research and service efforts, we updated the front office suite, and UIHealth and our pharmacies moved to a new electronic health record platform. We’ve finalized the Department’s 2021-2025 Strategic Plan, established a new Critical Care & Infectious Diseases Fellowship, started a PGY2 in Clinical Pharmacogenomics in partnership with NorthShore University Health-System, and expanded our Critical Care, Ambulatory Care and Specialty Pharmacy Residencies. The Department was also granted a new post-doctoral scholar position as part of the University's Bridge to the underrepresented faculty program. Lastly, twelve clinical faculty joined the department and four faculty were promoted, Dr. Michael Gabay to Clinical Professor and Drs. James Lee, Jin Han and Ryan Rodriguez to Clinical Associate Professor. We appointed three Assistant Heads, Dr. Jeremy Johnson - Assistant Head for Research, Dr. Robert DiDomenico - Assistant Head for Faculty Affairs & Strategic Initiatives, Dr. Nancy Shapiro - Assistant Head for Education, and a Director of Teaching Innovation, Dr. Jeffrey Mucksavage. All of these accomplishments would not have been possible without the dedication and hard work of our faculty, staff, residents and fellows and a big note of Thank You goes out to All! I would also like to send a note of thanks to those that support the Department by serving as preceptors and/ or with financial contributions. Your generosity is a key to the continued success of our program. We know you realize the importance of this support and are grateful for your contributions that ensure we maintain the high standards of our Residency and Fellowship Programs. I’m looking forward to continue building upon our previous year’s successes and am excited to continue our work to further the educational, research, service and entrepreneurship mission of the Department. Sincerely,

DR. EDITH NUTESCU

HEAD OF PHARMACY PRACTICE

"The accomplishments outlined in this Annual Report would not be possible without the hard work and dedication of our faculty, staff, and trainees and a big note of Thank You goes out to All!"

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ABOUT US The Department of Pharmacy Practice is an academic department within the University of Illinois Chicago College of Pharmacy (Chicago and Rockford Campuses). The Department is also a service unit that provides pharmacy services within the UI Health and affiliated sites. Among the most comprehensive units of its type in the United States, the Department is comprised of faculty and staff who are teachers, scholars and practitioners.

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OUR VISION Leading pharmacy innovations to advance health care across the world.

OUR MISSION To optimize public health by serving our learners, the University of Illinois system, the community, and our world-wide strategic partners through innovations in education, research, patient care, and professional engagement.

MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT

Support Staff

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RESEARCH & SERVICE The previous year has provided unique opportunities and challenges to the research mission of pharmacy practice. Research continues to grow in the department with both our tenure and clinical track faculty from the bench to the clinic in multiple disciplines that include infectious disease, oncology, substance abuse, psychiatry, precision medicine and cardiology among others. The breadth of research by our faculty emphasizes the impact that the pharmacist can have on the research continuum from drug discovery to early phase clinical trials to applied pharmacy. The last year has also proved challenging in many regards with the advent of COVID-19. Despite these challenges significant progress has been made to support COVID-19 research to improve patient care outcomes. Multiple faculty in our department have contributed to the fight against COVID-19 in collaboration with the CDC Epicenters research program in several clinical trials evaluating vaccine candidates and investigational compounds against SARS-CoV-2. In addition, our faculty received funding from the Otto Sprague Foundation and Illinois Department of Public Health for work to pilot vaccination efforts in underserved areas and contribute to guidelines and state wide education COVID-19 education efforts. Our established research programs continue to make great strides in their respective research disciplines. Our infectious disease faculty have developed the first mathematical model for a 3-antibiotic combination that was able to provide insights for future optimization of antibiotic therapy. In addition, they have identified batch to batch variations in the antibiotic gentamicin that raises concerns related to increased toxicity and decreased efficacy. Our faculty involved in natural products and dietary

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supplement research have been evaluating the safety profile of green tea extract with fertility promoting drugs in a multi-site clinical trials with Yale, Johns Hopkins, and the University of Chicago. Additional research projects in natural products are supporting the NCI PREVENT Program to characterize the pharmacokinetic profile of diterpenes from rosemary for breast cancer prevention. Our faculty involved in cardiovascular and precision medicine research conducted work to assess the impact of integrating genetic testing results in electronic health records and elucidating provider acceptance of guidelines for reversal of newer generation antithrombotics. Our clinical faculty are leading oncology research projects in early phase clinical to optimize dosing of bortezomib and melphalan to reduce adverse events while improving patient outcomes and collaborate on several of the NIH funded ACTIVE-4 studies. New research training opportunities are being developed by our faculty in collaboration with our clinical sites. Our primary care faculty have opened the first methadone clinic in a primary care office in the state of Illinois and have been able to couple this research with supporting research training opportunities in Substance Use Disorder and Family Medicine. A new joint critical care and infectious diseases fellowship training program was established to develop future clinician-scientists with a diverse skillset able to positively impact patient care from both the research and clinical arenas. In addition, our faculty continue to train the next generation by recruiting PharmD candidates, post-doctoral fellows, and clinical fellows into their research programs.

DR. JEREMY JOHNSON ASSISTANT HEAD FOR RESEARCH The Department research programs serve to optimize drug therapy and improve health outcomes through the generation, integration, and translation of scientific information between the bench and the bedside, the patient and the population. The Department of Pharmacy Practice research themes encompass three distinct areas and include: Clinical and Translational Research focused on generation, integration, and translation of scientific information to optimize drug therapy outcomes. Scholarship of teaching and pedagogy including developing, evaluating, and disseminating innovative educational methods for educating pharmacy leaders of the future. Assessment of innovative pharmacy practice models and health services outcomes with the dissemination of research findings to ensure optimization of patients' medication-related outcomes.

357

BOOKS

JOURNALS

GRANTS

Textbooks and book chapter publications

Publications

Studies funded by outside organizations

177

155

LEADERSHIP

PRESENTATIONS

EDITORIAL

Leadership positions in academic and professional organizations

Presentations at local, national, and international meetings

Journal editors, consulting editors, and board members

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EDUCATION Facing one of its largest challenges for delivering coursework in its history, the Department of Pharmacy Practice converted to an on-line curriculum in March 2020 with very little warning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We would like to give a big shout-out to all of our teachers in the department who rose to the occasion and made this transition work for our students. Additionally, all of our preceptors in and around the Chicago and Rockford areas developed and implemented innovative teaching methods to incorporate remote teaching into their IPPE and APPE sites. Without the innovation and support of all involved we would have not been able to accomplish our mission of preparing the next generation of pharmacists in this challenging environment. The Office of Experiential Education which is comprised of Drs. Sheila Allen (Director Experiential Education and APPE Director – Chicago), Allison Schriever (Director Experiential Education and APPE Director – Rockford), Marlowe Djuric-Kachlic (IPPE Director), Louise Parent-Stevens (IPPE Assistant Director), Tara Driscoll (Patient Care Skills Lab Coordinator), Jennifer Casamassimo (Program Coordinator) and Rhonda Larkin (Office Administrator) had a very successful but challenging year. In January, Dr. Amanda Eades joined our office filling the position of Patient Care Skills Lab Coordinator completing the experiential team to start the year. While off to a good start for the year, growing concern about the pandemic in February followed by the Governor’s declaration of the stay-at-home order within the state of Illinois in March quickly challenged the team. With 173 first year pharmacy students and 193 third year pharmacy students on introductory pharmacy practice experiences (IPPEs), 191 second year pharmacy students within our patient care skills laboratory, and 115 fourth year pharmacy student on advanced pharmacy practice experiences (APPEs), significant modifications to our patient care skills lab and experiential curriculum were needed. Immediately, we decided to suspend IPPEs, but APPEs could not be suspended if curriculum and accreditation standards were to be met for on time graduation. Additionally, we decided that it was important that our patient care skills lab curriculum proceed as possible in the remote environment. This meant we would need to get creative. Within our experiential curriculum, our Ambulatory Care and Medicine APPE faculty operationalized remote conferencing to coordinate topic presentations, journal clubs, and case presentations for students on their Ambulatory Care and Medicine Core APPEs at our and surrounding health systems. Hospital APPE faculty at UI Health created a rotating on-site schedule supplemented with remote learning activities and in-service presentations for students on their Hospital Core APPE. Various preceptors at our partner institutions also supported us in these efforts: Abbvie, Abelson Taylor, ACPE, Aon Hewitt, Community Health, CVS, FDA, Jesse Brown VA, Mariano’s, Mercy, Northwestern, Optum Rx, Osco, OSF, Swedish American, Van Matre Health South, Walgreens, and Weiss. Several of our administrators worked together to create an online board preparation elective APPE for our students. It took a village, but by May, 164 students graduated on-time from UIC College of Pharmacy.

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Nany Shapiro Assistant Head of Education

Sheila Allen Director of Experiential Education

Jeffrey Mucksavage Director of Teaching Innovation

However, the work was not done. Knowing that we must somehow begin our APPE 2020-21 and our Fall 2020 IPPE curriculum, we planned a preceptor conference in May entitled “Embracing the Challenging Learning Situation: Models to Grow From” which was attended by 248 preceptors and a preceptor workshop in August entitled “Dialing in for Success: Remote Learning in Core Experiential Activities” which was attended by 136 preceptors. Both events were intended to support our preceptors during these challenging times. Within our patient care skills lab curriculum, we also became more creative. During the stay-at-home order we conducted our proficiency evaluations as telehealth visits and consults, a format for which we have kept certain elements after the order was lifted since it was so well received. We planned and replanned, pivoting at each turn, so that we were able to have all our students back on our curriculum track by the end of 2020. The Department of Pharmacy Practice also continued major partnerships with Jesse Brown Veteran Affairs (VA) Medical Center, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Rush University Medical Center, the University of Chicago Medical Center, and John H. Stroger Hospital for both IPPE and APPE students. We are extremely grateful for these relationships that help us to continue to maintain student placements. We are happy to report the following faculty received teaching awards for 2020: The Golden Apple Award was awarded to Dr. Laura Meyer-Junco, the UIC Preceptor of the Year award to Dr. Marlowe Djuric-Kachlic, and the UIC External Preceptor of the Year award to Dr. Michael Poulsen. Dr. Vicki Groo was awarded the 2020 Frederick P. Siegel Innovative Teaching Award for developing and integrating innovative teaching or learning strategies in the PharmD Curriculum. Dr. Patrick Fleming was awarded P3 Teacher of the Semester for Spring 2020, Dr. Eric Wenzler was awarded P2 Teacher of the Semester for Spring 2020, and Dr. Isaac Cha was awarded P3 Teacher of the Semester for Fall 2020. Dr. Sheila Allen, Dr. Marianne Pop, and Dr. Mia Schmiedeskamp-Rahe were awarded PhLAMES mentor of the year for their mentorship to pharmacy students. Congratulations to these distinguished pharmacists for their dedication and commitment to the educational development of the graduates. We are also happy to report new appointments. In October 2020, Nancy L. Shapiro was appointed as Assistant Head of Education. Dr. Shapiro is a Clinical Professor in the Department and serves as Coordinator and Clinical Pharmacist of the Antithrombosis Clinic. She is also Director of the PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency. As Assistant Head for Education, Dr. Shapiro will lead the development and implementation of department-wide educational initiatives and programs, assist in the management of educational resources and recommend, implement and oversee department educational program and policy development. Also in October 2020, Jeffrey J. Mucksavage was appointed as Director of Teaching Innovation. Dr. Mucksavage is a Clinical Assistant Professor and Clinical Pharmacist in Neurocritical Care. As Director for Teaching Innovation he will lead the development and implementation of innovative educational programs and initiatives for our learners and support educational programming and development of faculty and Residency Program Directors.

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PHARMACY SERVICES The year 2020 presented many challenges to Pharmacy Services not seen in previous years. In March, the hospital began admitting its first COVID-19 patients. The numbers rapidly increased and required repurposing of various units to obtain additional ICU beds as well as designating certain units for only COVID-19 patients. From a pharmacy perspective, many changes were implemented. Our clinical pharmacists began virtually rounding on their patients in the hospital with some in person rounding continuing in key units (e.g., MICU). On the ambulatory side, our clinical pharmacists took advantage of telehealth services to continue to provide care to their patients. Our outpatient pharmacies implemented a free mail order program to give patients the option of having their prescriptions sent to them vs. coming to the pharmacy. Changes also were made in how pharmacists responded to code situations and the location of IV pumps for critical care infusions for ICU patients. We made certain that all of our pharmacy staff were provided with appropriate PPE. Within our pharmacies, social distancing was implemented, routine cleaning schedules were instituted, and plexiglass barriers were installed in our outpatient pharmacies. A significant amount of time was spent sourcing critical care medications needed for ICU patients, ensuring that patients received the desired medications. In September, the organization went live with Epic. Go-live was initially scheduled for May but had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. From a pharmacy perspective, the amount of time and effort spent getting ready for go-live was extensive. Our pharmacy IT group, for the most part, was totally dedicated to Epic build and testing as well as the myriad of other activities that had to be done prior to and after go-live. Although our pharmacy IT group took the lead with Epic, it was truly a department-wide effort. Both the hospital and ambulatory pharmacy leadership groups as well as many of our pharmacists and technicians were involved with testing, workflow modification, training, and developing tip sheets, just to name a few of the activities. We had a successful go-live in pharmacy, however, not without issues being identified. The remainder of 2020 was dedicated to addressing these issues. Shortly after Epic go-live, we were presented with another challenge. There was a work stoppage that involved our pharmacy technicians in our outpatient pharmacies. Our ambulatory pharmacy leadership group did an excellent job of using pharmacy externs and interns to plug the holes created by the work stoppage, ensuring that patient care did not suffer. However, even with these challenges, we continued to provide our various programs to the fullest extent possible. These included UI Team Rx, Medication Assistance, Medication Therapy Management (MTM), Antithrombosis, Smoking Cessation, Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) telemedicine, Mobile Pharmacy Education (MoPhE), and RxCares. In addition, Specialty Pharmacy Services had another excellent year with prescription volume increasing from the previous year. We also had 8 new medication-related protocols and 6 new medication-related guidelines approved during the year. Near the end of December, the hospital received its first shipment of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. We were able to source a -80 degree freezer from the College of Pharmacy to store the vaccine. Several

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members of the hospital pharmacy leadership group were asked to be members of the COVID-19 Vaccine Oversight Committee. The hospital began vaccinating on December 18th; we agreed to draw up the Pfizer vaccine into syringes and label appropriately so that the syringe is ready to be administered once brought to the vaccination station. Although labor intensive, from a patient safety and efficiency perspective, we felt that this was the right thing to do. One of the things we wanted to prevent against was vaccine waste. Many of our pharmacy staff also volunteered to assist in the various vaccination programs implemented. By the end of December, approximately 3900 vaccine doses had been administered. This number will grow exponentially in 2021 as we will be starting a vaccine program in our basketball arena on campus with a capacity of vaccinating up to 5000 people daily. Finally, we once again successfully recruited into our PGY2 residency in Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership. Our resident, Kay Yamamoto, selected as her major research project an assessment of a novel automated communication system for on-call pharmacy resident services. In addition, she assisted with and took the lead on numerous projects within the department. In summary, I doubt that we will see another year with the number and magnitude of challenges that we faced this year. Throughout it all, our pharmacy staff are to be commended for remaining positive, embracing the changes that were put in place due to the pandemic, and staying focused on the work that needed to be done, all to ensure that our patients continued to get the best care possible.

DR. ANDREW J. DONNELLY ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR CLINICAL AFFAIRS

December 17, 2020 - First COVID-19 Vaccine Shipment Arrival

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MEDICATION THERAPY The Medication Therapy Management Clinic (MTMC) is a pharmacist-run clinic located in the UI Health Outpatient Care Center. The clinic’s aim is to lead in medication therapy management through innovation, education, and research to decrease hospitalizations, improve healthcare utilization, reduce costs and improve patients quality of life. Clinicians at MTMC focus on helping patients afflicted with chronic disease states improve their medication adherence and achieve their treatment goals. Moreover, the clinicians collaborate with the patient’s other healthcare providers to prevent duplication in therapy, avert or minimize adverse drug events, manage a patient’s response to therapy utilizing protocols, and ensure continuity of care. As a result, MTMC clinicians help improve healthcare utilization and minimize medication costs. MTMC strives to incorporate patient participation in the self-management of their medications and disease states. The clinic facilitates patient access to all necessary medications. The year 2020 had many changes, and the biggest was the addition of three new clinicians (Asima Ali, Lauren Cunningham, and Gwen Seamon) to the MTMC team (Pharmacists: Julie Jun, Sheryl Mathew, Rachel Murdock, Jessica Tilton, and Lori Wilken; Technician: Centrella Dunbar; Extern Students: Vinura Withanawasam, Samiha Khan). Due to the pandemic the clinic had to shift its delivery of care primarily to telehealth visits. While the team was not new to telehealth as we entered our 5th year of participating in the NIH grant, “mHealth for Diabetes Adherence Support,” a study evaluating the effects that mobile health can have on African American and Latino patients’ A1C, blood pressure and cholesterol, the use of videoconferencing facilitated by community health workers was no longer available and all interactions had to be conducted over the phone. Moreover, the experience with telehealth allowed the clinic to start receiving referrals from UI Health’s Heart Center for initiation of SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists.

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91% Average Adherence Rate

64 Average Age

15 Average Medications per Patient

71%

Patients Using Pill Boxes

MANAGEMENT CLINIC The clinic’s potential clinical and economic benefits for patients with hypertension was highlighted at the 340b Winter conference and 340B Insight podcast. The year ended with a socially distanced MTMC retreat that focused on patient care initiatives, a safe and educational rotation environment for learners, and where our next research initiatives should take us.

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TRANSPLANT TEAM Despite the COVID pandemic, our Transplant Program continued to grow with the record number of patients undergoing solid organ transplantation at UI Health. To meet the increasing need, we focused our clinical efforts to acute patient management and pre-transplant suitability evaluation. Our Team also secured an additional FTE to meet the expanding service needs. We are excited to announce that a UIC Alum (Class of 2014, PGY1 2015, PGY2 2016) Dr. Cassie Muran joined our Transplant Team this summer. Before coming back to UIC, Dr. Muran served as an abdominal transplant pharmacist at Loyola University Medical Center. She will join our inpatient/outpatient service model and share in the Team Based Teaching approach of our student and resident learners. Our PGY2 program continues to thrive under the leadership of Drs. Mia Schmiedeskamp, RPD and Jamie Benken, assistant RPD. This year, our two PGY2 graduates Drs. Anesia Reticker and Benito Valdepenas were very busy presenting their research abstracts at the virtual American Transplant Congress, ACCP Immunology/Transplantation (IM/TR) PRN Residency Research Webinar and Illinois Transplant Pharmacists Association (ITPA) Residency Showcase. Both residents also participated in the National Kidney Foundation Outreach Webinar. Upon graduating, Dr. Reticker accepted a position at the University of Chicago Medical Center, while Dr. Valdepenas joined a transplant program in Cincinnati, Ohio. At the end of this year, Dr. Alicia Lichvar transitioned into the role of interim RPD and will be welcoming our 21st PGY2 in year 2021. At the College, COVID introduced new challenges for our team members that also serve as course coordinators. In the Spring semester, Drs. Benken and Lichvar moved their Advanced Transplant Therapeutics Elective (PMPR347), now in its eight year, to an online format. Students still enjoyed virtual presentations from transplant clinical pharmacists across Chicagoland. The now infamous debates were unfortunately canceled in favor of a written assignment. We are looking forward to their restoration in 2021. Fall semester saw Dr. David Choi join Dr. Shree Patel as a co-coordinator for PDAT IV: Immunology and Respiratory (PHAR504). Currently, all transplant team members lecture in this course across various immunology and immuno-therapeutic topics. Our team members continue to accept invitations to share their knowledge and experience via various local, national and international platforms; albeit virtually this year. During the 2020 American Diabetes Association meeting, Dr. Maya Campara presented on “Long-Term Immunosuppression in Pancreas Transplants.” Dr. Choi presented on “Drug Induced Liver Injury” at the American Liver Association Great Lakes Division Meeting. Dr. Choi also presented several lectures at the Crohn’s Colitis Foundation – Illinois Carol Fisher Chapter: Annual Patient & Professional Education Symposium. He was also a lecturer for the Advanced Specialty Training Program in Internal Medicine for Hong Kong Hospital Authority. Dr. Patel presented a series of lectures on immunosuppression to Hong Kong University. Drs. Choi and Benken were invited to present at the 2020 ACCP Annual Meeting. Dr. Benken presented our inpatient/outpatient hybrid practice model, while Dr. Choi described management pearls for immunosuppressed patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Dr. Benken also broadcast a series of immunosuppression lectures to Malta and presented a reviewed our UI Health opioid minimization strategy at the ITPA’s Annual Symposium. The research effort by our Team has never been more robust. Every member is actively and collaboratively engaged in retrospective, quality research projects, large database reviews and prospective, funded research. Dr. Choi co-chairs the Pharmacy Resident Research Committee. Drs. Benken and Lichvar presented their research projects at the 2020 American Transplant Congress in a platform presentation. All team members presented poster abstracts at this meeting, as well as the ACCP and ASHP meetings. Collectively, the team produced 12 peer reviewed publications this year across various transplant and pharmacy journals. This included collaborative work with our emergency department pharmacists as well as a C4 article published in the American Journal of Transplantation. For her tremendous research effort, Dr. Lichvar received the 2020 IM/TR PRN Junior Investigator Award.

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In November, Dr. Campara was recognized by Transplant Nursing Staff and awarded the UI Health Care Award for her service to the patients, transplant team and UI Hospital. All members of the team are engaged with various local, regional and national transplant and pharmacy groups. At the college level, Drs. Patricia West-Thielke and Patel serve as Faculty Advisors for the UIC Rho Chi Society and Drs. Lichvar and Campara ended their tenure as the Grand Council Deputies for the Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity. Dr. Patel is a member of the UIC Senate. Dr. Campara served on the 2020 UIC Teaching Recognition Program Award Selection Committee. We continue to maintain leadership roles within the ITPA – to date, four of our faculty members served as ITPA President; Dr. Muran currently holding that role. Team members continue to remain active in national associations. Dr. Lichvar started her tenure as the Chair of the ACCP IM/TR PRN. Dr. Campara completed her service on the 2020 ACCP Planning Committee. Dr. Campara serves as an Editor for the ASHP/ACCP Solid Organ Transplantation Pharmacy Review Course. Drs. Campara, Muran and Lichvar are also writers and Dr. Benken content reviewer for the said course. Dr. Campara reprised her role as a Co-Chair of the American Society of Transplantation (AST), Pharmacy Community of Practice (COP) Public Policy Workgroup. All team members participate in various workgroups and initiatives within the AST Transplant Pharmacy COP.

The C4 article series has been inspired by collaborative nature of Wikipedia; it is a crowdsourced academic article that involves multiple editors, authors and contributors. In 2020, the American Journal of Transplantation published its' second C4 article that examines medication access problems in transplantation. In US, nearly 65% of transplant programs report graft loss or patient death that is directly attributable to problems with medications access. Over 70 transplant pharmacists, physicians, nurses and patients across US offered their perspective on four key issues that include: timely access during the hospital discharge process, access to immunosuppressive medications for life after transplant, access to medications used for off‐label indications, and access to drugs affected by drug shortages. Dr. Maya Campara served as section editor and four other PMPR members contributed to various sections including Drs. Kit Moy, Mia Schmiedeskamp, Christina McKnight and Benito Valdepenas. The article represents a significant and timely contribution to the transplant literature during the period of changing Medicare rules and regulations that govern the field of transplantation. Lead author, Dr. Angela Maldonado, states that "this article stands as a call to arms for all of us in the transplant community to advocate for global solutions to these common problems."

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In 2020, the faculty of the Drug Information Group (DIG) worked successfully in a remote environment to provide for the needs of our various clients, teach pharmacy students and residents, and complete scholarship activities. The DIG signed 2 new larger contracts in 2020 (Blue Cross Blue Shield and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists [ASHP]) and continued to deliver services to an additional 20+ clients throughout the year. Noteworthy work completed in 2020 included formulary support through updating class reviews and medical policy documents for several clients, the development of a virtual consensus conference on surface contamination monitoring for hazardous drugs, and completion of a free 9 module continuing education program on opioid analgesic therapy available at PowerPak.com. The DIG also launched a new PGY2 residency program in drug information targeted towards pharmacists looking to pursue a career outside traditional hospital-based drug information practice, enrolling our first resident in July 2020.

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1,500

Drug information requests answered from healthcare practitioners.

On the scholarship front, the faculty of the DIG continued to present and publish on a variety of topics including 3 DIG faculty having involvement in the 2020 update of the ASHP Medication Use Evaluation guidelines. Finally, 2 DIG faculty members were promoted in 2020. Dr. Ryan Rodriguez was promoted to Clinical Associate Professor and Dr. Michael Gabay was promoted to Clinical Professor.

Completed projects for clients.

DR. MICHAEL GABAY DIRECTOR

180

Created or updated formular y class reviews or in-depth drug information request s.

100 Completed updates of medical policy documents.

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PRIOR AUTHORIZATION The Prior Authorization (PA) Services Group began its’ contract with the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (IL-HFS) in 2006 and is currently comprised of one pharmacy technician and sixteen pharmacists, twelve located in Chicago and four in Springfield. The group develops clinical based approval criteria for non-preferred medications and adjudicates PA requests in a consistent and timely manner for Illinois Medicaid Fee-For-Service programs. Approximately 500 requests are processed daily. In addition, the group provides customer service and education with regard to PA policies, determination appeals, and billing issues for pharmacies and healthcare providers through outreach via phone, fax, and our website .

MRAD The Medication Review and Academic Detailing Unit focuses on reviewing medications in higher risk patients in Medicaid. UIC Pharmacists review medications in those patients who are taking more than four prescriptions per month chronically. The patient’s prescriber is contacted and the pharmacist makes appropriate clinical recommendations to reduce unnecessary medications and prevent duplicate therapy. In addition to evaluating patients who may be taking too much medication, program pharmacists also identify patients who are non-adherent to chronic medications and reach out to prescribers to alert them to this potential problem.

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2012

The Medication Review and Academic Detailing Unit began in 2012 as a partnership with the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services.

133

Completed Academic Detailing pilot project in Southern Illinois that provided 133 one on one educational sessions with prescribers targeting proper opioid prescribing and pain management.

2006

The Prior Authorization (PA) Services Group began its’ contract with the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (IL-HFS) in 2006.

500

Approximately 500 requests are processed daily for Illinois Medicaid Fee-ForService programs by sixteen pharmacists and one pharmacy technician.

Doc ASSIST

414

414 DocAssist Consultations were conducted.

The mission of this service is to help primary care clinicians screen, diagnose, and treat the mental health and substance use problems of children, adolescents, and perinatal women through consultation, training and referral assistance throughout the State of Illinois. Illinois DocAssist is the second oldest collaborative care initiative in the country and celebrated its tenth anniversary.

DocAssist provided 33 educational programs that were attended by 736 prescribers.

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ROCKFORD The Rockford campus pharmacy practice faculty have begun their first PGY-1 residency program, subsequently receiving a $25,000 ASHP Foundation Pharmacy Residency Expansion Grant. The residency advisory committee, through the leadership of the program director and coordinator, Drs. Christopher Schriever and Annette Hays, chose their inaugural resident, Dr. Alex Thorp. The residency has expanded College outreach efforts, Alex is working closely with Drs. Schriever, Hays, Kevin Rynn, Mary Moody and the Winnebago County Health Department on a smoking cessation project and has joined the County Jail’s P&T committee. Training under UIC faculty at SwedishAmerican, Crusader Community Health, KSB Hospital, and OSF HealthCare has strengthened these partnerships. Alex joins 13 department faculty in the region additionally practicing at Boone County Council on Aging, MercyHealth, Hospice Care of America, and UI Health Mile Square Health Center. Faculty specialties include emergency medicine, critical care, primary care, family medicine, anticoagulation, infectious diseases, geriatrics, palliative care, HIV, internal medicine, surgery, and psychiatry. Rockford faculty are highly active in community service. Dr. Heidi Olson coordinates the 21st Century Good Neighbor Program, pairing 40 pharmacy faculty and students, from both campuses, with elderly Winnebago County residents making weekly calls to help combat social isolation. Dr. Laura Meyer was awarded an AmeriSource Bergen Foundation grant to bring the Healthy Living with Chronic Pain Workshop to the pain community. Rockford faculty helped lead the local response to COVID-19; Drs. Schriever and Hays worked with the health department to assemble a comprehensive plan, including a drive-up testing site on campus. Along with Dr. Schriever, Drs. Marianne Pop and Thorp are serving on the county health departments COVID Vaccination Planning Committee. Dr. Allison Schriever is serving as chair of the Illinois Pharmacy COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force developing a plan to deploy pharmacist vaccinators in Illinois. Additionally, Drs. Erin Carson and Bryan Zobeck helped open drive-thru anticoagulation clinics, serving patients while social-distancing. Dr. Rynn, continues to serve on the Winnebago County Opioid Task Force and was appointed to the states Adult-Use Cannabis Health Advisory Committee. Other outreach efforts included collaborations with Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful collecting over 750 pounds of unused medication. Faculty continue to support and teach in the Summer Pharmacy Institute (SPI), a program designed for undergraduate students to explore pharmacy. Twenty-seven attended this year’s virtual

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SPI with topic discussions and activities provided by Drs. Carson, Hays, Hemenway, Olson, Pop, and Rynn. Since its inception six years ago 179 individuals have attended, with 41% applying to UIC and 26% matriculating. Rockford faculty received several awards and certifications. Dr. Hays qualified as a Certified Diabetes Educator, Dr. Alice Hemenway became board certified in Infectious Diseases, and Dr. Oksana Kucher in Critical Care. Drs. Isaac Cha and Meyer received Golden Apple teaching awards. Dr. Pop received her MPH and was awarded PhLAMES Mentor of the Year and Rockford Preceptor of the Year. The Rockford Campus continues to provide the Rural Pharmacy Education (RPHARM) Concentration. Under Dr. Olson’s leadership it emphasizes interprofessional (IP) teamwork and aims to prepare students to provide rural pharmacy services. Currently 20 students are enrolled. Forty-one students have graduated from the program, nearly 60% practicing in underserved rural communities. The Department is proud to see such a large percentage of UIC RPHARM graduates providing these important services.

DR. KEVIN RYNN

VICE DEAN ROCKFORD CAMPUS

Pharmacy Practice Faculty

13 Rural Pharmacy Education (RPHARM) Concentration Students

Pounds of unused medication disposed of in partnership with Keep Northern Illinois Beauitful

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RESIDENTS & FELLOWS The 2019-2020 PGY1 pharmacy residency class finished the year strong with a 100% match rate into post-graduate year two (PGY2) pharmacy residencies and fellowships. They selflessly worked on the frontlines of healthcare during the initial surge of the pandemic and served as integral members of the UI Health Internal Disaster Response Plan. After another successful match, the new 2020-2021 PGY1 class of 12 residents picked up right where their predecessors left off, playing a vital role in our care of patients affected by COVID-19 and others. Our residency committees have been active despite the pandemic. Our Social Media Committee has worked to increase our presence in that realm ((Facebook | https://www.facebook. com/UICRxResidency/ ; Instagram | @uicrexresidency). Our Community Service Committee created a social media Halloween Costume Contest that raised funds for a local women’s and children’s shelter. And, our Professional Development Committee hosted online open houses for residency-interested students to learn more about our program. We couldn’t be prouder of the hard work and commitment to our patients demonstrated by our residents during the past year, and always!

DR. KIRSTEN OHLER PGY1 DIRECTOR

RESIDENTS & FELLOWS January 1, 2020 - June 30, 2020 PGY1 - Pharmacy Practice Residents

Kaitlyn Dalton, PharmD Melissa Durst, PharmD Mark Jao, PharmD Hannah Kim, PharmD Kaily Kurzweil, PharmD Jasmine Mangrum, PharmD

Jane McCullough, PharmD Dana Pierce, PharmD Nicole Saccone, PharmD Melody Saunders PharmD Corinne Songer, PharmD Tiffany Wu, PharmD Yiwei Yin, PharmD

PGY2 - Specialty Residents

Joette Amundaray Miller, PharmD – Pediatric Lauren Andrews, PharmD – Critical Care Ana Cruz, PharmD – Emergency Medicine Lauren Cunningham, PharmD – Ambulatory Care Paloma Garcia, PharmD – Administration Kaitlin Elizabeth Miles, PharmD – Drug Information Erin Pozzolano, PharmD – Cardiology Anesia Reticker, PharmD – Organ Transplant Alexander Rock, PharmD – HIV Jamie Thomas, PharmD – Oncology Benito Valdepenas, PharmD – Organ Transplant Hannah Whittemore, PharmD - Ambulatory Care

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PGY1 - Community Pharmacy Residents Tanya Abraham, PharmD – Walgreens Fiona Costello PharmD – Community Specialty, UIC Gina Manzi, PharmD – Jewel-Osco Michelle Smith, PharmD – UIC

Fellows

Kimberly Baugh, PharmD – Infectious Diseases Jeremy Delor, PharmD – Academic/Family Medicine Brianna McQuade, PharmD – Academic/Family Medicine Samah Qasmieh, PharmD – Infectious Diseases Xing Tan, PharmD – Infectious Diseases

July 1, 2020 - December 31, 2020 PGY1 - Pharmacy Practice Residents Evan Atchley, PharmD Hali Ramirez, PharmD Anastasia Engeleit, PharmD Caleb Rux, PharmD Sophia Gilardone, PharmD Sarvnaz Sadrameli, PharmD Erin Hermes, PharmD Samantha Socco, PharmD Eden Keller, PharmD Emily Viehl, PharmD Kenil Patel, PharmD Xunjie (Tracy) Zhang, PharmD Andrew Posen, PharmD Alexander Thorp, PharmD (Rockford)

PGY2 - Specialty Residents Rachel Brunner, PharmD – Drug Information Kaitlyn Dalton, PharmD – Critical Care Fischer Herald, PharmD - Infectious Diseases Niha Idrees, PharmD – Ambulatory Care Mikayla Johnson, PharmD – HIV Hannah Kim, PharmD – Emergency Medicine Kaily Kurzweil, PharmD – Oncology Dana Pierce, PharmD – Organ Transplant Nicole Saccone, PharmD – Cardiology Corinne Songer, PharmD – Pediatric Lauren Speakman, PharmD - Ambulatory Care Kay Yamamoto, PharmD – Administration

PGY1 - Community Pharmacy Residents Zeba Ahmad, PharmD – Walgreens Gabrielle Pierce, PharmD – Community Specialty, UIC Molly Everett, PharmD – Jewel-Osco Jake Swiatek, PharmD – UIC

Fellows

Lauren Andrews - Critical Care/ID Pharmacotherapy Emily Drwiega, PharmD – Infectious Diseases Abigail Elmes, PharmD – Academic/Family Medicine Nicole Griffith, PharmD – Infectious Diseases

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Despite the disruption and challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, our faculty, staff, residents, and fellows demonstrated tremendous dedication and resilience to rapidly adapt and continue advancing the mission of the Department and College. The pandemic also brought on several opportunities to serve the community, city, and state by contributing to several vaccination, education, outreach, and research efforts and showcase the wide expertise and talent in the Department. Vaccination initiatives included the acquisition, distribution, preparation and administration of COVID-19 vaccines at campus locations (UI Health), fixed and mobile clinics, and community sites in partnerships with our campus and health-system, community-based organizations, departments of public health, and the US National Guard. Our education and outreach initiatives include in-person and virtual vaccine education of community members, legislators, and healthcare providers. Additionally, faculty were appointed to the Chicago Department of Public Health COVID-19 Scientific Advisory Committee and were instrumental in the creation of the Illinois COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force. Our faculty have secured over $500,000 in funding to support implementation design research and community-based initiatives, and several of our faculty have participated as investigators in COVID-19 vaccine trials. Our faculty, staff and trainees have demonstrated a sustained commitment throughout this public health crisis in service to the community, city, and state. Through these efforts and staying true to our mission, we have come together as a community and created new partnerships for us to grow now and into the future.

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Online APPE Created for Students during the Pandemic Several of our administrators worked together to create an online board preparation elective APPE for our students. What we found within this creativity was a new way to think about our experiential learning environment and a greater opportunity for collaboration among sites.

Residents on the Front Line The pharmacy residents have been playing a key role in UI Health’s response to the pandemic. In addition to providing remote and in-person clinical pharmacy services to various inpatient and outpatient areas, they have modified their clinical rotation experiences to provide additional care to the ICU and Emergency Department patients. They continue to be on-call overnight and are integral members of the code response team. Through it all, they have been stellar representatives of the Pharmacy Department, caring providers to our patients, and an excellent support system for each other.

Expanded Outpatient Mail Order Services For Patients The UI Health outpatient pharmacies have expanded outpatient mail order services. Doing so allows for the provision of patient care while negating the need for patients to be physically present in the pharmacy, decreasing the risk of exposing themselves and others to COVID-19.

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UIC Names Dr. Rodvold as Distinguished Professor Congratulations to Dr. Keith Rodvold, for being selected as a recipient of the honorary title of UIC Distinguished Professor. The appointment recognizes persons who have made a significant impact upon their field through scholarship, creativity and leadership.

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Alan Gross Selected as ACCP Fellow Alan E. Gross was recognized as an American College of Clinical Pharmacy Fellow during the 2020 ACCP Annual Meeting. The Fellowship recognizes excellence in the practice and science of clinical pharmacy.

Dr. Gimbar Chosen as FAACT Dr. Renee Petzel Gimbar was awarded fellowship status (FAACT) for the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology at the North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology. The Fellowship recognizes Academy members whose contributions are important to the Academy and to the field of clinical toxicology.

James Lee Named ACCP Fellow James Lee was recognized as an American College of Clinical Pharmacy Fellow during the 2020 ACCP Annual Meeting. The Fellowship recognizes excellence in the practice and science of clinical pharmacy.

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CLOSING THE DOOR TO OPIOID ADDICTION by Daniel Smith

Transplant pharmacy team at UI Health spurs effort to minimize the use of opioids following surgery. Five years before the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declared the opioid crisis a public health emergency in 2017, Dr. Maya Campara, PharmD ’06, noticed kidney donors at UI Health Hospital struggling with the ill effects of the commonly prescribed pain management drugs. During morning rounds, she witnessed kidney donors — otherwise young and healthy people by design — dealing with postsurgical pain. The universal antidote? Opioids. And far too often, Campara observed, the opioids sparked vomiting, constipation, and potentially preventable patient suffering in addition to longer hospital stays. “This was the way it was done,” says Campara, a clinical transplant pharmacist since 2008 who, along with her team, was tasked to manage pain for organ recipients and donors through medication therapy management protocols with UI Health surgeons. Well intentioned as the prescription of opioids might have been, the routine practice also opened the door to opioid abuse and misuse. And that reality did not sit well with Campara.

SEEKING A BETTER WAY For Campara and colleagues like Dr. Jamie 30

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Benken, PharmD ’08, opioids in the postoperative setting seemed to drive unnecessary harm. Though medications such as morphine, hydrocodone, and oxycodone were regarded as effective therapeutics to manage pain, the drugs carried a litany of potential consequences. Alternatives, meanwhile, were seldom offered. “We got used to the assumption that everyone would need opioids at discharge and that became our culture,” says Benken, a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice. “We needed to reflect on what we were doing.” With surgery being identifi ed as the top doorway to opioid addiction — one study, in fact, showing that one in seven postoperative patients would become addicted to opioids — Campara and her PharmD team stood eager to investigate other treatment options. “We were exposing people at such a high rate to develop side effects and possibly risk dependence,” says Campara, also a clinical associate professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice. “Our organ donors were doing something altruistic, yet far too many were paying a big price for their effort.” Together, Campara, Benken, and pharmacy colleagues, including residents and PharmD students, began exploring opioid use in the postoperative setting, specifi cally looking at kidney donors. The group reviewed patient charts, consulted partners, and began to examine the

efficacy of opioid alternatives to pain management, namely ketorolac and acetaminophen. “A lot of addiction starts with the fi rst prescription, so we wanted to know if we could change the likelihood of addiction to opioids while still controlling pain,” Benken says. Specifically, Campara’s retrospective chart review of 277 robot-assisted, laparoscopic, living-donor nephrectomies between 2009 and 2012 helped the team determine that scheduled ketorolac was a safe, effective alternative to opioids. It was an important conclusion and one the PharmD transplant team touted with UI Health’s surgeons and anesthesiologists. “This was a way to get away from the opioids while still providing great care to patients,” Campara says. In March 2014, the transplant group implemented a new ketorolac-based pain management protocol for kidney donors. After two years of tracking the results, Campara and her project team reported positive results: the shift to ketorolac had produced no harm to patients’ kidney function and the average length of stay for donors had dropped nearly one full day. Inspired by those fi ndings, the pharmacy transplant team began seeking even greater gains at UI Health, which handles approximately 200 kidney transplants each year.

INVOLVING NURSES AND RECIPIENTS Viewing nurses as critical frontline partners, though ones that had not necessarily embraced the new pain-management protocols, the PharmD transplant group held two nursing in-services in 2016 to educate nursing staff about the changes and the rationale guiding the shift. “Nothing works without the nurses,” Campara acknowledges. “A dramatic change in pain management approach requires all hands on deck.” During the in-services, the pharmacists and nurses reviewed existing pain assessment tools, equianalgesic doses, and opioid side effects, a collaborative endeavor designed to help nurses select the appropriate medication for pain and to view nonopioid therapies like ketorolac and acetaminophen as valid alternatives. Those efforts sparked deeper understanding and, more importantly, positive results. “We learned a lot from each other about what pain strategy should be and how and when different medications might be administered,” Benken says, noting that length of stay for donors following the nursing in-services dropped to 2.6 days in 2017 before falling to 2.2 days in both 2018 and 2019. Alongside nursing education, the transplant pharmacy group also began shifting its attention from the donor population to kidney recipients, often a more medically fragile group. For decades, recipients were immediately given morphine, hydromorphone, or Norco upon leaving the operating room. The transplant team sought a move

to acetaminophen or tramadol upon discharge, a decision fueled by increasing buy-in from care-team partners. “The transplant team worked on minimalizing use of opioids for kidney donors and they showed clear advantages and positive results,” says Dr. Enrico Benedetti, professor and head of surgery at UI Health. “It only made sense to try it on the recipient side as well.” The results, which the transplant pharmacists noted themselves in follow-up clinic visits, were clear as many kidney recipients were effectively recovering without the use of opioids. In 2018, fewer than nine percent of kidney transplant patients were discharged from the hospital with an opioid prescription, a nearly ten-fold decrease from 2015. “We’re still achieving our goal of pain control without the need for opioids, while these patients are leaving the hospital faster as well,” Benken says. “It’s a real victory.”

CONFRONTING A NATIONAL EPIDEMIC Powered by these outcomes, similar painmanagement protocols are now being applied to other transplant patients at UI Health Hospital, while members of the transplant PharmD team are also involved in an ambitious, new hospital-wide effort to develop and implement opioid-free pain management for surgical patients. “We’ve taken the initiative to be leaders on the healthcare team and responded to the opioid epidemic on our level,” Benken says, adding that one crucial component to the reduced opioid use has been open dialogue with patients both before and after surgery regarding pain management expectations and protocols. Benedetti considers his department fortunate to have access to one of the world’s largest contingents of trained transplant PharmDs in a single surgical unit. He says the pharmacists’ work in clinic and at bedside, participation in regular meetings, and professional insights help ensure that UI Health transplant patients receive the safe, effective care they need and deserve. “The PharmDs are integral members of our team, and there’s no question we benefit from their presence,” Benedetti says. For her part, Campara is pleased that she and her PharmD colleagues led a multidisciplinary effort that has challenged the status quo of opioid prescription and helped to combat a still-pressing national epidemic. “Because of our hands-on, collaborative practice model, we were not only able to better safety and care for patients, but to also improve key hospital outcomes like length of stay,” she says. “It’s been empowering to show how with well-executed intervention, pharmacists add value and make an impactful and lasting difference on a surgical team.”

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UIC at ACCP Annual Meeting

Therapeutic Frontiers Lecture Award Recipient We're thrilled to announce that Dr. Edith Nutescu is the recipient of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy's Therapeutic Frontiers Lecture Award. The Therapeutic Frontiers Lecture Award honors an internationally recognized scientist whose research is actively advancing the frontiers of pharmacotherapy. The award was presented ot Dr. Nutescu at the ACCP Annual Meeting in October.

Posters

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Platform Presentations

Leadership and Committee Service

Maya Campara, Vice Chair Annual Meeting Program Committee

Juliana Chan, Member Credentials: Fellowship (FCCP) Committee

Elizabeth van Dril Elected Secretary/Treasurer, Endocrine and Metabolism PRN Chair, Endocrine and Metabolism PRN Communications Committee

Bryan Zobeck, Vice Chair ACCP Ambulatory Care PRN Membership Committee

Awards Vicki Groo 2020 Cardiology PRN Clinical Practice Award

James Lee Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy

Alan Gross Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy Outstanding Reviewer, Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy

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Zack Bulman Hans W. Valtech Research Award Recipient Dr. Zach Bulman was the recipient of the 2020 Hans W. Valtech Research Award. Dr. Bulman recieved this award and presented his research, titled "Tailor Made Antibiotic Combinations for Carbapenem-Resistant K. pneumonia" at the 2020 UIC College of Pharmacy Research Day.

Faculty in Neurocritical Care Leadership Dr. Jeffrey Mucksavage was appointed incoming Chair-Elect for the Pharmacy Section and appointed to the Annual Meeting Committee and Dr. Eljim Tesoro was appointed to the Neurocritical Care Society Executive Committee and appointed to the Neurocritical Care Training Committee at the 18th Annual Neurocritical Care Society meeting.

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Vicki Groo Wins Innovative Teaching Award Dr. Vicki Groo was awarded the 2020 Frederick P. Siegel Innovative Teaching Award for developing and integrating innovative teaching or learning strategies in the PharmD Curriculum. Dr. Groo presented her work during the UIC College of Pharmacy Faculty meeting in November.

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Jamie Paek receives Chancellor's COVID-19 Response Award Congratulations to Dr. Jamie Paek for receiving the Chancellor’s COVID-19 Response Award for outstanding customer service, leadership, and teamwork given the unique demands faced by our pharmacies imposed by the pandemic.

Raymond B. Allen Golden Apple Awarded to Isaac Cha Isaac Cha received the Raymond B. Allen Golden Apple Award from the UIC College of Medicine at Rockford. This award is given to one faculty member each year to recognize the outstanding instruction in the didactic courses taught during the preclinical year at the UIC College of Medicine.

Renee Petzel Gimbar Named Preceptor of the Year Dr. Renee Petzel Gimbar was selected by the 2019-2020 UIC PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program as the Preceptor of the Year. This award is to recognize Dr. Gimbar’s participation in our residents’ growth and learning throughout the year.

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Dr. Johnson Receives Funding from National Cancer Institute Dr. Jeremy Johnson received new funding from the National Cancer Institute. His project is “Use of Carnosic Acid and VivOX40 for Breast Cancer Prevention” and builds off his research evaluating diterpenes from rosemary to understand the mechanism of action and pharmacokinetic properties of carnosic acid.

Faculty Receive Presidential Citations At the 18th Annual Neurocritical Care Society meeting, Dr. Mucksavage presented "Continuous Infusion Antiplatelet Agents and Platelet Function Assays" in the Multidisciplinary Medical Management in Mechanical Thrombectomy session, Dr. Tesoro was an invited speaker in the Billing and Practice Management session and presented "Presenting a Proforma on the Financial Value of Having a Rounding Clinical Pharmacist", and Dr. Kim served as a moderator for the Curing Coma Session.

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Dr. Stranges Appointed to Editorial Board Dr. Paul Stranges was appointed to serve as a member of the Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy Editorial Board.

Sandra Durley Elected to 340B Health Board Dr. Sandra Durley has been elected to The Board of Directors of 340B Health for a three-year term that began in July 2020.

ACCP Junior Investigator Awarded to Dr. Lichvar Dr. Alicia Lichvar was selected for the American College of Clinical Pharmacy Immunology and Transplantation Practice and Research Network Junior Investigator Award. This is an accumulation of the many great projects and resarch teams she's lead in her career so far.

Dr. Anguiano Appointed to Editorial Advisory Board Dr. Rebekah Anguiano was appointed to the Journal of Managed Care and Specialty Pharmacy Editorial Advisory Board. Her 3 year term began at the conclusion of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Spring Annual Meeting in April 2020.

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Sarah Michienzi In Pharmacy Practice News

ACCP HIV PRN March Member Spotlight

Dr. Sarah Michienzi was interviewed for the article "In Prison and Out, Untreated HCV Still Poses Burden," which is published in the latest issue of Pharmacy Practice News.

Dr. Michienzi was featured in the American College of Clinical Pharmacy HIV Practice and Research Network March Member Spotlight Interview. In the interview, she was quoted as saying "I feel very lucky that students are interested in HIV research because they help move projects along and make them even more interesting."

Read the article here: go.uic.edu/MichienziInterviewed

Read the interview here: go.uic.edu/MichienziSpotlight

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Dr. Cortez at Women Pharmacist Day Dr. Christina Carrizalez Cortez served as the keynote speaker for the Women Pharmacist Day on October 12th. The title of her presentation was "An Example of Pharmacists' Community Engagement." This program was co-sponsored by HLPSA, APhA-ASP, APA and SNPhA.

Dr. Didomenico Appointed Member on Research Committee Dr. Rob Didomenico has been appointed member of the Research Committee in the Board of Pharmacy Specialties.

Dr. Meyer-Junco invited to PainWeek Webinars Dr. Laura Meyer-Junco was invited to record two on-demand webinars for this year's virtual PainWeek Conference. The titles of her presentations are: "Life Hacks to Teach Chronic Pain Patients" and "Hitting a Nerve: Management of Chemotherapy-Induced Neuropathic Pain."

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Courage to Fight Coronavirus Dr. Christine Ciaramella, our former PGY2 Emergency Medicine pharmacy resident was highlighted in a New York Times article entitled "Covid Will Not Win: Meet the Force Powering Brooklyn Hospital Center." The article shines a light on what Emergency Medicine PharmDs do at the bedside of patients as part of the Emergency Medicine Team, and the article takes an indept look at the Brooklyn Hospital Center during the pandemic’s grueling first wave. Read the article here: go.uic.edu/NYTFightCovid

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Dr. Gross Outstanding Clinical Practice Award Recipient

Zack Bulman to Serve as Co-I on NIAID Grant

Dr. Alan Gross was the recipient of the 2020 Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP) Outstanding Clinical Practice in Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy Award. This award is to recognize members who have developed innovative and/or excellent clinical practice sites.

Dr. Zack Bulman is Co-Investigator on an R01 Grant funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for the project titled “Novel Strategies for Antibiotic Combinations to Combat Gram-negative Superbugs.”

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Helping Patients and Families Mary Moody and collaborators from Mile Square have worked hard to develop the UIC Mile Square Food Pantry Proposal. The program targeted individuals in the South Shore area, helping to reduce the need for individuals to leave their homes during the quaratine. Read more: go.uic.edu/MilesSquareFoodPantry

Dr. Stranges interviewd on ACCP Podcast Dr. Paul Stranges was interviewed for a podcast discussing the role of clinical pharmacist and pharmacy support personnel in transitions of care. The American College of Clinical Pharmacy White Paper on the topic can be found at: go.uic.edu/StrangesWhitePaper Listen to the Podcast here: go.uic.edu/StrangesPodcast

Working with the Winnebago County Health Department Drs. Chris Scrhiever, Marianne Pop, and Alex Thorp from our Rockford campus worked with the Winnebago County Health Department (WCHD) on COVID-19 vaccination planning. Please see the link below for more information: go.uic.edu/WinnebagoCovidPlan

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Dr. Groo's Insight Featured on Podcast Dr. Vicki Groo discussed the GUIDE-IT trial and med titration on CardioScripts, a Podcast in collaboration with the American College of Clinical Pharmacy Cardiology PRN. In the Podcast, she gives her insights on titration of heart failure medications. Listen to the Podcast here: go.uic.edu/GrooPodcast

Improving Influenza Vaccinations Drs. DiDomenico, McPherson, Younge, and Gassam worked on a program to improve influenza vaccination rates in the South Shore community. They partnered with Walgreens, who hosted an Election Day flu shot clinic at South Shore United Methodist Church which also functioned as a polling place.

Giving Back During the "St. Baldrick's Day" on our Chicago campus, Dr. Kirsten Ohler sat while everyone gathered! PGY1s took turns shaving Dr. Ohler's head, as they surpassed their fundraising goal of $5,000 fo rthe fight against childhood cancers.

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Providing Care to Organ Transplant Patients During COVID-19 "The need for a lifesaving organ transplant doesn't resolve in the wake of a pandemic." Dr. Alicia Lichvar and our Transplant team worked hard, even through the pandemic, and the American College of Clinical Pharmacy highlighted their work in an artical talking about how they had to adapt their practices with the virus hitting the world. Read the article here: go.uic.edu/TransplantDuringCovid

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Hans W. Valtech Research Award Recipient Karen Sweiss Dr. Karen Sweiss was the recipient of the 2020 Hans W. Valtech Research Award. Dr. Sweiss recieved this award and presented her research, titled "Increasing the Cure Fraction in Myeloma: A Novel Strategy to Personalize Melphalan Dosing and Overcome DNA Repair-Medicated Resistance" at the 2020 College of Pharmacy Research Day.

Medication Use Evaluation Guidelines Updated Drs. Afanasjeva, Gabay, and Rodriguez were on the committee that updated the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Medication Use Evaluation Guidelines. They can be found at: go.uic.edu/MedicationGuidelines

Melissa Badowski Featured on Precision Insights Dr. Badowski joined GenXys in an episode of Precision Insights to discuss -How to make an inter-professional care team work -How to read non-verbal cues during telehealth visits -How to deliver comprehensive medication management via telehealth. Listen at: go.uic.edu/BadowskiPodcast

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GIVING The Department pf Pharmacy Practice extends heartfelt thanks to the donors listed below. All of them targeted their donations to the Department of Pharmacy Practice or the Residency Program, and for that the department is very grateful. The Department of Pharmacy Practice is proud that the number of gifts directed to the department and its programs has increased over the last few years. Thank you for your growing support and rememer that every gift of any size truly does make a positive difference for the residency program, students, and department faculty. If you would like to donate to the department and help further strengthen programs, you can do so online at: go.uic.edu/pharmgive

Thanks To Dr. Robert A. Blum & Mrs. Bonnie L. Blum Dr. Linda R. Bressler Mr. Zackery P. Bulman Dr. Adam Bursua & Dr. Vika O. Gylys Mrs. Donna J. Clay Mr. Stephen C Crespi & Mrs. Angela M. Crespi Mr. Gilbert J. Cusson & Mrs. Bernadine E. Cusson Dr. Christopher J. Edwards Mr. Jay T. Elengical Ms. Stephanie A. Flowers Dr. Michael P. Gabay Dr. Robert H Hoy & Mrs. Sharon Hoy Dr. Mariana Ivanylo Ms. Vivian M. Kadus

Ms. Nimrah S. Khan Dr. Ryan C. Koca Dr. Ann M. Kuchta & Mr. Edward S. Kuchta Dr. Michelle T. Martin Ms. Mary L. Moody Dr. Edith A. Nutescu Dr. Elisa Park & Mr. Loren Lewis Dr. Christina Petrykiw & Mr. Andrij Petrykiw Dr. Jennifer H.T. Pham & Mr. Trac Pham Dr. Dana R. Pierce Dr. Elaine LPimentel Mr. Daniel J. Salemi & Mrs. Carla M. Salemi Prof. Nancy L Shapiro & Mr. Richard M. Shapiro Mr. Ben M. Stickan & Mrs. Carrie A. Stickan

Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust, Inc.

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