Department of Pharmacy Practice Annual Report

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ANNUAL REPORT

Message From the HEAD

Dear Colleagues and Friends of Pharmacy Practice,

The Department had another outstanding year in 2022. Our faculty, staff and trainees continued their significant contributions to our education, research, service, and entrepreneurship mission.

Seventy-six faculty, staff and trainees joined our department this year. Three faculty members were promoted, Jeremy Johnson to Professor (tenured), Rodrigo Burgos to Clinical Associate Professor, and Paul Stranges to Clinical Associate Professor. Dr. Maya Campara was awarded the 2022 Departmental Paper of the Year Award, and Elizabeth Modrzyk was recognized with the 2022 Departmental Administrative Staff Excellence Award. I would also like to recognize the five faculty members who retired this past year: Isaac Cha (23 years at UIC), Sandra Durley (25 years at UIC), Frank Paloucek (36 years at UIC), Isabel Porto (27 years at UIC), and Keith Rodvold (38 years at UIC).

Several faculty members were appointed to new roles during the year. Daphne Smith Marsh was appointed as Director of Diversity, Equity, Engagement, and Inclusion. Jessica Elste and Kathy Sarna were promoted to Assistant Directors of the Drug Information Group, Donna Clay to Associate Director and Nerissa Caballes to Assistant Directors of our Medicaid Programs. Several leadership changes also occurred in our Ambulatory Pharmacy Services unit, Kathy Mosio was promoted to Associate Director of Ambulatory Pharmacy Services for our UVP, OCC and Mile Square Pharmacies, and Monazzah Sarwar was promoted to Associate Director of Ambulatory Pharmacy Services for our SCB Pharmacy.

Many of our faculty received recognition and awards for their accomplishments and professional contributions. Gail Mahady was recognized with the American Botanical Council Fredi Kronenberg Excellence in Research and Education in Botanicals for Women’s Health Award; Jin Han and Scott Benken were named ACCP Fellows; JoAnn Stubbings was the recipient of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ Award of Excellence; Nancy Shapiro was recognized with the Amy Lodolce Mentorship Award by the Illinois Council of Health-System Pharmacists; Keri Kim was named Fellow of the Neurocritical Care Society; Keri Kim and Jeffrey Mucksavage were the recipients of the Presidential Citation from the

Neurocritical Care Society. Marlowe Djuric Kachlic received the 2022-2023 UIC Teaching Recognition Program Award; Matt Thambi was recognized with Preceptor of the Year by the 2022 graduating P4 class; Marianne Pop and Kevin Rynn were the recipients of the Interprofessional Teaching in Action Matters (I-TEAM) Award; Jewel Younge, Julie Jun, and Jamie Benken were recognized with the PhLAMES Faculty Mentor of the Year Award; Brianna McQuade was recognized with the Interprofessional Teacher of the Year Award by the UIC Family Medicine residents for AY 2021-2022; Rob DiDomenico, Melissa Badowski, & Nancy Shapiro received the UIC COP 2021-2022 Frederick P. Siegel Innovative Teaching Award.

Our grant-funded research has maintained strong in 2022 as we continued with our groundbreaking research funded by the National Institute of Health, National Cancer Institute, the US Department of Health and Human Services, Illinois Department of Public Health and Medicaid Services, American Heart Association and several additional foundations and industry. The faculty and trainees published 332 journal articles throughout the year and presented their research at several regional, national, and international meetings.

We made significant progress on our 5 Strategic Initiatives and 77 Objectives of our 5-year (2021-2025) Strategic Plan and started implementation of our Advancing Racial Equity Plan. We’ve expanded our postgraduate training programs to include a PGY2 Specialty Pharmacy Administration and Leadership residency program and a joint PGY1 program with UIUC in Veterinary Pharmacy. Our PGY2 Clinical Pharmacogenomics residency program received a full 8-year accreditation and our Specialty Pharmacy Services group who completed their ACHC (Accreditation Commission for Health Care) Specialty Pharmacy Re-Accreditation Visit with zero deficiencies. The department hosted Dr. Christopher Crank, Executive Vice President of ICHP and participated in a roundtable discussion on the high cost of prescription medications with Senator Tammy Duckworth. Our OCC Pharmacy turned 15 years old this last September and we opened our newest ambulatory pharmacy in the specialty care building – the SCB Pharmacy.

These accomplishments would not have been possible without the hard work and continued dedication of our faculty, staff, and trainees. A huge note of Thank You goes out to All!

A note of THANK YOU also goes to all those that support the Department by serving as preceptors and/or with financial contributions. We know you realize the importance of this support and are grateful for your contributions that ensure we maintain the high standards of our clinical and training programs. Your generosity is greatly appreciated!

While this isn’t a comprehensive list of everything we’ve accomplished, it gives a glimpse into the productivity and many successes of our faculty, staff, and trainees. For next year, I’m looking forward to continuing expanding on our previous year’s successes to further the educational, research, service, and entrepreneurship mission of the Department.

DR. EDITH NUTESCU HEAD OF PHARMACY PRACTICE

ABOUT US

The Department of Pharmacy Practice is the largest of the three academic departments within the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) College of Pharmacy (Chicago and Rockford Campuses). Departmental activities revolve around four key pillars that support our education, research, service and entrepreneurial efforts. The department also serves as the academic home for and operates the hospital and ambulatory pharmacies that deliver pharmacy services and clinical pharmacy services within the University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System (UI Health) and affiliated sites.

VISION MISSION

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

STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

Foster a culture of collegiality, inclusiveness and professional growth among our faculty, staff, and trainees.

Ensure the long-term financial sustainability and growth of the department.

Develop new and align existing internal and external partnerships and collaborations.

Increase world-wide recognition of our education, research, and services.

Align the department to achieve our education, research, and service vision and mission.

Leading pharmacy innovations to advance health care across the world.

FACULTY & STAFF HIGHLIGHTS

PROMOTIONS

NEW LEADERSHIP

Dr. Daphne Smith Marsh was appointed as Director of Diversity, Equity, Engagement, and Inclusion (DEEI) in May. Dr. Smith-Marsh brings to her new role over 20 years of experience in clinical pharmacy practice and teaching, and experience in leading our efforts in developing and implementing the departmental Advancing Racial Equity Strategic Plan as well as serving as gatekeeper lead for the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion objectives of the departmental 2021-2025 Strategic Plan.

As Director of DEEI, Dr. Smith Marsh provides strategic leadership and oversight for researching, developing, implementing and maintaining programs and initiatives that support a departmental climate that values and promotes diversity, equity, engagement and inclusiveness.

Jeremy Johnson to Professor (tenured)

Rodrigo Burgos to Clinical Associate Professor

Paul Stranges to Clinical Associate Professor

Three faculty members, Drs. Burgos, Johnson and Stranges, were promoted in AY 2022-2023.

WELCOME TO THE DEPARTMENT

Our department had seventy-five faculty, staff and trainees join us in 2022.

FACULTY

TENURE TRACK

Paula Rosas , Assistant Professor

CLINICAL TRACK - FACULTY

Asish Biju , Rockford Campus

Michael Buege , Drug Information Group

Claudia Colombo , Medicaid Programs Group in Springfield

Emily Drwiega , Infectious Diseases Group

Abigail Elmes , Pharmacy Practice

Hali Hanson , Ambulatory Care – Rheumatology Clinic

Lynley Heinrich , Solid Organ Transplant Clinical Team

Sara Hovey , Pediatric Clinical Team

Jamie Hurd , Rockford Campus

Neha Idrees , Ambulatory Care - Antithrombosis Clinic

Karen Juco , Ambulatory Care – Medication Therapy Management Clinic

Honey Joseph , Drug Information Group

Eden Keller , Pharmacy Practice

Noor Naffakh , Oncology Clinical Team

Lauren Speakman , Ambulatory Care - Antithrombosis Clinic

Karen Thomas , Ambulatory Care - Specialty Pharmacy

Lidiya Zahvolsky , Ambulatory Care - Specialty Pharmacy

CLINICAL TRACK - CLINICAL INSTRUCTORS

Nicole Asavalertpanich , Hospital Pharmacy/SCB

Sonya Becker , Hospital Pharmacy/SCB

Daniel Beckman , Ambulatory Care - SCB Pharmacy

Phillip Cho , Ambulatory Care - SCB Pharmacy

Jacob Groenwald , Hospital Pharmacy/SCB

Maria Joy , Ambulatory Care - Wood Street Pharmacy

STAFF

Erika Magallanes , Grants and Contracts Coordinator

Michael Moreno , Program Assistant in Front Office

Karen Ly , Hospital Pharmacy/SCB

Cedomir Micic , Ambulatory Care - Wood Street Pharmacy

Arturo Montero Hernandez , Ambulatory Care - Float

Hugh Rim , Hospital Pharmacy/SCB

Regina Takamura , Ambulatory Care - University Village Pharmacy

Gbenga Michael Osatuyi , Visiting Research Specialist in Medicaid Programs Group

Nittin Thachet , Human Resources Associate

Cassie Toolan , Epic Analyst in Ambulatory Care/IS

Kimberly White , Business Administrative Associate/Assistant to the Head

POST GRADUATE TRAINEES

38 Residents and Fellows joined our post-graduate clinical and research training programs. In addition, we had 2 Bridge to Faculty Scholars, Drs. Tristesse Burton and Andrea Monteiro join the department.

YEARS OF SERVICE

Congratulations to faculty and staff who have been recognized with 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30 years of service at UIC and the department!

30 Years

25 Years

20 Years

15 Years

Vijaykumar Motwani, Madan Manocha, Michelle Martin, Mia Schmiedeskamp-Rahe, Karen Sweiss, Maribelle Vasavanont

10 Years

Pedro Agredano, Esteban Rodriguez, Nazia Babul, Nerissa Caballes, Sheri Dolan, Tara Gallagly, Amina Gassam, Archana Jhawar, Khoa Li, James Lee, Scott Miller, Tiffany Moy, Liana Osis, Sachin Patel, Christina Petrykiw, Elaine Pimentel, Chirag Rathod, Ryan Rodriguez, Lori Uildriks

5 Years

Zackery Bulman, Zane Elfessi, Stephanie Flowers, Matthew Gimbar, Judith Jakuszewski, Jenie Joseph, Brian Leav, Sarah Michienzi, Rucha Patel, Sujal Patel, Yesha Patel, Jonathan Samardzich, Christopher Schumpp, Eric Wenzler, Angela Fietko

Andrew Donnelly

Jamie Paek

Sandra Durley, Charles McPherson, Mary Moody, Mathew Thambi, Lori Wilken

RETIREES

Five faculty members retired from UIC this year. Thank you to all for the outstanding years of service to the department!

Dr. Isaac Cha, Clinical Pharmacist and Clinical Assistant Professor, retired from UIC after 23 years of service on our Rockford campus. His numerous teaching awards from both pharmacy and medical students were a testament to his dedication and excitement for teaching the next generation of pharmacists and physicians.

Dr. Sandra Durley retired from UIC after 25 years of service. During her tenure she served in various leadership roles in Ambulatory Care Pharmacy and most recently served as Senior Associate Director of Ambulatory Care Pharmacies and Clinical Assistant Professor in the department. She was instrumental in leading our 340B efforts, early expansion to our specialty pharmacy and infusion services, planning and opening of several of our Ambulatory Care pharmacies, to name just a few of her major accomplishments.

Dr. Frank Paloucek retired from UIC after 36 years of service. Dr. Paloucek contributed significantly to advance our education, service, and scholarship mission. His most notable contributions include serving as a Clinical Pharmacist in Emergency Medicine at UI Health, Attending Toxicologist with the Toxicon Consortium, Director of our PGY2 Residency Program in Emergency Medicine and Director of our Clinical Toxicology Fellowship Program. He served as Director of our PGY1 Residency Program from 1999 until 2019 and mentored over 120 residents who graduated from our program.

Dr. Isabel Porto, Clinical Pharmacist and Clinical Assistant Professor, retired from UIC after 27 years of service. Contributing to the care of our pediatric patients has been the passion and focus of Dr. Porto’s career at UIC along with participating in the education and training of future pharmacists and pediatric pharmacists.

Dr. Keith Rodvold retired from UIC after 38 years of service. Dr. Rodvod was a tenured faculty who held many administrative appointments over the years in the department, including two terms as Interim Head. He served as co-director of the Section of Infectious Diseases, has trained over 80 postdoctoral fellows, and has published over 100 original research manuscripts. Over his career he received many accolades and awards such as the ACCP Russell R. Miller Award, the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists Pharmacotherapy Paper of the Year award, and was recognized as a UIC Distinguished Professor in 2020.

RESEARCH

We had a productive research year in 2022 securing additional federal funding as well as the addition of new faculty and scholars to expand the research depth of our department. In total we secured 32 active grants with 6 federal awards and 26 nonfederal awards. The total costs of anticipated federal and non-federal awards for 2022 was $3,762,741.

One of our objectives is to continue to grow and expand the research arm of our department. We welcomed a new tenure track faculty member, Dr. Paula Rosas, who is funded by the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the American Heart Association (AHA) to investigate novel pathways that lead to heart failure with special focus on heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Ongoing projects aim to elucidate the mechanisms by which aging, obesity, and diabetes affect the heart.

We also welcomed two Bridge to Faculty (B2F) scholars in our department, Dr. Andrea Monteiro and Dr. Tristesse Burton. The B2F program is a 2-year focused research training and mentoring program designed to prepare promising candidates for transition to a tenure track faculty line. Dr. Monteiro’s research program focuses on developing and validating patient-reported outcomes, establishing health technology assessment best practices, and incorporating patients’ perspectives into outcomes research. Dr. Burton is also a Ford Foundation Fellow whose research addresses perinatal cardiometabolic health disparities as risk factors for maternal mortality among black and indigenous women through complementary and alternative medicine.

Dr. Paola Rosas and her Research Team

Our faculty continue to be recognized by their peers through funding, awards, and other recognitions. Dr. Zack Bulman received a 5-year R01 that will develop new antibiotic combination treatment approaches for drug-resistant superbugs, which can cause serious infections associated with high mortality rates. Dr. Rob DiDomenico received the Editor’s Choice Award from the Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy on his group’s work related to pharmacist burnout. Dr. Stephanie Flowers’ work was highlighted by the American Society for Microbiology’s podcast on her work that established a link between the use of atypical antipsychotics and antimicrobial resistance.

As we move forward into 2023 we are looking to hire additional research focused tenure track faculty. We are also looking forward to hearing back from our 35 proposals submitted in 2022 by our faculty to federal and non-federal funding agencies.

DR. JEREMY JOHNSON ASSISTANT HEAD FOR RESEARCH

The Education Team of the Department of Pharmacy Practice had a productive year. Work continues as we prepare for the applications for admission to our 4 new department concentrations. We began accepting applications from incoming P2 students in April of 2023 for the fall 2023 term. Thank you to the concentration leads and Co-leads as follows: Acute Care Pharmacy: Lead Jeff Mucksavage, co-lead Marianne Pop; Ambulatory Care Pharmacy: Lead Ellen Uppuluri, Co-

lead Anitha Nagelli; Experimental Therapeutics and Clinical Research: Lead Zackery Bulman, Co-lead Ryan Rodriguez, and Pharmacy Administration and Leadership: Lead Andy Donnelly, and Co-lead Kay Yamamoto.

We are happy to report the following faculty received teaching awards for 2022: Dr. Laura Meyer-Junco received UIC’s Teaching Recognition Program Award from the Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs for 2022-2023; Drs. Marianne Pop and Kevin Rynn were the recipients of the Interprofessional Teaching in Action Matters (I-TEAM) Award; Drs. Jewel Younge, Julie Jun, and Jamie Benken were recognized with the PhLAMES Faculty Mentor of the Year Award; Clara Gary is the recipient of the Staff of the Year award, as selected by the PGY1 Residency Class of 2021-2022; Dr. Marc McDowell is the recipient of the Preceptor of the Year award, as selected by the PGY1 Residency Class of 20212022; Dr. Brianna McQuade was recognized with the Interprofessional Teacher of the Year Award by the UIC Family Medicine residents for 2021-2022; Dr. Nancy Shapiro was recognized with the Amy Lodolce Mentorship Award by the Illinois Council of Health-System Pharmacists.

Dr. Laura Meyer-Junco was awarded P3 Teacher of the Semester for Spring 2022 and Dr. Eric Wenzler was awarded P2 Teacher of the Semester for Spring 2022. Dr. Amanda Eades was named P1 Teacher of the Semester for Fall 2022 and Dr. Ajna Hamidovic was awarded P3 Teacher of the Semester for Fall 2022. Congratulations to these distinguished pharmacists for their dedication and commitment to the educational development of our graduates.

We have been hard at work compiling a residency database for all past pharmacy residents that have trained at UIC in our various residency programs, which includes well over 1000 names. Look for more information on this in the coming months.

DR. NANCY SHAPIRO ASSISTANT HEAD FOR EDUCATION

This year the department had a strong impact on teaching and learning locally, nationally, and internationally. Through a partnership with the Office of Academic Affairs, the department collaborated to create the T.A.L.K. (Teach, Assess, Learn, Know) Tips. TALK Tips is a brief publication that provides teaching and learning tips to faculty

and staff at the College of Pharmacy. The goal of the TALK Tips is to shine a spotlight on best teaching practices. Example topics include writing effective multiple-choice questions, post examination item analysis, facilitating active learning in the classroom, and writing effective letters of recommendations for residency applicants. Rounding off faculty development on innovative teaching, Dr. Scott Benken delivered a department seminar titled, “Multimedia Content in Pharmacy Education: An On-ramp or Stop Sign? (Case Study of a Critical Care Course).” Dr. Benken highlighted a means to combat the “Death by PowerPoint” culture by highlighting best practices for multimedia presentations and shared his groundbreaking research on this topic in pharmacy education.

The department is also proud to once again announce that members of the Department of Pharmacy Practice are recipients of the Frederick P. Siegel Innovative Teaching Award. Dr. Robert DiDomenico, Dr. Melissa Badowski, and Dr. Nancy Shapiro won the award for their project titled, “Student Exposure to Research Through a Clinical Research Elective.” These educators created an elective research experience modeled after the ACCP Clinical Research Challenge. Inspired by students who have participated in the ACCP program, these innovators sought to create a blended-teaching model of various didactic, team-based, and co-curricular learning experiences to expose a greater number of students to the research paradigm. Their data shows that after completion of this innovative experience, student comfort level on items such as literature evaluation, statistical analysis and creating research proposals grew substantially.

DR. JEFFERY MUCKSAVAGE DIRECTOR OF TEACHING INNOVATION

TALK Tips Publicatons

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The Office of Experiential Education which is comprised of Drs. Sheila Allen (Senior Director Experiential Education), Allison Schriever (Director Experiential Education), Marlowe Djuric-Kachlic (IPPE Director), Tara Driscoll (IPPE Director), Amanda Eades (Patient Care Skills Lab Coordinator), Kathryn Sawyer (Patient Care Skills Lab Coordinator), Asish Biju (Patient Care Skills Lab Faculty), Jennifer Casamassimo (Program Coordinator) and Rhonda Larkin (Office Administrator) had a very successful year.

In January, we all attended the Big Ten Academic Alliance Pharmacy Collaborative Annual Meeting and participated in working groups on Experiential Education and Patient Care Skills Laboratory. This is always a great way to kick off the year with brainstorming and collaborative project ideas, and it was the first time for several of our new office faculty to participate. We are very grateful to have this partnership.

In May, we held our annual preceptor conference entitled “All Hands on Deck! Strategies for Incorporating Layered Learning Into Your Practice Sites” which was attended by over 100 (87 – claimed CE) preceptors. During the conference, we recognized Robert Wittenberg as our External Preceptor of the Year and Mathew Thambi as our Internal Preceptor of the Year. We are so very thankful for all our preceptors, as we truly could not do it without them.

In August, we began to transition our proficiency evaluations to Observed Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) within our patient care skills lab and IPPE curriculum. We started with our PHAR 516: Direct Patient Care – Outpatient IPPE course, and plan to continue the transition throughout our curriculum. In line with our preceptor conference, we also piloted a new layered learning model within PHAR 413: Hospital IPPE, where P4s on their Hospital APPEs served as preceptors for P1s/P2s on their Hospital IPPEs. This model has been well received by both pharmacist preceptors and IPPE/APPE students who partook in the pilot, and we plan to expand this model in 2023 with other partners.

In September, Dr. Asish Biju joined our office as Clinical Assistant Professor instructing and facilitating in the Patient Care Skills Lab in Rockford. It has been wonderful to be able to expand our office in Rockford.

In November, we had our College of Pharmacy self-study site visit for re-accreditation which went very well. We are so thankful to the preceptors that took the time to meet with the accreditation team.

As always, we contribute all our successes in 2022 to our extraordinary faculty and preceptors. Our office is so very thankful for each and every one of them. We truly could not do it all without them, and our students will be better pharmacists from having the opportunity to learn from them.

EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION

DR. SHEILA ALLEN SENIOR DIRECTOR,

NOTABLE EDUCATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

Dr. Jennie Jarrett served as moderator and speaker and Dr. Abigail Elmes served as speaker for the program titled “Getting Over the Hump: Barriers and Benefits to EPA Framework Assessments in Experiential Education”, and Dr. Kevin Rynn and Dr. Marianne Pop served as speakers for the program titled “A Positive Side to the Pandemic: Collaborating with Partners to Pivot to Virtual IPE Experiences” at the AACP annual meeting.

Drs. Alison Schriever, Marlowe Djuric Kachlic, Sheila Allen, and Allen Lau presented on remote teaching at the 10th Association of Asian Schools of Pharmacy (AASP) Conference held virtually in Malaysia.

Dr. Kathryn Sawyer was featured on the ASHP Official podcast episode entitled, Project Management Principles for Precepting.

Drs. Jennifer Pham and Dr. Alan Lau were invited speakers at the FIP Academic Institutional Membership Webinar held from Amsterdam virtually. The title of their presentation was “Virtual Teaching for International Partners”.

Drs. Renee Petzel Gimbar and Alan Lau presented on clinical pharmacy services and the unique challenges to clinical services and teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic to the 3rd International Conference on Pharmaceutical Updates held virtually and in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Drs. Jeffrey Mucksavage, Matt Gimbar, and Alan Lau were presenters at the 2022 US-Thai Consortium meeting, held virtually. Dr. Mucksavage discussed “Integrating Teaching of Basic Science and Pharmacy Practice”, and Dr. Gimbar discussed “Precepting Pearls: Presentations on a Specific Precepting Experience, Practice or Tip.” Dr. Lau along with Dr. Supatat Chumnumwat (Former UIC student and PMPR Resident) served as program moderators.

For 2022, the amount of time and number of personnel dedicated to COVID-19 related activities decreased significantly and allowed us to use this time to develop and implement new services and programs. Our Medication Safety and Quality team expanded its E-Communication series and implemented a new process for review of voluntary error reports. Our Opioid Stewardship team began participating in IDPH’s Public Health Drug Overdose Program and created the first clinical pharmacist protocol for management of substance use disorder (SUD). A new pharmacist-led inpatient Medication Assisted Recovery (MAR) consult service was also implemented. In addition, we were able to resurrect our Pharmacy Operations Council, which is a committee consisting of senior pharmacy leaders, pharmacists, technicians, student externs, and pharmacy residents; this committee is used to identify and help address departmental service related issues. One of the items the group was tasked with was a revamp of our employee recognition program.

In October of 2022, we opened our outpatient pharmacy in the new Specialty Care Building (SCB). This state-of-the-art pharmacy provides services to a surgicenter, various procedure areas, and a wide variety of clinics. Discussions were held near the end of 2022 about finding space on the floor where the surgicenter is located to have an operating room (OR) pharmacy. It is anticipated that the OR pharmacy will open in mid-2023. As mentioned last year, the opening of the SCB pharmacy allowed us to repurpose our Wood Street Pharmacy to a closed-door pharmacy which will focus on our mail order and specialty pharmacy programs.

We continued to take advantage of Epic functionality in 2022. We implemented Dispense Prep in hospital pharmacy when preparing IV compounded sterile preparations and then expanded its use to oral liquid preparations. We also started the conversion to the Compass Rose application to replace our homegrown case management system in our specialty pharmacy. Further, we have developed expertise in the Slicer Dicer functionality and have greatly increased the number of dashboards in place that allow us to track performance in a variety of pharmacy related activities.

At the end of the year, Sandra Durley retired after 25 years of service to the organization. Sandra was one of our two Senior Associate Directors in Ambulatory Pharmacy Services and played a major role in the success of our ambulatory pharmacies over the years. She will be missed.

Finally, I successfully transitioned my standalone PGY2 residency in Health-System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership (HSPAL) to a combined PGY1/2 HSPAL residency. I am excited about this change and look forward to having residents in this new two-year program.

DR. ANDREW DONNELLY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PHARMACY SERVICES

7,012 Patients served by the medication assistance program

95% Medication adherence rates in MTM clinic

52 Current medication related protocols

77% MTM clinic patients receiving medications in pill boxes

43,520 Specialty Pharmacy prescriptions

81,783 UI TEAM RX number of prescriptions processed

324 Patients enrolled in RxCares

295 Consults provided by the Mobile Pharmacy Education Program (MoPhE)

After several years of planning, the Specialty Care Building (SCB) Pharmacy, located on the first floor of the SCB, opened to the public on October 31, 2022. This was a major accomplishment for Ambulatory Pharmacy Services and a testament to the dedication and devotion of everyone involved with the project, especially as the majority of the work was done under the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. With the opening of the SCB Pharmacy, the Taylor St./Eye and Ear Infirmary (EEI) Pharmacy closed as patient care was moved from the EEI to the SCB.

The SCB Pharmacy is a state-of-the-art facility comprising approximately 4500 square feet. It provides services to an eight-bed operating room, procedure areas, and a variety of clinics, such as ophthalmology, otolaryngology, transplant, and gastroenterology, to name a few. In addition, it provides medications to patients being discharged from the hospital via a meds-to-beds program as well as medication assistance services to patients not able to afford their medications.

The SCB Pharmacy contains the latest automation and technology such as a prescription filling robot and RFID capability for medications administered in the OR. The pharmacy is staffed by a team

of experienced pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. There are multiple cleanrooms in the pharmacy to accommodate all sterile compounding needs related to clinic administered medications as well as take-home sterile and nonsterile compounds. Patients receive personalized counseling on their medications in one of our three counseling rooms. Feedback from patients has indicated that the convenience of having a pharmacy on-site has greatly improved their overall healthcare experience. Our aim is to increase medication adherence by giving patients the ability to fill their prescriptions without leaving the building.

In addition to serving our patients, the SCB Pharmacy contributes to the mission of the College of Pharmacy by providing educational experiences for our pharmacy externs and rotation students as well as our PGY1 Community resident. The services and programs offered at the pharmacy create a unique learning opportunity and allow for our trainees to gain experience in a variety of areas. Our team of pharmacists and support staff are dedicated to providing mentorship to these individuals.

Under the Leadership of Dr. Monazzah Sarwar, the SCB Pharmacy team looks forward to continuing to improve the healthcare experience for all who come through our doors and to expand on the patient-focused pharmacy services that we currently provide.

PEDIATRICS TEAM

The Pediatric Pharmacy Team provides clinical pharmacy services to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Jennifer Pham/Kirsten Ohler), General Pediatric Medical/Surgical Ward and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (Sara Hovey), Pediatric Hematology-Oncology (Lauren Oliveri) and the Pediatric Outpatient Clinics (Leslie Briars) at UI Health. The group aims to proactively optimize medication management through communication, education, and research. The team is highly involved in quality improvement efforts across the institution which improve patient care and healthcare utilization by decreasing medication errors, preventing hospitalizations, and reducing costs.

The Children’s Hospital at University of Illinois, located within UI Health, provides comprehensive care to many pediatric subspecialties. Clinical pharmacists routinely attend multidisciplinary rounds which consist of physicians, respiratory therapists, dieticians, and nurses. The pediatric clinical pharmacists provide collaborative clinical decision making in drug therapy selection for a variety of neonatal and pediatric disease states, prevent medication errors and adverse events, facilitate appropriate transitions of care, provide emergency code response, and educate pharmacy and medical trainees. The team provides patient and caregiver education, creates patient compliance/education documents and ensures patient access to medications. In the outpatient setting pediatric pharmacists improve medication use by practicing collaboratively with pediatric providers in a variety of settings. Our ambulatory pharmacists see patients in pediatric oncology, nephrology, infectious disease, developmental and behavioral, as well as the general

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pediatrics clinics. In all settings pediatric pharmacists collaborate with other healthcare providers in the development and implementation of clinical medication guidelines, facilitation of antimicrobial stewardship, and improvement of information technology within the electronic health record to ensure medications are electronically prescribed accurately and safely for pediatric patients.

The Pediatric Pharmacy Team teaches and coordinates in many different courses including a Pediatric Therapeutics elective course, as well as in other health science colleges such as nursing and dentistry. They precept all first-year pharmacy residents, many second-year pharmacy residents, and countless APPE and IPPE students throughout the year. The group trains a PGY2 pediatric pharmacy resident, directed by Dr. Lauren Oliveri, which prepares the next generation of pediatric specialists. The pediatric team serves as mentors for pharmacy residents’ seminars and research projects as well as mentoring our students in research. Dr Pham continues to conduct and evaluate collaborative international pharmacy educational programs and has faculty adjunct appointments with the University of Malta, the University of Hong Kong, and the University of Santo Tomas in Manila. She also received the Employee of the Month award by the NICU medical and nursing staff.

The Pediatric Pharmacy Team is actively involved with regional, national, and international pharmacy organizations. Drs. Ohler and Pham served on the Pediatric Track Planning Committee for the annual Chicagoland Critical Care Conference. Dr. Oliveri serves on the Children’s Oncology Group Pharmacy Planning Committee. Drs. Pham and Hovey serve on the Education and Research Committees of Pediatric Pharmacy Association. Dr. Ohler serves as the co-editor for the Pediatric Pharmacy Self-Assessment (PedSAP) 2022-2024 series and co-chair of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy’s Pediatric Pharmacy Preparatory Review and Recertification Course. Dr. Pham spoke at three international conferences: 21st Asian Conference on Clinical Pharmacy meeting in Japan (virtual), International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) AIM Webinar in Amsterdam (virtual), and the 2nd Vietnam Children’s Hospital Pharmacy Conference in Vietnam (live). The group authored five journal articles and one book chapter published in 2022.

“The pediatric pharmacy team teaches and coordinates in many different courses including a Pediatric Therapeutics elective course.”

ONCOLOGY TEAM

The Hematology Oncology Clinical Pharmacy Team remained committed to helping patients navigate cancer treatment by providing cancer education and supporting shared decision-making between patients and their caregivers through medication management services for the inpatient medical oncology and hematology/stem cell transplant units as well as the ambulatory cancer clinic. With collaborative physicians, these clinical oncology pharmacists utilize their specialized expertise to manage both anti-cancer drug therapy and supportive care medications that UI Health cancer patients require. The consistent team presence is also evident with each member actively participating in numerous committees at the college, interdisciplinary university health system, and national organization levels. Their committee work includes electronic health care record chemotherapy protocol review and validation, data safety monitoring, institutional review board, stem cell transplant quality improvement, cancer research protocol review, pharmacy resident and oncology advisory boards, post-doctoral dissertation and UIC College of Pharmacy admissions.

In 2022 the Hematology Oncology Clinical Pharmacy Team (Sandy Cuellar, Christina Haaf, Latha Radhakrishnan, and Karen Sweiss) welcomed Noor Naffakh to the group. This past fall she established the group’s most recent clinical oncology pharmacy service as an active member of the UI Health Precision Oncology Tumor Board. This is a monthly multi-disciplinary forum to discuss clinical care options for cancer patients based on the genomic alterations present in their cancer.

The group was honored with awards and national organization committee service appointments. This past year, Sandy Cuellar joined the UIC Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of Latinos and was also appointed to the ASHP Commission on Credentialing. Latha Radhakrishnan received the 2022 National Community Oncology Dispensing Association (NCODA)

Living the Mission award and was appointed to the NCODA Executive Council. Karen Sweiss received funding by Sanofi for 2.6 million dollars to lead as primary investigator for a phase 2 multicenter, prospective trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of isatuximab and lenalidomide for MRD-positive multiple myeloma patients post-autologous transplant. She was also recognized as the principal investigator with the highest number of patients recruited in 2022 for Cancer Center’s Clinical Trials Office managed clinical trials.

Numerous educational contributions at the national level from the group include live and virtual presentations at the ASHP Summer and Midyear meetings, American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting, Advanced Practice Providers Oncology Summit (APPOS), NCODA Spring Forum, and Journal of the Advanced Practitioner in Oncology (JADPRO) Live. Several abstracts by Drs. Sweiss and Cuellar were accepted at the ASH 2022 annual meeting. The team hosted the APPOS Conference with Dr. Cuellar as coordinator and moderator. Dr. Cuellar also co-authored the cancer treatment chapter in the Pharmacotherapy textbook and published articles in the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy and JADPRO. Dr. Radhakrishnan published a Positive Quality Intervention (PQI) for NCODA on olaparib adverse event management.

In addition to practice management and mentoring pharmacy students, PGY1 and PGY2 residents, hematology/oncology faculty support endeavors to educate practicing pharmacists in the United States and abroad. The team members lecture and evaluate student research dissertations for the PharmD program in Malta and University of Hong Kong master’s in clinical pharmacy. Dr. Sweiss presented at the BMT Conference in Havana, Cuba. Dr. Haaf was an invited speaker for the online 2022 Asian Conference of Clinical Pharmacy for PGY2 residencies, Metro Manila Health Research and Development Consortium in collaboration with the Adamson University-College of Pharmacy webinar, and melanoma treatment updates for the European Society of Clinical Pharmacy (ESCP).

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DRUG INFORMATION GROUP

The Drug Information Group (DIG) experienced a dynamic year in 2022!

The group executed new contracts with Applied Clinical Education to provide continuing education program support and with Gainwell Technologies for formulary services. The group also added Novartis Gene Therapies to its growing list of pharmaceutical industry clients. The group continued to respond to drug information requests from healthcare institutions, provide formulary services to several managed care and health system clients and drug information compendia support, and complete various other research, writing, and editing projects for its numerous active clients. The faculty within the DIG also had a productive year with regards to scholarship with publications in journals such as Annals of Pharmacotherapy and Hospital Pharmacy. Dr. Ryan Rodriquez also worked with ASHP to develop a Mentorship Resource Center.

In education, the DIG continued its active involvement in the PharmD curriculum by teaching 2 required courses for P2s and 2 elective courses for P3s, as well as hosting a full slate of P4 rotation students. Drs. Sam Spencer and Faria Munir also lectured in Pharmaceutical Care in the US (Phar 201), an undergraduate course for the COP’s new Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences program. In the realm of postgraduate education, Drs. Rachel Brunner and Christie Denton took the role of director and assistant director, respectively, of the PGY2 Drug Information Residency program. The DIG also remains dedicated to providing a traditional drug information rotation experience for PGY1 residents from UIC and the North Shore community-based PGY1 residents.

In August, Drs. Jessica Elste and Kathy Sarna took on new roles as Assistant Directors of the DIG, and 2 additional full-time faculty members joined the Group. In the fall, the search was on for a new Director after Dr. Mike Gabay transitioned to an exciting leadership opportunity at the

Drug Information Team

Drug

national level as the editorial director for ASHP. Dr. Gabay provided unprecedented leadership to the DIG for over 16 years and his contributions to the Group and College will be greatly missed. During the time of transition, Drs. Jessica Elste and Courtney Krueger stepped in as Interim Directors, both taking the reins in ensuring that the DIG maintains its ongoing commitment to providing high-quality drug information services to its diverse client base.

DRS. JESSICA ELSTE AND COURTNEY KRUEGER INTERIM CO-DIRECTORS

MEDICAID PROGRAMS

In 2022 the Medicaid Programs Unit was formed by the merger of the Medicaid Prior Authorization (PA) Services group, the Medication Review and Academic Detailing (MRAD) group, Illinois ADVANCE academic detailing (AD) group, and Illinois DocAssist – all groups are under project agreements with the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (IL-HFS). The Unit is now comprised of 37 clinical pharmacists, 3 certified pharmacy technicians, 6 psychiatrists, and 2 social workers located in Chicago, Springfield, and St. Louis.

DOC ASSIST SERVICE

The DocAssist Service is a free psychiatrist phone consultation, training, and referral service to assist primary care clinicians screen, diagnose, and treat mental health and substance use in children, adolescents up to age 21 years, and perinatal women. In 2022, the program provided 320 mental health consultations to healthcare providers across the state of Illinois, trained a total of 336 providers through educational events virtually and in person on a variety of relevant mental health topics, and saw a 55% increase from 2021 in the resources and referrals component of the project. Illinois DocAssist was awarded the HRSA Grant 21-122 American Rescue Plan Act – Pediatric Mental Health Care Access - New Area Expansion, which began in September, 2022. This grant aims to expand access to Illinois DocAssist consultation, resources, and education throughout the state by strengthening partnerships and collaboration with primary care entities and government agencies providing services to populations most in need.

Medicaid Services Team

Medicaid Services Team

PRIOR AUTHORIZATION SERVICES

The unit develops policies for medication use and clinical-based approval criteria for non-preferred medications, coordinates the Illinois Drugs and Therapeutics and Drug Utilization Review committees and responds to proposed legislation and legislative inquiries for Illinois Medicaid Fee-For-Service programs. Additionally, the Unit processed approximately 250 PA requests daily in 2022, a reduced number due to the ongoing Public Health Emergency. Medication profiles are reviewed through the Four Prescription Policy Program in higher risk patients taking more than four prescriptions per month chronically. Pharmacists provide customer service and education with regard to PA policies and billing issues for pharmacies and healthcare providers, attend appeal hearings, and precept P4 pharmacy students on rotation.

AD Visits with prescribers

2,513

229 Promotional presentations about AD to organizations or healthcare systems

In-person outreach visits to promote IL ADVANCE

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ACADEMIC DETAILING SERVICES

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6 Topic Brochures Created for IL ADVANCE

Illinois ADVANCE is the unit’s AD service, a legislatively required partnership between IL-HFS and UIC College of Pharmacy to provide one-on-one pharmacotherapy education for prescribers in Illinois, targeting their specific needs. This service provides outreach education on chronic diseases such as pain, smoking cessation, asthma, diabetes, HIV PrEP, and more. The unit received an FDA Opioid REMS grant in 2022 to virtually provide AD services nationwide to prescribers, pharmacists, and nurses on 9 opioid-related topics.

Mary Moody and Donna Clay presented a poster at AACP

IL ADVANCE conference exhibitor booths at FMM, IAFP, IPHCA, & IPhA

INFECTIOUS DISEASES SECTION

The Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy Section has provided a wide range of scholarly, teaching, and clinical services to the university and the Chicagoland area since its inception in 1996. The Section was founded by Co-directors Larry Danziger and Keith Rodvold. Dr. Rodvold is now UIC Distinguished Professor Emeritus. Dr. Danziger continues to provide leadership and vision for the Section.

The section provides infectious diseases (ID) clinical pharmacy services to UI Health in the inpatient and outpatient settings. Members of the section also provide ID and primary care to patients in the Family Center for Infectious Diseases (FCID Clinics), a variety of HIV Outreach Clinics throughout the city, and the Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center.

In addition to patient care services, the ID Section maintains its commitment to educating future clinician-scientists. The Section has one of the largest and longest-standing ID Pharmacy Fellowship training programs in the U.S. The section also oversees the one of the few PGY-2 Advanced HIV/ID residencies in North America. Dr. Smith serves as the director of the PGY2 Advanced residency in HIV. Dr. Rodrigo Burgos oversees the PGY2 Advanced ID residency. To date Over 80 infectious diseases fellows/trainees have completed these programs under the leadership and expertise of the ID Section’s faculty. In addition, the Section has partnered with the Illinois Department of Public Health as a cosponsor of the Illinois Antimicrobial Stewardship Summit programs.

Beyond its academic mission, the ID Section remains very active in research for both clinical and basic sciences. The ID Section is involved in Phase I through IV clinical trials of existing and investigational antimicrobial compounds. The UIC Microbiology Research Laboratory, managed by the ID Section, explores activity of novel compounds, studies different approaches to improve the use of both new and old antimicrobials and evaluates new pharmacotherapeutic options for the treatment of antibiotic resistant infections. The ID Section has received funding from federal agencies, foundations and pharmaceutical companies.

As part of the Section of Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy, Drs. Renata Smith, Rodrigo Burgos, Melissa Badowski, Sarah Michienzi, Blake Max, Christopher Schriever, and Emily Drwiega contribute to the development of the profession through scholarly, teaching, research, and service activities in HIV pharmacotherapy and basic infectious diseases.

With multiple projects continually underway, the eight-member faculty of the ID Section have published more than 500 articles in major pharmacy and medical journals, made contributions to many textbooks, and serve on editorial boards and reviewers for numerous scientific medical and pharmacy journals.

The ID Section’s HIV pharmacotherapy services in Chicago provide care for approximately 1,300 HIV positive individuals in a variety of settings within the university. They provide service to six outpatient clinics, which include a main campus HIV/ID clinic and five HIV outreach clinics in Chicago neighborhoods with the highest incidence of HIV, sexually transmitted diseases, and limited access to healthcare.

Furthermore, the ID Section’s HIV pharmacotherapy group provides care for 26 correctional facilities within the Illinois Department of Corrections system via an HIV telemedicine clinic. The HIV Telemedicine Clinic began in July 2010

and provides over 1000 clinic visits per year. In 2013, the telemedicine group was granted a technology award by the American Academy of HIV Medicine and the Institute for Technology in Health Care recognizing the innovative use of technology in the HIV care setting. This unique environment facilitates a positive research and learning experience and allows experiential students, pharmacy residents, and fellows to be involved in the future of medical care. The telemedicine effort is led by Dr. Melissa Badowski.

Educational outreach has also led to the ID Section’s involvement in the Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center (MATEC). Through these activities the section provides educational information and programming on ID and HIV pharmacotherapy to pharmacists in an eight-state area. Drs. Badowski and Smith developed elective courses on case-based infectious diseases, management of the HIV patient, exploration of telemedicine in pharmacy practice, and concepts in drug development. Dr. Michienzi supports the telemedicine elective by serving as a course co-coordinator. Dr. Michienzi is also co-coordinator along with Dr. Emily Drwiega for the Concepts in Drug Development course.

Dr. Blake Max has been instrumental in the development of the Interprofessional Collaborative Practice in HIV Care course, an elective course for students in different professional programs (advanced practice nursing, dentistry, medicine, nutrition, occupational therapy, pharmacy, and public health). The course is designed to provide students from many disciplines a foundational knowledge of HIV care and develop the ability to work as members of an interprofessional collaborative health care team. Dr. Max serves as the faculty facilitator for this course.

The Section continues to maintain its long-term relationships the Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center. Dr. Max Blake provides HIV pharmacotherapy services at the CORE Center, one of the largest outpatient medical facilities for people living with HIV in the US, which is located in the Illinois Medical District. Dr. Max also is the pharmacy discipline coordinator for MATEC and provides consultation services, continuing education programs, and clinical experience for HIV pharmacists in the eight-state region.

Dr. Christopher Schriever is at the UIC COP’s Rockford campus. His clinical practice site is specialized to serve patients living with HIV and Hepatitis C. Through interdisciplinary practice, he is involved in the care of approximately 450 patients. He is the program director for the new PGY1 Residency at our Rockford campus. Dr. Schriever is the elected chair of the Illinois Medicaid Drug Utilization Review (DUR) Committee for the Department of Health and Family Services. This program helps to ensure appropriate drug utilization by conducting prospective and retrospective drug utilization review and maintaining an educational program. Lastly, he was an incident command member of the Rockford area Coronavirus (COVID-19) Task Force.

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Dr. Christopher Schriever

Dr. Blake Max, who is the Co-I on a $3M MATEC Training Grant that will expand the Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center’s services nationwide.

DR. LARRY DANZIGER DIRECTOR, SECTION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES PHARMACOTHERAPY

The Department of Pharmacy Practice on the Rockford campus welcomed new faculty Drs. Asish Biju and Jamie Hurd. Dr. Hurd is a graduate of UIC Rockford campus and completed her PGY-1 residency at Marshfield Clinic in Wisconsin. She is practicing and teaching within the UIC College of Medicine’s family medicine rural training track residency at Katherine Shaw bethea (KSB) Hospital in Dixon, Illinois. Her roles within rural health are vital to this program and the COP’s Rural Pharmacy (RPHARM) concentration directed by Dr. Heidi Olson. Dr. Hurd works with Dr. Olson and Experiential Education Director Dr. Allison Schriever to oversee required RPHARM student rotations and training at KSB Hospital. Dr. Biju joined the faculty after completing his Academic Fellowship at the University of Houston College of Pharmacy, his PGY-1 residency at AMITA Health St. Joseph Hospital and his Doctor of Pharmacy at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. He has been a valuable team member to our

experiential education group, dedicated to teaching within our skills lab curriculum. His practice is with the outpatient heart failure population at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center (SAMC). This new position grows the number of pharmacy practice faculty in Rockford to fourteen.

Training the next generation of pharmacy leaders is a priority for UIC. In 2021 Rockford campus faculty created a new PGY2 program in Emergency Medicine. Directed by Dr. Marianne Pop, this program enrolled its first resident at her clinical practice site, OSF SAMC. This level one trauma center is an ideal location to train pharmacists practicing in this exciting environment. Assisted by clinical pharmacists at OSF SAMC and department faculty member Dr. Manar Kandil, a successful ASHP accreditation visit in June 2023 is anticipated. This program adds to UIC Rockford’s recently accredited PGY1 residency directed and coordinated by Drs. Annette

Faculty

Rockford

Department faculty have been hard at work securing grant support for their important efforts. Dr. Alice Hemenway was awarded $30,000 by UIC’s Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences for her project entitled “Association of race or ethnicity with extended-spectrum bet-lactamase production in E. coli.” Dr. Hemenway was accepted into ACCP Foundation’s Mentored Research Investigator Training (MeRIT) program in 2022. This project grew out of this involvement with ACCP. Additionally, faculty have been partnering with the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois (CFNIL), a regional leader in philanthropy. In 2022 two projects were funded by the CFNIL including Dr. Annette Carmichael’s efforts around improving the health of patients with diabetes. She and her colleagues recently received a second CFNIL grant bringing funding totals to nearly $60,000. Department faculty work closely on pipeline programs offered by the Office of Student Affairs (OSA). These pipeline programs attract high school and college students interested in the pharmacy profession to our college. The CFNIL renewed funding, $54,000, to Dr. Rynn and OSA for an additional three years of pipeline programming.

DR. KEVIN RYNN VICE DEAN, ROCKFORD CAMPUS

Carmichael and Chris Schriever. Vice Dean Kevin Rynn comments, “Programs of such high caliber will attract excellent pharmacy graduates to the region and enhance clinical practice at our partner institutions.”

POST GRADUATE TRAINING PROGRAMS

RESIDENTS

UIC’s PGY1 Pharmacy residency provides training in overall delivery of healthcare with a major emphasis placed on drug-related issues and practices. During this one-year program, the resident effectively makes the transition from student to independent practitioner under guidance from the clinical faculty. The main goals of the PGY1 Pharmacy residency program are to develop competent clinical pharmacists capable of practicing in any setting by providing exposure to a diverse scope of pharmaceutical care services while fostering leaders in clinical pharmacy practice and education.

The 2021-2022 PGY1 Pharmacy residency class had a 100% match rate into postgraduate year two (PGY2) pharmacy residencies and fellowships. At the Residency Certificate Ceremony in June, end-of-the-year awards were given to Dr. Elizabeth Foster, PGY1 resident (Richard A. Hutchinson Award for Excellence in Pharmacy Practice); Dr. Marc McDowell, MICU/ED preceptor (Preceptor of the Year); and Clara Gary, Meds-to-Beds Technician (Staff of the Year). In honor of Dr. Frank Paloucek’s 20-year service as program director of the PGY1 residency, the preceptor of the year award was renamed the Frank P. Paloucek Preceptor of the Year Award. In July we

welcomed our new 2022-2023 PGY1 class of 12 residents including 3 from UIC and 1 each from University of California San Francisco, University of Iowa, Auburn University, William Carey University, University of Kentucky, University of South Carolina, Wayne State University, University of Colorado Denver, and Butler University. For more information about the great things our residents are doing, follow us on social media (Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/UICRxResidency/ ; Instagram | @uicrxresidency).

DR. KIRSTEN OHLER PGY1 PROGRAMS DIRECTOR

The UIC College of Pharmacy offered 12 different PGY2 pharmacy residency programs at our Chicago campus. PGY2 pharmacy residency programs build upon skills and competencies from PGY1 pharmacy residency programs to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists in specialized areas of practice. Residents who successfully complete a PGY2 pharmacy residency at UIC are well prepared for practices in advanced patient care, academia, and leadership.

In 2021-22, 12 residents completed PGY2 training in one of our programs. Residents had previously completed PGY1 residencies at UIC (5 residents), St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System, Valleywise Health Medical Center, NorthShore University HealthSystem, University of MissouriKansas City, Orlando VA Healthcare System, and Allegheny General Hospital.

DR. JOHN GAROFALO PGY2 PROGRAMS DIRECTOR

RESIDENTS

January 1, 2022 - June 30, 2022

PGY1 - Pharmacy Practice Residents

Mohammed Alzahrani, PharmD

Reham Awad, PharmD

Neha Betrabet, PharmD

Alison Doane, PharmD

Michael Eagon, PharmD

Elizabeth Foster, PharmD

Jenna Januszka, PharmD

Kaitlyn Legg, PharmD

Jessie Lu, PharmD

Melissa Matcha, PharmD

Johanna Papanikolla, PharmD

Dimple Patel, PharmD

Danielle Sanchez, PharmD

Aaron Hunt, PharmD (Rockford)

PGY2 - Specialty Residents

Diane Ayuninjam, PharmD – HIV (RPD: Renata Smith)

Elena Buff, PharmD – Cardiology (RPD: Stephanie Dwyer)

Anastasia Engeleit, PharmD - Critical Care (RPD: Eljim Tesoro)

Hali Hanson, PharmD – Ambulatory Care (RPD: Nancy Shapiro)

Erin Hermes, PharmD – Ambulatory Care (RPD: Nancy Shapiro)

Aoife Iaria, PharmD – Organ Transplant (RPD: Jamie Benken)

Heather Jarvis, PharmD – Administration (RPD: Andy Donnelly)

Honey Joseph, PharmD – Drug Information (RPD: Mike Gabay)

Sylvia Ou, PharmD – Ambulatory Care (RPD: Nancy Shapiro)

Andrew Posen, PharmD – Emergency Medicine (Renee Petzel Gimbar)

Samantha Socco, PharmD - Pharmacogenomics (RPD: James Lee)

George Urias, PharmD – Critical Care (RPD: Eljim Tesoro)

PGY1 - Community Pharmacy Residents

Alexandra Edinger, PharmD – Community Specialty, UIC (RPD: Lisa Kumor)

Karen Caye Juco, PharmD – UIC (RPD: Marlowe Djuric Kachlic)

Tina Saleh, PharmD – Community Specialty, UIC (RPD: Lisa Kumor)

Rawan Zayed, PharmD – Walgreens (UIC Liaison: Sheila Allen)

July 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022

PGY1 - Pharmacy Practice Residents

Ahmed Alanazi, PharmD

Kassidee Aufderheide, PharmD

Lyra Beltran, PharmD

Rachel Christensen, PharmD

Emily Hanners, PharmD

Kathryn Kellohen, PharmD

Kristyn Karjewski, PharmD

Mary Margaret Maddox, PharmD

Ryan McCormick, PharmD

Sara Nezirevic, PharmD

Yumi Oh, PharmD

Rachel Sickley, PharmD

Jordan Spurling, PharmD Ben Stillwell, PharmD (HSPAL)

PGY2 - Specialty Residents

Jenine Abuzir, PharmD – Cardiology (RPD: Stephanie Dwyer)

Reham Awad, PharmD – Ambulatory Care (RPD: Liz Van Dril

Michael Eagon, PharmD - Specialty Phamracy (RPD: Matt Rim)

Annesti Elmasri, PharmD – Organ Transplant (RPD: Lynley Heinrich)

Justyna Fydrych, PharmD – Drug Information (RPD: Rachel Brunner)

Jenna Januszka, PharmD – HIV (RPD: Renata Smith)

Tiffany Lin PharmD – Emergency Medicine (RPD: Renee Petzel Gimar)

Kathryn Mirza, PharmD – Pediatric (RPD: Lauren Oliveri)

Mukti Patel, PharmD – Ambulatory Care (RPD: Nancy Shapiro)

Lina Shao, PharmD – Oncology (RPD: Sandra Puri Cuellar)

Brooke Smith, PharmD - Critical Care (RPD: Eljim Tesoro)

PGY1 - Community Pharmacy Residents

Matt Baugh, PharmD – Community Specialty, UIC (RPD: Lisa Kumor)

Analisa Iole, PharmD – Jewel-Osco (not pictured) (UIC Liaison: Beatrice

Drambarean)

Rachel Kautz, PharmD – Walgreens (UIC Liaison: Sheila Allen)

Amy Liu, PharmD – UIC (RPD: Marlowe Djuric Kachlic)

Isabelle To, PharmD - Community Specialty, UIC (RPD: Lisa Kumor)

* Photos of our residents from Great Lakes Pharmacy Residency Conference, April 2022 & ASHP Clinical Meeting, December 2022

Academia & Family Medicine Pharmacy Fellowship

UIC’s Academia and Family Medicine Pharmacy fellowship is a two-year training program in family medicine and the scholarship of teaching and learning to develop advanced competencies in clinical research, practice, and workforce development. Completion of the program enables the fellow to become a fulltime faculty member and leader within health professions education, training, and clinical practice. The primary goals of the program are to develop fellows into independent researchers that can lead high-impact research endeavors in a variety of family medicine and teaching and learning environments, advance fellows into autonomous clinician-educators who possess in-depth therapeutic knowledge and research experience, and position fellows to be superior candidates for their desired career goals, especially academic roles.

Our 2020-22 Academia and Family Medicine Pharmacy fellow, Dr. Abigail Elmes, was prolific in her scholarly work. During her time as a fellow, she published five manuscripts and presented a podium presentation of her thesis for her Master of Health Professions Education degree and twelve posters at the ACCP Annual Meetings as well as a Special Session at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting. Additionally, Dr. Elmes wrote several grant proposals that either scored highly or were funded, totaling $1.9 million. Dr. Elmes secured a position as Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor at the UIC College of Pharmacy and currently serves as Co-Director for the Academia and Family Medicine Pharmacy fellowship.

Dr. Eden Keller, our 2021-22 Academia and Family Medicine Pharmacy fellow, was highly productive over the fellowship year. She spearheaded the implementation of a medical mobile unit, bringing access to substance use disorder care to the communities of Chicago’s West Side. Her research included several projects related to the implementation of these services as well as stratifying burnout in health-system pharmacists. She presented her work at the annual meetings of the ACCP, the National Pharmaceutical Association, and the American Society of Addiction Medicine and earned 2nd place in the Baxter Award for Excellence in Research at the UIC College of Pharmacy Annual Research Day. Dr. Keller secured a position as Visiting Clinical Assistant Professor at the UIC College of Pharmacy where she leads the pharmacy-driven opioid use disorder medicationassisted recovery consultation service at UI Health.

Dr. Alexander Infante, our 2022-24 Academia and Family Medicine Pharmacy fellow, provided several lectures and recitations across the UIC pharmacy curriculum overviewing post graduate training, naloxone for the reversal of opioid overdose, and pharmacist’s patient care practice. Already his work has been presented at the meetings of the ACCP and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.

ACADEMIA & FAMILY MEDICINE FELLOWSHIP DIRECTOR

DR. JENNIE JARRETT

Critical Care & Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy Fellowship

The Critical Care & Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy fellowship has the overarching aim to develop fellows who obtain advanced competencies in both clinical and translational research and clinical practice. The primary goals of the fellowship program are to develop fellows into autonomous pharmacy clinician-scientists, into clinical translational researchers that can lead high-impact research endeavors, and position fellows to be superior candidates for their desired career goals, especially clinical faculty roles in critical care and/or infectious disease. The fellowship is designed to provide broad exposure to a variety of research experiences in intensive care and infectious disease

environments, as well as autonomous sub-specialty practice in both disciplines depending on the fellow’s interest. A significant focus is placed on individualizing the program and expectations to each fellow based on their ultimate career goals and to make them as well prepared as possible to be competitive for whichever career path they choose. Assessments follow a competency-based model promoting the fellow toward graduation after competency is determined in the desired areas.

In the year 2022, the fellowship graduated its first fellow - Lauren Andrews (Critically Care trained from UIC) - who has gone on to Loyola University Medicine Center for practice. It also matriculated its second fellow - Mary Palmer Klawon (ID trained from Lutheran General Hospital) - to her second year of fellowship and welcomed its third fellow - Rachel Belcher (Critically Care trained from Intermountain Healthcare). Work has continued during this year on projects including investigations in medication elimination surrounding continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) and diagnostic investigations surrounding kidney transplant rejection and acute kidney injury in the ICU. New projects have been started evaluating the use of anti-inflammatory supplements on post-kidney transplant allograft outcomes, stability testing of novel vasopressors, and evaluating vasopressors practices in the perioperative setting of kidney transplant. There were many accomplishments, activities, and professional milestones in addition to this important research-related.

DRS. ERIC WENZLER & SCOTT BENKEN

CRITICAL CARE & INFECTIOUS DISEASES PHARMACOTHERAPY CO-FELLOWSHIP DIRECTORS

Infectious Diseases Fellowship

Our 2-year Infectious Diseases fellowship is unique in that we have combined clinical and research into one program. During the first year, our post-doctoral program includes 3-6 months of clinical rotations focusing on infectious diseases in multiple different settings and hospitals. During the second year, an additional 2-3 months of clinical infectious diseases rotations are included. In addition, each post-doc participates in a HIV clinic for a half-day per week during the entire two years. The remaining time (e.g., 14-17 months) focuses on scholarly, teaching, and research training. In brief, our fellows participate in a wide range of research projects, including in vitro testing of new agents, pharmacokinetics-pharmacodynamics of older and newer agents, surveys, retrospective analysis of antimicrobial therapy and clinical trials.

Our ID fellows were extremely productive for the 2022- 2023 year. Eight different research posters were presented at the 2022 ID Week meeting in Washington, D.C., the premier infectious disease meeting. Additionally, fellows published 4 articles in the 2022- 2023 year. Dr. Herald secured an ID

Stewardship position at Rush University Medical Center, Dr. Drwiega secured a position at UIC as an ID/HIV clinical assistant professor of pharmacy practice and Dr. Griffith secured a position as a Medical Science Liaison with Trellis Rx.

Here is just a few projects our current fellows are actively engaged in research regarding the pharmacokinetics of vancomycin in an Invitro CRRT model and retrospective evaluation of outcomes for patients infected with Candida auris at UIC. Additionally, they are both working on separate manuscripts regarding the new biotherapeutic agents for the treatment of Clostridiodes difficle infection.

DR. LARRY DANZIGER INFECTIOUS DISEASES FELLOWSHIP DIRECTOR

January 1,

2022 - June 30, 2022

Lauren Andrews, PharmD - Critical Care & ID Pharmacotherapy

Emily Drwiega, PharmD – Infectious Diseases

Abigail Elmes, PharmD – Academia & Family Medicine

Nicole Griffith, PharmD – Infectious Diseases

Fischer Herald, PharmD - Infectious Diseases

Eden Keller, PharmD - Academia & Family Medicine

Mary Palmer, PharmD - Critical Care & ID Pharmacotherapy

July 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022

Rachel Belcher, PharmD - Critical Care & ID Pharmacotherapy

Aaron Hunt, PharmD – Infectious Diseases

Alexander Infante, PharmD – Academia & Family Medicine

Mary Palmer PharmD - Critical Care & ID Pharmacotherapy

Yifan Wang, PharmD – Infectious Diseases

BRIDGE 2 FACULTY SCHOLARS

Dr. Tristesse Burton

Can you briefly describe your research program and the kind of research you envision pursuing over the next few years?

My research program addresses perinatal cardiometabolic health disparities as risk factors for maternal mortality among Black and Indigenous women through complementary and alternative medicine focusing on plant-based natural products and foods. I utilize a transdisciplinary and collaborative bench to the community, precision nutrition, clinical, community-engaged, and patientcentered methods to 1) Implement innovative plant-based dietary and behavioral interventions that effectively improve perinatal cardiometabolic health outcomes. 2) Understand mechanisms of actions involved in plant-based intervention effectiveness, behavior change, and perinatal cardiometabolic disease pathology.

3) Understand and improve social determinants of health by focusing on plants and culture.

Can you describe your career path and experiences prior to joining the department?

In 2017, I completed my dissertation research at UIC in Pharmacognosy. My project examined native Illinois plants traditionally used by Indigenous Americans for women’s health. I also worked with Indigenous American communities in Chicago and Green Bay.

In May 2018, I earned a Master of Science in Law from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law with a focus on entrepreneurship and healthcare regulation. I was previously a Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of Nevada Las Vegas and a UIC T32 Precision Lifestyle Medicine and Translation Research (PREMIER) Postdoctoral Fellow.

Anything else you would like to share?

Outside of research, I am dedicated to increasing minoritized individuals’ representation in STEM careers and higher education and improving minoritized women’s autonomy in making decisions about their healthcare. I am a Chicago Westsider from the Austin neighborhood, a first-generation college and graduate student, a wife and a mother to energetic four-year-old girl.

Dr. Andrea Monteiro

Can you briefly describe your research program and the kind of research you envision pursuing over the next few years?

As a Bridge 2 Faculty (B2F) scholar in Pharmacy Practice, I focus on integrating the patient’s perspective into decision-making using patient-centered approaches. My research addresses pain disparities in cancer patients and marginalized communities, with the aim of developing interventions that prioritize patient-centered care and improve health outcomes. This includes developing strategies for incorporating patient-reported outcomes and preferences to support decision-making.

Can you describe your career path and experiences prior to joining the department?

I have a strong background in Health Technology Assessment (HTA), with experience both in academia, government and industry. Prior to joining the department, I completed my PhD in Pharmacy Systems, Outcomes and Policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where I also worked as a Graduate Research Assistant and a Teaching Assistant. During my PhD, I was involved in several research projects, including one where I served as a PI for a study that assessed the feasibility of single-profile preference elicitation method to value bolt-on items.

Before my PhD, I earned a Master of Science degree in Health Technology Assessment from the National Institute of Cardiology in Brazil, where I worked as a Research Fellow for five years, and later as a Research Fellow at the National Cancer Institute.

My research experience focused on developing and validating patient-centered measures of health and wellbeing, and my recent accomplishments include several peer-reviewed publications on this topic. I co-authored five publications in 2022 in well-respected journals such as Value in Health and Drugs in Context. These publications cover a range of topics, including the development and validation of the PSAD, a measure of prescriber satisfaction with academic detailing, the development of a new generic measure of health and wellbeing (the EQ-HWB) and the comparison of a preliminary version of the EQ-HWB Short and the EQ-5D-5L.

Anything else you would like to share?

I’m thrilled to be a CO-PI on a project with the National Institute of Cardiology and the Dara Institute to develop a program evaluation framework for the Family Action Plan in Brazil. EQ-HWB measures will be used to evaluate the PAF’s effectiveness for families with chronically ill children. This project is supported by the EuroQol Research Foundation.

Senator Duckworth Visited UI Health Mile Square Health Center

Senator Tammy Duckworth visited UI Health Mile Square Health Center to discuss the high cost of prescription medications. Dr. Sandra Durley and P4 student Megan Murtaugh represented the department and college in the roundtable discussion along with other representatives from UI Health and the department.

Dr. Bulman Received a $3.66 million 5-year R01 Grant to combat drug-resistant superbugs

Dr. Zackery Bulman received a $3.66 million 5-year R01 grant as PI for his project titled, “Precise Combination Strategies Targeting Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae” (R01AI173064). This project will develop novel antibiotic combination treatment approaches for resistant superbugs, which can cause serious infections associated with high mortality rates. Dr. Bulman (PI) leads a team that includes Dr. Alexander Mankin (Co-I, UIC), Dr. Juergen Bulitta (Co-I, University of Florida), Dr. Yinzhi Lang (Co-I, University of Florida), Dr. Alan Hauser (Co-I, Northwestern University), Dr. Egon Ozer (Co-I, Northwestern University), and Dr. Jian Li (Monash University, Australia).

Dr. Charles McPherson

Appointed to IDPH Diversity in Health Care Task Force

Dr. Charles McPherson was appointed to the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Diversity in Health Care Task Force. The task force was created as a result of state legislation enacted in January 2020 with the mission to develop specified objectives that achieve greater diversity within the health care workforce. The task force will advise the Office of the Governor and General Assembly to engage students and the community at large to ultimately diversify the health care workforce.

UI Health CARE Award Recipients

Angie Bueno, pictured left, and Annexiea Buford, pictured right, were the recipients of the UI Health CARE Award. The award is given to UI Health employees who demonstrate the core values of UI Health, display a job performance that goes above and beyond expected performance, exhibit a patient-first mentality, are motivated and strive for excellence, contribute to the positive culture in the department and organization, and have made a difference in the life of a patient, visitor, or peer.

Dr. Bulman Served as an NIH Grant Reviewer

Dr. Zack Bulman served as a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grant Reviewer on Special Emphasis Panel ZRG1 IDM-V for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

Dr. Jarrett Featured in the Chicago Sun-Times

Dr. Jarrett was featured in the Chicago Sun-Times for her work on the Mobile Narcotics Treatment Center that is operating on the West Side of Chicago. As seen in the photo above.

Dr. Jarrett Interviewed by WGN Radio

Dr. Jennie Jarrett was interviewed by WGN Radio about her work on the mobile narcotic treatment center. The title of the interview is “UIC’s converted RV offers help in fighting opioid deaths in Chicago” and can be listened to here: go.uic.edu/JarrettWGN

Dr.

Invited to Speak at Ohio State University Clinical

Pharmacology Meeting

Dr. Karen Sweiss was an invited speaker at the Ohio State University Clinical Pharmacology Meeting, which was held virtually. The title of her prsentation was “Lymphodepletion exposure as a driver of immunologic and clinical outcomes after CAR-T”.

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UIC Pharmacy Practice at the 2022 American Transplant Congress

The Transplant Clinical Pharmacy Team represented the department well at the 2022 American Transplant Congress held in Boston, MA.

In attendance at the meeting were: Aoife Iaria (PGY2), Kristin Heagler, Benito Valdepenas, Dana Pierce, Scott Benken, Elizabeth Foster (PGY1).

Collaborating faculty members and trainees whose work was presented at the meeting but were unable to attend were: Michelle Martin, Jamie Benken, George Urias, Maya Campara, Cassie Muran, Taylor Cairns (COP Student)

Posters

The Team presented research across seven posters featuring department authors: K Heagler, M Campara, J Benken, C Muran, B Valdepenas, D Pierce, E Foster, T Cairns, A Iaria, G Urias, and S Benken.

As well, an abstract received a Poster of Distinction Designation, and Dr. Heagler was asked to present it orally during a live Poster Chat Session during the conference. The poster was: Early Outcomes Of Single Dose Eculizumab For Abo-Incompatible Living Donor Renal Transplantation .

Authors: K Heagler , M Campara , P Di Cocco, S Gaitonde, I Tang, J Almario Alvarez, M Spaggiari, J Benken , C Muran , B Valdepenas , D Pierce , I Tzvetanov, E Benedetti

Dana Pierce also served as a moderator for the IMPACT Session - Co-Stimulatory Inhibitor Pearls and Perplexities.

Platform Presentation

Evaluation Of Hepatitis C Positive Donor To Hepatitis C Negative Recipient Kidney Transplant In A Highly Sensitized Patient Population.

Authors: A Iaria , M Martin , A Hietpas, I Tang, S Koppe, I Tzvetanov, E Benedetti, C Muran

‘Golden Connections’ Program Takes on Older Adult Isolation During COVID

by Michael Dhar

As COVID-19 worsened persistent social isolation among older adults, three UIC leaders launched a long-planned effort to connect with this vulnerable population. After over a year in operation, the Golden Connections program has linked hundreds of UIC volunteers with older adults through roughly 1700 phone calls.

For program faculty leader Dr. Heidi Olson, director of the UIC College of Pharmacy’s Rural Pharmacy Education Concentration, Golden Connection’s major achievements came in testimonials. “We get reports back from older adults … about how it’s made them feel linked to the community. For me, those are the big takeaways.”

Olson helped create Golden Connections (originally, the 21st Century Good Neighbor Program) with fellow

faculty leaders Dr. Linda Chang (UIC pharmacy, 1997), a College of Medicine-Rockford professor who originated the idea, and Dr. Radhika Sreedhar, a College of Medicine physician. One year after the program’s May 2020 launch, UIC volunteers — from students to faculty — had contacted more than 250 adults over age 60.

In calls, volunteers also check in on unmet needs, from food shortages to the electricity going out, sending follow-up requests to partner organization Lifescape Community Services. Because UIC’s volunteer workforce dwarfs Lifescape’s staff, “we were identifying issues that they may not have ever identified,” Olson said.

Efforts have also proven meaningful to volunteers. “An overwhelming number of volunteers picked strongly agree or agree” when asked about gaining “a renewed sense of meaning and purpose” after each call — nearly 90% in a one-year study, Olson said.

One volunteer brought a particularly meaningful experience to an older adult who hadn’t celebrated her birthday in years. The volunteer worked with Lifescape, which delivered a surprise balloon bouquet to the individual’s door. That client “frequently mentioned how much she appreciated … [that] we were truly looking out for her,” the volunteer said in program feedback.

While the program’s one-year study found no significant change in loneliness scores among clients, not all participants were in the program long enough to detect changes, Olson said. The program will collect more data going forward, while personal testimony has demonstrated results among individuals, Olson said. “We are making an impact, even if it’s on just a person or two at a time.”

Recently, the program found a more permanent home, joining the College of Medicine’s Vitoux Program on Aging and Prevention, setting Golden Connections up for a long-term future. “Our hope is to keep it going indefinitely,” Olson said.

Dr. Johnson Invited to Speak in Turkey

Dr. Jeremy Johnson was an invited speaker at the 4th International Conference on Natural Products for Cancer Prevention hosted in Kayseri, Turkey. The title of his presentation was “Anti-cancer activity and pharmacokinetic properties of natural products”.

Associate Dean Mary Moody

Discussed Pharmacy with the Illinois Governor

Associate Dean Mary Moody and Governor JB Pritzker were at Governor’s Day at the Illinois State Fair. Mary thanked Gov. Pritzker for all his support for pharmacists in Illinois.

Faculty Volunteered at the Festival Día del Niño

Drs. Christina Carrizales Cortez and Rodrigo Burgos along with four COP students volunteered at the Festival Día del Niño held at the National Museum Mexican Art. They represented UIC as part of an interdisciplinary team and focused on counseling the Latinx community on medication safety.

Dr. Cuellar Was An Invited Panel Member

Dr. Sandra Cuellar was an invited panel member at the Project LIVIN’ Label, which was a collaboration between FDA’s Oncology Center of Excellence and the American Association for Cancer Research held as a Webinar. The title of the panel Sandra participated on was “Pembrolizumab in Triple Negative Breast Cancer”.

Dr. Buege Spoke At Medscape

Dr. Michael Buege was an invited speaker at Medscape: Perspectives in Malignant Hematology. The titles of his presentations were “Weighing outcomes vs toxicities in Hodgkin lymphoma” and “Panel case discussion: Non-Hodgkin lymphoma”.

Dr. Campara Featured in ACCP Podcast

Dr. Maya Campara was featured in a podcast hosted by ACCP on her recent paper “Consensus Recommendations for Maintenance Immunosuppression in SOT” for more information see the website: go.uic.edu/CamparaPodcast

OCC Pharmacy Turns 15

The Outpatient Care Center (OCC) Pharmacy turned 15 years old on September 16, 2022!

Pictured on right (left to right) are the 3 members of our pharmacy staff who are still with the OCC team since the opening day: Asma Adamji, Lourdes

and Christina Godwin.

Dr. Smith Marsh Featured As Part Of The ‘28 Days of Black Excellence’

Dr. Daphne Smith Marsh was featured in UIC Today’s Top Stories section as part of the ‘28 Days of Black Excellence’ which is a Podcast series featuring inspiring stories of Black students, faculty, alumni and friends in celebration of Black History Month.

Read UIC Today’s article and listen to the podcast here: today.uic.edu/black-excellence

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Dr. Latha Radhakrishnan, with co-presenter Dr. Paul Forsberg, was an invited speaker at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP) 2022 meeting, held in Chicago. The title of her presentation was “Optimizing Frontline Immunotherapy Outcomes in NSCLC and Managed Care Considerations.”

Dr. Latha Radhakrishnan Invited to Speak at AMCP 2022

UIC Pharmacy Practice at ACC 2022

The UIC Department of Pharmacy Practice had a strong representation at the American College of Cardiology Meeting (ACC) held in Washington, DC.

Dr. Vicki Groo presented “Which oral anticoagulant is best for the older patient?” During a session entitled “AF in older adults: should we treat them differently?”

Dr. Stephanie Dwyer Kaluzna moderated a poster session entitled “Unique adverse drug reactions: lessons for the CVT Team” and served as a panelist for the “Late-breaking clinical trials V” session.

Dr. DiDomenico co-authored a moderated poster: Beavers CJ, Dunn SP, DiDomenico RJ , Moretz J, Jennings DL. Bicarbonatebased purge solution during Impella support: a growing alternative.

Dr. Rob DiDomenico served as a panelist for the session entitled “Chest pain in the ED decision pathway”.

Drs. McQuade, DiDomenico, and Jarrett recognized with Editor’s Choice Award

Drs. Brianna McQuade, Rob DiDomenico, Jennie Jarrett, with colleagues have been recognized with the Editor’s Choice Award for their paper: “Feeling the burn? A systematic review of burnout in pharmacists,” published in the Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy

Dr. Benken Invited Panelist at SCCM 2022

Dr. Scott Benken was an invited panelist at the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) 2022 Clinical Pharmacy & Pharmacology Section’s virtual Pre-Congress Forum “Critical Caring - Stories of Hope”

Dr. Stephanie Flowers was the recipient of the 2022 Hans W. Vahlteich Research Award for the project titled “Antipsychotic Associated Acquisition of Antimicrobial Resistance Mechanisms in Gut Microbiota.”

Dr. Flowers Recipient of the 2022 Vahlteich Research Award

Drs. Pierce and Heagler Represented UIC

Drs. Dana Pierce and Kristin Heagler represented UIC in the American Liver Foundation March Madness Debates on controversies in liver disease! They took the CON side and debated a team from Northwestern University on “Should dual immunosuppression longterm be used for all patients with autoimmune liver diseases?”

Dr. Rim Named 2022 Fellow of American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

Dr. Matt Rim was named a 2022 Fellow of American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Fellow status in ASHP reflects a high standard of excellence and sustained commitment to health system practice. To earn the designation, Fellows successfully demonstrated their active involvement and leadership in ASHP, contributions to the total body of knowledge in the field, and commitment to educating practitioners and others.

Drs.

Dosing

Drs. James Lee, Jin Han, and Edith Nutescu, with colleagues, wrote an article in Pharmacogenomics on changing from mandatory to optional genotyping results in higher acceptance of pharmacist-guided warfarin dosing. Read it here: go.uic.edu/WarfarinDosing

Lee, Han, and Nutescu On Warfarin

Dr. Marc McDowell was an invited speaker at the Illinois Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) Annual State Meeting. His presentation was titled “Into the Weeds: Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome”.

Dr. McDowell Invited Speaker at ENA Annual State Meeting

Drs. Edinger and Saleh Featured in May 2022’s KeePosted

Drs. Alexandra Edinger and Tina Saleh had their “10 Tips for Incoming Pharmacy Residents” published in the May issue of KeePosted , which will help any new resident to start with their best foot forward.

Read it here (pg 10): https://online.fliphtml5.com/mmdul/ybyp/#p=1

Drs. Rodriguez, Brunner, and Spencer Highlighted for BMJ Open Article

Drs. Ryan Rodriguez, Rachel Brunner, and Samantha Spencer published an article in BMJ Open that was highlighted in UIC Today. The article focused on time to inclusion in clinical guidance documents for non-oncological orphan drugs and biologics with expedited FDA designations.

You can read the UIC Today Highlight here: go.uic.edu/FastTracking

You can read the article here: go.uic.edu/FastTrackingArticle

Dr. Wilken Interviewed About FDA Ban

Dr. Lori Wilken was interviewed by ABC 7 about the FDA banning menthol cigarettes for their article “It’s so hard to stop: Menthol cigarette smoker shares life-long struggle to quit smoking”.

You can read the article here: go.uic.edu/WilkenFDABan

UIC Pharmacy Practice Hosts Dr. Crank

The department hosted Dr. Christopher Crank, Executive Vice President of ICHP. Our Residents and Faculty participated in roundtable discussions with Dr. Crank on topics related to personal and professional leadership, as well he presented a seminar titled “Personal and Professional Leadership”.

Photo above shows our PGY1 and PGY2 residents who participated in the meeting with Dr. Crank.

UIC Pharmacy Practice at the 2022 ASHP Summer Meeting

The department had strong representation at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Summer Meeting held in Phoenix, AZ.

Matt Rim was named a 2022 ASHP Fellow.

Andrew Donnelly served as an elected delegate from the state of Illinois at the ASHP House of Delegates.

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served as faculty presenter as part of the “Specialty Pipeline Updates I: Focus on Hematology/Oncology”.

Kathryn Sawyer served as program chair, moderator and presenter for “Manage Your Projects: Using Project Management to Improve Rotation Experiences and Your Department Too!”

JoAnn Stubbings was the recipient of the ASHP Award of Excellence.

Matt Rim was the recipient of the 2022 ASHP Practitioner Recognition Award.

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Karen Thomas served as facilitator for the “Section of Specialty Pharmacy Practitioners Roundtable Session on Specialty Pharmacy Outcomes and Value Best Practices.”

Matt Rim served as moderator for the “Specialty Pharmacy Pearls 2022” session.

Tina Saleh served as presenter on “If You Didn’t Document It, It Never Happened.”

Alexandra Edinger presented a poster titled “Evaluation of a Therapeutic Outcome Monitoring Program for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis.”

Tina Saleh and Karen Thomas presented a poster titled “Improvement of Oral Anticancer Agent Tolerability Through Pharmacist Interventions Within a Health System Specialty Pharmacy.”

Drs. Younge, Jun, and Benken Named PhLAMES Faculty Mentor of the Year

Drs. Jewel Younge, Julie Jun, and Jamie Benken have been recognized with the 2021-2022 PhLAMES Faculty Mentor of the Year Award. These outstanding faculty advisors were nominated by PharmD students for their exceptional mentoring and advising through the PhLAMES program.

Dr. Thambi Preceptor of the Year

Dr. Thambi was recognized by the 2022 graduating P4 class as Preceptor of the Year. This Award is given to outstanding preceptors who went above and beyond in teaching our PharmD students.

Dr. McQuade Recognized with Interprofessional Teacher of the Year Award

Dr. Brianna McQuade was recognized with the Interprofessional Teacher of the Year Award by the UIC Family Medicine residents for AY 2021-2022. This award is given for excellent teaching and service to the UIC Family Medicine Residency Program.

Clara Gary Recipient of the Staff of the Year Award

Dr. Foster Awarded for Excelllence in Pharmacy Practice

Dr.

Awarded Preceptor of the Year

Clara Gary is the recipient of the Staff of the Year award, as selected by the PGY1 Residency Class of 2021-2022. This award is given to outstanding staff working with the residents.

McDowell

Dr. Marc McDowell is the recipient of the Preceptor of the Year award, as selected by the PGY1 Residency Class of 2021-2022. This award is given to outstanding preceptors working with the residents.

Dr. Elizabeth Foster (PGY1) is the recipient of the Richard A. Hutchinson Award for Excellence in Pharmacy Practice.

Dr. Rim Appointed as Contributing Editor

Dr. Matt Rim was appointed as contributing editor, specialty pharmacy for the American Journal of HealthSystem Pharmacy.

See the full Editorial Board here: go.uic.edu/RimEditor

Drs. Shilka, Van Dril, and Jarrett discuss personal formularies of primary care

Drs. John Shilka, Elizabeth Van Dril, and Jennie Jarrett, with colleagues, published an article in JAMA Network Open on personal formularies of primary care physicians across four health care systems.

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

Mary Moody and CE Group Receive Funding For Academic Detailing

Mary Moody and the CE Group received funding from the Opioid Analgesic REMS Program Companies for the program titled “Using Academic Detailing to improve appropriate use and monitoring of opioids.” This program will expand our current Medicaid-based Academic Detailing program to a national stage using a virtual CME platform.

Drs. Allen, Djuric Kachlic, and Goliak write on Assessing Student Pharmacist Communication skills

Drs. Sheila Allen, Marlowe Djuric Kachlic, and Kristen Goliak, with colleagues, published an article in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education on Determination of Interrater Reliability of a Universal Evaluator Rubric to Assess Student Pharmacist Communication Skills.

Read it here: go.uic.edu/PharmacistCommunication

Dr. Rathod Invited to Discuss Illinois ADVANCE on Project Open

Dr. Chirag Rathod was an invited speaker for Project Open’s Tuesday talk to discuss Illinois ADVANCE and the new and unique educational outreach program focused on opioids and the role his team will be playing with Project Open.

Watch the discussion on YouTube here: go.uic.edu/RathodAdvance

Dr. Hays and Team Launch Novel Intervention for Type 2 Diabetes

Dr. Annette Hays and a team of experts in Rockford will launch a text message-based intervention for Type 2 diabetes thanks to a $30,000 grant award from the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois’ Dr. Louis and Violet Rubin Fund. The intervention will deliver personalized information directly to patients through text messages, including reminders about self-monitoring and prescription refills, interactive office hours and general information about diabetes, motivational support, and answers to frequently asked questions.

The UIC experts hope the intervention will help patients gain better control of their health and bring their A1C levels — a measurement of average blood sugar levels — to below 7%, which would reduce their risks of health complications, like heart disease or stroke.

Read more here: today.uic.edu/an-sms-solution-for-type-2-diabetes/

Realities of Pharmacist Burnout

Article By Daniel P. Smith

As an academic/family medicine research fellow at the UIC College of Pharmacy in 2019, Dr. Brianna McQuade, MHPE ’20, saw signs of pharmacist burnout all around her.

She heard the chatter on social media.

She noted the weariness of her peers.

A new paper from UIC researchers shows the vast majority of pharmacists are struggling with burnout and advocates for organizational remedies.

Pictured above L to R: Drs. Brianna McQuade, Jennie Jarrett, Eden Keller, Abigail Elmes

In conversation with her fellowship director, Dr. Jennie Jarrett, an assistant professor in the college’s Department of Pharmacy Practice who researches workforce development issues, McQuade shared her observations.

“It was something I became interested in teasing out more,” says McQuade, who arrived at UIC in 2018. “After all, we can all relate to burnout on some level.”

Jarrett encouraged the study, and McQuade landed an innovations grant from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy Ambulatory Care Practice and Research Network in 2019 to dig deeper into the matter.

An already important research topic intensified by the arrival of COVID-19 and its impact on healthcare, the resulting work McQuade produced alongside Jarrett; Department of Pharmacy Practice associate professor Dr. Rob DiDomenico, PharmD ’96, RES ’97; and fellows Dr. Eden Keller and Dr. Abigail Elmes delivered the first study exploring burnout among health-system pharmacists during the COVID-19 pandemic using two validated burnout assessments. It was also the first to analyze ambulatory care pharmacists as its own cohort. The UIC group’s work, published this past summer in the Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (JACCP), fueled immediate reflection and has urged healthcare leadership to recognize the plight of pharmacists and respond in earnest.

Startling Results

Prior to the pandemic, the burnout rate for pharmacists hovered in the 40–50% neighborhood, according to various published reports. The hearty burnout rate was most often attributed to a mix of factors: a high-stakes, high workload environment; staffing inadequacies; and inefficient work processes, including cumbersome documentation requirements. The realities of the job drained many pharmacists at work and also challenged their ability to find a positive work/life balance on the outside.

McQuade wanted to understand more about the prevalence of burnout among all health-system pharmacists and, specifically, compare nonambulatory health-system pharmacist burnout rates to those of ambulatory care pharmacists, so many of whom are often alone at their practice sites.

“Debriefing with colleagues is one of the methods that seemed to invigorate pharmacists struggling with burnout, but the ambulatory care pharmacist doesn’t always have that opportunity readily available,” McQuade says.

When COVID-19 infiltrated the American landscape in March 2020, however, everything changed. The pandemic required a radical shift in personal and professional lives. Healthcare providers faced abrupt changes to their traditional workflow while isolation, the loss of support systems, and the impact of the illness and death further strained already challenging jobs. Pharmacists, in particular, found themselves incorporating COVID-19 testing while also balancing high hospital censuses and prescription volume. The work taxed the body, the mind, and the soul.

“Pharmacists, like so many others in healthcare, were challenged to do more with less,” McQuade says.

Continue reading about burnout, see the full article here: go.uic.edu/PharmacistBurnout

Specialty Pharmacy Team Members Featured in Pharmacy Practice News

Several members of our Specialty Pharamcy team, including JoAnn Stubbings (Emerita Faculty), Drs. Rebecca Anguiano, Elba Sertuche, and Nehrin Khamo, were featured in a Pharmacy Practice News article titled “The ‘OG’ Women of Specialty Pharmacy: How a cadre of visionary female leaders broke through the market’s glass ceiling”.

The article goes into the challenges that female pharmacy leaders might face and how these amazing women have been able to not only push past those barriers but helped to ensure they’re not as iron-clad as in years past.

Read the full article here: go.uic.edu/OGWomen

Dr. Van Dril Invited to Speak on Co-Management of Heart Failure and Diabetes

Dr. Stranges Studies Asthma Outcomes in Underserved Populations

Dr. Paul Stranges is co-author on a study that finds Black and Latinx patients who took inhaled corticosteroids when they used reliever medications had better asthma outcomes. “We know that new patient-centered strategies to use controller medications with relievers when symptoms occur work in clinical trials...,” said Paul Stranges. “What we still needed to see is if these approaches work outside controlled clinical trials and if they work for all people with asthma, especially those in high-risk communities.”

Read the full article here: go.uic.edu/AsthmaOutcomes

Dr. Liz Van Dril was an invited speaker at the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists Annual Conference held in Baltimore, MD. The title of her presentation, given with Christie Schumancher, was “Give Your Heart A Break: Co-management of Heart Failure and Diabetes”.

Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Team Had a Successful 340B Coalition Summer Conference

Dr. Christina Cortez, Dr. Sandra Durley and Shakita Carter, attended the 340B Coalition Summer conference in National Harbor Maryland. Shakita participated in the Apexus 340B University Live (pre-conference session) and had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Emeka Egwim – Director of the HRSA Office of Pharmacy Affairs (OPA) during the conference. Christina presented the “Marketing for Success in the Age of Pharmacy Technicians” session. Sandra participated in the 340B Health Board of Directors meeting (pre-conference), as well she was recognized during the 340B Hospital Breakout Session as a member of the “340B Health Champions Program for 2021 Starting Line-up”.

Drs. Gabay and Moody make AJHP’s Top 25

Dr. Michael Gabay’s and Mary Moody’s article “Report on 2020 Safe to Touch Consensus Conference on Hazardous Drug Surface Contamination” was listed among the top 25 most popular articles in the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy (AJHP) for 2021.

Read the original article: go.uic.edu/ContaminationArticle

AJHP’s top 25 articles for 2021: go.uic.edu/AJHPTop25

Dr. Tesoro Invited Speak at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine

Dr. Eljim Tesoro was an invited speaker at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Intensive Care Medicine, held virtually. The title of his presentation was “New anticonvulsants for the Treatment of Status Epilepticus.”

Dr. Sweiss Invited to Speak at the Cancer and Leukemia Group B Alliance Meeting

Dr. Puri Served as Expert

Dr. Sandra Cuellar was invited by American Society of HealthSystem Pharmacists (ASHP) as an oncology subject matter expert for the development of the Pharmacy Accountability Measures (PAM) work group. PAM seeks to identify national quality measures that establish accountability and demonstrate improvements in clinical outcomes by healthsystem pharmacists.

Dr. Puri Appointed Member for Credentialing

Dr. Cuellar was also appointed a member on the ASHP Commission on Credentialing, which develops and recommends standards for accreditation of pharmacy residency training programs.

Dr. Wilken Discusses the Role of the Pharmacist and Asthma/COPD Education

Dr. Lori Wilken was featured on a podcast for Vitalograph discussing the role of the pharmacist providing spirometry and asthma/COPD education. The episode is titled “Passion for Pulmonary Medicine in Pharmacies”.

Listen to the episode here: go.uic.edu/WilkenCOPD

Dr. Karen Sweiss was an invited speaker at the Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) Alliance Meeting held at the Chicago Loews Hotel. The title of her presentation was “Busulfan Population PK Predictive Modeling”.

Dr. Khamo Talks About Specialty Pharmacy on ASHP Podcast

Dr. Nehrin Khamo was an invited speaker on the ASHP Podcast entitled “Specialized Roles within Special Pharmacy” which outlined what roles within specialty pharmacy do various specialty team members have and how their work contributes to patient care.

Listen to the Podcast here: go.uic.edu/KhamoASHPPodcast

Drs. Durley and Carrizales were Invited Speakers at the 340B Coalition Winter Conference

Drs. Sandra Durley and Christina Carrizales were invited speakers at the 340B Coalition Winter Conference held in San Diego, CA. They were part of the “Track 4: Managing Information System Transitions” session.

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Podcast

Dr. Stephanie Flowers had an article she authored titled “”The Atypical Antipsychotic Quetiapine Promotes Multiple Antibiotic Resistance in Escherichia coli”, featured in the latest American Society of Microbiology’s Podcast called “This Week in Microbiology”. The episode title was “Antimicrobial Antipsychotics”.

You can listen here: go.uic.edu/FlowersPodcast

You can read the article here: go.uic.edu/FlowersArticle

Dr. Jarrett Discussed Naloxone in New England Journal of Medicine

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

Stephanie Flowers Featured on Microbiology

Dr. Jennie Jarrett, with Dr. Sara Messmer from UIC College of Medicine, published an article in the New England Journal of Medicine on when Naloxone isn’t enough.

Drs. Hays and Rynn Received Funding for Diabetes-TEAM Project

Dr. Annette Hays and Dr. Kevin Rynn received new funding along with Dr. Kris Zimmermann and Dr. Rhonda Verzal from UIC College of Medicine from the Community Grants Program with the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois for a one-year project. The title of the project is “Diabetes-TEAM (Texting for Education and Management): Text-Messaging Education Pilot at a Federally Qualified Health Center. The project seeks to improve health outcomes among adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) by developing an efficient process for ongoing self-management and patient monitoring using secure, bidirectional textmessaging.

Drs. Rodriguez, Brunner, and Spencer Discuss Expedited FDA Designations

Drs. Ryan Rodriguez, Rachel Brunner, and Samantha Spencer, with Dr. Qato from University of Southern California, discuss expedited FDA Designations in their article in BMJ Open.

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

Dr. Badowski Elected as Regent on ACCP Board of Regents

Dr. Melissa Badowski was elected for a 3-year term to serve as Regent on the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Board of Regents.

UIC Pharmacy Practice at the 123rd AACP Annual Meeting

Several faculty gave presentations at the 123rd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Annual Meeting held in Grapevine, TX.

Drs. Kevin Rynn and Marianne Pop served as speakers for the program titled “A Positive Side to the Pandemic: Collaborating with Partners to Pivot to Virtual IPE Experiences.”

Drs. Brianna McQuade and Jennie Jarrett presented a poster titled “A Mindfulness Practice Elective for Reducing Stress and Promoting Quality of Life Among Pharmacy Students.”

Dr. Jennie Jarrett served as moderator and speaker and Dr. Abigail Elmes served as speaker for the program titled “Getting Over the Hump: Barriers and Benefits to EPA Framework Assessments in Experiential Education.”

Scott T. Benken, Jeffrey Mucksavage, Rachel Yudkowsky, Madison Collins, Dustin Woo, Jeffrey Cheung. “An Evaluation of Multimedia Content in a Critical Care Pharmacotherapeutic Course.”

Mary Moody and Donna Clay presented a poster titled “Implementation of Academic Detailing Program at UIC.”

Drs. Jarrett and Elmes Present Webinar on SAFE

Drs. Jennie Jarrett and Abigail Elmes were invited to present at the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry Provider Clinical Support System (PCSS) Continuing Education Webinar, held virtually. The title of their presentation was “SAFE–Home Opioid Management Education in Older Adults: Naloxone and Opioid Awareness Program (SAFE-HOME)” which was a continuing education webinar designed for nurses, physicians, social workers, and home health workers or care coordinators highlighting the risks of opioids, particularly in older adults, and addressing common misconceptions related to naloxone use and access.

Drs. Jarrett and McQuade Speak on Reducing Stress

Drs. Jennie Jarrett and Brianna McQuade presented a Webinar as part of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) the Council of Faculties. The title was “A Mindfulness Practice Elective for Reducing Stress & Promoting Quality of Life”, in this session, participants learned about the impact of a mindfulness course on pharmacy student well-being and discussed methods for implementation of mindfulness activities into existing pharmacy school curricula.

Dr. Bulman Discusses Antibiotic Therapy to Improve Patient Care

Dr. Bulman, with colleagues, wrote an article in The Lancet Microbe discussing research priorities towards precision antibiotic therapy to improve patient care.

The article was then featured by Contagion Live: go.uic.edu/BulmanFeatured

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

Dr. Flowers Wrote About Antibiotic Resistance

Dr. Stephanie Flowers, with colleagues, discussed how the atypical antipsychotic Quetiapine promotes multiple antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli in the Journal of Bacteriology

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

Dr. Tesoro Invited to Speak at ACCP Spring Forum on Neurocritical Care

Dr. Eljim Tesoro was an invited speaker at the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Spring Forum - Critical Care Pharmacy Preparatory Review and Recertification Course held in St. Louis, MO. His presentation was titled “Neurocritical Care Review”.

Dr. Eljim Tesoro Spoke at the SCCM 51st Annual Congress on Neuroscience

Dr. Eljim Tesoro was an invited speaker at the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) 51st Annual Congress held virtually with his presentation titled “Neuroscience Pharmacotherapy Year in Review 2022”.

Dr. Zack Bulman Recieved Funding from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Dr. Zack Bulman received new funding as Co-PI from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for a one-year year project. The title of the project is “EBL-1003 for the Treatment of NTM Infections in CF Patients.” The project aims to optimize dosing of a new aminoglycoside, EBL-1003, for the treatment of Mycobacterium abscessus infections in patients with cystic fibrosis.

Dr. Karen Thomas (PI), along with Co-Investigators Drs. Matthew Rim, Ruchik Patel, and Rebekah Anguiano and collaboration from the entire Specialty Pharmacy team, received a one-year grant from the ASHP Foundation to study “Measurement and characterization of clinical, operational, and financial interventions and outcomes for Rheumatoid Arthritis patients at a Health System Specialty Pharmacy”.

Drs. McQuade, Keller, Elmes, DiDomenico, and Jarrett Talk About Burnout

Drs. Brianna McQuade, Eden Keller, Abigail Elmes, Rob DiDomenico, and Jennie Jarrett wrote an article in the Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy to talk about stratification of burnout in health-system pharmacists during the COVID-19 Pandemic, specifically focusing on the ambulatory care pharmacists.

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

Dr.

Received Funding for HEED the GAP Project

Dr. Renee Petzel Gimbar is the PI, along with co-investigators, Dr. Janet Lin and Dr. Yuval Eisenberg, on a one-year grant from Xeris Pharmaceuticals titled “HEED the Glucagon Access Program (HEED the GAP)”. This study will help evaluate the effectiveness of a glucagon access program implemented in the ED, and the impact of education in improving management of hypoglycemic events in patients living with diabetes.

Dr. Karen Thomas is the PI on a New Grant from the ASHP Foundation

Petzel Gimbar

Department Fall Semester Luncheon

The separtment held a Fall Semester Luncheon for our faculty, trainees, and staff as a way to welcome the new semester.

Drs. Lau and Lee Served as Program Organizers for a Medicine Program in China

Drs. Alan Lau and James Lee served as program organizers and Drs. Rebekah Anguiano, Scott Benken, Mark Biagi, Maya Campara, Juliana Chan, Aimee Chevalier, Beatrice Drambarean, Pat Fleming, Vicki Groo, Alan Gross, Christina Haaf, Mitra Habibi, Erika Hellenbart, Alice Hemenway, Nina Huynh, Julie Jun, Keri Kim, Shiyun Kim, Sheryl Mathew, Jeff Mucksavage, Renee Petzel Gimbar, Marianne Pop, Erin Pozzolano, Latha Radhakrishnan, Mia Schmiedeskamp-Rahe, Chris Schriever, Vincent Soriano, Natasa Stevkovic, Eljim Tesoro, Eric Wenzler, and Lori Wilken served as presenters at the 2nd ‘Advanced Internal Medicine Program’ for Hong Kong and Macau pharmacists. Additionally, Drs. Scott Benken, Beatrice Drambarean, and Erin Pozzolano were recognized by the participants as the Top 3 Outstanding Faculty for the program.

Dr. Munir Received Funding to Research Telemedicine

Dr. Faria Munir received new funding as Co-PI along with Scott Barrows and Dr. Mary Stapel from OSF Healthcare for the Community Health Advocacy Award through UIC Innovation for a one-year project. The title of the project is “Bridging the Healthcare Gap for the Homeless through Telemedicine.” This project aims to improve access to healthcare and support services to homeless patients through technology implementation in Chicago homeless shelters and community centers. The technology implemented in these spaces will allow consistent healthcare access for patients. The project will evaluate the impact of telehealth services for the homeless populations served and understand the acceptability of homeless patients of the services provided.

Dr. Olson is a Co-I on the 21st Century Good Neighbor Program

Dr. Heidi Olson received new funding as Co-I along with Linda Chang from COM-Rockford and Radhika Sreedhar COM-Chicago, from the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois from the Community Grants Program for a one-year project. The title of the project is “21st Century Good Neighbor Well-Being Program.” The 21st Century Good Neighbor™ Well-Being Program aims to reduce loneliness and social isolation of older adults living in Boone, Ogle, and Winnebago counties by pairing older adult clients of Lifescape Community Services with health profession students who will engage in weekly conversations.

You can read more about the program in UIC Today’s article here: go.uic.edu/PharmacyGoodNeighbor

Dr. Eljim Tesoro has been appointed Chair-Elect to the Program Committee, Clinical Pharmacy & Pharmacology Section for the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM). In addition, he has been appointed Co-Chair of the Annual Meeting Committee for the Neurocritical Care Society (NCS).

Dr. DiDomenico Discusses Transitions from Hospital to Home

Dr. Rob DiDomenico, with colleagues, published an article in the Journal of General Internal Medicine on a pragmatic clinical trial to improve adult patient experience during the transitions from hospital to home.

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

Dr. Tesoro Appointed Chair-Elect for SCCM and Co-Chair for NCS Committees

UIC Pharmacy Practice at the ICHP Annual Meeting

Several of our faculty, staff and trainees gave presentations and received awards at the Illinois Council of Health-System Pharmacists (ICHP) Meeting held in Oakbrook Terrace, IL. Underline denotes department members.

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“Insomnia and the New Treatment Approaches”

Dr. Nancy Shapiro , was recognized with the Amy Lodolce Mentorship Award. The award is given to UIC Faculty members touched the lives of pharmacy students, residents, and colleagues through her passion for teaching and the profession of pharmacy

“Hello! This is Pharmacy, What Is Your Emergency…”

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. “National Trends in Prescription Drug Expenditures and Projections 2022”

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Technicians Making History: Medication History, Reconciliation, and Therapy Management”

Erika Hellenbart .

“2022 Heart Failure Guideline Update”; part of the “Time To Up Your Game: A Review of Recent Guideline Updates and Recommendations”

Christina Godwin, Anitha Nagelli, Monazzah Sarwar.

Erin Carson , Anthony Rosella

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Cuellar, Matthew Rim, Glen Schumock

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“General PGY-1 Info: What are your options in Hospital and How to Choose the Right Program for You”; part of the “The Road to Residency: Preparation PEARLS for Pharmacy Students” session.

“Build a Pharmacy Fortress: Technicians as Preceptors, Mentoring Leadership Opportunities and Promoting Community Involvement”

Health Behavior Models To Enhance Vaccine Confidence in Ambulatory Care Settings”

“Evaluation of the real-world incidence of integrase inhibitor resistance since adoption as guideline preferred therapy”

“Get the Inside Scoop from ResidentsTransitioning into the Resident Role and Work Life Balance”; part of the “The Road to Residency: Preparation PEARLS for Pharmacy Students” session.

Marianne Pop

Jenna Januszka (Preceptor/Mentor: Melissa Badowski ).

Clara Gary, Hina Patel, Sara Wilke.

Tara Driscoll , Abby Kahaleh. “Applying

Sarah Stepanek , Patrick Tednes.

New Residency Programs, New Horizons

Specialty Pharmacy Expands

The PGY2 Specialty Pharmacy Administration and Leadership residency at UIC offers the opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge and comprehensive management and leadership experiences in a health-system specialty pharmacy. Dedicated health-system specialty pharmacy leaders use local and national networks to share knowledge and best practices, and the UIC specialty pharmacy team is actively involved in these efforts. Specialty pharmacy operations blend retail, ambulatory, and infusion activities with the overall purpose of improving patient access and wellbeing. The specialty pharmacy team at UIC is leading efforts to educate the next generation of specialty pharmacists and leaders. For pharmacy students, we offer employment in our call center and fulfillment operations, two specialty elective courses, and research opportunities. For PGY1 residents, UIC offers an established and wellrespected Community Specialty residency that mentors two residents each year.

We have established the PGY2 Specialty Pharmacy Administration and Leadership residency to continue the tradition of education and leadership in the field. Advanced specialty pharmacy residency training highlights operations and strategic planning. The graduates of our program are prepared to assume high level managerial and leadership responsibilities in both clinical and operational areas and to build new specialty pharmacy programs. We have been very fortunate to have our inaugural resident, Michael Eagon, who is enthusiastic and passionate about specialty pharmacy and has led projects including the development of a mail order service, assisted with ongoing accreditation efforts, and embraced his role as a future specialty pharmacy leader.

Pictured in photo on left:

Dr. Michael Eagon, PGY2 Specialty Pharmacy Resident and Dr. Karen Thomas, PGY2 Specialty Pharmacy Residency Director.

A Pawsitively Purrfect Collaboration

Article By Laura Hayes

In July 2022, the UIC College of Pharmacy and the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Urbana welcomed their first official resident in veterinary pharmacy, marking the formalization of a new type of intercampus, interprofessional collaboration that demonstrates the strengths of the University of Illinois System.

This residency and partnership were several years in the making and would not have been possible without the work of Dr. Allison Schriever, PharmD ’99, clinical assistant professor of pharmacy practice and director of experiential education for the college’s Rockford campus.

The informal relationship between the college and the veterinary teaching hospital began when Schriever was developing the Rockford campus’s experiential education programs and Rural Pharmacy Education (RPHARM) program. She was hoping to add veterinary pharmacy to the list of educational experiences for UIC PharmD students.

“Contact with the veterinary hospital was something that initially happened through my work with RPHARM,” Schriever says. “It just made sense to develop this partnership: the College of Veterinary Medicine, which is one of the best, and the veterinary teaching hospital are part of our University of Illinois System, they service rural communities, and their campus has a large agricultural footprint.

Continue reading about the collaboration see the full article here:

go.uic.edu/PawsitivelyCollaborative

Pictured in photo on right: Dr. Lauren Forsythe, PGY1 Veterinary Pharmacy Director, with her cat Duchess.

UIC Pharmacy Practice at the 2022 ACCP Annual Meeting

Our faculty had a strong presence at the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Annual meeting held in San Francisco, CA.

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Drs. Brianna McQuade, Robert DiDomenico, and Jennie Jarrett recieved the Journal of American College of Clinical Pharmacy ’s Editor’s Choice Award for their paper on burnout. This award was presented at the ACCP Annual Meeting.

You can read the article here: https://doi.org/10.1002/jac5.1218

Leadership & Committee Service

Jerry Bauman, Editor-in-Chief Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy

Faria Munir Member Public and Professional Relations Committee

Erika Hellenbart, Member 2022 ACCP Annual Meeting Planning Committee

Nancy Shapiro, Vice-Chair ACCP Awards Committee

Jin Han, Member 2023 ACCP Annual Meeting Planning Committee

Brooke Smith, Member National Resident Advisory Committee

Alice Hemenway, Member 2024 ACCP Annual Meeting Planning Committee

Paul Stranges, Member ACCP Awards Committee

Jenna Januszka, Member National Resident Advisory Committee

Elizabeth Van Dril, Chair-Elect, Endocrine and Metabolism PRN Member, 2023 Task Force on Clinical Pharmacy Services

James Lee, Member, Fellowship (FCCP) Committee

Awards

Scott Benken Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy

Reham Awad, Post-Graduate Trainee Travel Award, ACCP Ambulatory Care PRN

Jin Han, Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy

Mukti Patel Post-Graduate Trainee Travel Award, ACCP Endocrine and Metabolism PRN

Nancy Shapiro, Outstanding Reviewer for Pharmacotherapy for 2022

Dr. Durley recognized as a 2022 CCSB Black History Maker

Dr. Sandra Durley is being recognized as one of this year’s 2022 CCSB Black History Makers. This award recognizes individuals who are making history here at UIC! The 2022 CCSB Black History Makers will be honored at the CCSB and UIC Black History Makers Committee Meeting.

Dr. Badowski Evaluates Immunologic and Virologic Function

Dr. Melissa Badowski, with Dr. Mahesh Patel from UIC College of Medicine, published an article in the Journal of Correctional Health Care on the evaluation of immunologic and virologic function in reincarcerated patients living with HIV or AIDS.

Read it here: go.uic.edu/BadowskiVirologicFunction

Dr. Gail Mahady Recipient of the 2022 ABC Fredi Kronenberg Excellence in Research and Education in Botanicals for Women’s Health Award

Dr. Gail Mahady was recognized with the 2022 American Botanical Council (ABC) Fredi Kronenberg Excellence in Research and Education in Botanicals for Women’s Health Award. The award was created in 2018 and named in honor of distinguished researcher, educator, and longtime ABC Board of Trustees member Fredi Kronenberg, PhD. Kronenberg dedicated her professional life to the study of medicinal plants and phytomedicines for women’s health conditions. She particularly was interested in botanicals such as black cohosh (Actaea racemosa) for the treatment of menopausal symptoms. The award ceremony was held at the 17th Annual ABC Celebration and Botanical Excellence Awards on March 9, 2022, in Anaheim, California.

Dr. Monteiro Discusses Guidelines for Utility Measurement for Economic Analysis

Dr. Andrea Monteiro, with colleagues from Brazil and England, published an article on guidelines for utility measurement for economic analysis in Value in Health Regional Issues

Read it here: go.uic.edu/MonteiroGuidelines

Dr. Kim Appointed Chair of PASC Intervention Prioritization Drug Subcommittee

Dr. Keri Kim has been appointed Chair of the post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) Intervention Prioritization Drug Subcommittee and a member of the Core Committee by the Research Triangle Institute. The Drug Subcommittee will review, evaluate, and prioritize drug interventions to prevent or treat post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) and refer priority interventions to the Core Committee. The Core Committee’s prioritizations will inform the RECOVER investigators and leadership and NIH decisions about funding for clinical trials for interventions being developed for PASC.

Dr. Keri Kim was Invited to Speak at ANIM on Neuroprognostication Guidelines

Dr. Keri Kim, with Drs. David Hwang and Jürgen Meixensberger, were invited speakers at the Arbeitstagung NeuroIntensivMedizin (ANIM) Germany 2022, held virtually. The title of their presentation was “Neuroprognostication Guideline: Intracerebral Hemorrhage Recommendations (A collaboration between Neurocritical Care Society and German Neurological Society of Neuro- Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine)”.

Dr. Paul Stranges, with colleagues, wrote an article that was published in the New England Journal of Medicine on reliever-triggered inhaled glucocorticoid in Black and Latinx adults with asthma. Dr. Brianna McQuade was also listed as a contributor.

Read it here: go.uic.edu/StrangesonAsthma

Dr. Jennie Jarrett received funding as PI from Illinois Department of Human Services Substance Use Prevention & Recovery (SUPR) Division. The title of her project is Implementing a Multidisciplinary, Pharmacy-driven Addiction Consult Team (IMPACT) at UI Health.

Dr. Jarrett Received Funding from the Illinois Department of Human Services SUPR Division

Dr. Stranges on Asthma

UIC Pharmacy Practice at ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting & Exhibition 2022

Our faculty had a strong presence at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Clinical Meeting & Exhibition 2022 held in Las Vegas, NV.

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Platform Presentations

Karen Thomas Chair , ASHP Specialty Pharmacy Outcomes and Value SAG Member , Vizient Pharmacy Network Pharmacy Practice Advancement Committee

Dr. Johnson Awarded New Funding from the UI Cancer Center

Dr. Jeremy Johnson received new funding as Co-PI along with Dr. Natalie Reizine, Co-PI, from UIC College of Medicine Department of Oncology, from the UI Cancer Center for a 2-year project. The title of the project is “Glycyrrhizin in Prostate Cancer: A Window-of-Opportunity Clinical and Translational Trial.” The purpose of the funding is to perform a clinical trial to evaluate glycyrrhizin isolated from licorice in prostate cancer patients. This will be a first in human clinical trial evaluating glycyrrhizin to evaluate the safety and mechanisms of action in men prior to undergoing radical prostatectomy.

Dr. Tara Driscoll was an invited panelist for a Pharmacy Times webinar titled “Managing Allergic Rhinitis in Special Populations,

Dr. Sarwar Recipient of the ICHP Encore Poster Award

Dr. Monazzah Sarwar was awarded the Illinois Council of HealthSystem Pharmacists (ICHP) Encore Poster Award for her presentation titled “COVID-19 Vaccine Allergy Testing Preparations.”

A Holistic Approach” that took place live in its initial broadcasting.

Dr. Driscoll Participated on a Managing Allergic Rhinitis Panel

Dr. Sawyer Talks About Managing Your Projects at ASHP’s National Pharmacy Preceptors Conference

Dr. Kathryn Sawyer was an invited speaker for the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ 2022 National Pharmacy Preceptors Conference in Chicago. The title of her presentation was “Manage Your Projects: Using Project Management to Improve Rotation Experiences”.

Drs. Ipema, Elste, Koppen, and Soni Wrote on

Optimal Guidelines for Pharmacists

Drs. Heather Ipema, Jessica Elste, Laura Koppen, and Rita Soni, with colleagues, wrote an article in the Annals of Pharmacotherapy on inclusion of optimal guidelines for pharmacists in UpToDate.

Read it here: go.uic.edu/OptimalGuidelines

Drs. DiDomenico, Badowski, and Shapiro Recipients of the Frederick P. Siegel Innovative Teaching Award

Drs. Rob DiDomenico, Melissa Badowski, & Nancy Shapiro received the UIC COP 2021-2022 Frederick P. Siegel Innovative Teaching Award, which recognizes faculty who have developed an innovative teaching or learning strategy, for the Clinical Research Design elective course they developed.

Dr. Elfessi Received Funding to Research Air Filtration

Dr. Zane Elfessi received new funding as Co-I, along with researchers from the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, UIC College of Medicine, and the Illinois Institute of Technology, from the Department of Housing and Urban Development for a 2-year project. The title of the project is “Air Filtration to Improve Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in a High-Risk Urban Population of US Military Veterans”.

Department Holiday Party

The department held a Holiday Party at the end of the year as a token of appreciation of our faculty, trainees, and staff.

Dr. Maya Campara was recognized with the 2022 departmental Publication of the Year Award for her paper “Consensus Recommendations for Use of Maintenance Immunosuppression in Solid Organ Transplantation”

Ms. Elizabeth Modrzyk was recognized with the 2022 departmental Administrative Staff Excellence Award.

The department held an Ugly Sweater Contest.

Congratulations to our Sweater contest winners, Giancarlo, Jessica and Tara!

GIVING

The Department of 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 remember 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. Amber L. Beitelshees

Dr. Linda R. Bressler

Dr. Adam Bursua & Dr. Vika O. Gylys

Mr. Terrence A. & Mrs. Sandra K. Eck

Dr. Ashesh J. & Mrs. Sonal A. Gandhi

Dr. Joseph P. Kalvaitis

Dr. Edith A. & Mr. Gabriel Nutescu

Dr. Alice K. Pau

Dr. Katherine V. Sarna

Dr. Nancy L. & Mr. Richard M. Shapiro

Dr. Hailey Soni

Mr. Ben M. & Mrs. Carrie A. Stickan

Louis J. Kuriansky Foundation