MEETING PLANNING ASSOCIATE:
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Edward Sheridan, PharmD, BCPS, Director of Ambulatory Pharmacy Services and Pharmacy Practice Residency Programs, Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center
Dr. Sheridan graduated from Butler University College of Pharmacy, earning his Bachelor of Science degree in pharmacy in 1995 and his doctor of pharmacy degree in 1996. Practicing at Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center for the last twelve years, his professional mission is synonymous with those of the departments that he oversees: to teach, to treat, and to lead.
Dr. Sheridan has extensive involvement in developing and initiating interdisciplinary pharmacotherapy education programs. He has developed and precepts ambulatory care rotations for PharmD candidates from colleges of pharmacy across the nation, earning the Preceptor of the Year Award from Purdue University in 2004. He created and now oversees two PGY1 pharmacy residency programs. Dr. Sheridan serves as the pharmacology course director for Indiana University School of Medicine,-South Bend Campus. As faculty for the Saint Joseph Family Medicine Residency program, he precepts resident physicians on his pharmacotherapy rotation.
Advancing direct patient care by pharmacists has also been one of Dr. Sheridan’s initiatives. These services include anticoagulation, diabetes management, in depth patient education, and general pharmacotherapy. In addition to these services, his department obtains approximately $3 million dollars worth of free pharmaceuticals for uninsured or underinsured patients.
As director of the ambulatory pharmacy services department he is accountable for the mission, vision, strategic plan, personnel, financial and clinical outcomes, and growth of pharmacy operations at three distinct outpatient medical homes. He is a member of ACCP and actively involved with the ASHP section of home ambulatory and chronic care practitioners.
PRESENTER(S):
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Kelly Cantwell-McNelis, BS, PharmD, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Christiana Care Health Services-Wilmington Hospital Annex
Kelly Cantwell-McNelis, BS PharmD is a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist with the HIV Community Program at Christiana Care Health Services, Wilmington, DE. Dr. McNelis received her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. She completed additional ambulatory care training in the United States Public Health Service-Indian Health Service. She serves as a consultant and task force member on multiple medication and HIV/AIDS based education programs and is an adjunct faculty member in Ambulatory Care at the University of the Sciences-School of Pharmacy. Dr. McNelis also serves as a residency preceptor for the Christiana Care Health Services, Department of Pharmacy Services General Practice Residency Training Program. She is a faculty member for the Pennsylvania/Mid-Atlantic AIDS Education and Training Center (PAMAETC). She has numerous publications and presentations on medication adherence and HIV/AIDS drug therapy. Dr. McNelis has received local and national recognition for designing and implementing a pharmacist run medication adherence program. Her areas of interest include medication adherence, smoking cessation and pharmacotherapy in the HIV/AIDS infected patient.
Tim Chen, PharmD, Clinical Pharmacist - Ambulatory Care, VA San Diego
Tim Chen graduated from Western University with his PharmD Degree in 2004. He also completed a Primary Care Pharmacy Practice Residency at VA San Diego in 2005. He has practiced in many specialties including hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes, hem/onc and tobacco cessation. He has been an instructor at Western University through the Rx for Change curriculum and also started a tobacco cessation training program at St. Joseph Hospital of Orange for healthcare providers. Tim Chen is currently a VA clinical pharmacist specializing in tobacco cessation, hypertension and dyslipidemia and actively conducting research in those respective areas.
Mary Ann Kliethermes, B.S., Pharm.D. is Associate Professor and Vice-Chair of Ambulatory Care at the Chicago College of Pharmacy, Midwestern University. She also serves as Co-Owner of Clinical Pharmacy Systems, Inc., a software consulting firm specializing in development of clinical pharmacy patient care applications. Her practice includes ten years as Clinical Coordinator in the hospital setting with experience in pharmacokinetics, parenteral nutrition, drug information and ICU services; followed by fourteen years in home care as a clinician and co-owner of a local home infusion pharmacy; followed by development of pharmaceutical care software and work as a consultant. For the past 8 years, her practice has been in the ambulatory setting developing and managing a pharmacy based medication management clinic. Mary Ann received her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from the University of Michigan and her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Sciences in Philadelphia.
Jeannie Lee, Pharm.D, Clinical Assistant Professor, Pharmacy-Pulido Center
Jeannie Kim Lee is a clinical assistant professor at the University of Arizona, College of Pharmacy in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science. She practices as a clinical pharmacist at the Southern Arizona Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Care System. During her position as a clinical pharmacist at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., Dr. Lee received an American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Foundation grant that facilitated the Federal Study of Adherence to Medications in the Elderly (FAME) trial, the first prospective randomized trial specifically addressing medication adherence in patients older than 65 years. Dr. Lee was the principal investigator and lead author of a resulting article in the Journal of the American Medical Association. She also participated in the Arterial Biology in the Investigation of the Treatment Effects of Reducing Cholesterol (ARBITER-2) study as clinical pharmacist in charge and published the results in Circulation.
A 1999 graduate of the University of Georgia, College of Pharmacy, Dr. Lee completed a pharmacy practice residency at the VA Medical Center in Washington, D.C. She received the U.S. Army Commander’s Award for Civilian Service in 2004 and 2006, the Ralph D. Arnold Army Pharmacy Research Award in 2005 and 2007, the 2007 Mel Liter Clinical Pharmacy Award, the 2007Association of Military Surgeons of United States Circle of Excellence Award, and the ASHP Foundation’s 2007 Pharmacy Practice Research Literature Award. She specializes in geriatric medicine and adherence.
Edward Sheridan, PharmD, BCPS, Director of Ambulatory Pharmacy Services and Pharmacy Practice Residency Programs, Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center
Dr. Sheridan graduated from Butler University College of Pharmacy, earning his Bachelor of Science degree in pharmacy in 1995 and his doctor of pharmacy degree in 1996. Practicing at Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center for the last twelve years, his professional mission is synonymous with those of the departments that he oversees: to teach, to treat, and to lead.
Dr. Sheridan has extensive involvement in developing and initiating interdisciplinary pharmacotherapy education programs. He has developed and precepts ambulatory care rotations for PharmD candidates from colleges of pharmacy across the nation, earning the Preceptor of the Year Award from Purdue University in 2004. He created and now oversees two PGY1 pharmacy residency programs. Dr. Sheridan serves as the pharmacology course director for Indiana University School of Medicine,-South Bend Campus. As faculty for the Saint Joseph Family Medicine Residency program, he precepts resident physicians on his pharmacotherapy rotation.
Advancing direct patient care by pharmacists has also been one of Dr. Sheridan’s initiatives. These services include anticoagulation, diabetes management, in depth patient education, and general pharmacotherapy. In addition to these services, his department obtains approximately $3 million dollars worth of free pharmaceuticals for uninsured or underinsured patients.
As director of the ambulatory pharmacy services department he is accountable for the mission, vision, strategic plan, personnel, financial and clinical outcomes, and growth of pharmacy operations at three distinct outpatient medical homes. He is a member of ACCP and actively involved with the ASHP section of home ambulatory and chronic care practitioners.
Pamela Stamm
Compare and contrast different methods to assess patient adherence.
Describe how to monitor changes in patient adherence.
Describe potential barriers and keys to success in the implementation of a medication adherence clinic.
List three ways nonadherence or adherence can be measured.