Mark Sullivan, Pharm.D,MBA, Assistant Director for Satellite Pharmacy Services, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Mark is the Director for VUH Pharmacy Operations at Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville Tennessee. He earned his Pharm.D. from the University of Mississippi, his MBA from Belmont University, and his BS Pharmacy from Auburn University. He is board certified in Pharmacotherapy by the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties. Mark has practiced in hospital pharmacy in multiple staff, clinical, consulting and management roles over the last 20 years as well as serving as an associate professor for the University Of Tennessee College of Pharmacy. His is on the Admissions Committee for the Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy. He has been responsible for implementation of automated medication vending systems, smart pump infusion systems and served on the team that implemented CPOE and Bedside barcoding at Vanderbilt as well as providing Pharmacy support to the Medication Error reduction effort for VUMC. He is a member of ASHP and ACCP and currently serves on the USP Safe Medication Use expert committee.
PROGRAM CHAIR:
Brian Esuchanko, Senior Manager, Educational Programs, ASHP
LEARNER OUTCOMES:
Describe how CPOE, BSBC, and compounding requirements add process layers to the delivery of complex desensitization protocols.
Describe how pharmacist identification of medication safety issues with a complex therapeutic regimen resulted in improved processes.
Explain ways of implementing feedback strategies to surgeons on quality initiatives.
Identify necessary numerators and denominators to define a surgical site infection rate.
Identify stewardship resources from microbiology and infection control services as well as key opinion leaders of hospital quality, medical, and surgical services.