2012 Midyear Clinical Meeting
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Therapeutic Dilemmas in PK/PD, Pneumonia and Multi-Drug Resistance: Crossroads Between ID and ICU
Track:
New Practitioners Sessions (CE)
Program Code: 312-L01
Date: Sunday, December 2, 2012
Time: 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM EST
Location:
South Seas B, Level 3, South Convention Center
PRESENTER(S):
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Meghan Jeffres,
PharmD, Associate Prof of Pharmacy Practice,
Roseman University of Health Sciences
After graduating in 2004, Dr. Jeffres completed a pharmacy practice residency at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah and a specialty residency in infectious diseases at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Jeffres joined Roseman University of Health Sciences faculty where she teaches infectious diseases and precepts students and residents in conjunction with the University of Nevada School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine at University Medical Center of Southern Nevada. Additionally, as faculty in the College of Dental Medicine she teaches Research Methodology and Biostatistics to orthodontic residents. Her favored area of research is antibiotic pharmacodynamics in relation to patient outcomes.
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Christine Kubin,
PharmD, BCPS (AQ-ID), Clinical Pharmacy Manager, Infectious Diseases,
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Dr. Kubin received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. For the past 13 years, she has been the Clinical Pharmacy Manager in Infectious Diseases in the Department of Pharmacy and faculty in the Division of Infectious Diseases at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center. In addition to maintaining a clinical practice, Dr. Kubin is a member of the joint Anti-Infective Subcommittee at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and co-spearheads antimicrobial stewardship activities. Her research interests focus on anti-infective treatment outcomes and the epidemiology of multidrug-resistant pathogens including the role of antimicrobial stewardship in improving patient outcomes and limiting the emergence of antimicrobial resistance.
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Simon Lam,
PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist,
Cleveland Clinic
Dr. Lam graduated from Rutgers University in 2004 with a Doctor of Pharmacy Degree. He completed his post-doctoral PGY-1 pharmacy practice residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital and his PGY-2 critical care pharmacy residency at Mayo Clinic. He is currently a critical care specialist in the medical intensive care unit at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, OH. His research interests include infectious diseases among critically ill patients. He has co-authored multiple research papers and critical reviews on infection and critical illness.
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Garrett Schramm,
PharmD, BCPS, Coordinator - Pharmacy Education and Training,
Mayo Clinic
Garrett is a 2004 PharmD graduate of South Dakota State University with subsequent completion of a PGY1 and PGY2 Critical Care Specialty Residency at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in Saint Louis, Missouri. He is currently employed at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and splits time between coordination of Education and Training for the Pharmacy Department, clinical practice, precepting, and research. He is the PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency Program Director at Mayo Clinic.
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Description
Antimicrobial Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics in Critically Ill Patients, Meghan Jeffres, PharmD
Updates in HAP, HCAP, and VAP, Garrett W. Schramm, PharmD, BCPS
Treatment and Risk Factors of Multi-Drug Resistant Gram Negative Pathogens, Christine J. Kubin, PharmD, BCPS (AQ-ID)
Role of Early Antifungal Therapy in Critically Ill Patients: Risk Factors and Treatment Options, Simon W. Lam, PharmD, BCPS
- Apply recent evidence in hospital acquired pneumonia, healthcare associated pneumonia, and ventilator associated pneumonia to optimize patient pharmacotherapy.
- Assess the role of early antifungal therapy in critically ill patients.
- Evaluate the epidemiological trends, risk factors, and treatments of multi-drug resistant gram negative pathogens.
- Identify antibiotic pharmacokinetic differences in critically ill patients and the development of dosing regimens to meet pharmacodynamic goals.