Undecided about your career path?  From clinical to management, informatics to ambulatory care- the options seem endless!  Hear from 12 pharmacists who work in every aspect of hospital and health-system pharmacy practice to learn more about what a day-in-the-life is like.  Take away information about careers you have interest in but never took the time to learn about-you may even find something you never knew existed.



Group 1

11:20 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 

Pediatric Specialist: Sherry Luedtke, PharmD, FPPAG, Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice, Texas Tech HSC School of Pharmacy, Amarillo, TX

Medication Safety: Amanda E. Prusch, PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist-Medication Safety, Lancaster General Health, Lancaster, PA

Small/Rural Hospital Practice: Debbie Cameron Sisson, RPh, MS, PharmD, Clinical Pharmacist, St Luke’s Hospital and Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, Duluth, MN

Management and Administration: Michael Nnadi, PharmD, MHS, Corporate Vice President /Chief Pharmacy Officer, Novant Health, Winston-Salem, NC

OR/Anesthesia Specialist: Eric L. Chernin, RPh, Pharmaceutical Care Specialist-OR Pharmacy, Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, FL

Informatics: Elizabeth Breeden, DPh, MS, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice Director, Master of Health Care Informatics Program, Lipscomb College of Pharmacy, Nashville, TN



Group 2

12:05 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.

Ambulatory Care: Mary Ann Kliethermes, BS, PharmD, Vice-Chair Ambulatory Care, Associate Professor, Midwestern University, Downer's Grove, IL

Oncology Specialist: Bradley Burton, PharmD, BCOP, CACP, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist- Medical Oncology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Critical Care Specialist: Stacey Folse, PharmD, MPH, BCPS, Medical ICU Clinical Pharmacy Specialist Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA

Emergency Medicine Specialist: Melinda J. Ortmann, PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Emergency Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

Academia: Kelly M. Smith, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP, FCCP, Associate Dean, Academic and Student Affairs Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, UK College of Pharmacy, Lexington, KY