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UHCOP Makes Strong Presence at TSHP
Alumni and Faculty Members Among Presenters at TSHP 2014 Annual Seminar April 11-13 at Westin Galleria
UH College of Pharmacy alumni and faculty members will be out in full force for the Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists 2014 Annual Seminar Friday, April 11, through Sunday, April 13, at the Westin Galleria in Houston.
Seventeen UHCOP alumni and faculty members, along with several UHCOP preceptors, will be among the session presenters/panelists at the meeting (see below for list of UHCOP alumni and faculty session presenters).
Alumni and friends also are invited to stop by the UHCOP Reception and enjoy free light refreshments from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Friday, April 11, in Plaza Room 2 of the Westin Galleria at 5060 W. Alabama, 77056.
In addition to the education/student sessions below, alumna Sarah Lake-Wallace, M.S., Pharm.D. ('00), clinical effectiveness director for Memorial Hermann Healthcare System and president of the TSHP Research & Education Foundation, will present her President's Report during the Opening Session 1:30-3:00 p.m. Friday, April 11, in Galleria I.
Session Topic | Faculty Member/Alumni | Date, Time and Room |
Antibiotic Stewardship Panel Presentation | Andrea M. Luce, Pharm.D. ('07), Infectious Diseases Clinical Pharmacist, Texas A&M Health Science Center Rangel College of Pharmacy/Harris Health System, Houston | 9:05-10:05 a.m. Fri., April 11, Galleria II |
Treating resistant hypertension (outpatient) | Nancy Chung, Pharm.D. ('11), BCACP, Clinical Assistant Professor, UHCOP | 3:00-4:00 p.m. Fri., April 11, Galleria II |
Deans' Town Hall Meeting | F. Lamar Pritchard, Ph.D., Dean & Professor, UHCOP | 3:00-5:00 p.m. Fri., April 11, Tanglewood |
TCEP Preceptor Training - Nuts and Bolts | Santhi Masilamani, Pharm.D., CDE, MBA, Clinical Assistant Professor, and Director, Ambulatory Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences, UHCOP | 8:00-8:45 a.m. Sat., April 12 Galleria III |
Debate: Warfarin vs. The Rest of the World for Prevention of Stroke in Non-vascular Atrial Fibrillation | Matthew Wanat, Pharm.D., BCPS, Clinical Assistant Professor, UHCOP | 9:05-10:05 a.m. Sat., April 12, Galleria II |
What Got You Here May Not Get You There: The Road to Advance Training as a New Practitioner | Rodney Cox, Pharm.D., M.S. ('11), Pharmacy Operations Manager/Residency Program Coordinator, Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center, Houston | 9:05-10:05 a.m. Sat., April 12, Post Oak |
Residency Panel Presentation | Amin Esmaily-Fard, Pharm.D. ('12), PGY-2 Critical Care Pharmacy Resident, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, and Lea Garcia, Pharm.D. ('13), PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Resident, Cigna-HealthSpring, Houston | 9:45-11 a.m. Sat., April 12, Galleria I |
The Residency Blueprint: Starting a Residency and Surviving Residency Accreditation | Peter Le, R.Ph. (B.S. '95), MBA, Pharmacy and Respiratory Care Director, Memorial Hermann Northwest, Houston | 10:00-11:40 a.m. Sat., April 12, Westchester |
Clinical Pearls: Rapid Diagnostics for Bloodstream Infections | Mary Beth Brinkman, Pharm.D. ('11), Ph.D., BCPS, Clinical Pharmacist, Baylor Scott & White All Saints | 2:20-2:45 p.m. Sat., April 12, Galleria II |
Work/Life Balance: Is There Light at the End of the Tunnel? | Elizabeth A. Coyle, Pharm.D., FCCM, BCPS, Assistant Dean of Assessment and Clinical Professor, UHCOP, and Alex C. Varkey, Pharm.D. ('05), M.S., Pharmacy Operations Manager and PGY1/PGY2 Health-System Pharmacy Administration, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston | 2:20-3:20 p.m. Sat., April 12, Post Oak |
Advocacy and Political Action; Insider and Outsider | Brian R. Fase, Pharm.D., M.S. ('11), President, Gulf Coast SHP, and Pharmacoeconomist, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, and Rusol Karralli, Pharm.D. ('12), M.S./PGY1-PGY2 Pharmacy Administration Resident, Memorial Hermann Health System, Houston | 3:25-4:25 p.m. Sat., April 12, Westchester |
Biostatistics Review | Jeff T. Sherer, Pharm.D., MPH, BCPS, CGP, Clinical Associate Professor, UHCOP | 4:30-5:30 p.m. Sat., April 12, Westchester |
Pharmacist Managed Anticoagulation Outpatient Clinic | Ruth Maxson, Pharm.D. ('11), BCOP, Clinical Pharmacist, Memorial Hermann The Woodlands, The Woodlands | 8:00-9:00 a.m. Sun., April 13, Galleria II |
Pharmacy Practice Changes in Affordable Care Organizations | Avani Desai, Pharm.D. ('12), PGY2 Pharmacy Administration Resident, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston | 9:05-10:05 a.m. Sun., April 13, Galleria II |