
Associate Professor
Director Nuclear Education Online
Director Nuclear Education Online
Location: RAHN 6261
Phone: 501-686-6398
Email: bserfaty@uams.edu
Department
Pharmacy Practice
Service Unit
NEO
Education & Training
- PharmD, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences- 1993
- Master of Science, Radiological Health Sciences, Purdue University- 1998
- Board Certified Nuclear Pharmacist, 1995-present
- Board Certified Lifestyle Medicine DipACLM, 2020-present
- Board Certified Health Coach NBCHWC 2020-present (Integrative Health Coaching, University Arizona Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine- 2018-2019)
- Yoga RYT-500 and Yoga therapy C-IAYT
- Mindfulness certifications MMTCP, MIEA (Koru Basic)
- Various certifications in coaching including Positive Intelligence, Sparketypes, Performance Neuroscience, TimeLine Therapy, NLP, hypnosis and others
Teaching Responsibilities
- COP PHPR 7132 001 Radiopharmacy Fall
- COP PHPR 7142 001 The Lifestyle Medicine Rx (Fall and Spring)
- COP PHPR 73142 001 Radiation Biology (Spring)
- COP PHPR 73152 001 Nuclear Instrumentation (Spring)
- COP PHPR 73173 001 Health Physics (Spring)
- COP PHPR 73163 001 Nuclear Physics (Fall)
- COP 71142 001 Social & Administrative Sciences (Fall)- co-coordinator + specific lectures on leadership, self-awareness, well-being
Clinical Practice
Director, Nuclear Education Online
Research & Scholarly Interests
- Nuclear Pharmacy
- Mindfulness, Resilience and Self-Compassion
- Integrative Health & Wellness Coaching
- Lifestyle Medicine
- Culinary medicine
- Meditation and Neuroscience
Honors & Awards
- American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Fellow, 2011
- Spirit of Triad Award, 2010
Memberships
- American Pharmacists Association, 1990-present
- Society Nuclear Medicine, 2019-present and prior to 2014
- Arizona Pharmacists Association, 2018-present
- American College of Lifestyle Medicine, 2020-present
- Yoga Alliance, 2006-present
- International Association of Yoga Therapy, 2013-present
Publications
- Sage Journals
- Brigette McGhee, Kristina Wittstrom, Sam Augustine, “A Review of Selected Radiopharmaceuticals Approved by the FDA in 1996-1997,” University of New Mexico Correspondence Continuing Education Course for Nuclear Pharmacists and Nuclear Medicine Professionals, Vol VII, No 4.