Department
Pharmacy Practice
Education & Training
ASHP-Accredited Residency Training: July 1993 to June 1994
Pharmacy Practice Residency, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Little Rock, Arkansas Doctor of Pharmacy Degree conferred in May 1993
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Little Rock, Arkansas
Pre-Pharmacy Education: August 1986 to May 1989
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
PROFESSIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION NABP Pharmacist Licensure: Arkansas, since 1993 Board Certification in Pharmacotherapy Specialty (BCPS), 1997-2018
Teaching Responsibilities
Clinical: 4th year Pharm.D. students during General Internal Medicine Interdisciplinary Hospital Rounds; also Residency Program Director for the UAMS College of Pharmacy Managed Care PGY1 Residency
Classroom: Introduction to Evidence-based Medicine, EBM Framework/Asking Clinical Questions, Validity of Clinical Trials: Populations, External validity, Exclusion/Inclusion, Study Design: Controlled Trials, Randomization, Allocation Concealment, Blinding, Loss to Follow-up, Trial Results: Analysis by Intention to Treat vs Per Protocol Analysis, Factoring in Baseline Characteristics Composite endpoints, Flawed Assumptions, Run-ins, Calculating Relative Risks, Number Needed to Treat/Harm; Interpreting Hazard Ratios, Odds Ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals, Levels of Evidence, Statistical vs Clinical Significance, Practice Guidelines
Also: Clinical Pharmacokinetics–anticoagulants
Also: Special Problems Elective in EBM
Clinical Practice
Clinical Pharmacist, General Internal Medicine Team 3A, University Hospital, Little Rock, AR
Research & Scholarly Interests
Evidence-based Medicine (EBM), Formulary Management, Pharmacy Benefits management, hospitals Retrospective Claims Database Analysis, Cost-effectiveness
Honors & Awards
- Institute of Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) Midwest Comparative Effectiveness Public Advisory Council (CEPAC) Member 2016-2018
- National Association of Boards of Pharmacy Naplex Item Writing Committee Member, 2017
Memberships
- American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP)
- American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)
- Arkansas Pharmacists’ Association (APA)
- Rho Chi Pharmacy Honor Society
- American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists (ASHP)\