University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Residency Programs

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1 University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Residency Programs

2 Pharmacy Services UW Hospital and Clinics The University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics is an integrated health system consisting of University Hospital, Unity Health Plans, and American Family Children s Hospital, and Chartwell of Wisconsin Home IV Therapy service. The University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation, and University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine together comprise UW Health. University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics (UWHC) is a 592-bed tertiary-care teaching facility, located on the edge of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The hospital is equipped with the most advanced facilities to provide extensive inpatient, emergency, ambulatory, and home care services. UW Hospital and Clinics has been long recognized as a national leader in many specialized fields of health care including critical care, cardiology, hematology/oncology, pediatrics, ophthalmology, surgical specialties, organ transplantation, orthopedics, neurology, infectious diseases/hiv, and geriatrics. Unity Health Plans provides insurance coverage and pharmacy benefit services for approximately 85,000 members. To provide home IV services for UWHC patients, the pharmacy department and hospital have formed a partnership with Chartwell of Wisconsin. The Pharmacy Department ( at UWHC includes a professional staff of 121 clinical pharmacist positions and 23 residents. The department employs approximately 178 technicians, students, and support staff. Pharmacy personnel provide around-the-clock progressive and comprehensive pharmacy services. Decentralized pharmacists are an integral part of the health care team and provide clinical and distributive services on the patient care unit. Inpatient teams, consisting of pharmacists, residents, students/interns, and pharmacist assistants, care for specific patient populations, and pharmacists are specialists in their practice areas. Clinical pharmacy services are provided to every patient and include medication history interviews, formal and informal medication teaching during the patient's stay, participation in work and attending rounds with the medical team, therapeutic drug monitoring, documentation of outcomes, and discharge medication teaching. Pharmacists and residents also participate in drug usage evaluations and costcontainment efforts, have the opportunity to serve as preceptors for students from the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy, and teach in the school s pharmacotherapy lab. The Drug Policy Program (DPP) was founded in 1994 to develop, implement, maintain, and monitor policies related to the use of pharmaceuticals and to conduct applied drug policy research. As an essential part of the DPP s mission, an active research program focusing on clinical economic analyses (pharmacoeconomics) and outcomes studies has been developed. The DPP also provides drug information support to decentralized pharmacists, the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, Medication Use Evaluation Committee, and other Wisconsin health care professionals. The Pharmaceutical Research Center (PRC) currently coordinates over 350 clinical drug research protocols, offers over 600 square feet of controlled-access storage space dedicated to clinical drug supplies. The PRC interfaces within research infrastructures of the UW Comprehensive Cancer Center, the UW Medical School s Office of Clinical Trials, the Institutional Review Board, and the General Clinical Research Center to provide a variety of comprehensive services, including: Feasibility assessment of and consultation on clinical drug design from a pharmaceutical care and health care environment perspective Facilitation of protocol implementation and maintenance in full compliance with sponsor and federal regulations

3 Availability of an innovative pharmaceutical environment responsive to research needs (24 hrs/day; 7 days/week study drug preparation; gene therapy; phase I IV; etc) Drug accountability data integrity Provision of randomization and blinding strategies Development of drug information, educational, compliance and toxicity characterization tools Assistance with emergency compassionate use requests Consultative services to sponsors and other PRC services on a variety of topics (development of a pharmacy-based PRC program; gene therapy implementation within a health care environment; study drug packaging and labeling from pharmacy/health care environment perspective) The Pharmacy Department is on the forefront of information technology. In addition to a fully implemented electronic medical record, pharmacy staff have access to word-processing, spreadsheet and database applications, LexiComp, MicroMedex, Up to Date, Pub Med, Johns Hopkins Antibiotic Guide, and a host of other applications and electronic resources. UW Pharmacy uses a robotic cartfilling system, which has been in place since June of 1993, and automated dispensing cabinets to provide distribution services to decentral patient care units. An on-site outpatient pharmacy fills an average of 400 prescriptions daily, including discharge prescriptions for inpatients. The Pharmacy Department operates additional pharmacies in the Oncology Clinic, the American Family Children s Hospital, the Student Health Service on campus, and in ten other off-site clinics. Additional services provided by the Pharmacy Department include a telepharmacy service, consulting for nursing homes and other hospitals, and clinical services in many ambulatory specialty areas. Residency Faculty - Administrative Carrie Boeckelman, RPh (Clinical Instructor) is a Pharmacy Manager of Ambulatory Pharmacy Services. She received a B.S. in pharmacy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In her current role at UW Hospital, Carrie is responsible for providing leadership and direction to pharmacists and technicians in the UW Health retail pharmacies including the fiscal team and home prescription delivery service. In addition, she oversees the pharmacy services for the University of Wisconsin Medical Foundation. Her interests include the advancement of medicine therapy management, maximizing pharmacy operations efficiencies and preventative care through the use of vaccines. Joe Cesarz, M.S., PharmD (Clinical Instructor) is a Pharmacy Manager of Ambulatory Pharmacy Services and Residency Program Director for the Specialty Pharmacy Residency. He received his Doctor of Pharmacy (2010) and Masters of Science in Health System Pharmacy Administration (2012) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Upon graduation from pharmacy school, he completed a two-year residency in Health-System Pharmacy Administration at the University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics. In his current role at UWHC, Joe is responsible for providing leadership and oversight for the UW Health retail pharmacies and the ambulatory pharmacy IT team. He is an active member in the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin (PSW) and American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), most recently finishing his appointment to the Section Advisory Group for Quality & Compliance ( ). His interests include pharmacy leadership, discharge planning, transitional care, medication therapy management services, and specialty pharmacy.

4 Patrick Cory, PharmD (Clinical Instructor) is Manager of Managed Care Pharmacy Programs at UWHC and the Pharmacy Program Director for Unity Health Insurance, the managed care organization owned by UW Health. He holds a B.S. and Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy. He also completed a Pharmacy Practice Residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospital & Clinics. His responsibilities include management of all aspects the Unity pharmacy benefit, and integration of pharmacy benefit management with Unity corporate goals and vision as well as with the rest of the integrated UW Health system. Interests include the impact of benefit design on cost effectiveness and patient behavior, and utilizing the community pharmacist to optimize medication outcomes. Pat has been an active member of PSW as a founding WPQC Steering Committee member and the current President of PSW. Timothy M. Gaillard serves as Vice President, Professional Services at UWHCA since July Tim is responsible for the Oncology and Radiation Oncology, Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, and Neurology and Neurosurgery services lines. He leads the ancillary services of Pharmacy, Radiology and Clinical Laboratories. His other areas of responsibility include Emergency Services, Materials Management, and Purchasing. He chairs the hospital s Technology Assessment Committee and the Supply Chain Management Committee. Tim is also a member of the Performance Improvement Risk Management & Safety (PIRMS) committee; a subcommittee of the hospital s Authority Board. Prior to joining UWHCA, Tim served as Associate Director and Chief Administrative Officer at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics for over 5 years. Tim was recruited to Iowa as Senior Associate Director (VP) of Guest and Support Services. Over time he assumed responsibility for the Comprehensive Cancer Center and Interim Executive Director of the UI Childrens Hospital for 2 years. His other responsibilities included Radiation Oncology, Palliative Care, Engineering, Environmental Services, Food and Nutrition, Clinical Dieticians, Patients Library, Guest Services, Project Art and Grounds Keeping.Tim began his career in hotel management and then served in the United States Army Health Services Command and Army Reserves for 8 years. He worked as a Senior Biomedical Equipment Technician for 2 years and Director of Engineering Services for 7 years at Palmetto Health in Columbia, SC. Tim received his Bachelor of Science degree in Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism from the University of South Carolina, Columbia; his Masters of Science in Business Administration from Boston University, Heidelberg, Germany; and his Masters of Health Administration from the University of South Carolina. He is also a Fellow in the American College of Health Care Executives. Susan Johnston, PharmD (Clinical Instructor) is Manager of the Pharmaceutical Research Center. She earned her BS from the University of Wisconsin Madison in 1990 and her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of North Carolina in In this role she provides leadership, direction and operational oversight to ensure the safe and ethical provision of investigational/study medications to research subjects enrolled in clinical drug trials within the research infrastructure. Susan is a longstanding member of the UW Health Sciences Institutional Review Board and is Chair of the UWHC Research Safety Committee. Her areas of interest include ethics in research, regulatory law and the unique pharmacy challenges surrounding gene therapy. Brad Ludwig, M.S., RPh (PGY1 and 2 Medication Systems and Operations Program Director, Clinical Instructor) is Assistant Director of Pharmacy, Inpatient Pharmacy Operations. He earned his B.S. and M.S degrees from the University of Wisconsin and completed a one-year Pharmacy Practice Residency and a two-year Administrative Residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. His practice and research interests include acute care information technology, automated systems, asset management, drug distribution, discharge planning and prescription services and pharmacy practice.

5 Jim Lund, PharmD, MS (Clinical Instructor) is a Manager of Pharmacy Operations and Medication Safety Officer. He earned his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Wisconsin in Jim completed the two-year pharmacy administration residency at UWHC and received his Masters of Science in Health System Pharmacy Administration from the University of Wisconsin in In his current role at UWHC, Jim is responsible for managing inpatient medication distribution systems and overseeing the inpatient pharmacy automation and technology solutions throughout the hospital. Additionally, Jim serves as the organization s Medication Safety Officer and Chairs the Medication Safety Committee. Jim s practice and research interests include pharmacy automation and technology solutions, data management, pharmacy practice models, medication safety, and operations management. Jessica Fischer, M.S., PharmD (Clinical Instructor) is Manager of Patient Care Services and Operations. She earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from The Ohio State University and M.S. degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She completed the two-year Administrative Residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Currently, she serves as Pharmacy Manager, Patient Care Services for Surgery, Solid Organ Transplant and Hematology/Oncology. She has administrative responsibilities for the Pharmacy Oncology and Transplant Service Lines. Her professional practice interests include residency training, clinical pharmacy practice advancement, pharmacy operations and financial management. David Hager, PharmD, BCPS (Manager - Patient Care Services: Transplant Service Line and Professional Development, Clinical Instructor; PGY-1 Pharmacy RPD) received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy in He completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in His work since residency has primarily been with abdominal transplant patients and as a member of the surgical nutrition support team. His current responsibilities include integration and coordination of all training programs including: internship, IPPE, APPE, APPE Residency Track students, and residents; chairing the Lead Preceptor and Patient Education Committee; development and oversight of the pharmacist career ladder; and pharmacist competency. A member of the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin Hospital Pharmacy Advisory Board and the UHC Professional Development and Workforce Committee, he has been active on a state and national level, being recognized in 2013 for his leadership by PSW. His main interests are transplant immunosuppression, management, adult education and preceptorship. David Musa, RPh, M.B.A. (Clinical Instructor) is Manager of Pharmacy Business Operations. He earned a B.S. degree in Pharmacy from Oregon State University and an M.B.A. degree in Healthcare Fiscal Management from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He also completed a fellowship in hospital administration at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. His responsibilities include financial and budget management, controlled substance regulatory compliance, contracting, supervision of nuclear pharmacy and clinic medication distribution, coordination of services to Wisconsin Dialysis, Inc (WDI) and the UW Athletic Department. He also provides didactic and practical teaching on financial management and analysis, contracting, supply chain management and institutional controlled substance policies and procedures. Steve Rough is Director of Pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin (UW) Hospital and Clinics, and Clinical Associate Professor at the UW School of Pharmacy. Steve is also Program Director for the Health-System Pharmacy Administration Residency and Masters Program at UW Hospital. Steve received his Bachelors and Masters degrees from UW Madison, and completed residency training in Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacy Administration at UW Hospital.

6 Steve has implemented progressive pharmacy services in many settings. He has contributed several textbook chapters and papers in the pharmacy literature on a variety of management and leadershiprelated topics, and has been an invited lecturer for local, state and national audiences on these topics as well. Steve completed a four-year term as Treasurer of the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin (PSW) and has served on PSW s Board of Directors for six years. Steve is currently the Vice Chair of the University Health System Consortium (UHC) Pharmacy Council and serves on this group s Executive Committee. Steve has served the American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP) in a variety of capacities including Chair, Section of Pharmacy Practice Managers; Chair, Council on Pharmacy Management; and Member, House of Delegates. In 2010, Steve was the recipient of the ASHP Section of Practice Manager s Distinguished Service Award, and he is currently serving in a 3-year term on the ASHP Board of Directors. Steve is also co-creator of the ASHP Manager s Boot Camp and ASHP Student Leadership Development Workshop. In 2006, Steve accepted the inaugural ASHP Foundation Pharmacy Residency Program Excellence Award on behalf of the UW Hospital administrative residency and masters program. In 2013, Steve was installed as a Fellow of ASHP. In 2009 Steve was awarded the UW Hospital and Clinics Presidential Leadership Award for sustained leadership in the organization and the community. Steve s practice interests include pharmacy administration, leadership development, work redesign, financial management and expansion of pharmacy practice models as well as the pharmacy enterprise. Aaron Steffenhagen, PharmD, BCPS (Clinical Instructor) is Pharmacy Manager, Patient Care Services and Emergency/Disaster Preparedness at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, and Clinical Instructor with the UW School of Pharmacy. Aaron received his Pharm.D. degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2001), and completed a pharmacy practice residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (2002). Aaron is a board-certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist responsible for managing clinical pharmacists and practice in the adult Critical Care areas, Cardiology, Neurosciences, and Emergency Medicine. Active membership within the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin and American Society of Health-System Pharmacists keep Aaron involved at a state and national level. Additional practice interests include emergency medicine, stroke, epilepsy, and medication safety. Jack Temple, PharmD, M.S. (Clinical Instructor) is Manager of Information Technology and Medication Use Systems at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. He earned his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of North Carolina in 2004 and his Masters of Science in Health System Pharmacy Administration from the University of Wisconsin in He completed a PGY-1 and PGY-2 specialty residency in Pharmacy Practice Management from the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics. Jack is an active member of PSW, ASHP, and UHC. He currently serves as Chair for the UHC-Medication Use and Information Technology Committee, Chair for the Novation Pharmacy Business Council, and is a member of the UHC-Pharmacy Executive Committee. Previously, Jack has served on the ASHP Section Advisory Group for Pharmacy Business Management and the group for Financial Management/Reimbursement, the UHC-Purchasing and Monitoring Committee, and the Leadership and Career Development subcommittee for the ASHP New Practitioners Forum. Michelle Thoma, PharmD, BCACP (Clinical Instructor) is Pharmacy Manager, Ambulatory and Transitional Patient Care Services, Compliance and Quality Improvement at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, and Clinical Instructor with the UW School of Pharmacy. Michelle received her Bachelors and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. She is responsible for managing patient care pharmacy services within the infusion center, for leading ambulatory clinic pharmacist practice including primary and specialty care, and for coordinating department and organization wide regulatory compliance and quality improvement initiatives. She serves as a preceptor and advisor for many students, pharmacy practice and administrative residents. Michelle is an active member of the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin, American Society of Health-System

7 Pharmacists, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services Mental Health Drug Advisory Board and serves as the Vice Chair for the University Health System Consortium s Pharmacy Performance Improvement & Compliance Committee. Philip Trapskin, PharmD, BCPS (Clinical Instructor) received his B.S. Pharmacy (1999) and Pharm.D. (2000) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Upon graduation he practiced at Marshland Pharmacies, Inc., an independent community pharmacy in Horicon, WI. He completed a PGY1 pharmacy residency (2004) and PGY2 pharmacy practice management residency (2005) at the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Currently, his position is Manager, Patient Care Services and Program Director for the PGY1 Practice Residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison, WI. His interests include residency training, clinical practice and scholarship advancement, antimicrobial stewardship, and anticoagulation stewardship. Lee Vermeulen, RPh, M.S. (Clinical Professor) is Director of the Center for Clinical Knowledge Management. He received his B.S. degree in pharmacy from the State University of New York at Buffalo, and his M.S. degree in pharmacy administration from UW-Madison. He completed residency training in pharmacy practice and pharmacy administration at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, and has served a fellowship in medical technology assessment at the University Hospital Consortium. His research focuses on drug policy development and clinical decision making, with an emphasis on clinical economics, outcome evaluations, development of practice guidelines and the measurement of the impact of practice guidelines on patient care. Residency Faculty - Clinical Christi Ann Albert, PharmD, BCPS (Clinical Instructor) is a Clinical Pharmacist on the Surgical, Trauma, and Transplant Pharmacy Teams. Christi received her Doctor of Pharmacy. degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and completed a PGY-1 pharmacy residency at the Duke University Hospital in Durham, NC. She is a board-certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist and is also a consultant on the Inpatient Pain Consult Service. Additional practice interests are related to neuropathic pain, postoperative pain control, and prophylaxis and treatment of venous thromboembolism. She serves as a lead preceptor for an elective trauma rotation in the Trauma and Trauma/Surgical IMC. Sheila Aton, PharmD (Clinical Instructor) received her B.S. and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from St. Louis College of Pharmacy. She completed a pharmacy practice residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. Responsibilities include patient care services for neurology and neurosurgical as well as movement disorder clinic. Her interests include Parkinson s disease patients, spinal cord injury patients, and multiple sclerosis patients; she is very involved with the impatient and outpatient management of these populations. Catherine Decker, PharmD, AE-C (Clinical Instructor) serves as a Primary Care and Adult Pulmonary Clinical Pharmacist. She is a UW School of Pharmacy Clinical Instructor. She received a B.S. in Pharmacy from the University of Iowa in 1988 and a Doctor of Pharmacy Practice degree from the University of Wisconsin in Afterward, she completed a post-graduate Pediatric Pulmonary Pharmacist Fellowship through the University of Wisconsin Pediatric Pulmonary Department. Additionally, she is board certified as an Asthma Educator (AE-C). Responsibilities include provision of medication management services for identified Primary Care patients as well as Adult Pulmonary patients. She is an active team member within the UW Cystic Fibrosis Center, and has also collaborated with a UW-Health Pulmonologist to develop and implement a rapidly growing Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) Clinic. She has worked to develop and implement a population health based-

8 Primary Care Pharmacist Clinic. Catherine has provided Cystic Fibrosis focused lectures within the UW SOP, along with offering numerous pulmonary focused continuing educational presentations at the local, state and national levels. Her research interests and activities include a Cystic Fibrosis related QOL assessment along with evaluation of location for management of Cystic Fibrosis exacerbations. Outside of her daily work activities, Catherine has served as a voting member on Wisconsin Medicaid Prior Authorization Advisory Committee since Catherine is an active member of several organized pharmacy groups including PSW, ASHP, and ACCP. Carin Endres, PharmD, BCPS (Clinical Instructor) received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, completed a pharmacy practice residency at the Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee and is a board-certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist. Her responsibilities include providing pharmacy services for neurology and neurosurgery patients at UWHC. Additional practice interests include stroke, neurocritical care and infectious disease. Caitlin Curtis, PharmD, BCNSP (Clinical Instructor) completed a Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, a pharmacy practice residency at UWHC in Madison, and a Nutrition Support/Critical Care residency at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. She is a board-certified Nutrition Support Pharmacist and is a member of the Surgical Nutrition Support Team at UWHC, as well as a member of a clinical nutrition research team in the Department of Surgery. Caitlin served as the Nutrition Support Network Facilitator for the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists from , and is an active member of the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition as well as the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin. Catherine Decker, PharmD, AE-C (Clinical Instructor) is a Pulmonary & Primary Care Clinical Pharmacist. She received her B.S. in Pharmacy from the University of Iowa in 1988 and her Doctor of Pharmacy Practice degree followed by completion of a Pediatric Pulmonary Pharmacist Fellowship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is a certified asthma educator. Catherine is responsible for providing pharmaceutical care services for Adult pulmonary clinic patients, as well as providing medication therapy management care services for primary care patients. Catherine collaborates with Michelle Thoma in developing standards of practice and documentation of medication related interventions for UWHC ambulatory clinic-based pharmacists. She has presented overview & management of Cystic Fibrosis lectures to students enrolled within the University of Wisconsin School of pharmacy. In addition to her provision of patient care, Catherine serves on the Wisconsin Medicaid Prior Authorization Advisory Committee and has previously volunteered as an asthma educator for the American Lung Association of Wisconsin. Her research activities and interests have included medication management for cystic fibrosis, pulmonary arterial hypertension, asthma, and advancing the role of the clinic based pharmacist. She has published abstracts and manuscripts in collaboration with various colleagues. She is a current member of the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin (PSW), American Pharmacy Association (APhA), and Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA). Jillian Descourouez, PharmD, BCPS (Clinical Instructor) received her BS Degree from Valparaiso University and her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Michigan. She completed her PGY1 practice residency and PGY2 transplant specialty residency at the University of Wisconsin. Her responsibilities include advancing pharmacy practice as it relates to the care of transplant patients, promoting organ donation, and providing pharmaceutical care services for liver, kidney and pancreas transplant recipients. Additionally, Jillian serves as a preceptor for pharmacy students, PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residents and PGY2 Transplant Specialty Residents on a variety of abdominal transplant rotations. Her main interests are kidney disease, infectious diseases and immunosuppression.

9 Deborah Dunham, RPh, MA, CPHIMS (Clinical Instructor) received her B.S. in Pharmacy and M.A. in Library and Information Science from the University of Iowa. She currently serves as chairperson of the Decision Support Committee and Health Maintenance Workgroup, and is a member of the Health Link Oncology Steering Committee, UW Health Delegation Protocol Committee, and Ambulatory Care Leadership Group. She is a supervisor in the Center for Clinical Knowledge Management where she oversees a team of clinical analysts with a focus on creating tools in the electronic medical record to promote evidence-based practice. Jeff Fish, PharmD, BCPS (PGY2 Critical Care Program Director, Clinical Assistant Professor) received his B.S. degree from the University of Wisconsin, and his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Minnesota. He completed a cardiology research fellowship with the University of Minnesota, and is a board-certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist. His responsibilities include providing pharmacy services for medical, surgical and burn intensive care patients. His interests include pain, sedation and infective disease issues in this patient population. Sean Gehrke, PharmD (PGY1 Community Pharmacy Practice Residency Director, Clinical Instructor) received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and completed a one-year community pharmacy residency at the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy and Fry s Food and Drug Stores in Tucson, AZ. In addition to directing the residency program, other responsibilities include managing the UW Health Pharmacy at University Station and precepting students at the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy. Sean s research and practice interests include implementation and advancement of pharmaceutical-care services in the community pharmacy setting, pharmacy practice management initiatives, collaboration with health care providers, and teaching. Kerry Goldrosen, RPh, Pharm D (Clinical Instructor) received a BS in Pharmacy in 1993, and a Pharm D in 1995 from the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy. Her primary staffing practice sites are transplant, trauma and the surgical units. She also has a strong interest in Pharmacy Informatics, working with the UWHC Meds Management Team on our EMR platform, and serving on the ASHP Clinical Informatics Section Advisory Group (SAG), and is the Chair of the Meaningful Use Sub-group. She has multiple Epic certifications, and is also a Certified Wisconsin Pharmacy Quality Collaborative (WPQC) pharmacist. She is active in ASHP, The Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin (PSW), and the UW Pharmacy Alumni Association. Joe Halfpap, PharmD, BCPS (Clinical Instructor) received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and completed a PGY-1 pharmacy practice residency at Meriter Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin. He is a board-certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist and is the lead clinical pharmacist in the emergency department at UWHC. He is the lead preceptor for both pharmacy students and residents in the emergency department and received the inaugural UWHC Preceptor of the Year Award in He is active in emergency medicine committees within ASHP and maintains membership within the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin. Additional practice interests related to emergency medicine include infectious disease, medication safety and anticoagulation. Kate Hartkopf, PharmD, BCACP (Clinical Instructor) received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and completed a PGY-1 community pharmacy practice residency with University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. Currently, her position is Supervisor of Clinical Education and Program Expansion for the UW Health ambulatory pharmacies. Her professional interests include training and development, implementation and advancement of medication therapy management services in the community and patient education principles.

10 Lisa Hawk, PharmD, BCPP (Clinical Instructor) received her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is Board Certified in Psychiatric Pharmacy. She currently works on the inpatient neurology team where she provides pharmacy services to neurology, psychiatry, surgery, and rehab patients. Her primary interest is psychiatry, where she a primary preceptor to both pharmacy students and residents Mark Heinold, PharmD, M.S. (Clinical Instructor) is Clinical Pharmacist who works in Central Pharmacy. He earned his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Purdue University and M.S. degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He completed the two-year Administrative Residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in His professional practice interests include pharmacy operations with a focus on medication waste and efficiency, medication safety, and financial management Dan R Hendrickson, RPh (Clinical Instructor) received a BS in Pharmacy in 1982 from North Dakota State University. He has been a clinical pharmacist at University Hospital and Clinics (UWHC) since He has practiced in many different specialty areas including general medicine, pulmonary medicine, gastrointestinal medicine, and abdominal transplant. Currently, Dan spends equal time in critical care, cardiovascular medicine, heart failure, cardiothoracic surgery and vascular surgery. He staffs in the heart failure/transplant clinic and as a decentral pharmacist. His current interests include heart failure, transplant and medication compliance. Jennifer Hetzel, PharmD (Clinical Instructor) received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from University of Wisconsin-Madison in She is currently the manager of the East Towne Pharmacy. Responsibilities include serving as a preceptor for community practice residents in their direct patient care rotation at the East Towne pharmacy. Her interests include pediatrics, women s health, teaching, and expanding pharmacist s role in the ambulatory clinics. Kimberly E. Holdener, PharmD (PGY2 Transplant Program Director, Clinical Instructor) received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Purdue University. She completed a pharmacy practice residency at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri and a specialty residency in nephrology and kidney transplant at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her practice areas include the inpatient transplant unit providing care for liver, kidney and pancreas transplant recipients, the UW Transplant Clinic, the UW Kidney Clinic, where she manages the pre-dialysis anemia clinic, and Wisconsin Dialysis, Inc. Her interests include transplant pharmacy practice, drug dosing and anemia therapy in patients with kidney disease, and the care of chronic dialysis patients. Angela Hottmann, PharmD (Clinical Instructor) received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from University of Wisconsin. She completed a pharmacy practice residency at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She works on the inpatient surgery team where she provides pharmacy services for general surgery, bariatric surgery, gynecology/oncology, urology, plastic surgery, ENT, and trauma patients. Her interests include medication management in bariatric patients, pain management, diabetes and patient education. Margaret R Jorgenson, PharmD, BCPS (Clinical Instructor) received her PharmD degree from the University of Michigan in She completed a PGY1 practice residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA in 2008 and PGY2 infectious diseases specialty residency at the University of Michigan Hospital in 2009, and is BCPS certified. Her responsibilities include advancing pharmacy practice as it relates to the care of transplant patients, promoting organ donation, providing pharmaceutical care services for abdominal transplant recipients and working in conjunction with the Antimicrobial Stewardship Team. Additionally, Margaret serves as a preceptor for pharmacy students,

11 PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residents, and PGY2 Transplant & Infectious Disease Specialty Residents on transplant & infectious diseases rotations. Her main interests are infectious diseases in the immunosuppressed population and continuity of care of the transplant recipient Sara King, PharmD (Clinical Instructor) received her BS in pharmacy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Florida. Her responsibilities include managing the UW Health Pharmacy at the Odana Atrium family practice clinic, staffing in the primary care pharmacy office, and precepting students from the University of Wisconsin- Madison School of Pharmacy. Sara s current interests include medication therapy management and advancing the role of the community pharmacist. Rick Kittell, PharmD (Clinical Instructor) earned his B.S. and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He works primarily with pediatric and adult patients with chronic diseases ranging from Cystic Fibrosis, diabetes and renal disease. He has both inpatient and clinic duties. He also serves as the Pharmacy Education Director for the Pediatric Pulmonary Center Training Grant. His area of expertise is in Cystic Fibrosis. Scott Knishka, RPh, BCNP (Nuclear Pharmacy Coordinator and Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Clinical Instructor) received his BS in Pharmacy with a specialization in Nuclear Pharmacy from Purdue University. He has been Board Certified in Nuclear Pharmacy since 1995 and currently serves on the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties Nuclear Pharmacy specialty council. He spent 15 years staffing and managing commercial Nuclear Pharmacies before coming to University of Wisconsin Hospital in In his current role at UWHC, Scott oversees the operations of the Nuclear Pharmacy and teaches Medical Imaging for Pharmacists 611 and Radiopharmaceuticals 612 at the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy. He currently serves on the University of Wisconsin Radiation Safety Committee, the VA Hospital Radiation Safety Committee, UW Radioactive Drug Research Committee, UW Radiopharmaceutical Production Taskforce, and the Radionuclide Therapy Coordinating Committee. He is also guest lecturer for the University of Wisconsin Radiology Resident Lecture Series. Brian LaRowe, RPh, M.S. (Clinical Instructor) received his B.S. and M.S. degree s from North Dakota State University School of Pharmacy and completed a pharmacy practice residency at St. Francis Hospital in Breckenridge, MN. He is responsible for pediatric patients including intensive care and hematology, oncology, and bone marrow transplant as well as general care patients from birth through teen years. Primary interests within the pediatric population include emergency medicine, critical care, and therapy management for patients with varying degrees of renal function impairment. Nikki Lubcke, PharmD (Clinical Instructor) received her B.S. (2001) and Doctor of Pharmacy (2006) degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She completed a PGY-1 residency with an emphasis in pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Her primary practice involves working with pediatric patients from birth to 18 years at the American Family Children s Hospital (AFCH) and she also works on the adult oncology, hematology and bone marrow transplant unit at UWHC. Nikki's practice interests include hematology/oncology in pediatric and adult patients and pharmacy student education, both at the School of Pharmacy and during rotational experiences in AFCH. Mary Mably, RPh, BCOP (PGY2 Oncology Pharmacy Residency Program Director, Pharmacy Oncology Coordinator, Clinical Instructor) received her B.S. in Pharmacy from St. Louis College of Pharmacy and has been Board Certified in Oncology Pharmacy since She currently serves as

12 chairperson of the Pharmacy Oncology Service Line Committee, Coordinator of the Chemotherapy Review Council, and is a member of the Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Performance Improvement Committee, Medication Safety Committee, MUE Committee, and Oncology Practice Committee. She is a member of the Hematology Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA) Session Proposal Review Workgroup for Mary coordinates oncology pharmacy services across the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics and staffs on the inpatient oncology team where she provides clinical pharmacy services to oncology, hematology, stem cell transplant, and palliative care patients. Patrick Martin, PharmD, M.S. (Clinical Instructor) received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He completed a 2-year administrative residency also at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and received his Masters of Science in Health System Pharmacy Administration. His current practice and research interests include pharmacy operations, perioperative services, and the integration of industrial engineering principles, such as Human Factors Engineering, into pharmacy operations. Sharon Moses, RPh (Clinical Instructor) is Manager of the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center Pharmacy. She earned her BS from the University of Wisconsin Madison in She provides oversight for outpatient chemotherapy clinical services within the UWCCC. This includes preparation and delivery of chemotherapy in the clinic as well as retail pharmacy services provided for clinic patients. Retail services include symptom/side effect management with chemotherapy related medications and dispensing of specialized oral chemotherapy agents. The Unity Oral Oncology Program, Celgene and other REMS programs are also managed in the pharmacy. Her areas of interest include oncology clinical trials and specialty drug services. Vicki Nussbaum, PharmD, BCOP (Clinical Instructor) Received B.S. Pharmacy and Pharm D from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is a board certified oncology pharmacist. Areas of interest include pediatrics and oncology. Judy Olson, PharmD, BCPS (Clinical Instructor) received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Drake University in She completed a pharmacy practice residency at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota in 2000 and became a board-certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist in Her responsibilities include providing clinical pharmacy services for cardiothoracic surgery, vascular surgery, and cardiovascular medicine intensive care and general medicine patients. She has a special interest in ACLS and trains new pharmacists and pharmacy residents on the pharmacist s role in cold blue situations. In addition, Judy precepts pharmacy students and participates in the Resident Weekend Preceptor Task Force. Her other areas of interest include anticoagulation, medication safety, and teaching. Julie Pawola, PharmD (Clinical Instructor) is Clinical Pharmacist received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She completed a pharmacy practice residency at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Her primary practice area is informatics as a member of the UWHC Meds Management team. She supports medication use within the electronic health record (EHR) with a primary focus on the in-patient EHR. She is certified in Epic Beacon, Epic Willow Inpatient, Epic Inpatient,and Epic Inpatient Decision Support. She is active in both the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin and American Society of Health System Pharmacist, currently serving on Section of Pharmacy Informatics and Technology s Advisory Group on Professional Development. Her interests including clinical decision support, optimizing the EHR to expand the role of the pharmacists. promoting informatics education to pharmacy students and incorporate it into residency training.

13 Marie Pietruszka, PharmD, BCPS, CNSC, AAHIVE (Clinical Instructor) received her BS and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from the University of Wisconsin Madison. She is a board-certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist and is a Certified Nutrition Support Clinician. She is credentialed as an Expert in HIV Medicine by the American Academy of HIV Medicine. Practice areas include inpatient adult general medicine/hospitalist and advanced pulmonary services, ambulatory clinic in the adult comprehensive HIV care program and consult services as a member the Surgical Nutrition Support team. She is a member of the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center Care team at UWHC. Her interests include infectious disease/hiv, nephrology/dialysis, adult Cystic Fibrosis, nutrition support and pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics. She instructs third year PharmD students in dialysis/nephrology, lectures fourth year pharmacotherapy students in acute kidney injury/dialysis and invasive fungal disease as well as Nephrology Fellows in drug removal in hemodialysis. She is the primary preceptor for the Community Residency HIV rotation. Mike Reed, RPh, BCOP, BCPS (Clinical Pharmacist and Instructor) is a member of the pharmacy informatics team where his major areas of responsibility are focused on pharmacist workflows including pharmacy monitoring and documentation and medication reconciliation. Mike has 20 year s experience in providing care for oncology patients. He currently works 50% on the inpatient oncology team where he provides clinical pharmacy services to stem cell transplant, hematology, and oncology patients. He is involved in multiple clinical and operational committees and has precepted pharmacy students and residents throughout his career. Erin Robinson, PharmD, CACP (Clinical Instructor) is the lead pharmacist at the UW Anticoagulation Clinics. Erin received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Iowa in 2007 and completed a Pharmacy Practice Residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Her responsibilities include oversight and maintenance of proficiency testing, quality controls and staff competencies at the anticoagulation clinic, as well as coordinating staff training and serving as the main preceptor for resident rotations in the anticoagulation clinic. Her areas of interest include anticoagulation, teaching, and women s health. Anne Rose, PharmD (Clinical Instructor) is Coordinator of the Anticoagulation Management Stewardship Program. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Butler University and completed a Pharmacy Practice Residency at the Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago,Illinois. In her current role, Anne is responsible for anticoagulation management in both the inpatient and ambulatory settings. Her current practice and research interests include maximizing safety, quality, and outcomes for patients and providers of anticoagulation management and advancement of the pharmacist's role in anticoagulation management. In addition, she continues to serve as a clinical pharmacist on the cardiology units. Dan Schiedermayer, PharmD (Clinical Instructor) received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and completed a pharmacy practice residency at Aurora Health Care in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Responsibilities include patient care for general medicine patients, service on the Acute Care for the Elderly (ACE) consult service, and precepting pharmacy students and residents. His interests include geriatrics, liver and kidney disease, and patient education. Lucas Schulz, PharmD, BCPS (PGY2 Infectious Diseases Program Director, Clinical Instructor) received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and completed a PGY- 1 residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. Following the initial residency year, he completed a PGY-2 Critical Care specialty residency with Jeff Fish, PharmD, BCPS at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. He is the lead pharmacist for the Antimicrobial Stewardship and

14 Infectious Disease program. In his current role he is responsible for antimicrobial utilization across the institution, including inpatient and outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy. He also practices in the medical/surgical intensive care unit. His clinical practice research focuses on the interface of infectious disease and critical care and antimicrobial stewardship evolution and outcomes measurement. Sara S. Shull, PharmD, M.B.A. (Clinical Instructor) received her B.A in Biology from Knox College, Galesburg, Ill, and Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Nebraska College of Pharmacy, and M.B.A from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She is the Manager of the Drug Policy Program at UW Hospital and Clinics. Her practice and research interests include outcomes management and attributing value to pharmaceutical products, policy development and monitoring, and efficiency in delivery of clinical pharmacy services. Sarah Sorum, PharmD is currently the Vice President of Professional and Educational Services for the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin (PSW). She graduated in May 2005 from the UW-Madison School of Pharmacy. Following graduation, she completed a Pharmacy Practice Residency with Emphasis in Community Care through The University of Iowa College of Pharmacy. In addition to her current role with PSW, Sarah is a preceptor for Advance Pharmacy Practice Experience students from Concordia and the University of Wisconsin-Madison school of pharmacy. She also precepts UW Health Community Pharmacy Practice Residents on rotation with PSW and the PSW Executive Intern each summer. Sarah is a regular presenter for the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin, the Iowa Medical Directors Association, Iowa Pharmacy Association (IPA), and The University of Iowa, University of Wisconsin and Concordia University Wisconsin schools of pharmacy, and she has published multiple articles in the Journal of the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin. Sarah is a past recipient of the Roche Pharmacy Communications Award, Iowa Pharmacy Foundation Poster Presentation Award and a past attendee of the Leadership Pharmacy Conference hosted by IPA and PSW. MaryAnn Steiner, PharmD (Clinical Instructor) received her B.S. and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She completed a pharmacy practice residency at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She provides policy analysis and formulary support for the Unity Pharmacy Program. In addition, she provides support for the UW Health Clinic Administered Medications Program and staffs in the Infusion Center. Her interests include biologic therapies for chronic diseases, reimbursement and financial issues and support for patients on chronic infused medications. Jill Strayer, PharmD, BCPS (Clinical Instructor) received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Iowa in She completed a pharmacy practice residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in 2003 and became a board-certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist. Responsibilities include patient care for pediatric patients in the American Family Children's Hospital including intensive care and oncology, as well as providing care for general medicine patients. She has a special interest in infectious disease and HIV therapy and lectures students on pharmacotherapy at the UW School of Pharmacy, in addition to providing care for patients in the comprehensive HIV Care program. Claude Taylor, PharmD (Clinical Instructor) received his BS pharmacy degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and his Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Texas at Austin. He completed a specialty adult medicine residency at Brackenridge Hospital in Austin and a nephrology fellowship at UW-Madison. His current responsibilities include providing pharmacy services for surgery and medicine patients as well as occasional staffing in the central pharmacy. His interests include renal disease, infectious disease, pharmacokinetics and teaching.

15 Kari Trapskin, PharmD is currently the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin Vice President of Healthcare Quality Initiatives and has been involved in coordinating the Wisconsin Pharmacy Quality Collaborative (WPQC) since it began in August She is currently a co-principal investigator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Health Care Innovations-funded WPQC project. She is a 2000 Pharm.D. graduate of the University of Wisconsin - School of Pharmacy and a 1996 graduate of Luther College with a B.A. in biology and French. She completed a pharmacy practice residency at Aurora St. Luke s Medical Center in Milwaukee, WI. She has practiced as an inpatient pharmacist at St. Luke s Medical Center and the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky. She also has practiced as a community pharmacist at University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. Katie Willenborg, PharmD, BCPS (Clinical Instructor) Received her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Wisconsin in She completed a pharmacy practice residency at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington in Katie also became a board-certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist in She provides pharmacy services for cardiothoracic and cardiac medicine intensive and general care patients. Additional practice interests include critical care and infectious disease. Kristina Yokes, PharmD (Clinical Pharmacist) received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and completed a community PGY-1 residency at Aurora Health Care in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She practices at several ambulatory locations, including the anticoagulation clinic, primary care pharmacist clinic and the UW hospital outpatient pharmacy. Kristina serves as the primary preceptor for the community residency's medication safety rotation and co-precepts the Primary Care/MTM and direct patient care rotations. Her current interests include anticoagulation, medication therapy management and advancing the role of the community pharmacist Clinical Pharmacy Faculty Susanne Barnett, PharmD, BCPS (Assistant Professor) received her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Wisconsin (UW)-Madison and completed a PGY1 residency with Aurora Health Care in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In addition to numerous teaching responsibilities, Susie is the primary preceptor and coordinator for the resident Teaching Rotation at the UW-School of Pharmacy. Susie maintains a clinical practice in antimicrobial stewardship at the Madison VA Hospital and also lectures in Infectious Diseases. Research interests health literacy and determination of the value of non-traditional learning modalities such as simulation. Robert Breslow, RPh, BCPS (Clinical Associate Professor) received his BS from the University of Wisconsin. Robert has over twenty years of clinical experience in hospital practice and is a board-certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist. Past experience includes long-term care consulting and consulting for a PACE Model program for older adults. Mr. Breslow s research interests include pharmaceutical care of older adults. Mary Hayney, PharmD (Assistant Professor of Pharmacy) received her B.S. and Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Minnesota. She completed a pharmacy practice residency at the Mayo Clinic and Foundation and a fellowship with the Mayo Vaccine Research Group, Clinical Pharmacology Unit. Her clinical practice is with the lung transplant group. Research interests include vaccine responses in solid organ transplant patients. Paul Hutson, M.S., PharmD (Associate Professor) received a BS in Biochemistry from the University of California-Los Angeles, M.S. in Chemistry, and BS in Pharmacy from the University of Washington, and a Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Tennessee. Dr. Hutson completed an

16 oncology/pharmacokinetics fellowship at St. Jude Children s Research Hospital in Memphis. He now practices pharmacy in the oncology/hematology division at UW Hospital and Clinics and is an Associate member of the UW Comprehensive Cancer Center. Professor Hutson s present research is in the areas of palliative care, and separately in population pharmacokinetic modeling. Current active or pending palliative care protocols include the treatment or prevention of chemotherapy-induced palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia and peripheral neuropathy. Jill M. Kolesar, Pharm D, BCPS, FCCP received a Doctor of Pharmacy and completed a specialty practice residency in oncology/hematology and a 2-year fellowship in molecular oncology pharmacotherapy at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, Texas. Jill is currently a Professor of Pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy and the Director of the Analytical Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center..Her research focuses on the clinical pharmacology of anticancer agents. She has authored more than 100 abstracts, research articles, and book chapters, and as a principal investigator, she has received more than $750,000 in research funding from the NCI, ACS and other sources. In addition, she holds 2 US patents for novel assay methodologies for gene expression and mutation analysis. She has received several research awards from local, national and international pharmacy organizations and a Merit Award from the American Society of Clinical Oncology. She received the Innovations in Teaching Award from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy in Jill serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Clinical Oncology, the Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice, and the textbooks; Pharmacogenomics Handbook, ACCP s Pharmacogenomics: Applications to Patient Care, and Pharmacotherapy: Principles and Practice. She is the Chair of the Lung Biology subcommittee of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG), the committee responsible for overseeing the correlative science in all lung cancer clinical trials conducted by ECOG. Jill is a former member of the National Cancer Institute Central IRB ( ), and served as the Chair of the Adverse Events Subcommittee. Karen Birckelbaw Kopacek, RPh (Associate Dean) is a member of the Pharmacy Practice Division and lectures on coronary heart disease, acute coronary syndromes, cardiovascular and pulmonary physical assessment, and pharmaceutical care. She is the Director of the Pharmacotherapy Labs, coordinates the Pharmacotherapy Lab for second-year Doctor of Pharmacy students, and is a clinical pharmacist in the cardiac and cardiovascular surgery intensive care units. Kopacek earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy from the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy in 1988 and has practiced as a clinical pharmacist in cardiac and cardiovascular intensive care units at several Wisconsin hospitals. Her areas of interest include cardiovascular medicine, asthma, and patient education. Beth Martin, RPh, PhD,(Associate Professor (CHS)) has been on faculty at the University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Pharmacy since She currently chairs the Assessment Committee and cocoordinates the first-year introductory pharmacy practice experience courses and the Teaching Certificate Program for Pharmacy Residents. Martin earned her B.S. in Pharmacy from the University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Pharmacy in 1990, M.S. in 2003, and completed her PhD Degree with the Social & Administrative Sciences Division in 2006, with a minor in Continuing and Vocational Education. Her clinical expertise is in the areas of migraine headache, tobacco cessation, older adult medication management and health behavior change. Her research goals encompass developing evidence-based strategies for delivering education so that learners (i.e. students, pharmacists, patients) can effectively transfer those skills to their daily practice. Warren Rose, PharmD (Assistant Professor) earned his Doctor of Pharmacy from Butler University then completed a PGY-1 residency in pharmacy practice with Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. Following residency training, he then completed a post-doctoral fellowship in infectious disease

17 pharmacotherapy at the Anti-Infective Research Laboratory at Wayne State University. Dr. Rose s research interests involve the impact of bacterial cell-to-cell communication in S.aureus on antimicrobial resistance, virulence and toxin production, and bacterial biofilms. His laboratory incorporates multiple in vitro modeling systems to evaluate these characteristics against both clinically available and investigation antimicrobials. These studies are used to evaluate optimal antibiotic activity, antibiotic penetration into simulated infections, and the development of antibiotic resistance. These systems can be used as tools for further study of optimal dosing regimens. In addition to the study of these strains in the laboratory, he is also involved in epidemiological studies of MRSA infections at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics

18 Madison, Wisconsin Madison is a thriving city of 250,000 situated in south central Wisconsin. It combines the friendly atmosphere of a university town with the appeal of a larger city, including sporting events, art festivals, farmers markets, and cultural activities. Madison is only a short distance from lakes, parks, state and national forests, and larger cities such as Chicago and Milwaukee. Publications such as USA Today, Money Magazine, Outside, and U.S. News and World Report have rated Madison as one of the finest cities in the country in which to live and work. The University of Wisconsin-Madison, with 45,000 students, is one of the largest and most diverse universities in the country. The campus is situated on the shores of Lake Mendota, within walking distance of the State Capitol building. There are 26 libraries throughout the campus. The Wisconsin Badgers, of the Big Ten Conference, offer major-college football, basketball, volleyball, hockey, crew, and many other sports. There are 13 beaches and over 150 parks throughout the city. Some of the more popular city attractions include the Henry Vilas Zoo, Olbrich Botanical Gardens, and the UW-Madison Arboretum, with 1200 acres of natural forests, prairies and orchards. There are four major lakes, with over 18,000 acres of lake surface for sailing, swimming, fishing, and water skiing. Many major streets have bike lanes to accommodate citizens and students who ride bicycles. On Saturdays in spring through fall, the Farmers Market takes place on the sidewalks surrounding the capitol. With hundreds of vendors, it is one of the largest such markets in the country. There are several museums and playhouses throughout the Madison area, including the Chazen Art Museum, Madison Children's Museum, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, and the crown jewel of the Madison arts scene, the Overture Center for the Arts. The Memorial Union, on the UW-Madison campus, provides many opportunities to eat, relax, and enjoy the activities and views afforded by Lake Mendota. The Alliant Energy Center plays host to fairs, sporting events, and concerts year round. Monona Terrace Convention Center, a Frank Lloyd Wright design overlooking Lake Monona, is a 250,000 square foot meeting facility. The annual Art Fair on the Square draws over 100,000 visitors each year. Madison is within driving distance of many attractions. The famous Wisconsin Dells recreation area is a short one hour drive north. To the northeast is Green Bay, home of the Green Bay Packers football team, and Door County, with its gorgeous state parks, shops, and bed-and-breakfast inns. One hour to the east on I-94 is Milwaukee, home of Miller Brewing Company and the Brewers baseball club and Bucks basketball. Chicago is only 2½ hours southeast on I-90, and Minneapolis-St. Paul is 4 hours west on I-94. More information about Madison can be found on the following websites: madison.com madisonmag.com visitmadison.com greatermadisonchamber.com wisc.edu insiders.com