Awards & Publications

 

Recognitions, Awards, Publications, and Presentations
January 2009 – December 2012

AWARDS/HONORS

Monty Yoder 2011 Pre-Clinical Year Teaching Excellence Award WFUSM-PA Program

Prescribing Errors at Hospital Discharge From A Teaching Internal Medicine Service: Implementation of a Standardized Discharge Time-Out Sheet - First Place at the Internal Medicine Resident/Fellow Research Day Poster session.  Scott L. Holwerda, M.D., Regina Schomberg, Pharm. D., GiGi MacDonald , M.D., Kevin Hayes, M.D., Kelly Redden, D.O., Steven J. Heatherly, M.D., Ph.D.

Brandy Strickland and Heather Cox Board Certified Oncology Pharmacists (BCOP) November 2010

Monty Yoder
2010 Pre-Clinical Year Teaching Excellence Award  WFUSM-PA Program

Monty Yoder
Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties - Added Qualifications in Cardiology Pharmacotherapy

LeAnne Kennedy
2010 HOPA Scientific Research Literature Award

Phil Stafford and Michelle Blank
Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist

Beth Beckman
National Board of Nutritional Support Certification

Regina Schomberg
NCAP President 2010
NCAP Acute Care Pharmacists of the Year, Feb 2008

PUBLICATIONS

Pierce DA, Williamson JW, Mauck VS, Russell GB, Palavecino E, Burkart, JM. The effect on peritoneal dialysis pathogens of changing topical antibiotic prophylaxis. Peritoneal Dialysis International, 2012

Yoder VG, Dixon DL, Barnette DJ, Beardsley JR.Short-term outcomes of an employer-sponsored diabetes management program at an ambulatory care pharmacy clinic Am J Health Syst Pharm January 1, 2012 69:69-73; doi:10.2146/ajhp110041

Kennedy LD, Koontz SE, Rao KV. Emerging role of rasburicase in the management of increased plasma uric acid levels in patients with hematologic malignancies.  Journal of Blood Medicine. 2011:2;1-6.

Alan C Farney; William Doares; Scott Kaczmorski; Jeffrey Rogers; Robert J Stratta Immunotherapy. 2010;2(6):879-888. Cost-effective Immunosuppressive Options for Solid Organ Transplantation: A Guide to Lower Cost for the Renal Transplant Recipient in the USA. 

Pierce DA, Reeves-Daniel AM. Ranolazine-Tacrolimus Interaction. The Annals of Pharmacotherapy 2010 November Volume 44

Al-Geizaawi SMT, Farney AC, Rogers J, Assimos D, Requarth JA, Doares W, Winfrey S, Stratta RJ. Renal Allograft Failure Due to Emphysematous Pyelonephritis: Successful Non-Operative Management and Proposed New Classification Scheme Based on Literature Review. Transplant Infectious Disease 2010

Kennedy L, Ajiboye V. rasburicase for the Prevention and Treatment of Hyperuricemia in Tumor Lysis Syndrome. J Oncol Pharm Practice (2010) 16: 205-213

Kirk J, Oldham E. Hyperglycemia Management Using Insulin in the Acute Care Setting:Therapies and Strategies for Care in the Non-Critically Ill Patient. The Annals of Pharmacotherapy 2010 July/August Volume 44 (7):1222-1230

Hanzelka K, Pierce C, Beardsley J, Williamson J, Morris P.  Influence of an Institution-Specific Sepsis Protocol on Adequacy of Empiric Antimicrobial Therapy. Hosp Pharm 2010;45(7):538–544 

Gerrald K, Dixon D, Barnette D, Williams V. Evaluation of a pharmacist-managed lipid clinic that uses point-of-care lipid testing. J Clin Lipidol 2010;4(2):120-125.

Pierce, Catherine A; Voss, Bryan.  Efficacy and Safety of Ibuprofen and Acetaminophen in Children and Adults: A Meta-Analysis and Qualitative Review.  The Annals of Pharmacotherapy 2010 March Volume 44

Sujata, Leon M. MS*; Russell, Greory B. MS*; Hire, Donald BS+;
Cardona, Cesar MD*; Pierce, Dwayne A. PharmD++; Bleyer, Anthony J MD*
Lactic Acidosis from Linezolid in a Hospialized Patient with Kidney Failure.
Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice. 17(6):404-406, November 2009

Dixon DL, Williams VG. Interaction between Gemfibrozil and Warfarin: Case Report
and Review of the Literature. Pharmacotherapy 2009 Jun;29(6):744-8

Dixon D. Hypertriglyceridemia Management in Patients with Diabetes.
US Pharm 2009;34(5) (Diabetes suppl):3-6

Wallace EL, Lingle K, Pierce DA, Satko S. Amlodipine-induced Myoclonus
Am J Med. 2009 Apr;122(4):e7.

Bookstaver PB, Williamson JC, Tucker BK, Raad II, et. Sherertz RJ,
Ann Pharmacother 2009 Feb;43(2):210-9 Activity of novel antibiotic lock soultions in a model against isolates of catheter-related bloodstream infections.

Alan C. Farney, William Doares, Jeffrey Rogers, Rajinder Singh, Erica Hartmann,
Lois Hart, Elizabeth Ashcraft, Amber Reeves-Daniel, Michael Gautreaux,
Sammy Iskandar, Phillip Moore, Patricia L Adams, and Robert J. Strata. A
randomized trial of alemtuzumab versus antithymocyte globulin induction in renal
and pancreas transplantation. Transplantation 2009: 88: 810-19

 

State and National Committees

Regina Schomberg: NCAP past President, NCAP Board of Directors

Beth Williams: NCAP past President, Board of Directors, UHC

Cathy Pierce: ACCP Critical Care PRN Secretary/Treasury

Dave Dixon: ACCP Credentials: Membership/Nominations Committe

Debra Barnette: ACCP Pharmacy Reimbursement Committee

Jim Beardsley: NCAP Residency Committee; Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists, Stewardship Task Force 2009

LeAnne Kennedy: NCAP Acute Care Prcatice Forum, Executive Commitee CE Accreditator, HOPA

Minal Patel: NCAP New Practitioner Network Executive Committe

William Doares: American Society of Transplantation Community of Practice for
transplant pharmacists web site work group

  

PRESENTATIONS 

Presenter	Topic	Date	Audience/Site
Debra Barnette	Healthy Outcome Partnership for Employees with diabetes (HOPE) program: Evaluation of an employer-sponsored diabetes management program	April -10	ACCP
Jim Beardsley	Antibiotic Stewardship: Essentials for Today’s Healthcare Institutions.	Sept-10	University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) 2010 Quality & Safety Fall Forum. San Diego, CA.
	Antibiotic Stewardship: The Basics.  Infectious Disease Pharmacotherapy – 2010 Emerging Trends and Advances in Therapy.	Sept-10	Charleston, SC.
	Antibiotic Stewardship: Challenges for Small Hospitals.	April-10	LifePoint Hospitals Pharmacy Directors Meeting. Nashville, TN.
	Catheter Related Blood Stream Infections.	March-10	North Carolina Association of Pharmacists Acute Care Practice Forum.  Greensboro, NC.
	Update on the Treatment and Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Diseases.  Infectious Disease Pharmacotherapy Update.	March-10	Winston-Salem, NC.
	Prior Authorization Encounters for Restricted Drugs in an Established Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (Poster)	Oct-09	Infectious Diseases Society of America. Philadelphia, PA
	Partnering with Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Efforts	Apr-09	9th Annual Carolinas Antimicrobial Stewardship Effort (CASE) Conference.  Charleston, SC.
Minal Patel	COPD: A Refresher and Review of Current Literature	Sept-09	NC NW AHEC Boone, NC
Monty Yoder	Anti-Hypertensive Therapies	Sept-09	Bowman Gray School of Medicine Winston Salem, NC
	Commonly Used Anti-arrhythmic Drugs	May-09	Healthier Hearts Seminar Winston Salem, NC
	Treating High Cholesterol	Feb-09	Action Health Winston Salem, NC
William Doares	Alemtuzumab vs Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin Induction in Renal and Pancreas Transplant: Infectious Complications Update	Jun-09	Amercian Tranplant Congress

In addition, department members provide lectures as part of the WFUSM and physician’s assistant curriculum as well as in-services to medical and nursing departments.