Ali D, Laizure SC, Hu Z, Parker RB. Effects of verapamil and diltiazem on dabigatran etexilate hydrolysis by carboxylesterases. Presented at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy; October 14, 2014; Austin, TX. Curtis RA, Hamilton LA, Davis CR, Reynolds VW, Smith LN, Peek GK, Rowe AS. Risk factors for discharge… Read More
Student pharmacists participated in the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Clinical Pharmacy Challenge. The champions won the local written exam, beating out 12 other UTCOP teams from both campuses. They then participated in an online challenge against over one hundred teams from other schools and colleges of pharmacy from across the country. The UTCOP… Read More
Student Pharmacists Vaccinate Over 2,000 People at Baptist Memorial Hospital This September 44 UT student pharmacists vaccinated over 2,000 employees, physicians, volunteers, vendors, and community members at Baptist Memorial Hospital (BMH) of East Memphis in just 14 hours. This was the first year the event was held, and students cannot wait to help out again… Read More
The University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy Christian Pharmacist’s Fellowship International (CPFI) student chapter held their first meeting of the semester this past September. Students from the inaugural meeting last spring were excited to welcome such a large number of enthusiastic first year students. Dr. Bill Greene, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer at St. Jude Children’s Research… Read More
Tracy McDowd, PharmD (’09), – Senior Billing Consultant, Pharmacist for Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) Regulatory Compliance – Monitors compliance of governmental billing procedures for medications, biologicals and radiopharmaceuticals by federally funded payers, including Medicare, Medicaid and Tricare. Dr. McDowd also participates as a preceptor for HCA’s PGY1 and PGY2 residency programs. In 2010, she… Read More
Harriet Behm (’75) was selected as one of the eight best college professors in Lane County, Oregon. Candidates were chosen from The University of Oregon, Lane Community College, and Norwest Christian Univeristy. The recognition comes from an article published by the Eugene Magazine, which occasionally writes about the most highly regarded people in various professions… Read More
The 20th annual American Pharmacist Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) Emmett Manley Golf Classic was held on October 8th at the Cordova Country Club in Memphis. This tournament is hosted each year by APhA-ASP as a way to raise funds that are used throughout the year to serve patients in the Memphis, Knoxville and Nashville… Read More
The College of Pharmacy extends sympathy to the family and friends of Susan Young Cripps, age 69, of Smithville, Tennessee, who passed away unexpectedly on September 29. She was preceded in death by her husband Gary Wilson Cripps, also a pharmacist, who died seven weeks before her. The Cripps’ were married for 48 years, and… Read More
It’s Football Time in Tennessee!
Special thanks to fourth year student pharmacist Chelsey McPheeters for her invaluable contribution to this edition of the newsletter.
