GSHP Spring Meeting Agenda

as of 1/18/2024

Program Key

General Session

Special Events

Date and Time 

Credit Hrs.

Topic 

Speaker

Thursday, March 21, 2024

3:00pm-5:00pm

Friday, March 22, 2024

7:00am-7:45am

Registration and Breakfast

8:00-9:00am 

1

Framing the Future of Pharmacy: Practice Advancement Initiative (PAI) 2030

Objectives:

1.Examine changes in health care and the need to advance pharmacy practice.

2. Identify PAI 2030 domains and focused initiatives.

3. Implement PAI 2030 recommendations within hospitals, health systems, and organizations.

Alfred Awuah, PharmD, MS, BCPS

Medication Safety Officer

UC Davis Health

9:00-10:00am

1

Fluid optimization in the intensive care unit during and after resuscitation

Objectives:

1.Summarize key principles of fluid stewardship and deresuscitation

2. Identify sources of hidden fluids in the intensive care unit

3. Review landmark trials for fluid management in critically ill patients

4. Apply knowledge of fluid stewardship to a patient case

Kelli Keats, PharmD, MPA, BCCCP

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist - Medical ICU

Wellstar MCG Health

Amoreena Most, PharmD, BCCCP

Critical Care Pharmacy Fellow

UGA College of Pharmacy

10:00-11:00 am

1

Therapeutic Use of Psychedelics

Objectives:

1. Provide an overview on the history of psychedelics.

2. Summarize current research findings on the therapeutic applications of psychedelics, highlighting key studies and their implications for mental health treatment.

3.  Evaluate the potential risks and benefits associated with the therapeutic use of psychedelics, including public health implications.

4. Examine the pharmacist's role in the therapeutic use of psychedelics.

Lindsay Schaack Rothstein, PharmD, DABAT

 Sr. Clinical Content Specialist

Toxicology/Micromedex

Merative

11:00am-1:00 pm

Lunch and Exhibits

1:00-2:00 pm 

1

Implementing Health-System Pharmacy Revenue Cycle Management and Oversight

Objectives:

1. Define “pharmacy revenue cycle management” and discuss its key components

2. Explain the importance of pharmacy’s role in financial performance

3. Discuss examples of pharmacy revenue cycle management in day-to-day operations

4.  Discuss available tools and reporting to assist with pharmacy revenue cycle optimization

5. Give original examples of best practices in pharmacy revenue cycle management

6. Discuss strategies for staffing, training and recruitment in pharmacy revenue cycle management

7. Demonstrate positive outcomes and improvements associated with pharmacy revenue cycle management

8. Summarize early objectives to help establish pharmacy revenue cycle management oversight

Sydney Kchao, PharmD, MS

Corporate Director of Pharmacy - Business Operations & Finance

Emory Healthcare

2:00-3:00 pm 

1

There is No Hope With Dope! A Review of Illicit Substance Use and Its Effects in Hospitalized Patients.

Objectives:

1. Recognize symptoms of common illicit substance use and withdrawal

2. Describe how to manage patients using illicit substances and their withdrawal

3. Discuss the differences between the mechanism of action of different illicit substances

4. Appreciate what auditory hallucinations are

Benton Stamper, PharmD, BCPS

Clinical Pharmacist – Psychiatry

UF Health – Jacksonville

3:00-3:15pm

3:15pm- 4:15pm

1

CAUTION: Bridge Out Ahead 

Objectives:

1. Review notable changes in the CHEST 2022 Guideline on Perioperative Management of Antithrombotic Therapy

2. Identify patient and procedure-specific factors guiding perioperative antithrombotic management

3. Illustrate the impact of guideline changes on patient care

Brittany Wheeler, PharmD, MPH, BCACP, BCCP

Clinical Pharmacy Practitioner - Anticoagulation

VA Augusta Health Care System

4:20- 6:15pm

RECEPTION/EXHIBITS

Saturday, March 23, 2024

7:30-8:00 am 

REGISTRATION/BREAKFAST 

8:00-9:00 am 

1

Giving Support! A Guide to the Updated 2023 ISHLT/HFSA Guideline on Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support 

Objectives:

1. Define cardiogenice and pulmonary shock states

2. Recognize appropriate acute mechanical circulatory support treatment options

3. Summarize updated recommendations for pharmacologic management associated with mechanical circulatory support

4. Apply these principles to a patient case

Ashley Taylor, PharmD, BCCCP

Clinical Pharmacist - Surgical/CV ICU

Wellstar MCG Health

Nathan Wayne, PharmD, BCPS, BCCP, AACC

Clinical Pharmacist – Cardiology

Wellstar MCG Health

9:00-10:30 am

Break and Exhibits

10:30-11:30am 

1

Prescription for Prosperity: An Overview of Personal Finance for Pharmacists

Objectives:

1. Review key personal finance concepts including budgeting, debt and credit, retirement planning, and investing.

2. Outline key steps to achieving financial well-being tailored to the pharmacy profession.

3. Practice financial planning by creating a short-term and long-term financial goal.

Susan Smith, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, FCCM

Clinical Associate Professor

UGA College of Pharmacy

Critical Care Clinical Pharmacist

Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center

11:30-1:30pm

Lunch and Posters

1:30-2:30pm

1

USP 800: Lessons Learned (panel)

Abdullah Islami, PharmD, MBA

Assistant Director of Pharmacy, Inpatient

Emory University Hospital Midtown

Ashley Hall, PharmD

Director of Pharmacy-Infusion

Wellstar Cobb

Carolyn Braithwaite-Jordan, Pharm.D,  BCSCP

Oncology Pharmacy Manager

Georgia Cancer Center at Wellstar MCG

Andrew Pate, PharmD, MBA

Pharmacy Supervisor

Piedmont Atlanta Hospital

2:30-3:30pm 

1

Medication Use Safety: The Art and Science of Advancing Care through Technology

Objectives:

1.  Explain risk points in the medication use system and how they may lead to medication errors.

2. Discuss risk reduction strategies including the use of technology

3. Demonstrate the application of technology in reducing the risk for recurrence

Gina Gayed, PharmD, BCPS, CPPS

Medication Safety Officer

Grady Memorial Hospital

3:30-4:30pm 

1

Clinical Pearls: Spring 2024

1. Discuss contemporary issues in pharmacy practice that have been researched and presented by pharmacy residents, fellows, and graduate students.

2. Compare and contrast completed research, research in progress, and special projects conducted to investigate solutions and improvements to contemporary issues in pharmacy practice.

3. Exchange professional information and ideas with colleagues.

4. Discuss issues confronting institutional and community-based practice.

5. Develop and nurture inter-professional relationships.

6. Apply leadership skills among current and future pharmacy practitioners.

7. Participate in an atmosphere that encourages professional network support among conference participants

Emily Hightower, PharmD

PGY2 Ambulatory Care Resident

Wellstar MCG Health

Jordan Spurling, PharmD

PGY2 Emergency Medicine Resident

Grady Memorial Hospital

Anna Phillips, PharmD

PGY2 Emergency Medicine Resident

St. Joseph’s/Candler Health System

Ruchi Shah, PharmD

PGY2 Ambulatory Care Resident

Emory University Hospital Midtown

Hanh Tran, PharmD

PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Resident

Wellstar MCG Health

4:30-5:30pm 

1

Understanding and Managing Drug Shortages: Clinical & Operational Strategies

Objectives:

1.            Summarize causes and implications of oncology drug shortages

2.            Discuss interdisciplinary decision making processes needed to navigate oncology drug shortages

3.            Discuss the impact oncology drug shortage to the patient & caregiver

4.            Outline inventory management techniques and mitigation strategies used to manage drug shortages

5.            Discuss proactive drug shortage identification strategies

Judith Lovince, PharmD, MS, BCPS

Pharmacy Manager, Infusion Services

Emory University Hospital Midtown

Winship Cancer Institute

Amber Draper, PharmD, BCOP

Clinical Manager, Oncology & Ambulatory Clinical Pharmacy Services

Emory Healthcare

Evening

On Your Own-Explore Savannah

Sunday, March 24, 2024

7:30-8:00 am 

REGISTRATION/BREAKFAST 

8:00-9:00am 

1

Expanding Pediatric Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Services

 Objectives:

1. Identify areas of opportunity for pediatric pharmacists and expansion of clinical services in pediatric clinics.

2. Describe a pediatric pharmacist’s role in the ambulatory care setting

3. Discuss services that a pediatric ambulatory care pharmacist can provide in clinic

4. Examine the steps to establishing clinical pharmacy services in a pediatric ambulatory care setting

Aubrey Slaughter, PharmD, BCPPS

Pediatric Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist

Wellstar MCG Health

9:00-10:00am 

1

The Changing Face of Cystic Fibrosis- An Update for the Pharmacist

Objectives:

1. Describe CF epidemiology and pathology and how it has changed in the last decade.

2. Discuss the clinical presentation, diagnosis and symptoms of CF.

3. Review the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis and changes in the last decade.

4. Discuss the role of highly effective modulator therapy and the impact it has had on CF outcomes.

Mariela A. Duval, PharmD

Clinical Pharmacist Specialist – Pulmonary

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

10:00-11:00am 

1

Navigating IBD therapy: A Pharmacist's mAp to the mAbs

Objectives:

1. Differentiate the clinical presentation of crohn’s disease (CD) from ulcerative colitis (UC)

2. Review therapies for IBD and discuss mechanisms of action and side effects

3. Explore newly approved biologics and their impact on patient care

4. Recognize the collaborative contributions of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in the comprehensive management of IBD

Lisa Woolard, PharmD, BCACP

Clinical Pharmacist Specialist - Gastroenterology

Emory University Hospital Midtown