Pamela L. Smithburger and Sandra Kane-Gill were awarded the 2015 Society of Critical Care Medicine’s Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology Section’s Medication Safety Award for their project, A Multicenter Evaluation of Off-Label Medication Use and Associated Adverse Drug Reactions in Adult Medical Intensive Care Units. This work evaluated the safety of using medication for non-FDA approved indications, doses, populations, and routes of administration.
Fostered by SCCM, the Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology (CPP) Section exists to further the education and promote the interest of Society members who have special interest and maintain activity in clinical pharmacy and pharmacology. The section informs and advises the Society on matters pertaining to clinical pharmacy and pharmacology and the practice of multiprofessional critical care, and works to foster the interest of pharmacists and clinical pharmacologists in critical care. In addition, the section encourages and supports research practices and teachings in clinical pharmacy and pharmacology as they relate to critical care.
Sandra Kane-Gill, PharmD, MS, FCCM, FCCP is an associate professor in the pharmacy and therapeutics department at the School of Pharmacy. Pamela L. Smithburger, PharmD (’07), MS, BCPS is an assistant professor in the pharmacy and therapeutics department at the School of Pharmacy.
