Members of PittPharmacy were well represented in the winner’s circle at the American Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meeting held at National Harbor, Maryland in May 2015. This study was funded by research grants from the Jewish Healthcare Foundation and the ASHP Research and Education Foundation.
1st place award in the Resident and Fellow Abstract, Models of Care Category for their poster presentation The Impact of Pharmacists Caring for Geriatric Patients Across the Healthcare Continuum on the Identification, Resolution, and Prevention of Drug Therapy Problems: A Subset of the PIVOTS (Pharmacist-led InterVentions On Transitions of Seniors) Group were Ashley M. Campbell, PharmD,PGY1 Resident at UPMC St. Margaret; Kim C. Coley, PharmD, FCCP, Professor, Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics; Jason Corbo, PharmD; Teresa Breslin, PharmD, BCPS,PGY2 Geriatric Pharmacy Resident at UPMC St. Margaret; Patricia Klatt, PharmD, Adjunct Faculty; Melissa Somma McGivney,PharmD, FCCP, FAPhA, Assistant Dean for Community Partnerships, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics; Carolyn Thorpe, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics; Lora Cox-Vance, MD; John Zaharoff, MHA; Heather Sakely, PharmD, Adjunct Faculty.
2nd place award in the Resident and Fellow Abstract, Models of Care Category for their presentation Physicians’ Perspectives on the Impact of Pharmacist Integration into Patient-Centered Medical Homes: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Successful Collaborative Relationships to Improve PatienT care (SCRIPT) and Pharmacist-led InterVentions On Transitions of Seniors (PIVOTS) Practices were Theresa Breslin, PharmD, PGY2 Resident at UPMC St. Margaret; Jennifer L. Bacci, PharmD, MPH, BCACP, Community Pharmacy Research Fellow; Patricia Klatt, PharmD, Adjunct Faculty; Melissa Somma McGivney,PharmD, FCCP, FAPhA, Assistant Dean for Community Partnerships, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics; Raymond C. Durigan, PharmD, PGY1 Pharmacy Resident at UPMC St. Margaret; Maria Osborne, PharmD, Adjunct Faculty; Aaron DiFilippo, PharmD; Jason Corbo, PharmD; Nicole Payette, PharmD, PGY1 Pharmacy Resident at UPMC St. Margaret; Lora Cox-Vance, MD;Kim C. Coley, PharmD, FCCP, Professor, Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics; Carolyn Thorpe, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics; John Zaharoff, MHA; Heather Sakely, Adjunct Faculty.
3rd place award in the Resident and Fellow Abstract, Models of Care Category for their presentation Patient Perceptions of Pharmacist-led Interventions On Transitions of Seniors (PIVOTS): A Patient Survey Abstract were Ashley Higbea, PharmD, PGY2 Family Medicine Resident, UPMC St. Margaret;Carolyn Thorpe, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics; Kim C. Coley, PharmD, FCCP, Professor, Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics; Patricia Klatt, PharmD, Adjunct Faculty; Loren J. Schleiden, Research Coordinator;John Zaharoff, MHA; Jason Corbo, PharmD; Lora Cox-Vance, MD; Vince Balestrino, MD; Melissa Somma McGivney,PharmD, FCCP, FAPhA, Assistant Dean for Community Partnerships, Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics;Heather Sakely, Adjunct Faculty.
