Building a business plan to support a transplantation pharmacy practice model

Eric M Tichy1, Nicole A Pilch, Lonnie D Smith

  • 1Eric M. Tichy, Pharm.D., BCPS, is Senior Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Solid Organ Transplant, and Director, Postgraduate Year 2 Pharmacy Residency-Transplant, Department of Pharmacy, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT. Nicole A. Pilch, Pharm.D., M.S.C.R., BCPS, is Clinical Specialist, Solid Organ Transplantation, and Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy and Clinical Sciences, South Carolina College of Pharmacy, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston. Lonnie D. Smith, Pharm.D., is Manager, Department of Solid Organ Transplant, and Director, Postgraduate Year 2 Pharmacy Residency-Transplant, University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics, Salt Lake City. Angela Q. Maldonado, Pharm.D., BCPS, is Clinical Pharmacy Specialist-Transplant Services, Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, NC. David J. Taber, Pharm.D., BCPS, is Director, Clinical Research, and Assistant Professor of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina.

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