Major publications in the critical care pharmacotherapy literature: January-December 2014

Sarah A Day1, Michaelia Cucci1, Molly E Droege1

  • 1Sarah A. Day, Pharm.D., BCPS, is Clinical Pharmacist, Critical Care, Doctors Hospital OhioHealth, Columbus, OH. Michaelia Cucci, Pharm.D., BCPS, is Pharmacy Clinical Specialist-Critical Care, Pharmacy Department, Lakewood Hospital, Lakewood, OH. Molly E. Droege, Pharm.D., BCPS, is Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Surgery, Orthopedics, and Trauma, UC Health-University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH. Jenna M. Holzhausen, Pharm.D., BCPS, is Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Critical Care, Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI. Bridgette Kram, Pharm.D., BCPS, is Clinical Pharmacist, Department of Pharmacy, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC. Shawn Kram, Pharm.D., BCPS, is Clinical Pharmacist, Medical and Cardiothoracic ICUs, Department of Pharmacy, Duke University Medical Center. Mehrnaz Pajoumand, Pharm.D., is Clinical Specialist, Trauma Critical Care, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore. Christine R. Parker, Pharm.D., BCPS, is Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Surgical Critical Care, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY. Mona K. Patel, Pharm.D., is Clinical Pharmacy Manager, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, New York. Gregory J. Peitz, Pharm.D., is Adult Intensive Care Pharmacy Coordinator, Nebraska Medicine, Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha. Alia Poore, Pharm.D., BCPS, is Clinical Pharmacy Specialist-Critical Care, Fairview Hospital, Cleveland, OH. Charles J Turck, Pharm.D., BCPS, is President and CEO, ScientiaCME, LLC, and Scientia Perpetuam, LLC, Highwood, IL. Megan A. Van Berkel, Pharm.D., BCPS, is Clinical Pharmacy Specialist-Emergency Department, Department of Pharmacy, Methodist LeBohneur Healthcare Methodist University Hospital, Memphis, TN. Adrian Wong, Pharm.D., BCPS, is Critical Care Clinical Pharmacist, MountainView Hospital, Las Vegas, NV. Amanda Zomp, Pharm.D., BCPS, is Clinical Pharmacist, Critical Care, Department of Pharmacy Services,

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