Bringing experts together for the 19th Annual Critical Care Pharmacotherapy Symposium
The 19th Annual Critical Care Pharmacotherapy Symposium took place on Thursday, September 29 at the Dedham Hilton Hotel and Conference Center in Dedham, Massachusetts. This is a signature education program for the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and reaches hospital pharmacists, critical care pharmacists, drug policy decision-makers, and other health care providers.
Practitioners, residents, and fellows throughout New England were assembled to share their knowledge with over 120 attendees.
Symposium session speakers included Andrea Sikora, PharmD, MSCR, BCCP, FCCM, RPh, Clinical Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia; David Kubiak, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, FIDSA, RPh Advanced Practice Pharmacy Specialist—Infectious Disease, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA; Mahmoud Ammar, PharmD, BCCCP, FCCM, RPh Lead Critical Care Pharmacist Specialist, Yale-New Haven Health System, New Haven, CT; Ginger Rouse, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, RPh Clinical Pharmacist Specialist II, Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT; Anthony Vecchione, PharmD, BCPPS, RPh, Pediatric ICU Clinical Pharmacist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Natasha Lopez, PharmD, BCCCP, RPh, Senior Attending Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Critical Care-Medical Intensive Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Janelle Poyant, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, RPh, Critical Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA; Joseph Aloi, PharmD, MHA, BCPS, RPh, Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA; Sarah Train, PharmD, MD, Clinical Fellow, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA; Mary Eche, PharmD, BCCCP, CACP, FCCM, RPh, Clinical Pharmacy Manager Critical Care/ED, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; David Gagnon, PharmD, BCCCP, FCCM, RPh Pharmacy Clinical-Research, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME; Andrew Webb, PharmD, BCCCP, RPh, Clinical Pharmacist – Neurocritical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; and Kaylee Marino, PharmD, BCCCP, RPh, Clinical Pharmacist Specialist – Emergency Medicine and Neurocritical Care, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA.
The John R. Saunders Memorial Fund supported part of the funding for this year’s Symposium. This legacy fund was established to recognize and honor John R. Saunders P’84 and underwrite continuing education in pharmacy.
