Tracks: clinical, administrative/management, professional development, and technician
Please note: times, locations, course titles and speakers are subject to change.
Thursday
Wine is Good
Brian Hodgkins, PharmD, FASHP, FCSHP
Director of Pharmacy Services, Desert Regional Medical Center
Time and location TBD
Friday
Keynote Address: Leadership Success in the Changing Health Care System
Edward O'Neil, PhD, MPA, FAAN
Director and Professor, Center for the Health Professions, UC, San Francisco
10:00 - 11:00AM
Legislative and Regulatory Update
Bryce Docherty, President, The Docherty Group
Virginia Herold, Executive Officer, CA Board of Pharmacy
1:30 - 3:00PM
Track: Administrative/Management
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Chronic Kidney Disease - A Pharmacist's Initiative for Quality Care
Linda Awdishu, PharmD
Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSD School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Services
2:00 - 3:00PM
Track: Clinical
Controversies in Long Acting Beta-2 Agonist Use in the Management of Asthma
Christie Robinson, PharmD, BCPS
Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF Health Sciences, Asthma Ambulatory Care Pharmacist, St Anthony Free Medical Clinic
2:00 - 3:00PM
Track: Administrative/Management
Travel Medicine
Jeffrey Goad, PharmD, MPH
Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Southern CA
2:00 - 3:00PM
Track: Clinical
Project Management
Gary Slavit, PMP
Founding Partner, Chambray Advisors
2:00 - 3:00PM
Track: Professional Development
The New American Geriatric Society Pain Management Guidelines
Lori Reisner, PharmD
Clinical Pharmacist, Neurological Surgery, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, UCSF Medical Center and Associate
Clinical Professor of Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, UC San Francisco School of Pharmacy
2:00 - 3:00PM
Track: Clinical
Evolution of Medicare Part D
Lori Saldana, PharmD
Pharmacist, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
3:00 - 4:00PM
Track: Administrative/Management
Off-label Drugs - Bariatric Surgery
Heidemarie Windham, PharmD
General Surgery Clinical Pharmacist, UCSF Medical Center and Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor, UC San Francisco School of Pharmacy
3:00 - 4:00PM
Track: Clinical
Antimicrobial Stewardship
Conan MacDougall, PharmD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, UC San Francisco School of Pharmacy
3:00 - 4:00PM
Track: Clinical
Project Tools
Gary Slavit, PMP
Founding Partner, Chambray Advisors
3:00 - 4:00PM
Track: Professional Development
Bigger, Stronger, Faster:a Revealing Lookinto Performance Enhancing Drug Use
Eric Ip, PharmD, BCPS, CSCS, CDEAssistant Professor of Clinical Sciences, Touro University CA College of Pharmacy, Diabetes Specialist/Clinical Pharmacist, Kaiser Permanente
3:00 - 4:00PM
Track: Clinical
Orchestrating FDA Safety Alerts: the Patient Safety, Notification, and Follow-Up Committee
Kathleen Orrico, PharmD, BCPS
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California San Francisco School of Pharmacy
3:00 - 4:00PM
Track: Administrative/Management
Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis: Gut Feelings, and Eroding Controversies
Robert MacLaren, PharmD, BSC, FCCM, FCCP
Associate Professor, University of Colorado, Denver School of Pharmacy
4:00 - 5:00PM
Track: Clinical
Clostridium difficile: an Update on Treatment and the Implications of Antimicrobial Stewardship
Keith Teelucksingh, PharmD
Infectious Diseases Pharmacist, Kaiser Permanente
4:00 - 5:00PM
Track: Clinical
Setting up a Pharmacy Technician Externship Program at Your Facility
Darren Besoyan, CPhT
Pharmacy Technician Supervisor, UC Davis Medical Center
4:00 - 5:00PM
Track: Technician
Dietary Supplements in Women's Health: an Evidenced-based Update
Cathi Dennehy, PharmD, FCSHP
Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, UC San Francisco School of Pharmacy
4:00 - 5:00PM
Track: Clinical
REMS with ETASU: A New Category of Specialty Pharmaceuticals
C. Douglas Monroe, PharmD, RPh, MS, FCSHP
Drug Information Pharmacist and Project Manger for Biotechnology, Emerging Technology, and Specialty Pharmacy, Kaiser Permanente
4:00 - 5:00PM
Track: Administrative/Management
Saturday
Should Superinfection or Infection with Resistant Bacteria be Considered an ADE?
Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD
Chair and Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, UC San Francisco School of Pharmacy
8:00 - 9:00AM
Track: Clinical
Hospice - Palliative Care in the Home
Victoria Ferraresi, PharmD, FASHP, FCSHP
Pharmacy Program Director, Pathways Home Health, Hospice, and Private Duty
8:00 - 9:00AM
Track: Clinical
Cardiology Update 2010
Steven Kayser, PharmD
Professor Emeritus and Associate Dean, UC San Francisco School of Pharmacy
8:00 - 9:00AM
Track: Clinical
Pediatric Epilepsy: a Review of Newly Approved Antiepileptics
Stephanie Phelps, PharmD, BCPS, FACCP, FAPhA
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, Professor, Clinical Pharmacy and Pediatrics University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy, Editor, Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics
8:00 - 9:00AM
Track: Clinical
Improving Your Public Speaking
Sian Carr-Lopez, PharmD
Vice Chair of Pharmacy Practice, Curriculum and Assessment, Professor, Pharmacy Practice, University of the Pacific
8:00 - 9:00AM
Track: Professional Development
Unmet Needs in the Medication Use Process
Max D. Ray, PharmD, MS, LHD
Past Dean Emeritus, Western University College of Pharmacy, Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy
8:00 – 9:00AM
Track: Administrative/Management
MERP Surveys
Loriann De Martini, PharmD
Chief Pharmaceutical Consultant, CDPH
9:00 - 10:00AM
Track: Administrative/Management
Implementing Tech-Check-Tech
Peter Ambrose, PharmD, FASHP
Professor of Clinical Pharmacy Program Director, Los Angeles-Orange County Satellite Pharmacy Education Program
9:00 - 10:00AM
Track: Technician
Palliative Care
Jeffrey Stoneberg, DO
Clinical Medical Director, The Institute for Palliative Medicine at San Diego Hospice
Director, Palliative Medicine Consultant, Scripps Mercy Hospital
9:00 - 10:00AM
Track: Clinical
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia: Considerations for Selecting and Managing Therapy
Joseph Bubalo, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP
Oncology Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology
Oregon Health Sciences University Hospitals and Clinics
9:00 – 10:00AM
Track: Clinical
Clinical Key Papers (Cardiology, Infectious Diseases, Diabetes, and Critical Care)
Steve Kayser, PharmD, Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD Lisa Kroon, PharmD, and Daniel Ford, PharmD
9:00 - 11:00AM
Track: Clinical
Pharmacologic Symptom Management for End of Life Patients: Addressing Issues Outside of Pain Management
Eunice Tam, PharmD
Palliative Care and General Medicine Clinical Pharmacist, Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor, UC San Francisco Medical Center
10:00 - 11:00AM
Track: Clinical
An Evidence-based Review of the Off-label Indications for Psychotropic Drugs
Paul Perry, PhD, RPh, MS, BCPP, FCCP
Professor and Chair, Dept of Pharmacy Practice, Touro University CA College of Pharmacy
10:00 - 11:00AM
Track: Clinical
Why are Pharmacy Technician Education, Registration and Certification so Important?
Beverly Black
Senior Manager of Affiliate Relations, ASHP
10:00 - 11:00AM
Track: Technician
Pharmacists' Roles (Health Plans, Industry, Management, and Regulatory)
Jamie Chan, PharmD, Maureen Cawley, PharmD, Jerry Gonzales, PharmD, and Daniel Dong, PharmD
10:00 - 11:00AM
Track: Professional Development
Pharmacogenomics: Understanding Applications and Pharmacist Opportunities
C. Douglas Monroe, PharmD, RPh, MS, FCSHP
Drug Information Pharmacist and Project Manger for Biotechnology, Emerging Technology, and Specialty Pharmacy, Kaiser Permanente
10:00 - 11:00AM
Track: Clinical
The Future Role of Biosimilars in Health Care
John Fanikos, M.B.A., R.Ph.
Assistant Director of Pharmacy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, Northeastern University Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
10:00 – 11:00AM
Track: Clinical
Standardizing Technician Education
Paul Sabatini, CPhT
Pharmacy Technology Program Manager, High-Tech Institute
1:00 - 2:00PM
Track: Technician
The Joint Commission Update
Darryl Rich, PharmD, MBA, FASHP
Surveyor, The Joint Commission
1:30 - 3:00PM
Track: Administrative/Management
Black Box Warnings
Loriann De Martini, PharmD
Chief Pharmaceutical Consultant, CDPH
2:00 - 3:00PM
Track: Clinical
Maximizing Health-System Pharmacy Efficiency: Leveraging Team Dynamics in the New Leadership Paradigm
Cheryl Mann, MBA, PCC, CPCC
President, Goals InSight
2:00 - 3:00PM
Track: Professional Development
Off-label Use of Medications in Pediatrics
Sarah Scarpace, PharmD
Pediatric Clinical Pharmacist and Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF Health Sciences
2:00 - 3:00PM
Track: Clinical
HIV Update 2010
Betty Dong, PharmD, FASHP, FCCP
Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, UC San Francisco School of Pharmacy
2:00 - 3:30PM
Track: Clinical
Preceptor Development
Panel TBD
2:00 - 4:00PM
Track: Professional Development
Pharmacist in Charge (PIC) Survival
Dan Ross, PharmD
President, D Ross Consulting
3:00 - 4:00PM
Track: Administrative/Management
Getting to Goal: Making Sense of All the Options for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes
Lisa Kroon, PharmD, CDE
Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, UC San Francisco School of Pharmacy
3:00 - 4:00PM
Track: Clinical
Maximizing Technician Roles in the Inpatient Pharmacy
Angela Turner Cassano, PharmD, BCPS
President, Pharmfusion Consulting, LLL
3:00 - 4:00PM
Track: Technician
TPN Associated Liver Disease
John Siepler, PharmD, BCNSP, FCCP
Research Specialist, Nutrishare, Inc.
3:00 - 4:00PM
Track: Clinical
The HRSA Patient Safety & Clinical Pharmacy Collaborative: Promoting Pharmacists as Integral Members of the Health Care Team
Steven Chen, PharmD, FASHP, FCSHP
Associate Professor, University of Southern CA
3:00 - 4:00PM
Track: Administrative/Management
HIV Management in the Geriatric Population
Nancy Nguyen, PharmD
Infectious Diseases Clinical Pharmacist, VA Palo Alto, Associate Clinical Professor, University of the Pacific
3:30 - 5:00PM
Track: Clinical
Lipid Particle and Number
Eric Gupta, PharmD, BCPS
Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, Western University College of Pharmacy
4:00 - 5:00PM
Track: Clinical
Pharmacokinetics in Special Populations:Obesity
Michael Winter, PharmD
Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, Vice Chair of Academic Affairs, UC San Francisco School of Pharmacy
4:00 - 5:00PM
Track: Clinical
Exploring Tobacco Dependence Treatment: Combination Therapy to Achieve Optimal Patient Outcomes
Lisa Kroon, PharmD, CDE
Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, UC San Francisco School of Pharmacy
4:00 - 5:00PM
Track: Clinical
Pharmacy Technician Medication Reconciliation Service: Lessons Learned from the UCSF Medical Center's Medication Reconciliation Program
Julia Stierch, CPhT
Medication Reconciliation Pharmacy Technician, UC San Francisco Medical Center
4:00 - 5:00PM
Track: Technician
Pediatric Medication Errors
Sarah Scarpace, PharmD
Pediatric Clinical Pharmacist and Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF Health Sciences
4:00 - 5:00PM
Track: Administrative/Management
Sunday
Update on Antiplatelet Therapies
Gary Besinque, PharmD, FCSHP
Formulary Pharmacist, Kaiser Permanente
8:00 - 9:00AM
Track: Clinical
Leadership: Creating the Future
Sara White, MS, FASHP
Director of Pharmacy (retired), Pharmacy Leadership Coach, Stanford Hospital and Clinics
8:00 - 9:00AM
Track: Professional Development
Evidence-based Medicine
Ron Koretz, MD
Physician Specialist, Olive-View Medical Center, Emeritus Professor of Clinical Medicine, UC Los Angeles School of Medicine
8:00 - 9:00AM
Track: Clinical
Drug Cost Containment Strategies for Vulnerable Patients: What Can YOU do for YOUR Patients?
Helene Lipton, PhD, Professor of Health Policy and Senior Faculty, Institute for Health Policy Studies, UC San Francisco School of Medicine
Marilyn Stebbins, PharmD, Pharmacy Utilization Director at CHW Medical Foundation/Mercy Medical Group and Clinical Professor of Pharmacy at UCSF
Panel Participants Include: Aimee Loucks, Amanda Smith, Cindy Lai, Hilary Campbell, Roshini Epasinghe, Asma Shaikh, UC San Francisco
8:00 - 10:00AM
Track: Administrative/Management
Psychotropic Drug Interactions
Patrick Finley, PharmD
Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, UC San Francisco, Clinical Pharmacist, Women's Depression Clinic
8:00 - 9:00AM
Track: Clinical
HIV Antiretroviral Therapy: What do Pharmacists Need to Know?
Kirsten Balano, PharmD
Program Director, North Bay Pharmacy Program
Pharmacy Specialist
San Francisco AIDS Education and Training Center
8:00 - 10:00AM
Track: Clinical
Antidepressants and Placebo Response: What are the Clinical Implications?
Sarah Popish, PharmD
Assistant Professor
Touro University
8:00 - 9:00AM
Track: Clinical
The Science of Motivation and Applying it Where You Work
Cathi Misquitta, PharmD, BCPS, Director, Clinical Pharmacy Services, Health Net, Inc.
Virginia White, PharmD, Senior Vice President, Chief Clinical Officer, Health Net, Inc.
9:00 - 10:00AM
Track: Professional Development
Infection Control 101: The Good, the Bad, and the Infectious!
Charles James, PharmD, BCPS-ID, FCSHP
Infectious Diseases Pharmacist Specialist Associate Clinical Professor of Pharmacy
UC San Diego Health Systems and UC San Diego School of Pharmacy
9:00 - 10:00AM
Track: Clinical
Advances in Oncology
Robert Ignoffo, PharmD, FCSHP
Clinical Professor Emeritus, UC San Francisco, Professor of Pharmacy, Touro University College of Pharmacy
9:00 - 10:00AM
Track: Clinical
Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia
Sylvia Martin-Stone, PharmD, BCPS
Drug Use Policy Specialist
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
9:00 - 10:00AM
Track: Clinical
Do Antioxidants Improve Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients?
Lingtak Neander Chan, PharmD, BCNSP
Associate Professor of Pharmacy, University of Washington
10:00 - 11:00AM
Track: Clinical
S. aureus Infections: Changing Epidemiology,Emerging Resistance,and Treatment Options
Dan Deck, PharmD
Infectious Disease Clinical Pharmacist, San Francisco General Hospital
10:00 - 11:00AM
Track: Clinical
Health Care Reform
Helene Lipton, PhD
Professor of Health Policy and Senior Faculty, Institute for Health Policy Studies, UC San Francisco School of Medicine
10:00 - 11:00AM
Track: Administrative/Management
Management of Sepsis in Critical Illness
Timothy Albertson, MD, MPH
Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, UC Davis Medical Center
Track: Clinical
Pharmacy Driven Medication Reconciliation
Kathleen Black, PharmD
Pharmacy Clinical Coordinator, Fremont-Rideout Health Group
10:00 - 11:00AM
Track: Administrative/Management
Pharmacy Technician Roles (Medication Safety, Educators, Electronic MAR, QA/QI, and Fraud, Waste & Abuse)
Thomas Mitchell, III, CPhT, Paul Sabatini, CPhT, Mark Banzon, CPhT, PMP, Sabina Zaldic, CPhT, and Pamela Taylor, CPhT
10:00AM - 12:00PM
Track: Technician
Glucose Meters and Their Use (course will be capped at 25 participants)
Teresa Hopper, CPhT
Self-Employed
10:00 - 11:00AM
Track: Technician
HEDIS Measures
Eileen O'Connor, RN, FNP
VP, HEDIS Measurement and Reporting
Health Net, Inc.
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Track: Administrative/Management
The Mastermind Behind Increasing Gram-negative Resistance
Donald Hsu, PharmD
Infectious Diseases Pharmacist, St. Joseph Hospital, Orange, CA
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Track: Clinical