EDUCATION

Doctor of Pharmacy
Creighton University 2004

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy
Drake University 1984

LICENSURE

Iowa

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Clinical Specialist Psychiatry 2002 - present
Assistant Professor

Broadlawns Medical Center/
Drake University
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Des Moines, IA

Responsibilities:
Develop and implement collaborative pharmaceutical care services for the in-patient adult psychiatric unit and the child, adolescent and adult outpatient clinics. These services focus on patient education, monitoring patients drug therapy to identify and prevent drug therapy problems, developing clinical pathways to ensure patients have positive outcomes with the most cost effective therapy, and staff development. Design implementation plan for Iowa Medicaid Pharmaceutical Case Management Services at BMC. Also serve, as a liaison between the pharmacy and psychiatry departments. Practice also serves as an educational site for Doctor of Pharmacy students completing their advanced practice experiences. Other faculty responsibilities include identifying research initiatives, committee work, academic advising and teaching psychiatry topics in the therapeutics sequence as well as two elective courses one with a focus on childrens mental health and the other on drugs and society.


Director of Experiential Education Programs 1994 - 2001
Instructor of Pharmacy
Drake University
College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Des Moines, IA

Pharmacy Manager 1989 1994
Drug Mart
Des Moines, Iowa

Staff Pharmacist 1988 1989
America's Pharmacy
Des Moines, Iowa

Staff Pharmacist 1986 1988
Dot Discount Drugs
Des Moines, Iowa

Staff Pharmacist 1984 - 1986
Sipes Prescription Shop
Des Moines, Iowa

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Phar 011 Deans Hour guest lecture 2001
DSM-IV Masters of Social Work Course; University of Iowa 2003 - 2004
Phar 120-538 Child & Adolescent Mental Health: Managing Treatment 2000 - 2002
Phar 137 Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience I 2001 - 2002
Phar 138 Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience II 2001 - 2002
Phar 139 Drugs and Society 2003, 2005
Phar 181 Lab Assistant 2002
Phar 191-323 Nonprescription Medications 1995
Phar 192 Therapeutics II 2005
Phar 285 Advanced Practice Experience- Psychiatry 2002-present
Preceptor for Pharmacy Interns 1986 to 1994

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS

CPNP Pharmacy Practice Award 2005
Hartig Faculty Development Award 2005
AACP Council of Faculties Innovations in Teaching 2002

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American College of Clinical Pharmacy
College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
American Pharmaceutical Association
Iowa Pharmacists Association
Central Iowa Pharmacists Association
Iowa Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Iowa Board of Psychology Examiners 2003 - Present
Iowa Pharmacist Recovery Network Committee 2002 - Present
Mental Health Advisory Council for Iowa PBS Grant 2003 - Present
Safe & Healthy Families & Communities 2002 - Present
Steering Committee Co-Chair
Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation Drug Safety Team 2002
CHADD guest speaker 2002
Family Enrichment Center ADHD guest speaker 2002
AACP EBIR Task Force 1999 - 2001
IPA Professional Development Committee 1999
IPA Professional Affairs Committee, Chair 1998
IPA House of Delegates 1994 - 2002
Iowa Medicaid Advisory Committee 1994 - 1995
Iowa DUR Committee, 1994
Participated in the Iowa OPDUR Project, 1994
IPA Public Affairs Committee, 1992
Past Participant of IPA's Young Pharmacist Leadership Conference 1991