Neal Benedict

PharmD

Assistant Professor, Pharmacy and Therapeutics

• Critical Care Clinical Pharmacist
• Practice sites include UPMC Surgical/Trauma and Medical Intensive Care Units

Sharon Connor

PharmD

Assistant Professor, Pharmacy and Therapeutics

• Director, for the Grace Lamsam Pharmacy Program
• Primary focus is on health care access, global health on underserved populations

Bonnie Falcione

PharmD, BCPS

Lara Groetzinger

PharmD

Unit Based Clinical Pharmacist

• Unit-Based Pharmacist in the Medical Intensive Care Unit
• Preceptor for pharmacy students and residents
• Board Certified in Pharmacotherapy

Heather Johnson

PharmD, BCPS

Assistant Professor, Pharmacy and Therapeutics

• Primary practice is in the areas of renal and liver transplant
• Developed pharmacy services at ISMETT (The Mediterranean Institute for Transplant and Highly Specialized Therapies), a joint venture between UPMC and the Italian government
• Director of PGY1 Pharmacy Residency

Gerard Mascara

PharmD

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

• Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at UPMC Shadyside/UPMC Cancer Center
• Clinical practice includes care of inpatients with solid tumors and hematologic malignancies, including patients who have undergone hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
• Completed ASHP-accredited PGY1 and PGY2 residencies at Allegheny General Hospital

Karen Pater

PharmD, BCPS, CDE

Assistant Professor, Pharmacy and Therapeutics

• Clinical Pharmacist in Ambulatory Care
• Special focus on disease state management in diabetes patients

Christine Ruby

PharmD, BCPS

Assistant Professor, Pharmacy and Therapeutics

• Assistant Professor of University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy
• Clinical practice includes care of frail, high-risk elderly patients
• Board certified pharmacotherapy specialist
• Received the Leadership in Education Award from the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists in 2012

Pam Smithburger

PharmD, MS, BCPS

Assistant Professor, Pharmacy and Therapeutics

• Critical care specialist in Pulmonology/Critical Care units at UPMC, Presbyterian Hospital
• Preceptor to PharmD students and Critical Care Specialty Residents

Erin Suhrie

PharmD

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

• Clinical Pharmacist
• Board certified in Pharmacotherapy