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
AssisPh4fessor, Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Primary site, Surgical Trauma Intensive Care Unit
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