Surgery

Christi Ann Albert, PharmD, BCPS

Position: Clinical Pharmacist

Education/Post Graduation Training: PharmD, University of Wisconsin; PGY1, Duke University Hospital

Organizational Involvement: Pharmacy practice committee member, lead preceptor committee former chair, consultant on acute and chronic pain committees

Current Projects/Initiatives: improving naloxone distribution from our health system and improve availability to patients, improving post-splenectomy vaccine adherence rates by development of tools for the EMR and education of staff, developing patient educational materials for opioid safety, weaning, and tapering post procedures, pain training for new on boarding pharmacists and Pain Resource Nurses, pain in services to general surgery staff and clinics, Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols that apply multimodal therapy and counseling to improve patient outcomes.

Research Interests: post-splenectomy vaccination compliance, community availability of naloxone as an opioid rescue agent, neuropathic pain, post-operative pain control, and prophylaxis and treatment of venous thromboembolism

Anthony J. Hennes, PharmD 

Position: Clinical Pharmacist (Surgery and Solid Organ Transplant) 

Education/Post-Graduate Training: PharmD at University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy; PGY1 and PGY2 Solid Organ Transplant at UW Health

Organizational Involvement: Hopeful to be involved in preceptor development and surgical service committees after I start my position post residency

Current Projects/Initiatives: Educational development within the surgery team for pharmacy students and pharmacy residents, Perioperative Medication Management, Cytomegalovirus Monitoring Program for abdominal transplant patients

Research Interests: Educational outcomes of pharmacy learners, perioperative medication utilization, and abdominal transplant

Jonathan Kempfert, PharmD, BCPS

Position: Clinical pharmacist

Education/Post Graduation Training: PharmD, University of Wisconsin; PGY-1 pharmacy practice, Ministry Saint Joseph’s Hospital

Organizational Involvement: ASHP - member; PSW - member, Pharmacy Practice Anticoagulation Subcommittee

Current Projects/Initiatives: Narcotic pain medication tapering in surgical patients after discharge, Inpatient Acute Pain Pearl Guideline Workgroup

Eddu Oparie Addoh, PharmD, BCPS

Position: Clinical pharmacist

Education/Post Graduation Training: PharmD, University of Minnesota; PGY1 VA Medical Center Phoenix

Organizational Involvement: Diabetes quality improvement committee

Current Projects/Initiatives: Currently working on staff preparedness for disease specific certification by The Joint Commission. Future plans include projects/initiatives in nutrition support, diabetes management and anticoagulation

Research Interests: Diabetes management, parenteral nutrition support

Susan Stone, PharmD, BCPS

Position: Clinical pharmacist, pediatric nutrition

Education/Post Graduation Training: PharmD, Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University; PGY1, Medical College of Virginia; Fellowship, Rush-Presbyterian and St. Luke’s Medical Center

Organizational Involvement: ASPEN, program evaluation committee; PSW, reviewer for JPSW 

Current Projects/Initiatives: Creating a pharmacy presence on the Pediatric Palliative Care Team 

Research Interests:The appropriate use of parental nutrition in the pediatric population.