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| Nicole K. Early, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCGP, FASCP; Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Program Director |
| Dr. Early received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. She completed ASHP-accredited residencies in Pharmacy Practice at the VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System and in Geriatrics from Midwestern University College of Pharmacy, Glendale Campus. Following her residency, Dr. Early accepted a faculty position at Midwestern University College of Pharmacy. Her current practice site is Banner Hospice and Home Care. In that position, she precepts students and residents and represents pharmacy on the interdisciplinary team, providing care to patients at the end of life. She also completes medication reviews and encourages deprescribing, when appropriate. Dr. Early is the program director for the MWU PGY2 Geriatric Pharmacy Residency. Her interests include geriatrics, disease state management, post-graduate education opportunities, and promoting the advancement of the profession of pharmacy. Dr. Early is involved with the Arizona Pharmacy Association, the American Society of Health System Pharmacists, and the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists. In 2021, she was awarded the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists Outstanding Post-Graduate Educator Award. |
| Dawn Gerber, Pharm.D., BCGP, FASCP, FAzPA; Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Program Coordinator |
| Dr. Gerber received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa. She completed a residency in Pharmacy Practice with an emphasis in Ambulatory Care at the Creighton University Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska. Dr. Gerber is a Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacist (BCGP) and recognized as Fellow of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) and Fellow of the Arizona Pharmacy Association (AzPA). Her practice site is Banner Health Center, Peoria, Az. She practices in ambulatory care focused in geriatrics and provides service to the Banner Geriatric Medical Fellowship Multidisciplinary Rounds. She teaches geriatric pharmacotherapy topics, the Complementary and Alternative Medicine course, and a political advocacy and leadership elective at Midwestern University College of Pharmacy-Glendale. She has held geriatric leadership positions with ASCP, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), and AzPA. She is a Pharmacy Residency Accreditation Practitioner Surveyor with ASHP. She has spoken regionally and nationally on a variety of geriatric pharmacotherapy and pharmacognosy topics. Her interests include geriatric pharmacotherapy, political advocacy, and pharmacognosy. |
| Nicole Murdock, Pharm.D., BCPS; Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice |
| Dr. Murdock is an Associate Professor at Midwestern University College of Pharmacy. She earned her Pharm.D. Degree at Idaho State University and completed a pharmacotherapy residency and fellowship with the Department of Family Medicine in Pocatello, Idaho. Dr. Murdock has a diverse background which spans adult internal medicine, outpatient pediatric and family medicine, and managed care administration. She certified for the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties in Pharmacotherapy in 2006. After her fellowship, Dr. Murdock worked as a faculty member with Idaho State University for five years. During that time she provided a clinical rotation site for adult internal medicine and taught didactic lectures for the pharmacy, physician assistant, physical therapy and nursing programs. She was also the site co-principal investigator for AIM HIGH, a multi-site international study investigating the treatment of low HDL level in patients with vascular disease. Dr. Murdock then switched gears and spent three years working with managed care and integrated health care systems. In this role. she provided oversight for development and implementation of quality improvement initiatives as well as training and strategic planning for clinical service lines. Dr. Murdock joined Midwestern University in June 2013 and provides an adult internal medicine rotation at Banner Boswell. |
| Elizabeth Pogge, Pharm.D., MPH, BCPS, BCGP, FASCP, FAzPA; Professor of Pharmacy Practice |
| Dr. Pogge earned her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Nebraska Medical Center and her Masters of Public Health in Nutrition from the University of Massachusetts- Amherst. She is an ambulatory care pharmacist that specializes in geriatrics and cardiology, with a practice site at Cardiac Solutions in Peoria, Arizona. Her interests include behavioral modification, geriatrics, education, and cardiology. Her research interests include the scholarship of teaching and learning, cardiology, nutrition, lifestyle modification, and smoking cessation. She is involved regionally with the Arizona Pharmacy Association, national with the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists and the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Geriatric Sig. She has spoken regionally and nationally on a variety of topics and has written numerous peer review research articles as well as book chapters. |
| Laura Hanson, PharmD, BCGP, Clinical Consultant Pharmacist, SRx Consultant Group |
| Dr. Hanson is a Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacist (BCGP) currently serving as an adjunct faculty member at Midwestern University College of Pharmacy Glendale (focus on experiential education) and providing consulting services in various long term care, managed care and community environments throughout Arizona. Dr. Hanson received her PharmD from Midwestern University College of Pharmacy Glendale and completed post graduate training in acute care PGY1 and geriatrics specialty PGY2 residencies. She works with students and residents in various didactic and experiential settings with a special focus on assessing and improving quality in experiential education. She is an active member of the American Society of Clinical Pharmacists and Arizona Pharmacy Association. Special interest areas include geriatric pharmacotherapy, immunizations, treatment of psychiatric conditions in older adults, end of life care, quality assurance in medical practice/education and preceptor development. |
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Kelsey Buckley, PharmD, BCACP; Professor of Pharmacy Practice: Dr. Buckley received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. She completed an ASHP-accredited residency in Pharmacy Practice with an emphasis in Ambulatory Care at the Phoenix VA Health Care System, Phoenix, Arizona. Post-residency training, Dr. Buckley joined the Midwestern University College of Pharmacy faculty team which allows her to share her passion as an ambulatory focused clinical specialist to young pharmacy professionals. Her practice site is the Phoenix VA Health Care System in which she is involved with pharmacotherapy disease state management. Dr. Buckley’s interests lie, specifically, in educating pharmacy students regarding the expansion of progressive pharmacy services such as medication therapy management, chronic disease management, healthcare availability to indigent populations, and establishing long-term patient-provider relationships. |