Craig J. Beavers, PharmD, BCCP, BCPS, CACP, FAHA, FACC, FCCP {Chair}
Beavers is the cardiovascular clinical pharmacy coordinator at University of Kentucky (UK) Healthcare and assistant adjunct professor with the UK College of Pharmacy. He graduated from UK College of Pharmacy and completed a PGY1 pharmacy practice residency and PGY2 cardiology pharmacy residency at UK Healthcare. He served as the director of cardiovascular services for the Hospital Corporation of America and as PGY2 cardiology residency program director at TriStar Centennial Medical Center. He has published numerous papers, abstracts, and textbook chapters focused on cardiovascular pharmacotherapy. He is a certified anticoagulation care provider.

Caitlin Gibson, PharmD, MEd, BCPS, BCCP {Vice Chair}
Gibson is Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science at Virginia Commonwealth University. She maintains an inpatient practice at VCU Hospital. Dr. Gibson received her PharmD from the University of Texas at Austin, completed her PGY1 residency at the North Texas VA/Texas Tech, and completed her PGY2 at Indiana University Health/Butler University. Dr. Gibson has published numerous papers, abstracts, and book chapters focused on cardiovascular pharmacotherapy. Her professional interests include anticoagulation, cardiovascular surgery, and health disparities in cardiovascular disease management.

Katherine Crawford, PharmD, BCCP, AACC
Crawford is a Clinical Pharmacist in Cardiology at Riverside Methodist Hospital, OhioHealth and lecturer at The Ohio State University. She graduated from The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy and completed a PGY1 pharmacy practice residency and PGY2 critical care pharmacy residency at Riverside Methodist Hospital, OhioHealth. Her professional interests include acute coronary syndromes, heart failure, anticoagulation, and precepting.

Ilya Danelich, PharmD, BCPS, BCCP
Danelich is a US Medical Director – Thrombosis at AstraZeneca. He received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy in Minneapolis, MN. He completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency at the North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale, MN, and a PGY-2 Cardiology Pharmacy Specialty Residency at the University of North Carolina Hospitals and Clinics in Chapel Hill, NC. Most recently, Dr. Danelich served as the Clinical Coordinator and Cardiology Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Previously, Dr. Danelich held the position of Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice at the Touro College of Pharmacy in New York, NY, and he practiced as a Cardiology Clinical Pharmacist at Mayo Clinic Hospital in Rochester, MN. He is a board-certified pharmacotherapy and cardiology specialist. Dr. Danelich is active in professional organizations at the local, state, and national levels.

Candice L. Garwood, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, FCCP
Garwood is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at Wayne State University Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. She is also an Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at the Detroit Medical Center and serves as the program director for the PGY2 ambulatory are residency program. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Texas at Austin and completed her residency at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy. Dr. Garwood’s research focuses on the use of high-risk medications, especially the use of anticoagulants in special populations.

Carla Knowles, PharmD, BCACP, BCCP
Knowles is a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Cardiology with Kaiser Permanente Georgia and her practice focuses on ambulatory heart failure management, population health, and transitions of care. After receiving her PharmD from the University of Florida, she completed both her PGY1 Pharmacy Practice and PGY2 Ambulatory Care residencies at the James A. Haley VA.

Joel C. Marrs, PharmD, MPH, BCACP, BCCP, BCPS, CHC, CLS, FAHA, FASHP, FCCP, FNLA
Marrs is a Professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Sciences and Coordinator for Clinical Outreach for the Nashville Campus. He received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Butler University and Master of Public Health degree from the University of Colorado. He completed a PGY1 residency at Mount Carmel Medical Center and a PGY2 Ambulatory Care Residency at the University of Colorado. He has extensive pharmacy faculty and clinical pharmacy practice experience in ambulatory care, with a focus on cardiology & cardiometabolic diseases. His research interests are focused on the prevention and management of endocrine and cardiovascular disease and patient centered outcomes research.

Kristen Pogue, PharmD, BCPS-AQ Cardiology, BCCP, FCCP
Pogue is a Clinical Pharmacist Specialist in Cardiology at the University of Michigan Health System (UMHS) and Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at the UM College of Pharmacy. After receiving her PharmD from Wayne State University she completed both her PGY1 Pharmacy Practice and PGY2 Cardiology residencies at UMHS. She has served as the Program Director for the PGY2 Cardiology residency at UMHS since 2018. Her professional interests include pulmonary arterial hypertension, advanced heart failure and transplantation, and antithrombotic management in cardiovascular disease.

Rhynn Soderstrom, PharmD, BCPS, BCCP
Rhynn Soderstrom PharmD, BCPS, BCCP is a cardiology pharmacy specialist who has recently transitioned from adult cardiac surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston to pediatric cardiology at Children’s Hospital Colorado in Denver. She completed her PGY-1 at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, IL and her PGY-2 in Cardiology at UMASS Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, MA. She was the PGY-2 Cardiology Residency Coordinator at Brigham and Women’s Hospital from 2016-2019 and took over as the residency director in 2020 before moving to Denver and tackling pediatric cardiology. Her research interests include anticoagulation and heart failure and she is now working closely with the adult congenital heart disease team at Children’s Hospital Colorado.

Azita Talasaz, PharmD, BCPS, BCCP, FCCP
Talasaz is a Research Faculty member at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA. She has been a tenured professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy at Tehran University of Medical Sciences, as well as at Tehran Heart Center, both located in Tehran, Iran. Her professional interests include heart failure and antithrombotic management in cardiovascular disease. Dr. Talasaz completed her Doctor of Pharmacy, as well as her four-year Clinical Pharmacy Residency, in Iran.  She has also completed her Experimental Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy Research Fellowship at VCU.