Ambulatory Care Pharmacy

Clark Kebodeaux, PharmD, BCACP, is a Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Science at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy. Dr. Kebodeaux currently practices in an interprofessional ambulatory clinic at the Bluegrass Community Health Center—a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) that is an accredited Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) with a focus on diabetes, substance use disorders and underserved populations. Dr. Kebodeaux currently serves as the Residency Program Director for the PGY1 University of Kentucky Community-Based Residency Program and preceptor for PGY2 Ambulatory Care Residency at Bluegrass Community Health Center/University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy.

Jessica Merrey is the Lead Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Ambulatory Care at The Johns Hopkins Hospital where she has worked since 2008. She provides chronic disease management to patients in a variety of settings including Internal Medicine, Anticoagulation, and Geriatric primary care. She graduated with her PharmD from The Medical University of South Carolina in 2007, and completed a PGY-1 with Emphasis in Ambulatory Care at The Ralph Johnson VA Medical Center in Charleston South Carolina in 2008. In addition to Ambulatory Care, she is board-certified in Pharmacotherapy and Geriatric Pharmacy.

Kevin N. Astle, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, AAHIVP, CDCES is an Associate Professor with the University of South Florida Taneja College of Pharmacy (USF TCOP) in the Department of Pharmacotherapeutics and Clinical Research. Through USF TCOP Dr. Astle practices with the Tampa General Medical Group, Metro Inclusive Health, and USF Heath Pediatric Infectious Diseases. He joined USF in July 2022 from his previous institution, Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy in Mobile AL. Dr. Astle graduated from pharmacy school at the University of Florida in 2016 and completed a PGY-1 ambulatory care pharmacy residency with Auburn University Clinical Health Services in 2017.

Dr. Astle’s clinical practice and research interests are in the treatment and prevention of HIV, addressing health disparities in the LGBTQIA+ community, and prevention of cardiovascular disease in people living with HIV. Dr. Astle is passionate about advocacy and policy change regarding healthcare access for sexual and gender minorities and expanding access to healthcare for transgender patients. He is a Board-Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist, Ambulatory Care Pharmacist, HIV Pharmacist, and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist.

Bayer is an Outpatient Pharmacist at Gundersen Health System (becoming Emplify Health) where he works in an ACHC-accredited Specialty Pharmacy in La Crosse, WI. He previously provided chronic disease management in Primary Care at the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Additional experience includes a role with the University of Colorado Hospital Infectious Disease Clinic providing care to patients living with HIV, hepatitis C, STIs, and other infections as well as a Medical Home Pharmacist with Vivent Health in Denver, CO providing chronic disease management and HIV treatment and prevention services. He received his PharmD from the University of Michigan before completing a PGY1 residency at the Milwaukee VAMC.

Tate Drees, PharmD, BCACP, is a Clinical Pharmacy Practitioner at Novant Health in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dr. Drees currently practices in an interprofessional ambulatory clinic at the Heart and Vascular Institute with a primary focus on heart failure, lipid management, atrial fibrillation, and hypertension. Dr. Drees received her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Kentucky and went on to complete her PGY1 at the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Center followed by her PGY2 at Kaiser Permanente in Colorado in Ambulatory Care.

Commander Hillary Duvivier is a U.S. Public Health Service Officer and is assigned to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Health Service Corps (IHSC) in Miami, Florida. As a primary care provider with broad diagnostic and prescriptive authority she focuses on the management of chronic diseases however provides care to mental health and acute care patients as well. CDR Duvivier oversees an opt-out STD program and manages transitions of care for all emergent and specialty care for an 800-bed facility. She completed a PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency with the Indian Health Service (IHS) and later lead the establishment of the second IHS PGY2 Ambulatory Care Residency in Whiteriver, AZ.

Gee is an adjunct assistant professor for experiential teaching through the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. She currently practices at The Chickasaw Nation Employee Health Clinic in Ada, Oklahoma, an interprofessional ambulatory clinic. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.  With over 20 year of clinical pharmacy practice, she has served in various positions including: Clinical Coordinator, Residency Program Director, Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) coordinator, diabetes care center pharmacist. She has practiced under collaborative practice, protocol based and standing order agreements. Her professional and research interests include women’s health, diabetes, compounding, anticoagulation, hyperlipidemia and pharmacogenomics. She is currently training in functional medicine.

Montag Schafer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Minnesota. She is a faculty member with the St. John’s Family Medicine Residency Program and practices at M Health Fairview Phalen Village Family Medicine Clinic. As an Adjunct Assistant Professor with the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, she is a preceptor for students on their APPE patient care elective rotation. She is a graduate from North Dakota State University College of Pharmacy and completed PGY1 Pharmacy Practice and PGY2 Ambulatory Care training at Hennepin County Medical Center.

Rosselli is a Clinical Associate Professor at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from St. Louis College of Pharmacy and completed a Pharmacy Practice residency at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Belleville, IL. She collaborates with primary care providers in a Federally Qualified Health Center to provide outpatient diabetes management and cardiometabolic risk reduction services at two SIHF Healthcare clinics. Her service, teaching, and research interests include diabetes care and support in adults, expanding the role of pharmacists in primary care, and enhancing well-being among pharmacy learners, pharmacists, and pharmacy personnel.

Schumacher is a Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at Midwestern University College of Pharmacy, Downers Grove Campus, and serves as the PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency Program Director. She practices as a clinical pharmacist at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, IL, providing chronic disease management for a variety of internal medicine disease states. She received her B.S. in Biochemistry and PharmD from the University of Michigan and completed a PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at Midwestern University.

Brandon Sucher serves as the National Director of Clinical Outcomes for Revelation Pharma, a national network of 503A and 503B compounding pharmacies providing innovative and quality pharmacy preparations and services through “industry best” patient care. He also serves as the Residency Program Director for the Revelation Pharma – Innovation Compounding PGY1 Community-Based Residency Program. With over 20 years of experience in pharmacy education and practice, Sucher has served as an ambulatory care pharmacist in a variety of settings, including Veterans Affairs (VA) primary care, VA anticoagulation services, and a patient-centered medical home interprofessional teaching clinic. Throughout his career, he has been committed to optimizing patient care in areas such as anticoagulation management, asthma, COPD, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and hypertension. He earned his Doctor of Pharmacy from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy and subsequently completed a Primary Care Specialty Residency with the University of Mississippi Medical Center. His professional interests include leader-development, real-world evidence studies, and patient-reported outcomes research designed to generate robust health outcomes evidence to support the use of compounded preparations in clinical practice.

Jarred Prudencio is an Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice and the Director of Experiential Education at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. He maintains a practice site at East Hawaii Health Clinics, a network of rural health clinics including family medicine and cardiology, where he provides comprehensive medication management through a collaborative practice agreement. He precepts pharmacy students on IPPE and APPE rotations, as well as family medicine physician residents on pharmacotherapy rotations. In the didactic setting, he teaches pharmacotherapy for chronic diseases including weight management, heart failure, thromboembolic disorders, HIV, viral hepatitis, COPD, asthma, and gout. His research interests include demonstrating optimization of patient outcomes in various ambulatory care pharmacy service models and innovations in pharmacy education.