Name: Patrick D. Fuller, Pharm.D., BCPS
Title: Pharmacy Staff Development Coordinator and PGY1 Residency
Program Director
Work Location: The Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
His Story
Dr. Patrick Fuller is a native of Omaha and graduated with a BS in Chemistry from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1994 and then graduated with a Pharm.D. from the University of
Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy in 1999. He completed a pharmacy practice residency at The Nebraska Medical Center in 2000. He has over 15 years of critical care pharmacy practice experience. He is the current Pharmacy Staff Development Coordinator and
PGY1 Program Director at The Nebraska Medical Center. Dr. Fuller is a practitioner surveyor and a member of the SCSS Section Advisory Group on Clinical Leadership. He has presented in both poster and podium forum at the National Preceptors Conference.
Overview of Facility/Health System
The Nebraska Medical Center is a 635 bed, Level One trauma center with over 40,000 emergency room visits per year. As the primary teaching hospital for the University of Nebraska
Medical Center, The Nebraska Medical Center is a respected leader in solid organ transplantation, cardiology, blood and marrow transplantation, oncology and neurosciences.
The Nebraska Medical Center brings together the expertise of private practice medicine with the strengths of an academic health center.
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Current Projects
In collaboration with many other colleagues, Dr. Fuller has have been involved in the planning and implementation of the new pharmacist staffing model at The Nebraska Medical Center that began in February of 2014. The new model involves the integration of all pharmacists in the department rounding as part of multidisciplinary medical teams. The service line model allows pharmacists to work with physicians in “real time” as physicians make decisions about which medications to use to treat their patients. Pharmacists have instant access to the medical teams to contribute in treatment decisions, answer medication questions, and assist physicians in ordering medications.
Advice for Someone New to Your Specialty Area
"As the residency program director and staff development coordinator who still maintains clinical practice in the critical care arena, my advice is to always put the patient first, be enthusiastic, inspire others and do your best each and every day!"
Value of ASHP
"A famous baseball player once said 'Love the game and the game will love you back'--- I would say that to contribute in time, talents and treasure to ASHP will provide countless rewards not only for yourself, but for many other colleagues and ultimately, the patients we serve each and every day."
"ASHP provides a forum for practitioners to be involved on a state, regional and national level to move the profession forward and to inspire pharmacists throughout the nation to practice at the top of their license."
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