We chat with Dr. Lisa Deal, Director of Pharmacy, Sun Behavioral Health Delaware in Georgetown, Delaware, about the unique aspects of managing mental health disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic. Considerations for both patient and clinician mental health will also be discussed.
SPEAKERS
Lisa Lowery Deal, Pharm.D., FASHP, BCACP, B.S.N., R.N., is currently the Director of Pharmacy at SUN Behavioral Delaware and works as needed as an Emergency Medicine and Pharmacotherapy Specialist at Beebe Medical Center. She was previously a Population Health Pharmacist Manager at Christiana Care Health System for 2 years and a clinical specialist at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital for 6 years. Lisa has been practicing in Emergency Medicine for over 18 years as both a nurse and pharmacist. Dr. Deal received degrees from Virginia Tech, Johns Hopkins University, and University of Maryland. Dr. Deal has published several articles related to emergency medicine and psychiatric pharmacy. Her areas of interest include medication safety, resident and student teaching, and toxicology. In her free time, Dr. Deal spends time with her family travelling and spending time at the beach.
Vicki Basalyga, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCPPS, is the Director for the Section of Clinical Specialists and Scientists. In this role Vicki serves as an information resource and provides guidance to ASHP members regarding science and scientific developments affecting pharmacy practice in health systems. She serves as secretary to the Section executive committee and coordinates activities to accomplish the objectives established by the Section. Additionally, Vicki has assumed the position of Council Secretary for the ASHP's Council on Therapeutics.
Vicki received her Doctor of Pharmacy from Duquesne University and completed an ASHP accredited PGY1 at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC. Vicki is also a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist and a Board Certified Pediatric Pharmacotherapy Specialist.
Prior to her current position at ASHP, Vicki practiced as critical care pharmacist in both the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC. Other activities Vicki performed included drafting policies and procedures, co-chairing the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, creating and drafting order sets for CPOE conversion and precepting residents and students.