Seattle was one of the first cities in the U.S. to treat COVID-19 patients. Rena Gosser, Clinical Ambulatory Care Manager at Harborview in Seattle, Washington shares lessons learned, clinical concerns, and plans for the safe reopening of some clinical services.
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Rena Gosser is the Clinical Ambulatory Pharmacy Manager at Harborview Medical Center and Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Washington School of Pharmacy in Seattle, WA. She currently serves ASHP as Vice-Chair of the Council on Therapeutics and member of the Section of Clinical Specialists and Scientists Clinical Leadership Section Advisory Group. Gosser has previously served ASHP as Chair of the Emerging Sciences SAG, New Practitioner on the Council on Therapeutics, and BCPS Recertification Ambassador. She can be found on Twitter @renagosser for general musings on pharmacy practice.
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.