A conversation between an ASHP fellow and extern describing their experiences and projects and how they relate to ASHP initiatives.
SPEAKERS
Gabrielle Pierce, Pharm.D., M.B.A. is currently an Executive Fellow in Association Leadership and Management at ASHP. Dr. Pierce graduated from the University of South Carolina in May 2020 with her Pharm.D. and M.B.A., and then completed a PGY1 specialty pharmacy residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago within their Specialty Pharmacy Services team. Her interests include specialty pharmacy, administration and leadership, medical communications and academia.
Doug Lasch is a final-year PharmD Candidate at the University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy who served as an ASHP extern during August 2021. He is currently seeking Health System Pharmacy Administration and Leadership residency with the hopes of working in a large academic medical center and providing the same, incredible mentorship to others that he has received. He is currently a member of the Pharmacy Student Forum’s Student Society Development Advisory Group.
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.
