Laura M. Borgelt, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS Dr. Borgeltis an Associate
Professor at the University of Colorado Denver in the Departments
of Clinical Pharmacy and Family Medicine. She received her Bachelor
of Science degree from the University of Iowa and her Doctor of
Pharmacy degree from the University of Colorado. She completed a
Primary Care Residency with the University of Colorado and Kaiser
Permanente Rocky Mountain Division. Dr. Borgelt is a board
certified pharmacotherapy specialist and a fellow of the American
College of Clinical Pharmacy. Dr. Borgelt's teaching, practice, and
research focus on women's health pharmacotherapy with an emphasis
on reproductive health, including contraception; polycystic ovary
syndrome; menopause; and osteoporosis. She has published numerous
peer-reviewed women's health articles in "Pharmacotherapy, American
Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, Clinical Reviews in Bone and
Mineral Metabolism, Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics Outcomes and
Research, Gender Medicine, Journal of Family Practice, "and"
Journal of the American Pharmacists Association" as well as several
book chapters. She also co-authored a contraception curriculum for
faculty through a partnership with the American Association of
Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP), and has presented women's health
topics at local, national, and international conferences. Dr.
Borgelt has served as past-chair of the American College of
Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Women's Health Practice and Research
Network (PRN), participated in the AHRQ Expert Panel for Medication
Overuse in Women/Older Adults, and has been a member of the
University of Colorado Women's Health Program Steering Committee
and the AACP Women's Health Content Expert Panel. She has been the
recipient of several teaching and clinical awards and is an active
member of and leader in multiple professional organizations.
MARY BETH O'CONNELL, PHARM.D., BCPS, FASHP, FCCP Dr. O'Connell is
an Associate Professor in the Pharmacy Practice Department at the
Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne
State University, Detroit, MI. She is also a geriatric ambulatory
care pharmacy specialist with the Detroit Medical Center Rosa Parks
Geriatric Center of Excellence. Dr. O'Connell received her Bachelor
of Science in Pharmacy from Wayne State University and her Doctor
of Pharmacy degree from University of Minnesota. She completed an
ASHP approved residency at Harper Hospital, Detroit, MI and a
research fellowship at the Drug Evaluation Unit, Minneapolis,
MN.
Dr. O'Connell's teaching, practice and research focuses on
geriatric and women's health pharmacotherapy with an emphasis on
osteoporosis prevention and treatment. She has over 50 peer
reviewed publications in pharmacy and medical literature and
textbooks. Her newest course is Patients' Perspectives on Health,
Illness, and Culture, which helps pharmacy students develop
cultural competency skills. This course received a 2009 American
Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Innovations in Teaching Award.
She participates in international teaching and pharmacy
organization activities, and is an active member of many
professional organizations including being the past president of
the American College of Clinical Pharmacy and the Minnesota Society
of Health-system Pharmacists and chair of many committees and task
forces. Dr. O'Connell is a member of the National Institute of
Health's Office of Research on Women's Health Advisory Board and
the editorial boards for "Pharmacotherapy" and "Journal of the
American Geriatrics Society." For her professional activities, Dr.
O'Connell has received a number of teaching, service and pharmacy
awards.
Judith A. Smith, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCOP, is an Associate Professor in
the Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Division of Surgery, UT
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. In addition, Dr. Smith has a
joint-faculty appointment as an Assistant Professor in the
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the UT Health Sciences
Center at Houston Medical School and in the Department of Clinical
Sciences and Administration at the University of Houston, College
of Pharmacy where she is the course coordinator for two graduate
elective courses. She received her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy
from Albany College of Pharmacy in 1996 and completed her Doctor of
Pharmacy degree in 1997. Dr. Smith completed an ASHP accredited
residency in Oncology Pharmacy Practice with a Pharmacy Practice
equivalent at the National Institutes of Health. She has completed
a two-year fellowship in Clinical Pharmacology at UT MDACC then
joined their Faculty in 2001.
Dr Smith is an active oncology clinical pharmacist as well as the
Core Pharmacology Laboratory Director at UTHSC Medical School at
Houston. Her research in women's health has a focus on drug
development for gynecologic cancers defining chemotherapy
interactions and mechanisms/modulation of drug resistance. She also
has done research in the integration of herbal and nutritional
supplement for treatment and prevention of cancer. Finally, Dr
Smith participates in numerous aspects of evaluation of safety of
medication and supplement use during pregnancy.
Karim Anton Calis, PharmD, MPH, FASHP, FCCP
Dr. Calis is a Clinical Reviewer in the Division of Metabolism and
Endocrinology Products of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and
a Clinical Investigator with the "Eunice Kennedy Shriver" National
Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National
Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases at the
National Institutes of Health. He is a Professor at the Medical
College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, and a
Clinical Professor at the University of Maryland. He received his
Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from the
University of Maryland and a Master of Public Health degree from
The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Dr. Calis is a nationally recognized clinical scientist who has
authored over 130 peer-reviewed publications in high-impact
journals, major medical textbooks, and authoritative electronic
media. Over the past 20 years, his clinical research has focused on
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis disorders, primary ovarian
insufficiency, and childhood growth and obesity. His work in
endocrinology, including both child health and reproductive health,
has appeared regularly in prominent medical and endocrine journals.
Dr. Calis is an active member of multiple professional
organizations and has chaired numerous committees and task forces,
including the U.S. Pharmacopeia Endocrinology Expert Committee. He
is the recipient of many national professional awards and is an
elected member (Distinguished Practitioner) of the National
Academies of Practice.
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