Monday, October 20, 2025 from 1:45 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. CDT at Great Lakes AB, 4th Floor
Available for 1.50 hours of CPE creditActivity Number: 0217-0000-25-130-L01-PActivity Type: An Application-Based ActivityThe Central Nervous System (CNS) PRN Educational Programming Committee is developing an education session focused on the use of ketamine for neurological and psychiatric conditions in multiple practice settings. The disease state topics will include depression, status epilepticus and pain management. Each speaker presentation will include: 1) discussion of pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic and medical quandaries of ketamine use as it pertains to the topic(s), 2) review of clinical data related to the use of ketamine in the topic(s) and 3) evidence-based recommendations and patient care application of ketamine in these practice areas. The target audience of this session is practicing pharmacists, pharmacy residents, pharmacy students, and associated medical professionals. The purpose of this session is to deliver education for an evolving, relevant issue to enhance pharmacist understanding and readiness in application to the clinical setting.
Learning Objectives1. Describe the current and emerging literature related to the use of esketamine/ketamine in mental health, pain, and neurology, including pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic considerations and efficacy.
2. Apply available clinical evidence to determine risks and benefits of esketamine/ketamine therapy including dosing and monitoring.
3. Design a dosing and monitoring treatment regimen specific to a patient case.
4. Evaluate potential challenges and real-world considerations of esketamine/ketamine therapy in the care of patients within designated disease states.
 | | Moderator: | Emily M. Laswell, Pharm.D., BCPS | | Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Cedarville University School of Pharmacy
Cedarville, Ohio | | View Biography |
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Barking Up the Right Tree - Ketamine for Depression1:45 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. | | Speaker: | Jeremy Daniel, Pharm.D., FAAPP, BCPP, BCPS | | Psychiatric Clinical Pharmacist, Avera Behavioral Health Center
Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice
South Dakota State University
Sioux Falls, SD | | View Biography |
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Fetching a Novel Use - Ketamine for Status Epilepticus2:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. | | Speaker: | Leslie A. Hamilton, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCCCP, BCPS | | Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy
Clinical Pharmacist, University of Tennessee Medical Center
Knoxville, Tennessee | | View Biography |
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Post-Zoomies Crash - Ketamine for Acute Pain2:45 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. | | Speaker: | David E. Zimmerman, Pharm.D., FCCP, FASHP, FCCP, BCCCP, BCEMP | | Associate Professor of Pharmacy
Duquesne University School of Pharmacy
Pittsburgh, PA | | View Biography |
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