The Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) recently approved pharmacy specialties in Pediatrics and Critical Care. After a call for nominations, the BPS Board of Directors convened to make appointments to the first councils responsible for these new specialties.

Members of the first Specialty Council on Critical Care Pharmacy are:

Joseph Boullata, Pharm.D., RPh, BCNSP, Professor of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, and Pharmacy Specialist in Nutrition Support, Clinical Nutrition Support Services, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Sara Brouse, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS (AQ Cardiology), Cardiovascular Clinical Coordinator, University of Kentucky Healthcare, and Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, Lexington, KY

Brian L. Erstad, Pharm.D., FCCP, FCCM, FASHP, BCPS, Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacy Practice & Science, University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, and Clinical Pharmacist for Critical Care, University of Arizona Medical Center, Tucson, AZ

Tyree Heath Kiser, Pharm.D., FCCP, FCCM, BCPS, Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Critical Care Pharmacy Specialist, University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO

Joseph E. Mazur, Pharm.D., BCPS, Clinical Pharmacy Manager and Critical Care Clinical Specialist (Medical Intensive Care Unit), Medical University of South Carolina, and Clinical Associate Professor, South Carolina College of Pharmacy, Charleston, SC

Charles J. Medico, Pharm.D., BCPS, Clinical Coordinator, Enterprise Pharmacy, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA; and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Wilkes University Nesbitt School of Pharmacy, Wilkes-Barre, PA

Hal E. Richards, Pharm.D., BCNSP, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist and Director, PGY2 Residency in Critical Care Medicine, St. Joseph’s Candler Health System, Savannah, GA; and Clinical Assistant Professor, The University of Georgia College of Pharmacy, Athens, GA

Maria Kazlauskas Stubbs, RPh, BCPS, Critical Care Pharmacist and Director, PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency Program, VA San Diego Healthcare System, and Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA; and Adjunct Professor, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA

Robert J. Weber, Pharm.D., M.S., FASHP, FNAP, BCPS, Administrator, Pharmaceutical Services, The Ohio State University Medical Center, and Assistant Dean for Medical Center Affairs and Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy, Columbus, OH

Members of the first Specialty Council on Pediatric Pharmacy are:

Sandra Benavides Caballero, Pharm.D., Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, Nova Southeastern University, and Clinical Pharmacist in Pediatrics, Children’s Medical Services, Department of Health, Fort Lauderdale, FL; Clinical Pharmacist Consultant, Pediatric Emergency Standards, Weston, FL; and Clinical Pharmacist in Pediatrics, Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, Hollywood, FL

Kimberley W. Benner, Pharm.D., FASHP, FPPAG, BCPS, Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy, and Pediatric Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Children’s of Alabama, Birmingham, AL

Katherine Hammond Chessman, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS, BCNSP, Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Outcome Sciences, and Residency Program Director, Pediatric Pharmacy Practice, South Carolina College of Pharmacy, MUSC Campus, and Pediatric Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Pediatric Surgery/Pediatrics, Department of Pharmacy Services, The Children’s Hospital of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

Elizabeth A. Farrington, Pharm.D., FCCP, FCCM, FPPAG, BCPS, Pharmacist III, Pediatrics, Betty H. Cameron Women’s & Children’s Hospital, New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, NC; Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacotherapy, University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, NC; and Clinical Professor, Campbell University School of Pharmacy, Buies Creek, NC

Rita K. Jew, Pharm.D., FASHP, Director of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Services, Mission Bay, UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

Robert J. Kuhn, Pharm.D., FPPAG, Pediatric Clinical Pharmacist, Kentucky Children’s Hospital, and Endowed Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

Anne Lesko, Pharm.D., FPPAG, Senior Clinical Director and Residency Program Director, Division of Pharmacy, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and Adjunct Associate Professor, Division of Pharmacy Practice and Administrative Sciences, James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

Stephanie J. Phelps, Pharm.D., FCCP, FAPhA, FPPAG, BCPS, Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, and Professor, Clinical Pharmacy and Pediatrics, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Pharmacy, Memphis, TN

Michael D. Reed, Pharm.D., FCCP, FCP, Director, Rebecca D. Considine Research Institute, Director, Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, and Associate Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron, Akron, OH; Professor of Pediatrics, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH; Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH; and Clinical Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Raabe College of Pharmacy, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH

The Specialty Council for each recognized pharmacy practice specialty has the following responsibilities:

• To recommend to BPS the standards and other requirements for the certification and recertification of pharmacists in the specialty.
• To develop and administer examinations as required for the certification and recertification of pharmacists in the specialty.
• To evaluate the qualifications of individual pharmacists and to submit to BPS the names of the pharmacists recommended for certification or recertification in the specialty.

BPS Chairman, Joseph Saseen, Pharm.D., FCCP, FASHP, FNLA, BCPS, CLS, Professor, Clinical Pharmacy and Family Medicine, and Vice Chair, Department of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center, offered the following comment:

The work of the Specialty Councils is absolutely critical to the establishment and maintenance of a high quality pharmacist Board Certification Program. The response to the call for Specialty Council nominations was very strong and BPS is pleased to have an outstanding group of clinicians, educators and administrators to lead the newest BPS specialties.

BPS plans to offer the first examination in each new specialty in the fall of 2015. For more information on BPS activities, visit www.bpsweb.org.