Outpatient Pharmacist Services

Dr. Yuan works collaboratively with endocrinologists, advanced practice registered nurses, dieticians, social workers, and nurses to help support people who are referred to the practice for the management of diabetes. She individualizes medication regimens and doses, interprets home monitored glucose values, and educates on any diabetes-related topic. She also provides support for the endocrinologists and advanced practice registered nurses to answer questions related to medications.

Dr. Powell’s pharmacy clinical practice at Eastside Family Medicine focuses on chronic disease state management including diabetes, hypertension hyperlipidemia, anticoagulation therapy, transitions of care, and more. By working alongside physicians, nurse practitioners, social workers, nursing, and both medical and pharmacy students, his practice is able to deliver comprehensive health care to the underserved population of Gainesville.

Dr. Vascimini’s pharmacy clinical practice at Main Street Family Medicine focuses on chronic disease state management, including diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, anticoagulation therapy, transitions of care and more. By working collaboratively with the physicians, medical residents, nurses and staff, she aids in providing comprehensive health care for family medicine patients. She provides additional support to assist with patient counseling and answering questions related to medications.

Dr. Dietrich runs an anticoagulation monitoring service at UF Health Internal Medicine at Tower Hill. His clinical responsibilities include monitoring and adjusting medication doses of anticoagulants to ensure safety and efficacy goals are being achieved. He also collaborates with a multidisciplinary cardiology team at the Post-MI Transitions of Care clinic where patients recently discharged from UF Health Shands following a heart attack receive medication optimization and ongoing cardiovascular care.

Dr. Leonard works collaboratively with the providers at the UF Health Internal Medicine Medical Plaza. She manages patients at the clinic on anticoagulation therapy via in-person appointments as well as reaching out to our rural patients by phone or chart messaging. She provides patient education, adjusts doses and ensures routine INR monitoring for these patients and assists when a change in therapy is necessary. She is also available for all providers to answer medication-related questions, help with formulary management and counsel patients struggling with adherence. Outside of the clinic, she completes telepharmacy visits and counsels participants enrolled in an asthma grant.

Dr. Taylor works collaboratively with internal medicine physicians, physician assistants and nurses to manage patients receiving anticoagulation therapy. He performs the necessary monitoring, adjusts doses as needed, provides patient education and follow-up. He also provides support to the medical staff to answer medication-related questions.

Dr. Cicali’s clinical practice role supports the UF Health Precision Medicine Program and the MyRx pharmacogenetic testing and education service – an innovative clinical service that explains how the tiny difference in your DNA can have a huge impact on how you respond to certain medications.  Pharmacogenetic testing looks at specific genes to help predict the types of medicines and dosages that may be best for a particular patient based on their DNA.

Dr. Childs-Kean works collaboratively with infectious disease physicians, physician assistants, social workers and nurses to support people who are discharged from UF Health Shands Hospital on long-term intravenous antimicrobials. She individualizes medication regimens and doses, interprets safety and efficacy lab results, and educates patients on antimicrobials. She also provides support for physicians and physician assistants in answering questions related to antimicrobials.

Dr. Whitner’s clinical practice at Total Care Clinic is in the urban core of Jacksonville, Florida. She works collaboratively with primary care providers and nurse educators to enhance the chronic disease state education and management among historically underserved patient populations. The chronic disease state education and management includes diabetes, hypertension, mental wellness, and much more. In addition to working with patients of the clinic, Whitner hosts educational workshops monthly for members of the community in effort to increase knowledge on various health topics.

Dr. Huston’s clinical practice role on the Investigational Drug Service at UF Health Jax focuses on supporting new and ongoing clinical studies. The investigational drug service coordinates study details between sponsors, research coordinators, investigators and other research team members to enable the dispensing of investigational medications for patients in the health care system.

Dr. Moorman Li supports two different practices at UF Health Jacksonville. She works at the UF Health Pain Management Center, which is a multidisciplinary program that helps patients cope with the debilitating effects of pain. She also sees patients at the UF Health CB McIntosh Clinic by providing pharmacy services in a pain management clinic overseen by primary care providers.

Dr. Cook works collaboratively with a variety of health care providers across multiple clinical specialties to support the ordering and interpretation of pharmacogenetic testing at Nemours Children’s Health. She individualizes medication regimens and doses through applying pharmacogenetic results and counsels patients on how their results may impact current and future medication use. She also provides education on pharmacogenetics topics to the health system.

Dr. Phillips collaborates with the health care team at Shell Point Retirement Community to deliver resident-centered care regarding anticoagulation management and polypharmacy services. In this setting, he interprets laboratory data, determines appropriate treatment plans regarding anticoagulation and other chronic disease states, and provides education and counseling to residents regarding their medications and well-being.

Dr. Rowe’s clinical practice site is the polypharmacy telehealth service at Shell Point Retirement Community. In this role, she assesses medications, interprets laboratory values, educates patients regarding their disease states and medications, and collaborates with the interprofessional team to provide the best care for her patients.

Dr. Soucie collaborates with the interprofessional health care team at the Shell Point Retirement Community to manage anticoagulation regimens for residents of the community.  She interprets laboratory values, adjusts medication regimens, assists with peri-procedure planning, and provides patient education related to anticoagulation therapy.

Dr. St. Onge works collaboratively with physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants at the Shell Point Retirement Community to manage patients referred to the polypharmacy service. In this role, she provides a comprehensive review of all medications, interprets laboratory values, makes therapeutic recommendations to providers and educates patients regarding their disease states and medications.