University of Maryland School of Pharmacy Pharmacotherapy (PT) Rounds Schedule (2023-2024)

Date Presenter Topic
October 10, 2023 Alyssa Castillo, PharmD It hits different this time: aldosterone antagonists for treatment
resistant hypertension
October 10, 2023 Derek Edwards, PharmD The Prescribing Continuum of Alzheimer's Disease: Evidence-Based
Goal-Concordant Prescribing 
October 17, 2023 Celina Ferey, PharmD The Perils of Positivity: Induction Immunosuppression in Simultaneous
Liver-Kidney Transplants with Positive Crossmatches
October 17, 2023 Courtney Moshos, PharmD Have no fear, letermovir is here: The use of letermovir for
cytomegalovirus (CMV) prophylaxis in kidney transplantation 
October 24, 2023 Masha Yemets, PharmD Compounded semiglutide misadventures
October 24, 2023 Victoria Macdonald, PharmD Alternatives to Physostigmine in Anticholinergic Delirium
October 31, 2023 Vincent Lam, PharmD Take My Breath Away: Exploring Biologic Use in Eosinophilic Chronic
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
October 31, 2023 Makenzie Harrison, PharmD  Don't Blame Me: Psychotropics and their Reputation for QT Prolongation
November 7, 2023 Rianna Fedora, PharmD Beware the Aware: Sedation and Paralysis in Rapid Sequence
Intubation
November 7, 2023 Breah Johnson, PharmD Phenobarbital for the Management of Acute Alcohol Withdrawal
Syndrome
November 14, 2023 Sarah Stetzer, PharmD The RSV Vaccine - The New Kids on the Block
November 14, 2023 Abbas Hanee, PharmD Meds and (Cannabis) Buds; what could go wrong?
November 28, 2023 Catherine Kim, PharmD 2023 Updated Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication
Use in Older Adults
November 28, 2023 Rebecca Suburu, PharmD Pancreatic Islet Cells: A Cure for Type 1 Diabetes?
December 12, 2023 Tiffany Gardner, PharmD Management of Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy
December 12, 2023 Katelyn Sandquist, PharmD Death by a Thousand Cups: Caffeine and the Risk of Arrhythmias
December 19, 2023 Cassidy Luke, PharmD Stop the Sugar Rush: Early Administration of Insulin Glargine in
Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis
December 19, 2023 Boramey Pom, PharmD Polarizing Perspectives: Pola-R-CHP vs. R-CHOP in Patients with Diffuse
Large B-Cell Lymphoma
January 10, 2024 Blake Mangum, PharmD Oral Carbapenem Treatment for Resistant UTIs: A Nightmare or A
Daydream?
January 10, 2024 Amanda Summers, PharmD Should all health plans pay for GLP-1 receptor agonist treatment for
obesity? A cost-effectiveness analysis
January 17, 2024 Zourayz Kamran, PharmD Breaking up with Breakpoints: Updated recommendations for the use of
piperacillin-tazobactam in the treatment of ESBL infections
January 17, 2024 Namratha Ravindra, PharmD Teplizumab Takes the Stage: Delaying Type 1 Diabetes in Pediatric
Patients
January 24, 2024 William Cappuccio, PharmD Refractory Septic Shock: Hydroxocobalamin and Methylene Blue to the
Rescue
January 31, 2024 Sania Ali, PharmD Rethink the Rescue: ICS Containing Rescue Inhalers in Asthma
Exacerbations
January 31, 2024 Stanley Otiwu, PharmD Insulin Icodec: Is Once Weekly Insulin as Sweet as it Sounds?
February 7, 2024 Poonam Panchal, PharmD Evaluation of the Utilization and Safety of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists 
February 7, 2024 Karan Angad Singh, PharmD HIF HIF Hooray: Daprodustat (HIF Stabilizer) for Anemia Secondary to
Chronic Kidney Disease
February 14, 2024 Andrew Ballentine, PharmD Breaking PAD: The Use of Rivaroxaban and Aspirin in Peripheral Artery
Disease
February 14, 2024 Michael Lucas, PharmD Loco for LoDoCo: Reducing Cardiovascular Events with Colchicine
February 28, 2024 Lydia Lee, PharmD Zuranolone for the Treatment of Postpartum Depression
February 28, 2024 Rose Sebastian, PharmD The ABCs of OTC birth control
March 6, 2024 Nicholas Kim, PharmD Under pressure: Midodrine for vasopressor weaning?
March 6, 2024 Leslie Banuelos, PharmD Early Initiation of Vasopressors in Septic Shock
March 13, 2024 Brett Olin, PharmD Keeping the Clots Away: Bivalirudin vs. Heparin in STEMI patients
March 13, 2024 Anna Trinh, PharmD Game Changer In Anticoagulation Therapy? Unveiling The XI Factor! 
March 27, 2024 Emily Francis, PharmD Mind Over Matter: ACEi vs. ARBs Effect on Cognitive Impairment
March 27, 2024 Min Ji Park, PharmD Beyond the Clot: Transitioning Between Oral P2Y12 Inhibitors
April 3, 2024 Katie Zimmerman, PharmD End-of-Life Symptom Management in COPD
April 3, 2024 Shelby Zavala, PharmD Linezolid and Serotonergic Agents: Are Washout Periods Necessary?
April 17, 2024 Dorthory Gaddis, PharmD Evaluating Respiratory Distress Observation Scale and Opioids for End
of Life Management
April 17, 2024 Simran Rohatgi, PharmD Are You Ready PHor It? Management of Pulmonary Hypertension
Associated with Interstitial Lung Disease 
April 24, 2024 Audree Mbianda, PharmD Use of Direct Oral Anticoagulants in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and
Mechanical or Bioprosthetic Heart Valves