Clinical Practice Site: Lifetime Health Medical Group, MedSense Clinical Pharmacy Program
Therapeutic Areas of Interest: -Ambulatory Care (Diabetes, Hypertension, Hyperlipidemia, Cardiovascular Disease, Osteoporosis, Asthma/COPD) -Clinical Pharmacy Services and Medication Therapy Management -Self Care
Research interest areas include:
1. Patient-centered pharmacotherapy management of ambulatory disease states
2. Effect of pharmacist intervention on health care and economic outcomes
3. Ambulatory management of type 2 diabetes
4. Lipid and blood pressure management in the ambulatory type 2 diabetes population
Education and Training:
Patient Care Traineeship, ASHP Research and Education Foundation (2006)
PGY 1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, University at Buffalo SoPPS (2005)
PharmD, University at Buffalo SoPPS (2004)
BS, Canisius College, Cum laude (2000)
Employment:
Director and Secretary, N/A, University Pharmacy Resident Services, Inc. (2013-present)
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice, University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (2005-present)
PGY 1 Resident/Ambulatory Care, Lifetime Health Medical Group, University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (2004–2005)
Pharmacy Intern, High Street Pharmacy (2002–2004)
Pharmacy Technician/Pharmacy Intern, IvyLea Prescription Center (2000–2002)
United States Public Health Service Excellence in Public Health Service in Pharmacy Practice Award (2003)
Rho Chi (2001)
Grants and Sponsored Research:
June 2018–May 2019 Development of a Micro-Credential on the Newly Developed Pharmacist Patient Care Process for Use in Pharmacy and Health Profession Programs: Promoting Patient-Centered Care SUNY Innovative Instruction Technology Grants (IITG) program Role: Co-Investigator $20,000
Journal Articles:
Slazak EM, Zurick, Gina M. A practice-based learning experience to develop residents as clinical faculty members. American Journal of Health System Pharmacy. 2009; 66(13).
Monte SV; Slazak EM; Albanese NP; Adelman M; Rao G; Paladino JA. Clinical and Economic Impact of a Diabetes Clinical Pharmacy Service Program in a University and Primary Care-Based Collaboration Model. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. 2009; 49.
Monte SV; Albanese NP; Slazak EM; Schentag JJ; Paladino JA. Costs of treating lower respiratory tract infections in outpatients. American Journal of Managed Care. 2008; 14(4).
Abstracts:
Slazak EM, Prescott WA, Bednarczyk EM. University Pharmacy Resident Services, Inc.: a novel approach to employment of pharmacy residents(Poster #6-003). ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting. 2015.
Manciotti C; Slazak EM; Monte SV; Brody PM. Degree of A1C lowering and metabolic effects betwen GLP-1 agonists, DPP-IV inhibitors, and basal insulin when added to a combination of metformin adn sulfonylurea in patietns with inadequately controlled type 2 diabetes. 2011.
Sawkar S; Slazak EM; Monte SV; Norgard NB; Fominaya C; Brown J. Impact of add-on antihyperlipidemic therapies to statin therapy on cardiovascular outcomes and mortality [Abstract]. American Society of Health-System Pharmacy Midyear Clinical Meeting. 2010.
Monte SV; Dearing N; Slazak EM; Schentag JJ. Relationship of self monitoring of blood glucose on cardiovascular outomes in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Technology Conference. 2009.
Herges J; Monte SV; Slazak EM; Albanese NP; Paladino JA. Comparison of Pharmacist-Physician Collaborative and Physician Only Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in the Primary Care Setting. ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting. 2008.
Mac Evoy MS; Slazak EM; Paladino JA; Monte SV. Evaluation of atorvastatin to simvastatin conversion in a primary care physician group and the impact on quality of care. ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting. 2007.
Paladino JA; Monte SV; Albanese NP; Slazak EM; Schentag JJ. Costs of Outpatients Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in an Adult Managed Care Population. ICAAC. 2007.
Zurick GM; Slazak EM. A Practice-Based Learning Experience to Develop Residents as Clinical Faculty Members. AACP Annual Meeting. 2007.
Grace PM; Slazak EM; Fiebelkorn KD; Brody PM. Four separate Measures for Assessing Written and Oral Communication Skills in First Year Pharmacy Students. AACP Annual Meeting. 2007.
Slazak EM; Albanese NP; Wrobel MJ; Monte SV; Orlick AE; Ambres CA; Morse ED. MedSense, and Academic Medication Management Program in a Primary Care Group Practice. AACP. 2007.
Monte SV; Paolini N; Slazak EM; Paladino JA. Cost of Outpatient Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in an Adult Primary Care Population. ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting. 2006.
Slazak EM; Paolini NM; Broffman G; Morse ED. Evaluation of Patient-Centered Pharmacotherapy Management in a Managed Care Organization. ACCP Annual Meeting. 2005.
American Pharmacists Association; Chapter Co-Advisor (2010)
Pharmacists Association of Western New York (2008)
NYS Chapter, American College of Clinical Pharmacy (2007)
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (2005–present)
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (2005)
American College of Clinical Pharmacists (2005)
American Society of Health System Pharmacists (2004)
Presentations:
"Influence of Part-Time Work on Academic Outcomes of Doctor of Pharmacy Students in the Era of Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE)." 2011 AACP Meeting, AACP (2011)
"MTM Pearls for Practice: Efficient and Effective Communication with Prescribers" APhA Annual Meeting, APhA (2011)
"Writing and Grading Examinations" UB SoPPS Resident Teaching and Learning Certificate Course, UB SoPPS (2010)
"Best Practices in Residency Training: Implementing a Precepting Learning Experience" Maximizing Your Effectiveness as a Residency Preceptor, UB SoPPS/Kaleida Health (2010)
"Real World Pharmaceutical Care Scenarios (Educational Best Practices Roundtable)" APhA Self-Care Institute 2010, APhA (2010)
"Initiating Insulin in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes" Adult Medicine Meeting, Lifetime Health Medical Group (2010)
"LPN Inservice: Chronic Ambulatory Medications" , Lifetime Health Medical Group (2010)
"Impact of Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes" ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, ASHP (2009)
"Pharmacist Educators in Ambulatory Antihypertensive Therapy Management:Techniques for Effective Interprofessional Communication" Pharmacist Educators in Ambulatory Antihypertensive Therapy Management, UB SoPPS/SUNY/NYS DOH (2009)
"Diabetes and Cardiovascular Medication Review" Intensive Diabetes Program, Propel Health (2009)
"Optimizing the Use of Resitrak in the Evaluation Process" Maximizing Effectiveness as a Residency Program Preceptor, UB SoPPS/Kaleida Health (2009)
"Updates in Diabetes Pharmacotherapy" Primary Care Inservice, Lifetime Health Medical Group (2009)
"APhA Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery" , SUNY at Buffalo, SoPPS (2009)
"APhA Pharmacy Based Immunization Delivery." , University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (2009)
"APhA Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery" , SUNY at Buffalo, SoPPS (2009)
"Comparison of Pharmacist-Physician Collaborative and Physician Only Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in the Primary Care Setting" ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, ASHP (2008)
"NYS Part III Pharmacy Board Exam Review" Professional Practice Review Series, UB SoPPS (2008)
"Diabetes and Cardiovascular Medication Review" Intensive Diabetes Program, Propel Health (2008)
"Diabetes and Cardiovascular Medication Review" Intensive Diabetes Program, Propel Health (2008)
"NYS Part III Pharmacy Board Exam Review" Professional Practice Review Series, UB SoPPS (2008)
"Increase Your Knowledge, Decrease Your Blood Glucose" Diabetes Seminar, Propel Health (2008)
"Evaluation of atorvastatin to simvastatin conversion in a primary care physician group and the impact on quality of care" ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, ASHP (2007)
"Cost of Treating Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Outpatients" 47th Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, ICAAC (2007)
"A Practice-Based Learning Experience to Develop Residents as Clinical Faculty Members" AACP Annual Meeting, AACP (2007)
"A Practice-Based Learning Experience to Develop Residents as Clinical Faculty Members" AACP Annual Meeting, AACP (2007)
"Four separate Measures for Assessing Written and Oral Communication Skills in First Year Pharmacy Students" AACP Annual Meeting, AACP (2007)
"MedSense, an Academic Medication Management Program in a Primary Care Group Practice" AACP Annual Meeting, AACP (2007)
"Medication Therapy Management in the Primary Care Setting" Introducing Medication Management into Your Clinical Practice, UB SoPPS Office of Postgraduate Education (2007)
"Cost of Outpatient Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in an Adult Primary Care Population" ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, ASHP (2006)
"Analysis of Montelukast Plus Short-acting Beta-2-agonist Versus Short-acting Beta-2-agonist Alone in a Pediatric Asthma Population" ASHP Midyear Conference, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (2005)
"Evaluation of Patient-Centered Pharmacotherapy Management in a Managed Care Organization" ACCP Annual Meeting, ACCP (2005)
Residency Advisory Committee; Planning and coordination of UB SoPPS/affilliated residency programs.; Other (2013)
Search Committee/Pharm Care Faculty; Member (2013)
Electronic OTC Drug Information; OTC Answers OTC Answers is a web-based computer program designed to give drug information on OTC products. There is a pharmacist, patient, and student interface. I contributed 5 articles to the patient interface and am on the steering committee for the; Other (2012)
VPUE Adjudication Committee Pool; Each year the Office of the VPUE needs to develop a pool of students and faculty who could be called upon in the event that an Adjudication Committee is required for an Academic Integrity case or a Grievance.; Member (2011)
Wellness Clinic/Canterbury Woods; SSHSP; Other (2011)
Free Clinic; Good Neighbors Clinic/Harvest House Pharmacist volunteer for free primary care clinic, approximately once (3 hours) per month.; Volunteer (2011)
Osteoporosis Screening Clinic; UB SoPPS LKS/Weinberg Campus Osteoporosis-related wellness clinic during open house at the Weinberg Campus. Included osteoporosis screenings.; Coordinator (2011)
Student Advisement Committee; Member (2010)
Pharmacy Professional Fraternity; Lambda Kappa Sigma (LKS); Other (2010)
Student Pharmacy Professional Organization; APhA-ASP (Academy of Student Pharmacists); Other (2010)
UB SoPPS Residency Research Day; UB SoPPS; Other (2010)
Pharmaceutical Care Committee; Coordination among all courses in the pharmaceutical care sequence.; Other (2010)
DOH Prescriber Education Program: Diabetes; PEP DM: White paper co-author; Member (2010)
H1N1 Immunization Clinic; UB SoPPS Intramuscular and intranasal H1N1 vaccine administration to faculty and students of the UB SoPPS.; Volunteer (2009)
Influenza Immunization Clinic; UB SoPPS Pharmacist immunization delivery of intramuscular influenza vaccines to faculty and students of UB SoPPS.; Volunteer (2009)
Curriculum Committee; Member (2009)
Diabetes Education Classes; Lifetime Health Medical Group Classes offered several times per year (quarterly) for patients newly diagnosed with diabetes or those wishing to enhance their knowledge of diabetes. Topics covered: Pathophysiology, risk factors, complications, medication; Coordinator (2009)
DOH Prescriber Education Program: Hypertension; PEP HTN Detailer Training: Presenter PEP HTN Web Module: Content development; Member (2009)
Tobacco Sales in Pharmacies; The goal of this committee is to take a position against the sale of tobacco products in pharmacies. The first step is to survey pharmacies and pharmacists to gauge sentiment for or against the practice.; Member (2009)
DOH MTM Pilot Program; MTM Bronx Pilot run-through/evaluator; Member (2009)
Eastern States Residency Conference; Eastern States Moderated a session (consisting of 5) of residency platform presentations.; Other (2009)
Hayes Insights Program; Gave pharmacy-related presentation to donors who plan to donate portions of their estates to the University.; Other (2009)
Osteoporosis Screening Clinic; UB SoPPS/Weinberg Campus Osteoporosis-related wellness clinic during open house at the Weinberg Campus. Included osteoporosis screenings.; Coordinator (2009)
UB SoPPS Residency Research Day; UB SoPPS; Other (2009)
Simulation Center Committee; Planning for interprofessional patient simulation center, creating simulation cases.; Member (2009)
Commencement Awards Committee; Review of graduating P4 students and available awards.; Member (2009)
American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education; AACP Ad-hoc peer reviewer Review #1 - September 2008; Reviewer (2008)
UBreathe Free Committee; Committee charge: develop and implement policy for a campus-wide smoking ban. Planned implementation date: August 1, 2009; Member (2008)
Search Committee: Internal Medicine/Women's Health; Member (2008)
Student Preparation for Midyear Clinical Meeting Residency Showcase; Panel discussion with P3 and P4 students attending AHSP MCM in preparation for residency application and match.; Other (2007)
Student Background Checks; Charge: Develop a policy regarding mandatory student background checks.; Member (2007)
Pharmacy Day; UB SoPPS On Pharmacy Day, pharmacists from around the state travel to the state capital and lobby for pharmacy-related laws and regulations. Attendance, 2007 Attendance, 2008; Other (2007)
Tech Savvy Workshop; AAUW Gave pharmacy-related presentation to young women (middle-high school-aged).; Volunteer (2007)
Search Committee: Director of Experiential Education; Interviewed 5 candidates and successfully recommended the hiring of one of the candidates.; Member (2007)
APhA Counseling Competition; Review of counseling skills (videotaped) of students.; Reviewer (2006)
Pharm.D. Admissions Interviews; Other (2006)
Pharm.D. Program E-Reviews; Review online pharm.d. candidate applications and recommend for interviews.; Reviewer (2006)
ASHP Clinical Skills Competition; Evaluation of case-based clinical assessment and plan of student teams.; Reviewer (2006)
Conference on Health Aging; Amherst Senior Services Supervised pharmacy students at wellness clinic, services included drug information, health promotion, and blood pressure screenings; Volunteer (2006)
Jim Hayes Health Fair; Jim Hayes, Assemblyman Supervised pharmacy students at wellness clinic, services included drug information, health promotion, and blood pressure screenings; Volunteer (2006)
UB Wellness Awareness Day; University at Buffalo Day for university staff to learn about health & wellness. I help to set up and staff the pharmacy booth, offering drug information answers and blood pressure screenings. Attendance - 2006 Attendance - 2007 Attendance - 2009; Other (2006)
Diabetes Group Visits; Lifetime Health Medical Group Discussed pharmacy-related issues to patients with diabetes in a ""group health visit"" format.; Other (2005)
Pharmaceutical Care Committee; Coordination among all courses in the pharmaceutical care sequence.; Member (2005)
Residency Advisory Committee; Planning and coordination of UB SoPPS/affilliated residency programs.; Member (2005)
Diabetes Education Advisory Board; Univera Health Care Planning for provision of and accreditation of diabetes education programs within Univera Healthcare.; Other (2005)
UB Business Partners Day; Volunteer
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