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GERIATRIC PHARMACY PRACTICE RESIDENCY Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center And Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Long Island University Brooklyn, New York Position Description The Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center/David Minkin Rehabilitation Center and the Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Long Island University, offers a one-year ASHP-accredited Specialty Residency Program in Geriatric Pharmacy Practice. The primary goal of this residency program is to develop, hone, and maximize the resident's pharmacotherapy skills as they apply to the geriatric patient. The resident will receive comprehensive, intense, individualized training in all aspects of geriatric pharmacotherapy. Residents will be trained at the nursing home and the acute care facility. The resident will be responsible for providing comprehensive pharmaceutical care for geriatric patients in the following settings: long-term care, geriatric psychiatry and neurology, traumatic brain injury and coma recovery unit, acute care, cardiac and orthopedic rehabilitation, and a variety of ambulatory care clinics. The resident will complete a rotation in wound care, which includes experience in hyperbaric medicine. The resident will perform infectious disease, toxicology, pharmacotherapy and pharmacokinetic consultations and approve restricted antimicrobials. The resident will intensely participate in drug regimen reviews, medication use evaluations, and adverse drug reaction reporting. The resident will perform admission histories and drug discharge counseling. The resident will receive BLS and/or ACLS training and certification. An elective rotation in Clinical Pharmacology is available at Bassett Healthcare. There is a faculty appointment with the Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Long Island University. Competency will be cultivated in clinical research, writing, publishing, presenting and lecturing. The resident will have the opportunity to initiate or participate in several ongoing clinical research projects. Upon completion of this advanced training program the resident should be poised for careers in institutional practice, industry, or an academic setting. Two residency positions are available.   (top) The Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center and Department of Pharmacy The program will take place at the Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center/David Minkin Rehabilitation Center (KJMC/DMRI). The KJMC/DMRI is an 890-bed teaching, medical and pharmacy university-affiliated, non-profit, private community institution. The Rutland Nursing Home is a 538-bed facility offering skilled nursing, rehabilitation and post acute care services. The nursing home operates an Adult Day Health Care Center. KJMC has a 10 bed medical/surgical and 10 bed cardiac intensive care unit, a 20 bed traumatic brain injury and coma recovery unit, a 30 bed geriatric psychiatry unit, a sleep disorders center, a memory disorders program, a pain management and treatment center, wound care and hyperbaric medicine center, renal dialysis unit, a vascular laboratory, and a 911 receiving emergency department. The Department of Medicine maintains an independent medical residency program of over 50 physicians and many board certified faculty. The surgical teaching program is affiliated with the SUNY Health Science Center Brooklyn Medical College. The Department of Pharmacy is fully computerized, provides 24-hour pharmacy services and utilizes a robotic dispensing system. The Pharmacy Department provides pharmacotherapy, infectious disease, and pharmacokinetic consultative services. The department has an ASHP accredited residency program in Critical Care Pharmacy Practice, and one Geriatric Neuropsychiatry Pharmacy Practice Resident/Fellow. (top)     Clinical Rotations The resident will have the unique opportunity to practice geriatric medicine in both the acute and long-term care settings. The resident will participate in morning report, daily patient-care teaching rounds, attending daily medical grand rounds and clinical pharmacology rounds. The hospital offers a wide variety of ambulatory care specialty rotations, available as half- or one-day clinics. Geriatric Pharmacy Practice Rotations Ambulatory Care Rotations 1. Geriatric Internal Medicine 1. Cardiology 2. Dermatology 2. Geriatric Psychiatry 3. Endocrinology 4. Gastroenterology 3. Long-term Care I and II 5. Headache Disorders 6. Infectious Diseases 4. Geriatric Infectious Diseases 7. Internal Medicine 8. Nephrology 5. Cardiology 9. Neurology 10. Ophthalmology 6. Clinical Pharmacology 11.Orthopedics 12. Psychiatry 7. Ambulatory Care 13. Pulmonology 14. Rheumatology 8. Rehabilitation Medicine 15. Seizure Disorders 16. Urology     17. Wound Care Off-site rotation Opportunities and Preceptors Clinical Pharmacology, Bassett Healthcare, Joseph Bertino, Pharm.D. (top) Faculty Appointment and Teaching Responsibilities The resident will receive a university faculty appointment at the Instructor or Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice rank with the Division of Pharmacy Practice at the Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Long Island University. Teaching at the university and precepting Pharm.D. students are required. There will be ample opportunity to lecture at professional society meetings, medical, nurse practitioner and physician assistant programs in the tristate area, the universities active continuing education programs, and the hospital's pharmacy, nursing, and medical staffs (top) Research Opportunities The resident is required to complete one scholarly research project. The resident will be responsible for preparing a research proposal including justification for the project and study methodology, receiving IRB approval, collaborating with research-intensive medical residents, and presenting and publishing the results. A list of published research projects and active research projects is provided. (top)   Published/Active Research Projects Bessmertny O, DiGregorio RV, Cohen H, Becker E, Looney D, Golden J, Kohl L, Johnson T. A Randomized Clinical Trial of Nebulized Magnesium Sulfate in Addition to Albuterol in the Treatment of Acute Mild-to-Moderate Asthma Exacerbations in Adults. Annals of Emergency Medicine. June 2002;39:585-91. Sadek M, Bharadwaj R, Cohen H, Malik A, Ramos L, Hameed R, Hayat L, Banik P, Ahmed I, Lodhavia D. The Effects of Intravenous Levofloxacin on the Electrocardiographic QT Interval. Pharmacotherapy. 2002;22(10): Neilan R, Cohen H, DiGregorio R, Borra S, Reilly J, Sharma R. The Effects of Renal Failure and Hypoalbuminemia on the Protein Binding of Cerivastatin in Hemodialysis Patients. Pharmacotherapy. 2002;22(10): Effect of Long-term Lansoprazole Therapy on Serum Vitamin B12 Levels in Veteran Patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease. Digestive Disease Week. 2001:#104078. A comparison of Lansoprazole and Sucralfate for the Prophylaxis of Stress-related Mucosal Damage in Critically Ill Patients. Critical Care Medicine. 2000;28(12):A185. Placebo Controlled Trial of Ipratropium Bromide Added to Standardized Therapy in Mild to Moderate Asthmatics. Critical Care Medicine. 1999;27(12):A55. The Role of Nebulized Magnesium Sulfate in Addition to Standardized Therapy With Albuterol in the Treatment of Acute Asthma Exacerbations in Adults. Pharmacotherapy. 1999;19(10):1220-1. Alterations in Theophylline Protein Binding in Critically Ill Patients. Critical Care Medicine. 1999;27(1): A69. Accuracy of the Sheiner-Tozer Equation in Determining the Normalized Phenytoin Concentration in Patients with Renal Failure Receiving Hemodialysis Treatments. Pharmacotherapy. 1997;17(5):1099. Accuracy of The Sheiner-Tozer Equation in Predicting Phenytoin Concentrations in Geriatric Patients With Hypoalbuminemia. Pharmacotherapy. 1996;16(3):505. Selected Active Research Projects Evaluating the Effectiveness of Spacing Phenytoin From Enteral Feedings to Minimize a Clinically Significant Interaction A Comparison of Pantoprazole Versus Sucralfate and H2-receptor Antagonists for Prophylaxis of Stress-Related Mucosal Damage A Comparison of Intermittent Infusion Versus Continuous Infusion Cefuroxime in the Treatment of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections The Role of Candida as a Cause of Nosocomial Diarrhea The Efficacy of Nystatin in the Management of Nosocomial Diarrhea The Bioavailability of Nasogastric and Gastric Lansoprazole in Critically Ill Patients The Evaluation of Rapid Oral Loading With Valproic Acid The Evaluation of Topical Phenytoin for Wound Healing KJMC Residency Faculty Henry Cohen, B.S., M.S., Pharm.D., BCPP, CGP, Director of Pharmacotherapy Research and Residency Programs David Adelman, M.S., R.Ph., Director of Pharmacy Antonia Alafris, B.S., Pharm.D., CGP, Coordinator of Clinical Pharmacy and Residency Programs Norberto Alberto, R.Ph., Pharmacy Manager Steven Brooks, Ph.D., Chief of Microbiology Sibte Burney, M.D., Director of Long-term Care Medicine Milroy Fleary, M.D., Medical Director of Wound Care Rizwanullah Hameed, M.D., Director of Infectious Diseases William Hallett, R.Ph., MBA, CGP, President Guardian Consulting Services Abdul Malik, M.D., Director of Cardiology Joseph Meyers, R.N., Director of Wound Care Aaron Pinkhasov, M.D., Associate Director of Neurology and Psychiatry William Stratis, B.S., Pharm.D., CGP, Associate Director of Pharmacy Nancy Talavera, M.D., Director of Neurology and Psychiatry (top) Application Procedure Applicants for this ASHP accredited specialty residency training program in Geriatric Pharmacy Practice should possess a Pharm.D. degree preferably with a residency, or a Post-BS Pharm.D. degree, or equivalent experience. Interested applicants should submit a completed application form, a letter of intent, all college transcripts and 6 copies of their curriculum vitae by January 1 to Henry Cohen, M.S., Pharm.D., BCPP, CGP, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 75 DeKalb at University Plaza, Brooklyn, New York 11201; or send applications to Dr. Henry Cohen, Director of Pharmacotherapy Research, Education and Residency Programs, Department of Pharmaceutical Services, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, 585 Schenectady Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, 11203. For more information please call Dr. Cohen at 718-604-5373; fax 718-604-5486. E-mail: Henry.Cohen@LIU.edu (top)