In February of 2020, the Society of Critical Care Medicine published the first Pediatric Surviving Sepsis Guidelines. This document offers guidance on several key drug-related issues in the care of children with sepsis which can help pharmacists ensure appropriate care.
SPEAKERS
Kim Benner, Pharm.D., BCPS, FASHP, FPPA is Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy and Pediatric Specialist at Children’s of Alabama. After earning her Doctor of Pharmacy degree at Samford, Benner completed an ASHP-accredited residency at Children’s of Alabama. Areas of specialty include pediatrics (specific experience in critical care and pulmonary), dermatology, translational research, and simulation education. Teaching is directed towards students, residents, fellow pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals both at Samford University and Children’s Hospital; other teaching-related duties include coordination of a teaching and learning certificate program for local pharmacy residents. Benner serves as the faculty advisor for the Samford SSHP chapter, the same one she chartered over 20 years ago.
ASHP related activities include Past Chair of the Section of Clinical Specialists and Scientists, Committee on Nominations, and Council on Therapeutics. Benner has also served as an ASHP Clinical Skills Competition (CSC) coordinator and judge, Alabama delegate (6 years), CV and meeting proposal/abstract reviewer, and on various Section/ad hoc committees. Current ASHP activities include: CSC judge and member of the Section of Clinical Specialists and Scientists SAG on Pediatrics and Committee on Nominations. Alabama ASHP state affiliate work includes past Council Director and President and (current) Student Activities Committee Chair. Benner was appointed and served three years on the inaugural Board of Pharmacy Specialties Pediatric Council.
Kyle Mays earned his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from St. Louis College of Pharmacy in 2011. Afterwards, he completed a PGY1 pharmacy residency at OSF Healthcare Saint Francis Medical Center in 2011 and a PGY2 pediatric pharmacy residency at the Children's Hospital of Illinois at OSF Healthcare Saint Francis Medical Center in 2012.
After completing his residency programs, Dr. Mays started his career as a pediatric clinical pharmacist at the Children's Hospital of Illinois (CHOI). He remained with CHOI for several years before taking on a new position as a clinical pharmacist in the pediatric intensive care unit at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital. Additionally, Dr. Mays serves as the Residency Program Director for the PGY1 pharmacy residency program at Cardinal Glennon and functions as a clinical coordinator for the pharmacy team.
Rachel Meyers is a Clinical Associate Professor at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers University, and the Pediatric Clinical Pharmacist at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, New Jersey. Dr. Meyers completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Mary Washington and her Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the University of Connecticut. After graduation she completed a PGY-1 residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison, Wisconsin, and a PGY-2 residency in Pediatric Pharmacotherapy at the University of North Carolina Children’s Hospital in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. In her current position, Dr. Meyers provides both didactic and experiential education in pediatric pharmacotherapy for pharmacy students and residents. She practices in both the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and General Pediatric Unit at Saint Barnabas Medical Center.
Morgan Taylor completed herundergraduate and doctorate of pharmacy coursework at Samford University in 2015. After completion of a pharmacy degree, she pursued a post-graduate year-1 residency in pharmacy practice at Huntsville Hospital and then completed a pediatric post-graduate year-2 residency at the University of Chicago Medicine, Comer Children’s Hospital. Since completing her residency, she has worked for 1 year as a general pediatric specialist at Comer Children's Hospital, and then started her current position at Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital as the pediatric emergency medicine specialist.