Quality Assurance Assistant
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David R. Epps BS Pharm, Pharm.D, BCNSP
Athens, Georgia 30606
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Education/Training
****-**** - ********** ** *******, Athens, Georgia
****-**** - *****rsity of Georgia, Atlanta Georgia (B.S. Pharmacy)
1977-1978 - Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia
(ASHP Hospital Pharmacy Residency)
1981-1982 - Mercer University,Atlanta,Georgia (Pharm..D.)
1982-1983 - Midwest Nutrition, Education & Research Foundation,
Chicago, Illinois and Mercer University, Atlanta, Georgia
(Nutrition Support Specialty Residency)
Licensure & Board Certification
Registered Pharmacist, #11796, Georgia
Board Certified: Nutrition Support Pharmacist, #392290 (expired)
Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties
Professional Experience
1994-Present - Relief Pharmacist, North Georgia
2009-Present - Barrow Pharmacy, Statham, Georgia
2007-2009 - Rite Aid Pharmacy, Lavonia, Georgia
2005-2007 - Clinical Pharmacist/staff, Newton Medical Center,
Covington, Georgia
1996-1999 - Owner/Pharmacist, Main St. Pharmacy, Comer, Georgia
1994-1996 - Pharmacist, BW Clinic Pharmacy, Athens, Georgia
1991-1994 - Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Nutrition Support
Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia
1984-1991 - Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
University of Southern California School of Pharmacy
Los Angeles, California
1984-1991 - Relief Pharmacist, Southern California
1983-1984 - Assistant Director/Clinical Coordinator
Department of Pharmacy Services, The Owen Company
Montgomery, Alabama
1980-1981 - Director of Pharmacy Services
Hospital Pharmacy Incorporated, Atlanta, Georgia
1978-1980 - Clinical Pharmacist, Duke University Hospital
Duke/Sea Level Hospital, Sea Level, North Carolina
1978-1980 - Relief Pharmacist, Eastern North Carolina
1976-1977 - Manager/Pharmacist, Epps Pharmacy, Athens, Georgia
1973-1976 - Pharmacy Intern, Epps Pharmacy, Athens, Georgia
David R. Epps, Pharm.D., BCNSP
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Professional Activities
1993 - Speaker for "Lunch with the Experts" Round Table
Discussion on
ASHP Nutrition Support Residency Guidelines Update for
ASPEN
1990-1991 - Item Writer: Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties,
Nutrition Support
Pharmacy Certification Exam
1990 - Chairman: ASHP Specialty Residency in Nutrition Support
Pharmacy
Guidelines Review Committee
- Member: ASHP Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties Nutrition
Support Review Course Planning Committee
1990 - Consultant, American Medical Association, Drug Evaluations
1989-1991 - Founder and Editor: USC-Pharmacy NSS Newsletter The Legend
- Speaker: Clean Sports - Athletes Against Drugs
1989-1990 - Member: ASPEN Pharmacists' Bibliography Committee
1985-1991 - Founder and Preceptor: Nutrition Support Senior Clerkship
Program for
USC
1985-1990 - USC Representative, ASHP Information Network for Students
1990 - Nominee: United States Pharmacopoeia, Revision Committee,
Parenteral
Therapy
1985-1988 - Item Writer: ASPEN Self Assessment Tests
1984-Present - Invited Speaker: Speakers Bureau, Ross Laboratories,
Nutrition Support
and Pharmaceutical topics
1984-1987 - Member: Residency Committee, USC School of Pharmacy
1984-1985 - Representative of USC School of Pharmacy: ASHP Advisory
Panel on
Student Membership
1984 - Chairman: ASNSS Presidential Advisory Committee on
Financial
Justification of Services for NSS
- Member: ASNSS Presidential Advisory Committee on Enteral
Hyperalimentation Compatibility
1984-1991 - Supervisor: Dispensing & Drug Utilization Review for
Centralized IV
Admixture Service
1984-1986 - Co-developer & Co-coordinator: Home Health Care Senior
Clerkship
Training Program for USC School of Pharmacy
- Co-developer & Preceptor: Parenteral Therapy Residency and
Fellowship
Programs for USC School of Pharmacy
1980-1981 - Founder: Policy & Procedure Manuals, Quality Assurance
Programs for
Hospital Pharmacies, Incorporated, Atlanta, Georgia
- Coordinator and Participant: In-service Education/Staff
Development Programs for Hospital Pharmacies, Incorporated,
Atlanta, Georgia
- Reorganized Drug Distribution Systems and Developed
Assessment Goals for Pharmacy Personnel at Hospital
Pharmacies, Incorporated, Atlanta, Georgia
- Founder: Hospital Pharmacy Newsletter The Legend for
Hospital Pharmacies, Incorporated, Atlanta, Georgia
1978-1994 - Committee Member: various hospital committees including
Pharmacy &
Therapeutic, Infection Control, Patient Care Evaluation,
Product
Evaluation and IV Management
1978, 1981 - Established Formularies for Sea Level Hospital, Duke
University, Sea
Level, North Carolina and Hospital Pharmacies,
Incorporated, Atlanta, GA
1975-1976 - Editor: The Bulldog Pharmacist Newsletter for University
of Georgia
School of Pharmacy, Athens, Georgia
David R. Epps, Pharm.D., BCNSP
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Presentations
Atkins JA, Griffith DD, Galloway JW, Epps DR Total Urine Nitrogen vs Urine
Urea Nitrogen in Liver Transplant Patients. Presented to Southeast
Conference for Postgraduate Pharmacy Education & Training, Athens, Georgia,
1993
Epps DR. ASHP Nutrition Support Specialty Residency Requirements Update.
Presented at "Lunch with the Experts" Round Table Discussion, ASPEN San
Diego, California, 1992
Epps DR. Total Nutrient Admixture (TNA): An Update. Presented to Emory
University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, 1991
Epps DR. Selenium Deficiency in HIV Positive Patients and Other
Malnourished Patients. Presented to Nutrition Support Specialty Practice
Group, ASHP New Orleans, Louisiana, 1991
Lee R, Epps DR. Pilot Program for Selenium Deficiency in HIV Positive and
Other Malnourished Patients. Student Poster Presentation, ASHP Las Vegas,
Nevada, 1990
Epps DR. Pharmacologic Effects of Drugs of Abuse. Presented to Clean
Sports Athletes Against Drugs Seminar, Los Angeles, California, 1989
Epps DR. Post-Doctoral Training and Careers in the Pharmacy Profession.
Presented to INS-ASHP/CSHP Career Day at USC School of Pharmacy, Los
Angeles, California, 1987
Epps DR, Mohler PA. Development of Self-Directed TPN Syllabus. Presented
to Seminar-85, CSHP, Los Angeles, California, 1985
Mohler PA, Lager C, Epps DR, Ting D, Phillips M. Analysis of Automix as
Cost-Saving Alternative in TPN Preparation. Presented to Seminar-85, CSHP,
Los Angeles, California, 1985
Epps DR. Pharmacokinetic Changes of Drugs in Malnutrition. Presented to
Controversies in Contemporary Clinical Nutrition, Postgraduate Course,
ASPEN, Washington, DC, 1983
Epps DR, Paysinger AL. Comparison of Measured vs Predicted Creatinine
Clearance Values in Patients Receiving Nutritional Support. Presented to
Southeastern Conference for Postgraduate Pharmacy & Training, Athens,
Georgia, 1983
Spiegelman ER, Strom JG, Epps DR. Stability of Cimetidine and Copper in
Total Parenteral Nutrition. Presented to Southeastern Conference for
Postgraduate Pharmacy Education & Training, Athens, Georgia, 1983
Epps DR. Drug Utilization Review and Clinical Pharmacy. Presented to
Regional Meeting, The Owen Company, Destin, Florida, 1983
Epps DR, Murphy J, Martin DJ. Pharmacokinetic Changes of Gentamicin in
Malnourished Patients. Presented to Southeastern Conference for
Postgraduate Pharmacy Education & Training, Athens, Georgia, 1982
David R. Epps, Pharm.D., BCNSP
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Presentations (continued)
Epps DR, Taylor T, Longe L, Johnson MH. Clinical Pharmacists' Effect on
Potentially Occurring Drug Interactions. Presented to Southeastern
Conference for Postgraduate Pharmacy Education & Training, Athens, Georgia,
1978
Teaching Experience
1991-1994 - Major Preceptor: ASHP Nutrition Support Specialty
Residence
- Preceptor: Nutrition Support Rotation for ASHP Pharmacy
Practice and Oncology
Specialty Residencies
- Adjunct Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice for Mercer
University School of
Pharmacy
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice for
University of Georgia College
of Pharmacy
- Coordinator/Preceptor: Nutrition Support Clerkship for
Senior Pharm.D. Students
- Lecturer: Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition Section for Staff
Development Program
- Lecturer: Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition for Pharmacy
Technician Program
Emory University Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia
1984-1991 - Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
1986-1991 - Preceptor: Senior Pharm D Nutrition Support Pharmacy
Clerkships
1985-1987 - Guest Lecturer: Clinical Nutrition Series for USC School
of Medicine
1984-1987 - Course Coordinator, Senior Home Health Care Pharmacy
Clerkship Program
- Preceptor: ASHP Clinical Pharmacy Residents in Parenteral
Therapy (included
Nutrition Support)
1985-1987 - Preceptor: Clinical Fellowship in Parenteral Therapy &
Nutrition Support
University of Southern California School of Pharmacy
Los Angeles, California
1983 - Co-coordinated Nutrition Support Rotation for 1st Year
Residents and Pharm.D.
Students, University of Illinois School of Pharmacy,
Chicago, Illinois
Midwest Nutrition, Education & Research Foundation,
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois
1980-1981 - Preceptor: Hospital Intern Program for Mercer University,
School of Pharmacy
Hospital Pharmacies, Incorporated
Atlanta, Georgia
1976-1977 - Preceptor: Community Pharmacy Intern Program for
University of Georgia, School
of Pharmacy
Epps Pharmacy
Athens, Georgia
David R. Epps, Pharm.D., BCNSP
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Publications
Epps DR, Mohler PA. New Methods for Assessing Nutrition Status
Pharmacotherapy Self-Assessment Program Module 6, Oncology, Nutrition,
Fluids and Electrolytes. ACCP 1993
Epps DR. Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, (consulting editor) in Drug
Evaluations, American Medical Association, 1990
Epps DR. Enteral Nutrition: An Overview. J Pharm Practice 1:2, 92-99; 1988
Knutsen CV, Epps DR, Kaminski MV. Guidelines for Use of Total Nutrient
Admixture (TNA). Drug Intell Clin Pharm March 1984
Epps DR, Knutsen CV, Kaminski MV, Abrahamian V, Huk I. Clinical Results
With Total Nutrient Admixture for Intravenous Infusion. Clin Pharm 268-
70, 1983
Professional Societies (Past and Present)
Phi Lambda Sigma, Pharmacy Leadership Society
American Association of Colleges & Pharmacy
American Society for Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition
American Society of Hospital Pharmacists
American Pharmaceutical Association
Georgia Pharmaceutical Association
R.C. Wilson Pharmaceutical Assocation
Kappa Psi, Pharmaceutical Fraternity
Awards & Honors
Recipient: Schering Award, University of Georgia School of Pharmacy, 1976
Brother of the Year: Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity, 1975-76
Phi Lambda Sigma, Pharmacy Leadership Society, 1976
Officer: Kappa Psi, 1975-76
Eagle Scout: Boy Scouts of America, 1965
Best Camper: Athens, Big Y Camp, 1960
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