Associate Professor Clinical Pharmacy

John Russo, Jr., MS, PharmD

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

I have worked as a consultant, freelance medical writer, and editor.

• Write, copyedit, and publish over 200 scholarly articles, symposium proceedings, monographs, textbooks, executive summaries, and electronic media.

• Conceptualize and implement domestic and international educational programs for healthcare professionals on pharmacology and therapeutics.

• Produce, write scripts, and edit video educational and promotional programs.

• Write and publish clinical drug research in peer-reviewed medical and pharmacology journals.

• Write and edit blogs on facial aesthetics, allopathic and complementary medicine, and Christian living.

https://beautybeforeage.com/what-you-should-know-about-treating-your-eyelids/ https://medcomres.com/is-there-a-role-for-acupuncture-in-asthma-therapy/ https://www.thecamreport.com

Before entering the field of medical communications, I was an Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Adjunct Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Utah College of Pharmacy and School of Medicine. A Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) degree was earned from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. I completed an ASHP-Accredited Pharmacy Residency at Hunterdon Medical Center, Flemington, New Jersey, and a Clinical Pharmacy Residency at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, College of Pharmacy.

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS (CURRENT)

• Telehealth and Medicine Today: Managing Editor:

o Oversee and coordinate all editorial activities

• Blockchain in Healthcare Today: Managing Editor

o Oversee and coordinate all editorial activities

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS (PAST)

• Churchill Communications International, Inc., Secaucus, New Jersey o Co-Founder, Executive Vice President

o Chief of Operations: Supervising 60 employees/freelancers o Continuing Education Director

• ADIS Press, Inc., New York City

o Associate Editor

• University of Utah, College of Pharmacy, Clinical Therapeutics Dept., Salt Lake City o Associate Professor, and Chairman: Continuing Education

• University of Utah, School of Medicine, Dept. of Surgery, Salt Lake City o Adjunct Associate Professor

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VOLUNTEER POSITIONS (CURRENT)

• Guardian ad Litem (GAL): Buncombe County, North Carolina Judicial Branch, District #28 o Volunteer Guardian ad Litem

• Biltmore Lake Homeowner’s Association, North Carolina o Secretary: Finance Committee

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) Clinical Pharmacy Practice: University of Missouri—Kansas City

• Master of Science (MS) Institutional Pharmacy Practice: St. John's University, College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions, Jamaica, New York

• Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy (BS Pharmacy): Rutgers—The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick

• Postdoctoral Residency in Clinical Pharmacy: Kansas City General Hospital and Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri

• Residency in Hospital Pharmacy (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists-accredited): Hunterdon Medical Center, Flemington, New Jersey

PEER REVIEW CLINICAL RESEARCH ARTICLES

Relative bioavailability of quinidine gluconate and quinidine sulfate in healthy volunteers. Covinsky JO, Russo J Jr, Kelly KL, Cashman J, Amick EN, Mason WD. J Clin Pharmacol. 1979 May-Jun;19(5-6):261-9.

PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE: 469022 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/469022/ Decentralization of pharmaceutical services without satellite pharmacies. Lipman AG, Bair JN, Hibbard FJ, Bosso JA, Russo J Jr. Am J Hosp Pharm. 1979 Nov;36(11):1513-9.

PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE: 517536 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/517536/ Lidocaine anesthesia: comparison of iontophoresis, injection, and swabbing. Russo J Jr, Lipman AG, Comstock TJ, Page BC, Stephen RL. Am J Hosp Pharm. 1980 Jun;37(6):843-7.

PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE: 7395881 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7395881/ The effect of low-dose heparin therapy on serum platelet and transaminase levels. Saffle JR, Russo J Jr, Dukes GE Jr, Warden GD.

J Surg Res. 1980 Apr;28(4):297-305. No abstract is available. PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE: 7366189 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7366189/ Cimetidine bioavailability after massive small bowel resection. Russo J Jr, Watson WA, Nelson EW, Schentag JJ.

Clin Pharm. 1982 Nov-Dec;1(6):558-61. No abstract is available. PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE: 7185547 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7185547/ John Russo, Jr., PharmD Page 3 of 5

Piperacillin distribution into bile, gallbladder wall, abdominal skeletal muscle, and adipose tissue in surgical patients.

Russo J Jr, Thompson MI, Russo ME, Saxon BA, Matsen JM, Moody FG, Rikkers LF. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1982 Sep;22(3):488-92. PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE: 6215894 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6215894/ Assessment of quinidine gluconate for nonlinear kinetics following chronic dosing. Russo J Jr, Russo ME, Smith RA, Pershing LK.

J Clin Pharmacol. 1982 May-Jun;22(5-6):264-70.

PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE: 7107973 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7107973/ Zinc deficiency dermatitis accompanying parenteral nutrition supplemented with trace elements. Moran DM, Russo J Jr, Bell LV.

Clin Pharm. 1982 Mar-Apr;1(2):169-76.

PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE: 6821033 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6821033/ Cimetidine kinetics during resuscitation from burn shock. Ziemniak JA, Watson WA, Saffle JR, Smith IL, Russo J Jr, Warden GD, Schentag JJ. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 1984 Aug;36(2):228-33.

PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE: 6744781 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6744781/ An evaluation of naloxone as a gastric cytoprotective agent during hemorrhagic shock. Moran DM, Larsen KR, Russo J Jr, Davis EK, Moody FG. J Trauma. 1984 Aug;24(8):728-30.

PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE: 6471136 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6471136/ Clinical evaluation of a small-volume infusion system in surgical intensive care patients. Illsley SS, Swenson E, Russo J Jr.

Drug Intell Clin Pharm. 1984 May;18(5):406-9.

PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE: 6723518 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6723518/ Rebound following hemodialysis of cimetidine and its metabolites. Ziemniak JA, Cersosimo RJ, Russo J Jr, Moran DM, Kablitz C, Schentag JJ. Am J Kidney Dis. 1984 May;3(6):430-5.

PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE: 6720687 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6720687/ Transaminase elevations in patients receiving bovine or porcine heparin. Dukes GE Jr, Sanders SW, Russo J Jr, Swenson E, Burnakis TG, Saffle JR, Warden GD. Ann Intern Med. 1984 May;100(5):646-50.

PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE: 6712030 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6712030/ Memantine efficacy and safety in patients with acute mania associated with bipolar I disorder: a pilot evaluation.

Keck PE Jr, Hsu HA, Papadakis K, Russo J Jr.

Clin Neuropharmacol. 2009 Jul-Aug;32(4):199-204.

PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE: 19620854 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19620854/ John Russo, Jr., PharmD Page 4 of 5

Journal Review Articles

Comparative review of two new wide-spectrum penicillins: mezlocillin and piperacillin. Russo J Jr, Russo ME.

Clin Pharm. 1982 May-Jun;1(3):207-16. Review.

PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE: 6224627 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6224627/ Alcoholism: withdrawal -- considerations for the pharmacist. Russo J Jr.

Am Pharm. 1982 Apr;NS22(4):32-4. No abstract available. PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE:7081045 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7081045/ Textbook Editor

Drug Treatment of Heart Failure. First Edition

Jay N. Cohn, MD, Medical Editor

John Russo, Jr., PharmD, Managing Editor

© 1983. Advanced Therapeutics Communications International Yorke Medical Books

Drug Treatment of Heart Failure. Second Edition

Jay N. Cohn, MD, Medical Editor

John Russo, Jr., PharmD, Managing Editor

© 1985. Advanced Therapeutics Communications International Yorke Medical Books

Receptors and the Upper GI Tract. First Edition

Basil I. Herschowitz, MD; Jerry G. Spenney, Medical Editors John Russo, Jr., Managing Editor

© 1983. Advanced Therapeutics Communications International Receptors and the Upper GI Tract. Second Edition

Basil I. Herschowitz, MD; Jerry G. Spenney, Medical Editors John Russo, Jr., Managing Editor

© 1988. Advanced Therapeutics Communications International Invited Textbook Chapters

Applied Therapeutics: The Clinical Use of Drugs

Brian S. Katcher, PharmD; Lloyd Y Young, PharmD; Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD. Editors

© 1983. Applied Therapeutics, Inc.

John Russo, Jr., PharmD. Gastrointestinal Disorders: Section Editor and Author Chapter 18: Upper Gastrointestinal Diseases

Donald M. Moran, William A. Watson, and John Russo, Jr. Chapter 19: Acute Stress Erosions

William A. Watson and John Russo, Jr.

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Chapter 20: Inflammatory Bowel Disease

George E. Dukes, Jr.

Chapter 21: Pancreatitis

John Russo, Jr., Kelly D. Mutchie

Chapter 22: Acute Cholecystitis

John Russo, Jr.

Chapter 23: Congenital Biliary Atresia

Kelly D. Mutchie, John A. Bosso

REFERENCES: Provided on request

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