Austin R. Williams, PharmD
Columbia, SC 29212
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Cell: 864-***-****
EDUCATION
**/**** – 07/2021 Post-Graduate Pharmacy Residency Training PGY1: Prisma Health Richland – University of South Carolina 04/2016 – 05/2020 Doctor of Pharmacy
Graduation: May 2020
University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy; Columbia, SC 08/2014 – 04/2016 Pre-Pharmacy Undergraduate Studies University of South Carolina, School of Public Health; Columbia, SC WORK EXPERIENCE
07/2020 – Current Prisma Health Richland Hospital
Supervisor: Laura Holden, PharmD
Inpatient pharmacy staffing at a 641-bed regional community teaching medical center with a level one trauma center 02/2017 – 07/2020 Prisma Health Richland Hospital
Pharmacy Intern
Supervisor: Jeanie Sutton, PharmD
Central inpatient pharmacy operations, USP 797 compliant sterile compounding, and hazardous drug sterile compounding 11/2015 – 05/2019 CVS Pharmacy – Columbia, SC
Pharmacy Intern
Supervisor: Jacqueline Porterfield, PharmD
Circulation and filling of prescriptions, clinical patient counseling, medication management, medication history, and Immunization administration
POST-GRADUATE PHARMACY PRACTICE EXPERIENCES
07/2020 Introduction to Clinical Pharmacy Operations Preceptor: Jeanie Sutton, PharmD
08/2020 Adult Internal Medicine – Inpatient
Preceptor: Steven Asbill, PharmD, BCPS
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09/2020 Medical Intensive Care
Preceptor: Cortney Dodson, PharmD, BCCCP
10/2020 Prisma Health – USC Medical Group: Infectious Diseases Clinic Preceptor: Caroline Derrick, PharmD, BCPS
11/2020 Inpatient Adult Antimicrobial Stewardship
Preceptor: Joey Kohn, PharmD, BCPS
12/2020 Research: Evaluation of the Diagnostic Utility of Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequence Testing for Pathogen Identification in Infected Hosts
Preceptor: P. Brandon Bookstaver, PharmD, FCCP, FIDSA, BCPS, AAHIVP
01/2021 Cardiovascular Intensive Care/Coronary Care Preceptor: Jenna Cox, PharmD, BCCCPS
02/2021 Emergency Medicine
Preceptors: Christine Alexander, PharmD, BCPS and Tina G. Hardison, PharmD, BCCCP
03/2021 Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Preceptor: Shannon DeRienzo, PharmD
04/2021 Adult Cardiology
Preceptor: Mike Scalese, BCCP, BCPS, CACP
05/2021 Adult Advanced Heart Failure
Preceptor: Sarah Blandy, PharmD, BCPS
06/2021 Family Medicine – Inpatient
Preceptor: Amanda Moyer, PharmD, BCPS
ADVANCED PHARMACY PRACTICE EXPERIENCES
05/2019 Ambulatory Care Medicine
Columbia VA Medical Center; Columbia, SC
Preceptor: Marquita Winder, PharmD, BCACP, CDE
06/2019 Antimicrobial Stewardship - Elective
Antimicrobial Stewardship Collaborative of South Carolina; Columbia, SC
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Preceptor: Hana Rac Winders, PharmD, BCIDP
07/2019 Community Independent
Medicine Mart Pharmacy; Lexington, SC
Preceptor: Carrie Smoak, PharmD
08/2019 Hospital/Health Systems Pharmacy
Prisma Health Baptist Hospital; Columbia, SC
Preceptor: Will Brumfield, PharmD, MHA
09/2019 Academia - Elective
University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy; Columbia, SC Preceptor: P. Brandon Bookstaver, PharmD, FCCP, FIDSA, BCPS, AAHIVP
11/2019 Acute Care/General Medicine – PICU
Prisma Health Richland Children’s Hospital; Columbia, SC Preceptor: Christina Cox, PharmD, BCPPS
01/2020 Acute Care/General Medicine – CVICU
Prisma Health Richland Heart Hospital; Columbia, SC Preceptor: Jenna Cox, PharmD, BCCCPS
03/2020 Elective Poison Center
Palmetto Poison Center; Columbia SC
Preceptor: Jill Michels, PharmD, DABAT
04/2020 Acute Care/General Medicine – Infectious Diseases Prisma Health Richland Hospital; Columbia, SC
Preceptor: Dr. Julie Justo, PharmD, MS, BCPS-AQ ID RESEARCH PROJECTS
07/2020 – Current Evaluation of the Diagnostic Utility of Metagenomic Next- Generation Sequence Testing for Pathogen Identification in Infected Hosts
Responsible for study design and coordination, grant-funding application and budgeting, data collection and analysis, manuscript writing, and presentation of scholarly deliverables Senior Investigator: P. Brandon Bookstaver, PharmD, FCCP, FIDSA, BCPS, AAHIVP
11/2018 – 12/2019 Early antibiotic de-escalation in patients with febrile neutropenia
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Collected patient data via chart review, interpreted data and calculated study endpoints, and authored an abstract for poster submission.
Senior Investigator: P. Brandon Bookstaver, PharmD, FCCP, FIDSA, BCPS, AAHIVP
09/2019 – 06/2020 Fishy business: Online availability of fish antibiotics and documented intent for self-medication
Collected data via internet searches, identified all medications that were used as examples, and edited abstract for poster presentation.
Senior Investigator: P. Brandon Bookstaver, PharmD, FCCP, FIDSA, BCPS, AAHIVP
08/2017 – 04/2018 Targeting the PLK1-PBD and exploring its role in cancer cell-cycle dysregulation
Independently conducted fluorescence-polarization assays, graphed inhibition curves, and calculated an EC50 on candidate compounds designed to inhibit the PLK1-PBD protein in question Senior Investigator: Dr. Michael Wyatt, Associate Professor, USC Department of Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences GRANTS
10/2020 Grant-In-Aid Funding for Research - Evaluation of the Diagnostic Utility of Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequence Testing for Pathogen Identification in Infected Hosts
Funding Amount: $4,075
STUDENT PRECEPTING
06/2021 Acute Care-Family Medicine – Advanced Pharmacy Practice Rotation
Served as primary preceptor for two fourth-year pharmacy students. Responsibilities included daily patient presentations and supervision on rounds, coordination of topic discussions, facilitation of journal club presentations, and delivery of midpoint and final rotation evaluations
Mentor: Amanda Moyer, PharmD, BCPS
01/2021 Critical Care-Coronary Care Unit – Advanced Pharmacy Practice Rotation
Served as primary preceptor for two fourth-year pharmacy students. Responsibilities included daily patient presentations and supervision on rounds, coordination of topic discussions, Austin R. Williams
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facilitation of journal club presentations, and delivery of midpoint and final rotation evaluations
Mentor: Jenna Cox, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCPS
08/2020 Acute Care-Internal Medicine – Advanced Pharmacy Practice Rotation
Served as primary preceptor for two fourth-year pharmacy students. Responsibilities included daily patient presentations and supervision on rounds, coordination of topic discussions, facilitation of journal club presentations, and delivery of final rotation evaluations
Mentor: Steven Asbill, PharmD, BCPS
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
09/2019 Teaching Assistant - PHMY: 880 Advanced Drug Information Lecture Time: 30 minutes - Statistical Concepts: Sample Size, Effect Size, and Power
USC College of Pharmacy; Columbia, SC
Supervisor: P. Brandon Bookstaver, PharmD, FCCP, FIDSA, BCPS, AAHIVP
09/2019 Teaching Assistant - PHMY: 860 Clinical Applications V Lecture Time: 30 minutes - Creating an MUE Presentation USC College of Pharmacy; Columbia, SC
Supervisor: P. Brandon Bookstaver, PharmD, FCCP, FIDSA, BCPS, AAHIVP
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
12/2020 Evaluation of P2Y12 inhibitor use in STEMI patients in an emergency department prior to primary percutaneous coronary intervention – Virtually presented at ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting
11/2020 Phenobarbital for alcohol withdrawal – Clinical case presentation for clinical pharmacists, pharmacy residents, and pharmacy students
Mentor: Cortney Dodson, PharmD, BCCCP
12/2019 Early antibiotic de-escalation in patients with febrile neutropenia – Poster presentation at ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting
Las Vegas, NV
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12/2019 Fishy business: Online availability of fish antibiotics and documented intent for self-medication - Poster presentation at ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting
Las Vegas, NV
10/2019 The Role of Telehealth in Antimicrobial Stewardship – Fall 2019 College of Pharmacy Grand Rounds
Presented to clinical faculty, pharmacy residents, and fellow students
USC College of Pharmacy; Columbia SC
05/2019 Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes – Dapagliflozin vs Empagliflozin: A Primary Literature Review
Presented to clinical pharmacy team and pharmacy residents Wm. Bryan Jennings Dorn VA Medical Center; Columba, SC Mentor: Marquita Winder, PharmD, BCACP, CDE
SERVICE-RELATED PROJECTS
10/2020 Prisma Health Richland Medication Use Evaluation - Evaluation of P2Y12 inhibitor use in STEMI patients in an emergency department prior to primary percutaneous coronary
intervention
03/2019 Penicillin Allergy Task Force – Member Recruitment for PAI Week Event
Presented to student volunteers for a series of educational events at Soda City Market in Columbia, SC
07/2018 Palmetto Health Richland Medication Use Evaluation – Ferric citrate (Auryxia) drug monograph
Presented at the September 2018 Pharmacy and Therapeutics Meeting
EDITORIAL REVIEW
09/2019 Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice
Mentor: P. Brandon Bookstaver, PharmD, FCCP, FIDSA, BCPS, AAHIVP
09/2019 Advances in Preventative Medicine
Mentor: P. Brandon Bookstaver, PharmD, FCCP, FIDSA, BCPS, AAHIVP
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06/2019 Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics Mentor: Hana Rac Winders, PharmD, BCIDP
PUBLICATIONS
Zhang W, Williams A, Griffith N, Gaskins J, Bookstaver PB. Online availability of fish antibiotics and documented intent for self-medication. PLoS One. 2020 Sep 3;15(9) Williams A, Bookstaver PB, Battle S, Justo JA, Kohn J, Al-Hasan M. Get off the SOFA! Introducing the Quick Pitt Bacteremia Score. Contagion. 2019 December Williams A. Mission 3: Train and educate students to volunteer - SSHP Member Recruitment for PAI Week. Pharmacy Task Force Mission News. UofSC College of Pharmacy Webpage. February 2019
HONORS AND AWARDS
07/2019 James W. McCallum Academic Scholarship Recipient 07/2019 Plough Pharmacy Student Academic Scholarship Recipient 07/2018 George A. Sample Academic Scholarship Recipient 04/2018 Rho Chi Award for Academic Scholarship
06/2015 – 04/2019 South Carolina College of Pharmacy Dean’s List 08/2014 – 05/2018 Life Scholarship Recipient
CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSURE
04-2021 – Current Pharmacist # 42641
South Carolina Board of Pharmacy
06/2019 - Current Penicillin Allergy Assessment and Skin Testing 10/2018 - Current APhA’s The Pharmacist & Patient-Centered Diabetes Care 08/2018 - Current APhA’s Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery 06/2018 – 05/2020 BLS/CPR + AED for Healthcare Providers 06/2016-06/2022 Pharmacist Intern # I-9692
South Carolina Board of Pharmacy
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04/2015-06/2016 Pharmacy Technician
South Carolina Board of Pharmacy
OTHER VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCES
03/2019 FoodShare SC Diabetic-friendly recipe sampling 02/2019 FoodShare SC Diabetes Education Session