Leadership Spotlight: Dr. Anita Kashyap, PharmD
by Dani K. Oelerking, 2022 PharmD Candidate
"Anita Kashyap, PharmD, BCACP is a clinical pharmacy specialist at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital (Madison VA). After graduating from the UW Madison School of Pharmacy in 2012, she accepted a post-graduate year 1 and year 2 residency in ambulatory care at the Madison VA. She originally started with the VA as a pharmacy technician in 2007 and has been building her career within the VA community since. Not only does she direct patient care as a provider, but she also works with her fellow staff as an ambulatory care clinical lead. Kashyap says that, in a typical week, she acts as a clinical pharmacist for three days and as a clinical lead for two. As a clinical pharmacist, she performs comprehensive medication services in both the primary care clinic and the heart failure clinic. As a clinical lead, she works on innovative practice changes and expansions of the ambulatory care clinical pharmacy services offered at the Madison VA. She manages program activities and provides leadership support for the ambulatory care clinical pharmacy specialists."
Keywords: Pharmacists, Pharmacy Service, Hospital, Pharmacy Technicians, Hospitals, Veterans, Internship and Residency, Leadership, Minority Groups, Veterans, Pharmacy, Ambulatory Care, Primary Health Care, Population Health, Heart Failure, Vaccination
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"Anita Kashyap, PharmD, BCACP is a clinical pharmacy specialist at the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital (Madison VA). After graduating from the UW Madison School of Pharmacy in 2012, she accepted a post-graduate year 1 and year 2 residency in ambulatory care at the Madison VA. She originally started with the VA as a pharmacy technician in 2007 and has been building her career within the VA community since. Not only does she direct patient care as a provider, but she also works with her fellow staff as an ambulatory care clinical lead. Kashyap says that, in a typical week, she acts as a clinical pharmacist for three days and as a clinical lead for two. As a clinical pharmacist, she performs comprehensive medication services in both the primary care clinic and the heart failure clinic. As a clinical lead, she works on innovative practice changes and expansions of the ambulatory care clinical pharmacy services offered at the Madison VA. She manages program activities and provides leadership support for the ambulatory care clinical pharmacy specialists."
Keywords: Pharmacists, Pharmacy Service, Hospital, Pharmacy Technicians, Hospitals, Veterans, Internship and Residency, Leadership, Minority Groups, Veterans, Pharmacy, Ambulatory Care, Primary Health Care, Population Health, Heart Failure, Vaccination
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2022 March/April Table of Contents