pharmacy Archive — Page 2 of 3

Alison Elliott, PharmD, a pharmacist at the Medical Center East Pharmacy, sits at the designated service window where patients will pick up prescriptions after hours. The Medical Center East pharmacy has extended its hours to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
October 27, 2021

MCE pharmacy now provides 24-hour, seven-day service

Transplant Pharmacy technician Sarah Osman donated a kidney to Nathan Horton, her former boss at a previous job.
August 19, 2021

Transplant Pharmacy’s Osman donates kidney to former boss

Over the last two years at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Transplant Pharmacy technician Sarah Osman, CPhT, has become very familiar with the process of organ transplantation.

April 29, 2021

Transplant Pharmacy team went extra mile during winter ice storm

In February, a frigid winter storm swept across the United States, causing widespread chaos — including power outages, water shortages and business shutdowns. Amid the disaster, many kidney transplant patients in Middle Tennessee did not receive deliveries of their immunosuppressant medications due to hazardous road conditions.

April 1, 2021

Analysis seeks to better manage infection in dialysis patients

Analysis seeks to better manage infection in dialysis patients

Specialty pharmacy technician Nikki Auen went the extra mile to help refill medications for a patient whose home was damaged in the Christmas Day bomb blast in downtown Nashville.
February 11, 2021

Pharmacy tech goes extra mile for bombing victim

A Vanderbilt patient couldn’t access her medications following the Christmas Day bombing in downtown Nashville. That’s when Nikki Auen came into the picture.

January 7, 2021

Foster receives service award from pharmacists association

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) has awarded Nichole Foster, MBA, MEd, CPhT, director of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Pharmacy Technicians Training Program, with a Distinguished Service Award.