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Karen M. Gunning, PharmD, BCPS

Associate Professor (Clinical)
Director of Continuing Pharmacy Education

Office Location:
L.S. Skaggs Hall, Room 258

Office Phone: (801) 587-9553
Clinic Phone (Afternoons): (801) 581-2000
Fax: (801) 585-6160

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Education

  • 1997-1998 Specialty Residency in Family Medicine/Primary Care Pharmacy, University of Washington, Departments of Pharmacy and Family Medicine, Seattle, Washington.
  • 1995-1997 Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
  • 1990-1995 Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy - Summa Cum Laude, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.

Current Positions Held

  • 1999 - present Adjunct Assistant Professor of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Utah
  • 1998 - present Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice (Clinical), University of Utah.
  • 1995 - present Community Pharmacist. Lake Oswego, Oregon, and Salt Lake City, UT

Previous Positions Held

  • 1997 - 1998 Specialty Resident in Family Medicine/Primary Care Pharmacy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
  • 1997 - 1998 Clinical Pharmacy Consultant - Drug Utilization and Education Committee State of Washington, Olympia, Washington.
  • 1996 - 1997 Poison Control Pharmacist, Utah Poison Control Center, Salt Lake City, UT.

Professional Affiliations

  • Association of Reproductive Health Professionals
  • American Society of Health Systems Pharmacists
  • Utah Society of Health System Pharmacists
  • Utah Pharmaceutical Association
  • American College of Clinical Pharmacy
  • Rho Chi Pharmacy Honor Society
  • American Pharmaceutical Association
  • Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
  • American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy

Clinical Practice & Research Interests

  • Clinical pharmacist at the Sugarhouse Family Health Center and on the Family Medicine Inpatient Service at Salt Lake Regional Medical Center
    • Sugarhouse Clinic is a residency training site for the University of Utah Family Medicine Residency Program. Pharmacy Education Clinic serves patients for diabetes education, smoking cessation, anticoagulation, medication education, pain management, medication assistance, and anything and everything requested by the Sugarhouse physicians!
  • Teaching Resident Physician Skills for Interaction with Pharmaceutical Representatives
  • Implementing a Medroxyprogesterone Depot Protocol to Improve Patient Compliance and Continuation
  • Type 2 Diabetes Continuous Quality Improvement Project

 

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