EmpowerX Conference
A conference that is for us and by us
Speakers
About EMPoweRx 2023
The EMPoweRx Conference was created to provide emergency medicine pharmacists, students, residents, and other healthcare professional
Featured Talks & Speakers
Christopher Edwards, PharmD, BCPS
Ryan Feldman, PharmD, BCPS, DABAT
Megan Musselman, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCCCP, DPLA, FCCP
Gabrielle Procopio, PharmD, BCPS
Caitlin Brown, PharmD, BCCCP
Brian Gilbert, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, BCCCP
Faisal Minhaj, PharmD, DABAT
Megan Rech, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCCCP
Shauntrell Johnson, PharmD
Stephanie Wong, PharmD
Marc McDowell, PharmD, BCPS
Claire Zagorski, MSc, LP
Heather Tilley, PharmD, BCPS
Eliot Blum, MD, FACEP
Katrina Gipson, MD, MPH
Judah Brown, PharmD, BCCCP
Jacinda Abdul-Mutakabbir, PharmD, MPH, AAHIVP
Speaker Biographies
Dr. Jacinda Abdul-Mutakabbir
Dr. Jacinda Abdul-Mutakabbir is currently an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of California San Diego in the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and the Division of the Black Diaspora and African American Studies. She completed her Doctorate in Pharmacy at the University of Saint Joseph School of Pharmacy, located in Hartford, CT. Following pharmacy school, she completed her pharmacy residency at the Howard University Hospital in Washington, DC. She also completed an Infectious Disease Pharmacokinetics/ Pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) Research Fellowship under the tutelage of Dr. Michael J. Rybak PharmD, MPH, PhD, and went on to earn a Masters of Public Health at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI. Her research in mitigating antimicrobial resistance has led her to be recognized by the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases as one of their 30 under 30 outstanding young scientists, for their ECCMID 2021 31st annual meeting. Dr. Abdul-Mutakabbir is also dedicated to magnifying and rectifying health inequities in minoritized communities. To that point, she currently serves as the Lead Pharmacist and Educator for Congregations Organized for Prophetic Engagement-Health Equity Collaborative. Her dedication to improving public health has been recognized by the United States Public Health Services, as she was the 2017 recipient of the USPHS Outstanding Service Award and named as the awardee of the 2022 American Pharmacists Association-Immunization Champion (Honorable Mention) award. She was also the 2021 recipient of the Society of Infectious Disease Gita Patel Best Practice Award, the 2021 recipient of the Wayne State University Warrior of Distinction of Alumni Award. Dr. Abdul-Mutakabbir continues to be an active member of several professional organizations including the American Society of Microbiology (ASM), Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), and the Society of Infectious Disease
Pharmacists (SIDP).
Dr. Christopher J Edwards, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP
Dr. Christopher J Edwards, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP is an assistant professor with the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy and a clinical assistant professor with the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine. After completing PGY1 and PGY2 residency training with the University of Arizona, Chris worked as a clinical pharmacist in the emergency department of Banner University Medical Center - Tucson (BUMCT) then as a senior manager of clinical pharmacy services with BUMCT before moving into a faculty role with the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy in 2018. Chris has serves as a clinical preceptor for pharmacy and medical resident and student rotations in emergency medicine and has served as a research mentor for a number of resident and student projects. As a faculty member, he maintains a clinical practice in the emergency department at BUMCT, coordinates a pharmacotherapeutics course for second year pharmacy students, a pharmacy management course for third year pharmacy students, and performs research on pharmacy practice in emergency medicine. Chris currently serves as a Chair of the Board of Pharmacy Specialists Council on Emergency Medicine, as a delegate to the American Society of Health Systems Pharmacy’s House of Delegates, as Director of Health Systems Pharmacy for the Arizona Pharmacy Association, and as a technical editor for The American Board of Emergency Medicine’s MyEMCert Key Advances Panel. He has published a number of peer reviewed articles, book chapters, and serves as co-editor of ASHP’s Basic Skills for Interpreting Laboratory Values textbook.
Dr. Gabrielle Procopio
Dr. Gabrielle Procopio is currently an Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist and the PGY2 Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Residency Program Director at Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) in Hackensack, NJ. She is core faculty for the HUMC Emergency Medicine Residency Program and precepts medical and pharmacy residents daily. She is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine in Nutley, NJ. She received her PharmD at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. She completed her PGY1 Pharmacy Residency at HUMC and her PGY2 Emergency Medicine Residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Procopio serves on several hospital committees including Stroke Committee, Emergency Medicine Peer Review Committee, and is the team lead of the ED Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee. She has publications in the areas of anticoagulation reversal, neurology, and toxicology. Her current areas of focus within emergency medicine are infectious disease, toxicology, and neurology.
Dr. Megan Musselman
Megan Musselman is a clinical pharmacy specialist in Emergency Medicine and the PGY-2 Residency Program Director in Emergency Medicine.
Dr. Musselman earned her doctorate degree in pharmacy from Creighton University School of Pharmacy. She completed the PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency program at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the PGY-2 Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Residency at Detroit Receiving Hospital. She also earned a master’s degree in Clinical Toxicology from the University of Florida.
Megan's professional interests include toxicology and neurocritical care. At North Kansas City Hospital, she serves on the ED Subcommittee and the Sepsis, Trauma, STEMI, Code Blue and Stroke Committees.
Dr. Ryan Feldman
Ryan Feldman PharmD, BCPS, DABAT is an emergency medicine (EM) pharmacist at Froedtert Hospital, an assistant professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and as a consulting clinical toxicologist (DABAT) at the Wisconsin Poison center. He received his Doctorate of Pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and completed a 1st year general practice and 2nd year emergency medicine pharmacy residency at Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Feldman’s current activities include full time clinical work as an emergency medicine pharmacist and poison center toxicologist, performing clinical research, and teaching. He has authored greater than 20 peer reviewed research studies in emergency medicine and toxicology with some works gaining attention in outlets such as science.com and the New York Times. In addition to peer reviewed articles Dr. Feldman has author’s pharmacotherapy self-assessment programs and ASHP board certification review modules on poisoning and drug overdose. He currently serves as the co-chair for the Acute and Intensive Care section of the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology and is on the Board of Directors of the American Board of Applied Toxicology. Additionally he is a core preceptor for an emergency medicine pharmacy residency and a toxicology fellowship. His current research focuses are in poisoning epidemiology and resuscitation outcomes research. In his free time he enjoys exploring beer gardens and hosting a toxicology podcast called “The Poison Lab”.
Dr. Brian Gilbert
Brian Gilbert, PharmD, MBA, BCCCP, BCPS, FCCM is an emergency medicine clinical pharmacy specialist practicing at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita Kansas. He serves as the PGY-2 critical care pharmacy residency program director and as an adjunct assistant clinical professor at the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy. Dr. Gilbert currently serves on the board of directors for the Kansas Council of Health-System pharmacy as the president and continues to serve the Society of Critical Care Medicine, American College of Clinical Pharmacy, the Neurocritical Care Society, and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists in leadership and committee work. He maintains active research specifically within the areas of coagulopathy management, use of viscoelastic testing in pharmacotherapy reversal, and improving efficiencies to reduce pharmacoeconomic burden.
Dr. Caitlin Brown
Dr. Brown is an Assistant Professor of Pharmacy and Emergency Medicine at the Mayo School of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota. She is a clinical pharmacist in the emergency department and neurosciences intensive care unit. Dr. Brown obtained her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA, then completed a PGY1 Residency at Mayo Clinic and a PGY2 Residency in Critical Care at Maine Medical Center in Portland, ME. Dr. Brown has published over 30 peer-reviewed articles related to the care of critically and emergently ill patients. She has been inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine and currently serves as a Member at Large for the Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology section within the Society of Critical Care medicine. She is currently the Assistant Program Director the PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency at Mayo Clinic, and the chair of the Mayo Midwest Pharmacy Diversity Council.
Dr. Faisal Minhaj
Faisal Minhaj completed his PGY2 emergency medicine pharmacy training at the University of Rochester Medical Center, followed by a toxicology fellowship at the Maryland Poison Center. He is currently an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention within the Poxvirus and Rabies Branch. He has been on the CDC’s multinational mpox response since the beginning of the outbreak in the US and is involved in a number of studies trying to better understand orthopoxviruses. Much of his current work involves medical countermeasures related to orthopoxviruses, severe mpox infections, and international rabies control efforts.
Dr. Charles J. Foster
Charles J. Foster is a Content Specialist for Micromedex where his primary role involves developing clinical drug information, with a focus on cardiovascular drugs and critical care. He previously worked as a Clinical Pharmacist in EDs and ICUs around the Denver metro area and most recently practiced as a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist for the University of Colorado Burn Center. He is a Colorado native and graduate of CSU and CU Skaggs School of Pharmacy. Charles lives near Denver, CO with his wife and son.
Dr. Marc McDowell
Dr. Marc McDowell is an emergency medicine pharmacist and EM PGY2 residency program director at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Illinois. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy then completed a PGY1 and PGY2 emergency medicine residency at Advocate Christ Medical Center. His research areas of interest include resuscitation science, anticoagulation reversal, and neurosciences. His recent achievements include ACCP EMED PRN Outstanding New Clinical Practitioner and SCCM EM Section Early Career Award.
Dr. Shauntrell Johnson
Shauntrell Johnson is a graduate of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in Tallahassee, FL. After completing her PharmD, she completed a PGY-1 residency at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Prior to joining Grady Health System in 2012, she practiced at Emory University Hospital where she assisted with the expansion of pharmacy services in their emergency department. Shauntrell currently works as an emergency room pharmacist at Grady Hospital.
Dr. Stephanie Wong
Dr. Stephanie Wong, PharmD is an emergency medicine clinical pharmacist at Dignity Health St Joseph’s Medical Center in Stockton, California since 2016. Dr Wong obtained her PharmD from the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy in 2014 and completed her PGY1 at UWHealth SwedishAmerican Hospital in Rockford, Illinois in 2015. In her current position she also serves as the core preceptor for the emergency medicine elective rotation for the PGY1 pharmacy residents and EM medical residents.
Claire Zagorski
Claire Zagorski earned a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from The University of Texas at Austin and a master’s degree in medical sciences from University of North Texas Health Science Center. She is currently a PhD student in translational science at The University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy, and is completing a master of science in public health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She has been a paramedic and a harm reductionist since 2013, and has worked both in emergency departments and in street outreach for people who use drugs in Austin. In her harm reduction work, she focuses on non-overdose medical harms of drug use, chiefly skin and soft tissue infections, endocarditis, and vein health. As a researcher, Claire focuses on utilizing gas chromatography-mass spectrometry for surveillance of the drug supply, as well as characterizing and elucidating the synthetic pathways of novel additions to the illegal drug supply, and how this in turn impacts people who use drugs and their medical needs. Claire has written extensively for popular media such as Filter Magazine and Healthline, breaking down common drug myths for a lay audience.
Dr. Heather Tilley
Heather Tilley is an Emergency Medicine Clinical Specialist Pharmacist at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, and previously focused primarily in pediatrics as an Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist at Children’s National Hospital. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Washington. She completed her PGY1 Residency at St. Joseph Medical Center in Tacoma, Washington and a PGY2 Residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Arizona. She was awarded the U.S. Public Health Service Award for Excellence in Public Health Pharmacy in 2017 for her engagement in leadership and the local community. Her areas of interest include trauma, pediatrics, chemical dependency, and professional development.
Dr. Gabrielle Procopio
Dr. Gabrielle Procopio is currently an Emergency Medicine Clinical Pharmacist and the PGY2 Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Residency Program Director at Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) in Hackensack, NJ. She is core faculty for the HUMC Emergency Medicine Residency Program and precepts medical and pharmacy residents daily. She is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine in Nutley, NJ. She received her PharmD at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. She completed her PGY1 Pharmacy Residency at HUMC and her PGY2 Emergency Medicine Residency at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Procopio serves on several hospital committees including Stroke Committee, Emergency Medicine Peer Review Committee, and is the team lead of the ED Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee. She has publications in the areas of anticoagulation reversal, neurology, and toxicology. Her current areas of focus within emergency medicine are infectious disease, toxicology, and neurology.
Dr. Eliot H. Blum
Eliot H. Blum is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Emory University. He serves as the LGBTQIA+ Subcommittee Chair in his department’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, is the faculty advisor for the GME Pride Committee, and is also on the steering committee for the LGBTQIA+ Faculty Affinity Group. Eliot has given national lectures pertaining to mentoring sexual and gender minorities and currently serves as the co-chair for the ADIEM LGBTQIA+ Committee. He works extensively in the community and serves as the medical director for Atlanta Pride and the AIDS Vaccine 200-mile bicycle race. Additionally, Eliot works on the Transgender Task Force for Healthcare Reform through the Medical Associate of Georgia and has authored policy that has passed the house of delegates. He currently works at Grady Memorial Hospital and lectures within the school of medicine on the topic of LGBTQIA+ health and allyship. In 2020, he was voted the “John Stone Teacher of the Year” by the residents which is the highest teaching honor within his department. Eliot prides himself on being a true ally to sexual and gender minorities and racial minorities, a professional listener of music, an amateur cyclist and runner, lover of the outdoors and most importantly his wife and three children.
Dr. Judah Brown
Judah Brown, PharmD, BCCCP is a Clinical Pharmacy Manager specializing in Emergency Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Irving Medical Center. In addition to his practice within the emergency department, Dr. Brown is a PGY2 Emergency Medicine Pharmacy Residency Program Director and is passionate about advancement and representation within post-graduate education. Prior, Judah served in similar capacities at other academic centers, having completed his training in critical care pharmacy practice at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Dr. Brown has devoted efforts to increasing diversity within medicine and pharmacy practice, and serves as founding member of the crowd funding organization, PharmGradWishList, which serves to sponsor racially and ethnically minoritized pharmacy trainees toward advancing their careers. Additionally, Dr. Brown's research and practice focuses on social determinants of health and health equity within the emergency department, optimizing transitions of care for critically ill patients, and disparities in sepsis and shock management.
Dr. Katrina Gipson
Dr. Gipson, who hails from Ann Arbor, MI, is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine where she pracAces clinically at Grady Memorial Hospital. She received her BS in Biomedical Engineering with a concentraAon in Biotechnology from Yale University, an MPH in Health Management and Policy from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and an M.D. from Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) with Honors with DisAncAon in Research. Dr. Gipson’s post graduate medical training includes an Emergency Medicine Residency at University Hospitals Case Medical Center of CWRU as well as a Health Policy Fellowship in the Emergency Medicine Health Policy SecAon at George Washington University in Washington, DC. Dr. Gipson’s interests lie in vulnerable populaAons and health policy as a means of social jusAce. Her policy experience includes fellowships in the offices of Congressman Raul Ruiz (CA-36) and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT). She also worked in the D.C. office of the Commonwealth Fund, a private foundaAon whose aim is to promote a high performing health care system. Dr. Gipson is the Secretary of the Emergency Medicine SecAon of the NaAonal Medical AssociaAon (NMA), Co-Chair of the EducaAon SubcommiWee for Society for Academic Emergency Medicine’s (SAEM) Equity & Inclusion CommiWee, and president-elect of SAEM’s Academy for Diversity & Inclusion in Emergency Medicine (ADIEM). Her research interests include the Social Determinants/Drivers of Health and how they influence use of Emergency Medical Services in high-risk populaAons as well as Geriatric Emergency Medicine. Dr. Gipson is the co-PI for a mulA-site NIH-funded study exploring best pracAces for the care of older adults in the Emergency Department. She is the founding Program Director of the Health Policy Fellowship in Emory University’s Department of Emergency Medicine and was recently recognized as one of EMRA’s top 25 under 45. Dr. Gipson is a Public Voices Fellow of Academy Health in partnership with the OpEd Project.
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