Division Director of Clinical Pharmacy Services, Capital Division
HCA – HealthTrust Supply Chain
Sarah M. Gaffney, PharmD, MBA, CPEL, BCPS, is the Division Director of Clinical Pharmacy Services for HealthTrust Supply Chain - HCA Capital Division, based in Richmond, Virginia. Dr. Gaffney received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Pittsburgh and subsequently completed both a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency and a PGY-2 Adult Internal Medicine Residency at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina. Dr. Gaffney received her MBA from Averett University.
Dr. Gaffney oversees the implementation and maintenance of inpatient clinical pharmacy programs including formulary management and standardization, drug utilization evaluations, IV pump compliance and standardization, various clinical pharmacy metrics, and antimicrobial stewardship at 18 different hospitals spanning three states. Her previous leadership experience includes Director of Pharmacy, Assistant Director of Pharmacy, Clinical Pharmacy Manager, Pharmacy Residency Program Administrator and Director, and Clinical Pharmacy Specialist. Dr. Gaffney’s clinical experience includes general cardiology, cardiac ICU, and cardiothoracic surgery ICU patient populations. She has given multiple pharmacotherapeutic lectures at local, state, and national conferences and has published several articles. She proudly won the Virginia Society of Health-System Pharmacy Clinical Pharmacy Practice Achievement Award within two years of moving to Virginia. Dr. Gaffney is active in VSHP serving on several committees. She also has served on various SAGs and committees for ASHP, and is a current member of the ASHP Council on Therapeutics.
(Management Case Study) Managing Inventory: Using Predictive Models to Control Inventory Costs
Sunday, December 8, 2024
1:15 PM – 1:45 PM
Optimizing Emergency Interventions: Paralytics, Push-Dose Pressors, and Special K
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM