Clinical Professor, University of Florida College of Pharmacy
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, UF Health Shands
Kalen B. Manasco, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCPPS, FCCP, FPPA is a Clinical Professor and Division Head at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy and Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital in Gainesville, Florida. She obtained a B.S. degree in microbiology and her Pharm.D degree from the University of Georgia. She completed a pharmacy practice residency at Shands Hospital and a pediatric specialty residency at Medical University of South Carolina. From 2003-2007, she served as Clinical Assistant Professor at Mercer University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. From 2007-March 2017, Dr. Manasco served as a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy at the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy, Augusta campus where she also served as the PGY2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residency Program Director. She maintains an active practice site in pediatrics and pediatric cystic fibrosis at UF Health Shands Hospital where she precepts students and residents. She also serves as the PGY2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residency Program Director for UF Health Shands. Dr. Manasco is an active member of PPA, ACCP, ASHP, and AACP. She has served as Pediatric PRN Chair for ACCP, Pediatric Pharmacy ISG Chair for AACP, At-Large Board of Directors member for PPA, and as a volunteer practitioner surveyor for ASHP. Her research interests include pediatric infectious disease and pediatric cystic fibrosis.
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