Amanda Woods

Her Story
Woods currently serves as clinical pharmacy manager in the chronic care medication management department at Atrium Health, where she also provides chronic disease state management as a clinical pharmacist practitioner. Woods received her BA in anthropology from Davidson College in 2003 and PharmD from the University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy in 2013. She completed a PGY1 Residency in ambulatory care at Carolinas Medical Center NorthEast in 2014. She is a Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist. Dr. Woods is a Diplomate of the Pharmacy Leadership Academy.

She currently is a Clinical Pharmacy Manager and Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner at Atrium Health.

Describe the facility where you work (eg. Is it a teaching hospital? Health Center? 
Atrium Health is an integrated, nonprofit health system with more than 40 hospitals and over 1400 care locations. The system has more than 70,000 teammates serving the Southeast. Atrium Health is part of Advocate Health, the third-largest nonprofit health system in the United States.

Recent Significant Projects
Dr. Woods is actively involved in pharmacy practice advancement and care-delivery initiatives within her health system. Recent significant projects include standardization and advancement of pharmacy technician roles in non-traditional settings, inpatient-outpatient pharmacist collaboration during transitions of care, and optimization of technology in care delivery and data management. 

Initial Involvement in ASHP
Dr. Woods currently serves as Chair of the Section of Ambulatory Care Practitioners Advisory Group on  Medication Management Services. She has served as an active member on ASHP advisory groups for 10 years.

Why did you become involved in ASHP? 
Like many others, I became involved with ASHP as a student to learn more about health-system pharmacy and to have access to the many resources available for pursuing a pharmacy residency. I found that after graduating pharmacy school ASHP continued to offer resources for every stage of my career from a new practitioner to a pharmacy leader and beyond.

Advice for Someone New to Specialty Area
Appreciate the value of other disciplines on the care team and nurture a true collaborative environment. Patients benefit when the walls between our disciplines come down and we can share our knowledge and expertise freely to create the best possible care plan for the patient.

Always put the patient at the center of your decision making. No plan of care will be successful without the patient being engaged and able to participant in the plan.

How would you explain the value of ASHP to a friend or colleague?
ASHP offers members many opportunities for career development, networking, continuing education, and leadership. They provide diverse resources on pharmacy practice models and best practices.

What is the value of ASHP for the profession?
ASHP plays a critical role in the advancement of pharmacy practice on a national level through its policy and advocacy efforts. The commitment of ASHP to advance pharmacy practice and optimize medication therapy outcomes benefits our profession, the healthcare system and patients.