Two experts in pain management in patients with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) will discuss the causes of pain in patients with SCD as well the best practices in approaches to managing pain from pediatric patients and as they transition into adulthood. Challenges in pain management for patients with SCD will also be discussed including some strategies to overcome these challenges.
SPEAKERS
Tanya Uritsky, PharmD, CPE is the opioid stewardship coordinator at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She is co-chair of the Penn Medicine Opioid Task Force, past-chair of the Society of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacists (SPPCP) Opioid Stewardship Taskforce, and is president-elect of SPPCP. She was awarded Palliative Care Practitioner of the Year by PainWeek in 2015 and the 2020 Pennsylvania Society of Health-System Pharmacists Joe E. Smith Award for excellence.
Tracy M. Hagemann, PharmD is Professor and Associate Dean at the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy. She received her Pharm.D. from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, completed a PGY1 at Regional One Health in Memphis, Tennessee, and a PGY2 at the University of Oklahoma. She has been in pharmacy academia for 30 years and practiced in acute care pediatrics, pediatric hematology/oncology, and palliative care. She is co-editor of Pediatric Injectable Drugs: The Teddy Bear Book.
Maria Foy, PharmD, BCPS, CPE is a clinical pharmacy specialist in Palliative Care at Jefferson Abington Hospital Jefferson Health. Maria graduated from Temple University with a BS in Pharmacy and received a non-traditional PharmD from the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. In 2013, Maria earned her board certification in pharmacotherapy (BCPS). Maria has lectured on pain management, symptom management, chronic pain and substance use disorder topics nationally and locally.