Unscripted
Welcome to Unscripted. I’m Lindsey Amerine, PharmD, MS, BCPS, CPEL, FASHP, FHOPA, and I’ve been a pharmacist for 14 years and in leadership roles for even longer. Throughout my career, the one thing I consistently enjoy is one-on-one conversations. Finding out people’s passions and what gets them excited. This podcast is to represent those conversations authentically. This isn’t a platform presentation so the conversation will be casual, just people having a conversation. The pharmacist in me will ensure I'm prepared for the guests that join though. The podcast will naturally feature conversations with those in pharmacy, medicine, and leadership, but it is not limited to that. I have a wide array of interests outside my professional affiliations and will capture those in this podcast. Become a part of the unscripted community where we can be ourselves and cover diverse topics through great conversation.
Episodes
74 episodes
74. Josh Blackwell, PharmD, MS, BCSCP - Power of Mentorship with PILs
Josh Blackwell, PharmD, MS, BCSCP, is the Co-Founder of Pharmacy Initiative Leaders (PILs) and is a Clinical Pharmacy Manager at UT Southwestern Medical Center. We talk through the power of mentorship and how PILs was designed to fi...
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73. Small Scripts - Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) 2025 Impacts
This episode of small scripts highlights the 2025 impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Thanks to Dr. Molly Powers and Dr. Kristel Geyer for bringing the topic up!
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72. Leigh Briscoe-Dwyer, PharmD, BSPharm, BCPS, FASHP - President of ASHP, Telling Our Pharmacist Stories
Leigh Briscoe-Dwyer, PharmD, BSPharm, BCPS, FASHP, serves as President of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). She has also served in various organizations and professional societies in New York. We talk through...
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71. Alex Varkey, PharmD, MS, FAPhA - President of APhA, Being All In to Represent Every Area of Pharmacy
Alex C. Varkey, PharmD, MS, FAPhA, serves as President of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) and is the Director of Pharmacy Services at Houston Methodist Hospital-Texas Medical Center.We talk through his involvement in APhA as ...
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70. Jolynn Sessions, PharmD, CPP, BCOP, FHOPA - President of HOPA and Top Oncology Pharmacy Issues
Jolynn Sessions, PharmD, CPP, BCOP, FHOPA, serves as President of the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA). She is an EXCLAIM Pharmacogenomics Pharmacist and an Oncology Clinical Pharmacist Specialist at the Western North Carolina VA...
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69. Health System Outpatient Pharmacy Strategy with Ryan Mezinger, RPh
Ryan Mezinger, RPh, is Senior Vice President and Chief Pharmacy Officer at MetroHealth in Cleveland, Ohio. Ryan and his team have built an impressive outpatient pharmacy strategy and have grown their footprint immensely in the last ...
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68. Remote Work Best Practices with Stephanie Jean, PharmD, MS, BCPS
Stephanie Jean, PharmD, MS, BCPS, is an Assistant Director of Pharmacy at UNC Health. She oversees the Medication Assistance Program for both pharmacy and medical benefit teams and the Pharmacy Revenue Integrity Team. She has worke...
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67. Specialty Pharmacy with the Shields Care Model with Champ Burgess, PharmD, MBA
Champ Burgess, PharmD, MBA, is Vice President, Health System Strategy for Shields Health Solutions. You’ll hear about the Shields Care Model and their impact on health system specialty pharmacy. We also discuss top issues impacting ...
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66. Oral Drug Repository Program with Julie Kennerly-Shah, PharmD, MS, MHA, BCPS
Dr. Julie Kennerly-Shah is the Associate Director of Pharmacy at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, the James Cancer Hospital. Dr. Kennerly-Shah and her team worked to develop and implement an oral drug repository program in...
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65. Pharmacy Technician Leadership Residency with Ryan Craynon, PharmD, MS
Ryan Craynon, PharmD, MS is the Director of Pharmacy Operations at Cincinnati Children's. His team won an
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64. Updates to Sterile Compounding - Compounded Sterile Preparations, 5th Edition with Angela Yaniv, PharmD, BCSCP and Ryan Forrey, PharmD, MS
Dr. Ryan Forrey and Dr. Angela Yaniv are co-editors with me on ASHP’s Compounding Sterile Preparations, 5th edition book that was recently published. This was ...
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63. Jo Ellen Rodgers, PharmD, BCPS, BCCP, FCCP, FHFSA, FAHA, CPP - Clinical Practice with Academia, Cardio-oncology, How Work Life Impacts Personal Life
Jo Ellen Rodgers, PharmD, BCPS, BCCP, FCCP, FHFSA, FAHA, CPP, is Professor and Vice Chair of Professional Education and Practice for the Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. She was a...
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62. Continuous Professional Development with John Armitstead, MS, RPh, FASHP
John Armitstead, MS, RPh, FASHP, is the System Director of Pharmacy Services at Lee Health and a Past President of ASHP. Throughout his career John has been an avid proponent of continuous professional development (CPD). We talk thr...
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41:18
61. Pharmacogenomics Nationwide with Jill Bates, PharmD, MS, BCOP, DipACLM, FASHP
Jill Bates, PharmD, MS, BCOP, DipACLM, FASHP, is the Deputy Executive Director of the National Pharmacogenomics Program within the National Oncology Program Office of the Veterans Affairs (VA). Dr. Bates is an expert in oncology and pharmacogen...
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49:18
60. Data and Analytics with Adam Bernstein, PharmD, BCPS and Sparx Analytics
Adam Bernstein, PharmD, BCPS, is the Founder and CEO of Sparx Analytics. He has a passion for data and analytics which is the foundation for his new company, Sparx Analytics. He is teaching healthcare professionals how to run and analyze their ...
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59. Julia Myers, PharmD, MBA, AAHIVP - Life After Pharmacy, Real Estate Investing, and Raising Money Conscious Kids
Julia Myers, PharmD, MBA, AAHIVP, is the Founder of Generational Wisdom, a real estate investor, and semi-retired pharmacist. She was previously the Ambulatory Manager at University of Missouri Health, but after an unexpected medical event move...
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48:25
58. Gender Affirming Care with Alex Mills, PharmD, BCACP, AAHIVP
Alex Mills, PharmD, BCACP, AAHIVP, is an Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy.Gender-affirming care is a timely topic and one that has generated a lot of headlines thi...
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28:55
57. Nish Kasbekar, PharmD, BSPharm, FASHP - ASHP President, Be The Change: Get Involved and Advocate to Make an Impact
Nish Kasbekar, PharmD, BSPharm, FASHP, is the President of the American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP) and Chief Pharmacy Officer at the University of Pennsylvania Health System.Dr. Kasbekar talks through her priorities for ...
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56. Remote Clinical Pharmacists: Modifying Practice Models to Promote Retention with Bryan McCarthy Jr, PharmD, MS, MJ, FASHP
On episode 35 with Dr. Megan Rech we dove into the reasons why clinical pharmacists are leaving health systems and on
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55. Leanne Kennedy, PharmD, BCOP, CPP, FHOPA - President of HOPA, New Workforce Models, Advocacy, and Oncology Residency Focus
LeAnne Kennedy, PharmD, BCOP, CPP, FHOPA, is the President of the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA), co-founder of the North Carolina Oncology Pharmacists (NCOP) Association, and Clinical Oncology Pharmacy Manager at Atrium Health...
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54. Effective Presentations and the Art of Storytelling with Dave Hager, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP
Presentations are a topic we are all familiar with and strive to improve upon. Whether it is for a discussion with your team and you are pitching an idea for a protocol or you are presenting at a national meeting, you want to be able to tell th...
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53. Pressures on Clinical Pharmacists with Alicia Lichvar, PharmD, BCPS
On episode 35 with Dr. Megan Rech we talked through why clinical pharmacists are leaving health systems early. This week we are doing a parallel topic on the pressures on clinical pharmacists. Alicia Lichvar, PharmD, BCPS, is a Tran...
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52. Hospital-at-Home with Joey Muscarella, PharmD, BCPS
This week we are diving into a topic involving a new care model. Hospital-at-home enables patients who need acute level care to receive care at home instead of in the hospital. There are many aspects to this model that require operational plann...
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51. Annie Andrews, MD, MSCR - Pediatrician on running for Congress, then starting a Political Action Committee focused on children
Annie Andrews, MD, MSCR, is a Professor of Pediatrics at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) College of Medicine, Pediatric Hospitalist at MUSC Health and ran for the Congressional seat of SC-1 in 2022. After the election she founde...
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50. Toyin Tofade, MS, PharmD, BCPS, CPCC, FFIP - Servant Leadership, Sponsorship, Elevating Others
Toyin Tofade, MS, PharmD, BCPS, CPCC, FFIP, is the President and Professor at the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Dr. Tofade won the ASHP Donald E. Francke Award in 2022, which honors pharmacists who have made signif...
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