Professor,
University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy, Maryland
Bethany A DiPaula, Pharm.D., BCPP, FASHP is professor at the University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy and a consultant with School of Medicine Maryland Addiction Consultation Service (MACS). Dr. DiPaula is a residency trained, board certified psychiatric pharmacist with a passion for managing patients with substance use disorders (SUD). Dr. DiPaula practices with a medical group in Baltimore City providing medication management services for patients diagnosed with SUD and other psychiatric disorders. She is active in shaping state collaborative drug therapy management (CDTM) practice. She created pharmacist medication management practices for indigent patients with SUD and has lectured and published on these experiences. Dr. DiPaula worked with a state legislative committee to allow for expanded access to naloxone through pharmacist dispensing using a state standing order. She has educated over 900 county residents about overdose management and received a grant to provide opioid use disorder academic detailing to community pharmacists. Dr. DiPaula is the University of Maryland PGY2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency Program Director and volunteers as an American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) accreditation guest surveyor. She recently served on the ASHP Opioid Taskforce. She has served as the Chairperson for the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP) Substance Abuse Taskforce and Substance Use Steering Committee. She just completed her second term on the Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS) Specialty Council on Psychiatric Pharmacy.
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Thursday, March 31, 2022
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM ET