Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Kettles VA Medical Center
Tomasz Jurga, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, BCCP, CDCES, AACC is the cardiovascular clinical pharmacy specialist at the Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Kettles VA Medical Center in Ann Arbor, MI. His areas of focus include managing cardiovascular disorders, optimizing heart failure regimens, managing dyslipidemia, and monitoring arrhythmia patients. He serves as a preceptor to the VA PGY1 pharmacy residents and, in partnership with the University of Michigan, to PGY2 cardiology residents. He leads several educational sessions in the hospital’s cardiac rehabilitation program and serves as a subject matter expert to the Veterans Affairs Academic Detailing Service and to the American College of Clinical Pharmacy Ambulatory Care Practice and Research Network.
Dr. Jurga graduated from Chicago State University College of Pharmacy, then went on to complete a PGY1 pharmacy practice residency at John H. Stroger Jr., Hospital of Cook County in Chicago, IL where he focused his clinical experience and research on pharmacists' involvement in ambulatory care, diabetes management, and cardiovascular disease treatment.
His general research interests include cardiovascular disease risk prevention and mitigation, utilization of population health tools to improve patient outcomes, and utilizing the multidisciplinary team to improve cardiac care.
Thursday, December 8, 2022
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM