Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Roseman University of Health Sciences / Behavioral Health Group
Krystal Riccio, PharmD, BCACP, CDCES is an Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice within the college of pharmacy at Roseman University of Health Sciences and a Clinical Pharmacist with Behavioral Health Group in Las Vegas, Nevada. As clinical faculty, Dr. Riccio teaches across the didactic curriculum and precepts APPE students in ambulatory care. She currently practices under a collaborative practice agreement within a community-based comprehensive opioid treatment center, providing medication counseling and comprehensive medication management (CMM) of chronic medical conditions for persons with substance use disorders.
As a clinician, researcher, and community partner, Krystal Riccio has passionately worked in substance use disorder prevention and treatment for over a decade. She co-founded and advises Roseman University's Drug Awareness Advocacy Team to improve adolescent health education in Southern Nevada and actively participates in Nevada legislation and policy efforts to reduce prescription drug misuse and overdose death. Dr. Riccio presents on the topic of opioid use disorder at local, state, and national meetings and is passionate about educating interprofessional healthcare workers and students to improve the health and wellness of their communities.
