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Angela (Dee) R. Thomason currently serves as a professor at ¼«ÀÖ½ûµØ, McWhorter School of Pharmacy with focus responsibilities in interprofessional education and general medicine advance pharmacy practice experience as a clinical pharmacist specialist at Encompass Rehabilitation Hospital at Lakeshore. Over the past several years, she has held various leadership positions within the Experiential Education, University and School with responsibilities related to pharmacy students’ early practice experiences in community and health-system settings, preceptor development, faculty leadership and interprofessional education. Angela also practices as a clinical pharmacy specialist at a local health-system participating in various clinical pharmacy services such as internal medicine, anticoagulation, and transitions of care. Her pharmacy experiences over her career have encompassed a variety of clinical settings with direct patient care services within federal, community and academic health-systems. Angela received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from ¼«ÀÖ½ûµØ and completed an ASHP-accredited Specialty Primary Care Pharmacy Practice residency. She continues to serve ASHP and Alabama state affiliate of ASHP with various leadership roles.

Degrees and Certifications

• PharmD, ¼«ÀÖ½ûµØ
• ASHP Accredited Primary Care Pharmacy Practice Specialty Residency, Tuscaloosa Veterans Affairs Medical Center
• Pharmacy Based Immunization Delivery and Trainer, American Pharmaceutical Association
• Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist, Board of Pharmacy Specialties
• Physical Assessment in Patient Care Management, Nova Southeastern University College of Pharmacy
• Education Scholar Certifiation, AACP Education Scholars Program

Involvement

• Encompass Health, Lakeshore Rehabilitation Hospital
• National Association Board of Pharmacy (NABP)
• American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)
• American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)
• Alabama Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ALSHP)

Expertise

• Internal Adult Medicine
• Interprofessional Education
• Anticoagulation and Antiplatelet Therapies

Awards and Honors

• Fellow of Alabama Society of Health-System Pharmacists (FALSHP), 2023
• McWhorter School of Pharmacy Superior Scholar Award, 2023
• Alabama Society of Health System Pharmacist (ALSHP), 2021
• Award of Excellence in Experiential Education. (AACP), 2021
• Alabama Society of Health-System Pharmacists Service Award, 2019
• Award of Excellence in Experiential Education. (AACP), 2019
• McWhorter School of Pharmacy Scholar Award, 2016
• Alabama Society of Health-System Pharmacists Service Award, 2015
• Certificate of Recognition - Department of Pharmacy Practice, 2010
• Carl Wayne Shaddix Pharmacy Practitioner of Excellence Award, ¼«ÀÖ½ûµØ, 2006

Research Areas

• Fellowship for Interprofessional Development at ¼«ÀÖ½ûµØ (FINDS). William E. and Wylodine F. Hull Fund for Christian Scholarship (Hull Grant

• Naro PB, Thomason AR. “Education of Pharmacy Students with Geriatric Sensitivity Training Module”

• Thomason AR, Waldrop B, Henderson R. “Pharmacy Morning Report (PMR) Pilot Program”

• Ongoing Scholarship and Research: Interprofessional education, anticoagulation and antiplatelet therapies, rehabilitation medication, internal medicine

Publications

• Bolela J., Morato J., Smith A., Thomason A.R.(2024) Tramadol's current role in the new opioid guidelines. ALSHP InPharmative Quarterly. 10(1): 7-10.

• Brown S., Boyd K., Thomason A.R. (2023) Potential Drug Interactions with Antiplatelet Medications and Cannabidiol: A focus on P2Y12 Inhibitors. The Senior Care Pharmacist,38,141-7.

• Shelton L.R., Thomason A.R., Hensarling R.W. (2022) Faculty fellowship in interprofessional education: An atypical approach to faculty development. Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice,28,100528.

• Hensarling R.W., Shelton L.R., Thomason A.R. (2020) Faith Integration in the Development of an Interprofessional Fellowship. Journal of Christian Nursing,37,165-169.

• White C.W., Thomason A.R., Prince V.(2014). Recurrent venous thromboembolism in a patient with Heterozygous Factor V Leiden Mutation. Hosp Pharm,49,748-751.

• Thomason A.R. , Elmore L.K., Naro P.B.(2013) Pharmacy students’ attitudes toward the underserved population: the role of experiential education. Curr Pharm Teach Learn,5,444-449.

• Henderson C.D., Broeseker A.E., Berry C.G., Fort D., Thomason A.R. , Cahoon T.M., Karlet M.C.(2013) Interprofessional Education Sessions involving Doctor of Pharmacy, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, and Nurse Anesthetist Students. Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 5,450-457.

• Charest D.M., Krogsgard E.S., Thomason A.R .(2010) A patient case: Intravenous Azithromycin-induced hepatoxicity. Hosp Pharm, 45,545-48.

• Thomason A.R., Waldrop B.A., Henderson R.P.(2008) Pharmacy morning report pilot study adapting the medical model of case-based teaching to the pharmacy curriculum. International Journal of Pharmacy Education and Practice (IJPEP),4,2.http://www.samford.edu/schools/pharmacy/ijpe/208/208.html#pmr. Accessed November 3, 2008.

Presentations

• Transitions of Care: Snapshot of Experiences. Alabama Society of Health-System Pharmacists Annual Fall Meeting.

• Intentional Interprofessional Experiential Education. Collaborating Across Borders (CAB) International Conference.

• Fellowship for Interprofessional Development at ¼«ÀÖ½ûµØ (FINDS). Collaborating Across Borders (CAB) International Conference.

• Interprofessional Collaboration: Faith and Chemotherapy. APHA Annual Meeting.

• Interprofessional approach to understanding how faith affects patients’ medication choices. ¼«ÀÖ½ûµØ.

• New Drug Update. Regional Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospitals.

• DKA with SLGT2 inhibitors. Regional Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospitals.

• Lessons we are learning: Virtual Pharmacy Practice Experiences. ¼«ÀÖ½ûµØ.

• Unmasking innovative and creative teaching strategies in experiential education. ¼«ÀÖ½ûµØ.