Carrie Johnson - Pharm.D., CDE

Dr. Carrie Johnson is Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Science. She currently is serving as a clinical pharmacist in the PharmacistCARESM program, which received the 2005 APhA Pinnacle Award. As part of PharmacistCARE^SM, Dr. Johnson coordinates a diabetes education and management program for UK employees, retirees, and dependents and has recently helped launch a cardiovascular program. She earned her B.S. and Pharm.D. degrees from the UK College of Pharmacy and is a certified diabetes educator. She completed a specialty residency in Primary Care at the William S. Middleton Veteran's Administration Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin in 1998. She was an adjunct faculty member at the College of Pharmacy at Ohio Northern University and at University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy for several years.

Selected Honors

• APhA Foundation Pinnacle Award, PharmacistCARE Program (2005)
• University of Kentucky Commonwealth Collaborative, PharmacistCARE (2005)

Teaching Activities

• Instructor, Pharmacotherapy - Inflammation Module (OA and RA)
• Preceptor, 4th year Pharm. D. Students
• Preceptor, PharmacistCARE Community Pharmacy Practice Resident

Selected Publications/Presentations

• DeName B, Nicholas A, Divine H, Johnson C. Identification of Drug Therapy Problems and Prescriber Acceptance of the Pharmacist Recommendations in a Medication Therapy Management Service: A Retrospective Review. APhA Annual Meeting. Poster Session. Atlanta, GA. March 2007
• Divine H, Nicholas A, Johnson C, Jones M. Growth in Patient-Centered Care at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy: PharmacistCARE. American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting. Poster Session. San Diego, CA. July 2006.
• Smith HS, Kreek MJ, Johnson C, Kirsch KL. Methadone and methoadone issues. In Smith HS & Passik SD (Eds.) Pain and chemical dependency. Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 2006, in process.
• Yam F, Jones M, Steinke D, Nicholas A, Divine H, Johnson C. "Clinical Inertia: Time to Intervention of Critical A1C Values in Two Primary Care models for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: PharmacistCARE vs. Usual Care." Pharmacy Resident Health Services Research Grant from ASHP Foundation. Role: Co-Investigator. IRB Approval #05-0775-P2G. July 2005-present.
• Divine H, Nicholas A, Johnson C, Jones M, Steinke D, Blumenschein K, Perrier D."The Impact of Pharmacists Interventions Through a Diabetes Self-Management Education Program, PharmacistCARE." Role: Co-Investigator. IRB Approval# 03-0090P1B. March 2003-present.
• Johnson C, Greenstein L, Johnson J. "Adherence to American Diabetes Association (ADA) Guidelines for Diabetes Patients Following Primary Care Physicians Alone vs. Diabetes Educators and/or Registered Dieticians." Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. -$8,900. Role: Primary Investigator. January 2002-December 2003.
• Johnson C, Greenstein L, Kramer A, Johnson J. Long-Term Lipid Management in Diabetes Patients in Primary Care. North American Primary Care Research Group Annual Meeting. Poster Session. Banff, Alberta, CA. October 2003.
• Johnson C, Vu O. Retrospective Evaluation of the Screening and Management of Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis. American College of Clinical Pharmacy Annual Meeting. Poster Session. Albuquerque, NM. October 2002.
• Johnson C, Trenaman F, Roberts K. Impact of a Pharmacist-Led Group Anticoagulation Education Class on Patient Outcomes. American College of Clinical Pharmacy Annual Meeting. Poster Session. Albuquerque, NM. October 2002.
• Sachdev G, Ohlrogge K, Johnson C. Review of the Fifth American College of Chest Physicians Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy: Outpatient Management of Adults. Am J Health Syst Pharm 1999 Aug 1;56(15):1505-14.
• Kolesar J, Johnson C, Freeburg B, Berlin J, Schiller J. Identifying a Warfarin-5FU Interaction - A Consecutive Case Series and Literature Review. Pharmacotherapy 1999 Dec;19(12):1445-9.