Amy Nicholas - Pharm.D., CDE

Amy Suzanne Nicholas received her Pharm.D. at the University of Kentucky in 1997. She completed a Pharmacy Practice Residency at Cincinnati Children's Hospital in 1999 a specialty residency in ambulatory care at the UK in 2000.

Dr. Nicholas serves as the co-director of the UK College of Pharmacy PharmacistCARE Program, formally known as REACH. PharmacistCARE is an innovative pharmacy service that provides diabetes education and management and medication therapy management services to patients in the UK Health Care Plans. PharmacistCARE has been designated as a UK Commonwealth Collaborative and has received the KPhA Innovative Pharmacy Practice Award (2004) and the American Pharmacists Association Foundation Pinnacle Award (2005).

She is an Associate Professor at the UK College of Pharmacy. She is serves as the associate coordinator for the geriatrics elective course as well as teaching in the Nutrition, Non-Prescription and Advanced Therapeutics courses. Her practice interests include managed care, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertension. She is also a Certified Diabetes Educator and serves as the advisor to the APhA-ASP, Academy of Student Pharmacists.

Selected Honors

• APhA Foundation Pinnacle Award, PharmacistCARE (2005)
• Rho Chi Alumni Honor Roll University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy (2005)
• University of Kentucky Commonwealth Collaborative Designee and Financial Award Winner $10,000 (2005)
• Innovative Pharmacy Practice Award, Kentucky Pharmacists Association (2004)
• John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety Award, Patient Safety Team, VAMC (2003)
• Pharmacist of the Year, Kentucky Society of Health-System Pharmacists (2003)

Selected Publications/Presentations

• Nicholas A, Divine H, Nowak-Rapp M, Roberts KB. A University and College of Pharmacy Collaboration to Control Health Plan Prescription Drug Costs. JAPhA, Submitted January 2006, accepted with minor revisions May 2006. 
• Nicholas AS, Divine HS. Chapter 77: Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Ketoacidosis. "Emergency Room Honeymoon." In: Schwinghammer TL, editor. Pharmacotherapy Casebook: A Patient Centered Approach. Sixth Edition, 2005.
• "PharmacistCARE" Continual Professional Development Roundtable Discussion ASHP Midyear Meeting Las Vegas, NV
• "PharmacistCARE" American Pharmacist Association Self-Care Institute Boston, MA
• "Pharmacist Innovation in the Ambulatory Arena- Employee Wellness and Health Promotion: PharmacistCARE" Boston, MA
• "PharmacistCARE" APhA Advanced Practice Institute Metabolic Syndrome Lake Bluff, IL
• "Impacting Diabetes in the Workplace: A New Model of Pharmacy Practice" Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA
• Nicholas AS, Divine HS "A Novel Approach to Pharmacy Practice: University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy REACH Program" American College of Clinical Pharmacy Meeting Paris, France
• Nicholas AS, Divine HS "Pharmacy REACH: Raising Energy Awareness andCampus Health" National Diabetes Education Program Partner Network Meeting Atlanta, GA
• Nicholas AS, Anderson JW& "Reductions in Blood Pressure and Medication Costs with 100 Pound Weight Loss" National Association for the Study of Obesity Annual Scientific Meeting Las Vegas, NV
• Nicholas AS, Divine HS, Lubawy W "Pharmacy REACH Program" American Academy of Colleges of Pharmacy Encore Poster Presentation Salt Lake City, UT
• Nicholas AS, Yeager BF, Adams AG "Evaluation of Secondary Prevention Measures for Patients After a Myocardial Infarction" American College of Clinical Pharmacy Monterey, CA 

Selected Grants

• University of Kentucky Commonwealth Collaborative. PharmacistCARE: Diabetes Education & Management Program PI: Amy Nicholas. $10,000. 2006
• "Improving Medication- Related Outcomes" July 15, 2005-July 14, 2007; CDC Grant # 1 RO1 CI000188-01; PI: Perrier, Donald G; Co-PI: May, Frank; Nicholas, Amy; Casey, Baretta
• ASHP Foundation. Fostering Young Investigators Pharmacy Resident Health Services Research Grant. Clinical Inertia: Time to intervention of critical A1C values in two primary care models for patients with Type 2 Diabetes: PharmacistCARE vs. Usual Care PI: Felix Yam (resident); Co-investigator: Amy Nicholas. $5000. 2005.