Stefanie Nigro,\u00a0Pharm.D., has joined the UConn School of Pharmacy as Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice. Her practice site will be at the Farmington location of Prohealth Physicians, Connecticut\u2019s leading community based medical group.\u00a0 There, she will provide both patient and population based health care services focusing on disease state management and poly pharmacy. She will participate in a new program that provides virtual consults for patients with diabetes and will also provide comprehensive medication management services for high-risk patients to help them optimize their medication regimes. Nigro will also serve as a preceptor to UConn\u2019s Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience students during their ambulatory care experience.<\/p>\n
Nigro received her Doctor of Pharmacy Degree from Northeastern University\u2019s Bouve\u2019 College of Health Sciences \u2013 School of Pharmacy in 2006. She completed a PGY1 pharmacy practice residency in ambulatory care and teaching at Northeastern\u2019s Harbor Health Services, Inc., followed by community pharmacy experience.\u00a0 In 2009, she was appointed Assistant Clinical Professor of Pharmacy Practice in UConn\u2019s School of Pharmacy and she also served as an instructor at UConn\u2019s School of Medicine.\u00a0 In 2013, she was named Assistant Professor of Pharmacy at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and she also served as in instructor in the MCPHS school of Physician Assistant Studies. She is a board certified in ambulatory care pharmacist, board certified in advanced diabetes management, and a certified diabetes educator.<\/p>\n
Nigro says, “I hope to act as a service extender of the primary care team [at ProHealth]\u00a0 and to use my 12 plus years of clinical experience to help patients reach their health care goals through safe and appropriate medication use.\u201c<\/p>\n
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