Brenda Nelson Email and Phone Number

Researched, prepared, and presented formulary monographs and drug class reviews for national P&T Committee - Provided clinical consultation on formulary development efforts for Medicare Part D and Medicaid lines of business - Served as secretary of national P&T Committee, encompassing preparation of agendas, minutes, and all supporting documents - Acted as primary subject matter expert for development of new software platform (Quickbase) to support departmental functions - Provided work direction to other team members

Managed staff of 20 pharmacists and 5 pharmacy interns in providing clinical and distributive services for an acute care hospital - Responsible for hiring, performance evaluation and coaching, and other personnel management functions - Initiated and facilitated drug use improvement initiatives including order set changes, policy updates, and therapeutic substitution programs - Collaborated with emergency medicine providers and nursing staff to implement dispensing of free naloxone self-injection kits through Emergency Department - Led cost savings initiatives related to hospital drug budget

Member of the Medicare Stars Center of Excellence team - Developed and led quality improvement efforts to optimize medication use for members of a Medicare Advantage Health Plan - Launched initiative to include pharmacists practicing in primary care clinic settings in Medicare Part D MTM program - Designed and led pilot outreach intervention to understand underlying causes for medication non-adherence in a frail elderly population

Served as pharmacist for the care team on the LifeCourse research project, a grant-supported multi-year research project testing a new model of care for patients and families dealing with chronic serious illness (2012 - 2015) - Participated on Allina's Hospital Transitions of Care Team, focused on improving clinical processes and developing tools to optimize the transition to post-acute care and thereby reduce avoidable hospital readmissions (2011 - 2013) - System Formulary Coordinator, responsible for coordinating all aspects of implementation of a system-wide medication formulary (2007 - 2011) - Clinical pharmacy specialist for heart and kidney transplant at Abbott Northwestern Hospital (2004 - 2007)

Lectured on pharmacology topics in the Master of Physician Assistant Studies Program

Clinical pharmacy specialist for Surgical Intensive Care and Neurology/Seizure Clinic - Director of Clinical Therapeutics Program, responsible for development of clinical practice guidelines intended to improve the quality and reduce the cost of medication use at Hennepin County Medical Center and affiliated clinics

Participated in the development and ongoing enhancement of computer systems supporting various sales, marketing, and accounting functions