April
4,
2023
Guest Lecturer:
Amy L. Seybert, PharmD
Dean, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy
Amy L. Seybert, PharmD, is Professor and Dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy. Prior to her selection as Dean, she served as chair of the Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics for twelve years.
Additionally, she was the Associate Director of Pharmacy Programs at the Peter M. Winter Institute for Simulation, Education, and Research (WISER) and served as the Pharmacy Residency Administrator at UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh, the largest pharmacy residency program in the country.
Dean Seybert is an accomplished faculty member who has been honored as a fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy and of the American Society of Health System Pharmacists. In 2009, she received the American Society of Health System Pharmacists Research and Education Foundation Pharmacy Residency Excellence Preceptor Award. She has earned distinction on the University of Pittsburgh campus as well, having been recognized with the prestigious University of Pittsburgh Chancellors Distinguished Teaching Award in 2006.
Currently, Dean Seybert is President of the Board of Directors for Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (which is responsible for accrediting all PharmD programs in the United States).
Dean Seybert has developed a record of outstanding patient care and of creating programs that enhance patient-centered care in cardiovascular disease. She is recognized as an international leader in simulation education in pharmacy and, in 2013, became a certified healthcare simulation educator through the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. Additionally, she established the cardiovascular specialty residency program at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy which incorporates high fidelity human patient simulation toadvance pharmacotherapy knowledge, clinical decision making and medication safety skills in health care professionals. To date, she has trained over 100pharmacy residents. An accomplished researcher, Dean Seybert has published over 80 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals and has served as principal investigator on 14 grants in addition to being co-investigator on another 20 grants. Dean Seybert received her BS in pharmacy and her PharmD degree from the University of Pittsburgh. She completed her pharmacy residency in cardiovascular critical care at Tampa General Hospital before returning to Pitt Pharmacy as an assistant professor of pharmacy and therapeutics.
The annual Kremer’s Lecture is an event co-hosted by Rho Chi and PLS, the school’s academic honor society and leadership society, respectively. Every year, a speaker that exemplifies both academic excellence and leadership within the pharmacy community is invited to speak at the school. Everyone in the school is invited to attend, and members of Rho Chi and PLS are invited to a luncheon afterwards with the guest speaker and the dean. Traditionally, the Teacher of the Year awards are announced at the Kremer’s lecture event.
Past Kremers guests: https://students.pharmacy.wisc.edu/pls/kremers-lecture/
