Cathy Ficzere
Assistant Dean for Assessment and Accreditation & Professor of Pharmacy Practice
College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
PharmD Samford University; BS Samford University
Location: MCWH 218
615-460-6531cathy.ficzere@belmont.edu
Biography
Upon completion of her Doctor of Pharmacy degree, Dr. Ficzere pursued specialty training by completing a Drug Information Residency at Samford University. For the next seven years, Dr. Ficzere was a Drug Information Specialist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. In this role, her responsibilities included the following: responding to information requests from other health care professionals and the public, evaluating medications and medication classes for formulary status, writing and editing newsletter articles, precepting students and residents, and advising residents on research projects. After moving to Nashville, Tennessee, Dr. Ficzere practiced at Saint Thomas Hospital as a Clinical Specialist in Anticoagulation for four years. While at Saint Thomas, Dr. Ficzere also provided resident education, assisted residents with research projects, and assisted with the drug information needs of the pharmacy department.
Dr. Ficzere was the founding Director of Drug Information Services for the Belmont University School of Pharmacy. She established the Christy Houston Drug Information Center, built the pharmacy-related library collection, and developed drug information and literature evaluation curricula for the school. In June 2014, Dr. Ficzere became the Chair of the Pharmacy Practice Department. She served in this role for 10 years before being promoted in August 2024 to Assistant Dean for Assessment and Accreditation for the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Dr. Ficzere teaches in a variety of didactic courses: The Profession of Pharmacy, Advanced Pharmacy Practice Skills (APPS), and Travel Health. She also precepts an experiential elective APPE focusing on academia. Dr. Ficzere serves on college and university committees, maintains board certification in pharmacotherapy, and is an active member of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) and American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP).
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
American College of Clinical Pharmacy
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Tennessee Pharmacists Association
Kolluru S, Wanat M, Ficzere CH, Akiyode O, Haber SL, Hayastshahi A, Caldwell D, Raman-Wilms L, Edwards KL. Review of best practices for diversity, equity, and inclusion committees within colleges of pharmacy. Am J Pharm Educ. ePublished October 2022. https://www.ajpe.org/content/early/2022/10/21/ajpe9043
Phillips JA, Hanrahan C, Brown J, May D, Britnell S, Ficzere CH. Guiding principles for evaluating tertiary drug information sources: the A2C2QUIRE framework. J Am Coll Clin Pharm. 2020;3(2):485-493.
Ficzere CH, Clauson A, Lee PH. Reliability of peer assessment of patient education simulations. Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2019;11(6):580-584.
Webster AA, Ficzere CH, Abdulkadir AA. Development and Early Implementation of the Professional Pharmacy Curriculum in Iraqi Kurdistan. Int J Biopharm Sci. 2018 Feb;1(2):108
Ficzere C, Hagan H, Ness, GL, Greene EM, Hill, K. Comparison of Reading Levels of Pharmacy Students and Reading Level of Primary Literature. Innovations in Pharmacy. 2016;7(3):Article 5.
Sathe N, Krishnaswami S, Andrews J, Ficzere C, McPheeters M. Pharmacologic Agents That Promote Airway Clearance in Hospitalized Subjects: A Systematic Review. Respiratory Care. 2015;60(7):1061-1070.
Thompson ME, Reed K, Shultes K, Ficzere C. Student Perceptions of a Basic Medical Science-focused Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience. Medical Research Archives. 2015;2(2).
Epstein RA, Fonnesbeck R, Williamson E, Kuhn T, Lindegren ML, Rizzone K, Krishnaswami S, Sathe NA, Ficzere CH, Ness GL, Wright GW, Raj M, Potter S, McPheeters ML. Psychosocial and Pharmacologic Interventions for Disruptive Behavior in Children and Adolescents Review No. 154. (Prepared by the Vanderbilt Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No. 290-2012-00009-I.) AHRQ Publication No. 15-EHC019-EF. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 2015 October.
Wood KD, Greene GM, Franks RB, Poole TM, Ficzere CH, Johnston PE. The Healthcare Future for the iGeneration: Integrating the Patient and the Healthcare System. Innovations in Pharmacy. 2013;4(3): Article 122.
Phillips J, Gabay M, Ficzere C, Ward K. Instructional Methods and Curriculum for Drug Information, Literature Evaluation, and Biostatistics: Survey of US Pharmacy Schools. Ann Pharmacother. 2012;46(6):793-801.
Hood M, Harris C. IVIG for treatment of Guillian-Barre syndrome. AlSHP Newsletter 1998;24(5):1,4. (AlSHP = Alabama Society of Hospital Pharmacy)
Skinner JL, Harris C, McGiffen DC, Kirklin JK, Bourge RC, Holman WL. Cost-benefit analysis of extended antifungal prophylaxis in ventricular assist devices. ASAIO Journal 2000;46(5):587-9.
(ASAIO = American Society for Artificial Internal Organs)
Ficzere C, Behnen E, Kiningham K. Roles and responsibilities of student affairs professionals in pharmacy education. Poster presented at: The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting. July 2024; Boston, MA.
Ficzere C, Clauson AS. Necessity is the mother of invention: innovative responses to COVID-19. Poster presented at: The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting. July 2021; virtual meeting.
Ficzere C, Clauson AS, Lee PH. Reliability of peer assessment of patient education simulations. Poster presented at: The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting. July 2019; Chicago, IL.
Ficzere C, Marable T, Canales B, Weston G. Achieving professionalism: a Belmont essential. Poster presented at: The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting. July 2017; Nashville, TN.