Academic Title(s)

• Clinical Pharmacy Manager, AxessPointe Community Health Centers
• Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice

Area of Expertise/Research Interests

Current research interests include the impact of pharmacy provided services such as disease state management and medication therapy management on patient outcomes, the effect of providing pharmaceutical care services to the underserved population, and anticoagulant use in special populations.

Educational Background

• Post Graduate Year 2 Ambulatory Care Residency with an Academic Focus, 2017-2018.
• Post Graduate Year 1 Community-Based Pharmacy Residency, 2016-2017.
• Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD), 2012-2016.

Courses

• Precepting AxessPointe Community Health Centers 2018-Present.
• Primary Preceptor for ASHP accredited PGY2 ambulatory care residency program.
• Supporting preceptor for ASHP accredited PGY1 community pharmacy residency program.
• Primary preceptor for Ambulatory Care, Advanced Community, and Underserved Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences.
• Designed and structured a Community/Leadership Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE).

Academic & Professional Activities

• Akron Area Society of Health Systems Pharmacists (AASHP).
• Community Service: Student Outreach to Area Residents Student-Run Free Clinic 2017-Present.
• Provide and oversee provision of Medication Therapy Management services in a student-run free clinic.
• Script Your Future 2016. Actively participated in campaign efforts to educate patients about the importance of adherence to medications. Provided blood pressure screenings, medication counseling, and tools to increase adherence.
• Ohio Pharmacists Association (OPA).

Awards

• Preceptor of the Year, 2018.

Presentations

• AxessPointe Community Health Centers Kenneth Furdich, “Specialty Pharmacy Proposal.” 2017 • Presented a business plan to senior leadership for a specialty pharmacy start-up.
• University Hospitals Portage Medical Center, Kenneth Furdich, Brittany Klarich “Transitions of Care Project Proposal” 2015. Presented a business plan to senior leadership for a transitions of care and meds-to-beds program.
• Poster Presentation: Berg R, Furdich K, Awad M, Gothard M. Implementation of buprenorphine/naloxone treatment for opioid use disorder at a federally qualified health center. American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinic Meeting, 2019.
• Poster Presentation: Furdich KM, Awad MH, Ulbrich TR, Gothard MD. Evaluation of the impact of a pharmacy delivered in-service on medical resident knowledge of appropriate insulin use. American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinic Meeting, 2017.
• Poster Presentation: Furdich KM, Awad MH, Ulbrich TR, Gothard MD. Utilization of a Community-Pharmacy Based Algorithm to Triage Pharmacist Care in an Underserved Population. American Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting and Exposition, 2017 and Ohio Pharmacists Association Annual Conference and Trade Show, 2017.