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Allison Nelson

PharmD, BCPS, BCPPS

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Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Education

PharmD: University of Missouri - Kansas City

Residency Training

PGY1: University of Chicago Medicine
PGY2 Pediatrics: University of Chicago Medicine

Allison Nelson

Practice Interests

Antimicrobial stewardship, antimicrobial pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics

Professional Affiliation

  • PPAG: 2017, 2018, 2021 Annual Meeting Committee, ID Sig Member

  • Illinois Council for Health System Pharmacists

  • American College of Clinical Pharmacy, Pediatrics PRN Member, ID PRN Member 

  • American Society of Health System Pharmacists

Recent Publications

  • Pettit N, Nguyen C, Lew A, Bhagat P, Nelson A, Olson G, Ridgway J, Pho M, & Pagkas-Bather J. Reducing the use of empiric antibiotic therapy in COVID-19 on hospital admission. BMC Infectious Diseases 2021;21:516.

  • Jacobson JL, Nelson AL. Recorded Webcast: Management of Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis. In: Buck ML, Lee BR, eds. Pediatric Self-Assessment Program, 2020 Book 1. Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Lenexa, KS: American College of Clinical Pharmacy, 2020:169-174.

  • Nelson AL. Pharmacology for Pediatric Patients. In: Pediatric Critical Care: A Primer for All Clinicians. Kane J, Wolfson R, Berger S and J Hageman ed., New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc; 2019; 593-601.

  • Kaulitz R, Thompson AL and G Ziemer. Critical care in pediatric cardiac surgery. In: Cardiac Surgery: Operations on the heart and great vessels in adults and children. Ziemer G and A Haverich ed., Berlin: Springer; 2017; 251-290.

  • Thompson AL, Smith AJ. Clopidogrel plus proton pump inhibitors: a therapeutic dilemma. Clinical Pharmacist 2010;2:137-40.

  • Jacobson JL, Nelson AL. Recorded Webcast: Management of Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis. In: Buck ML, Lee BR, eds. Pediatric Self-Assessment Program, 2020 Book 1. Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Lenexa, KS: American College of Clinical Pharmacy, 2020:169-174.

Academic and/or National Presentations

  • August 2019: "From Guidelines to the Bedside: Pediatric Sepsis Bundles and Trigger Tools." Co-Presenter with Priti Jani, MD, MPH. Chicagoland Critical Care Conference: Chicago, IL.

  • March 2015, 2017 & 2018: Pediatric Seizure Management Lecture, PHAR 6323 DMTM II, Chicago State University School of Pharmacy

  • April 2017: Pediatric Critical Care Lecture, Critical Care Pharmacotherapy Elective, Chicago State University School of Pharmacy

  • March 2017: Applied Pediatric Principles Lecture, PHAR 6323 DMTM II, Chicago State University School of Pharmacy

Current Research

  • Vancomycin AUC and trough correlation in pediatric oncology patients

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