Clinical Pharmacy

Trisha Wells

Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacy and Clinical Pharmacist, Michigan Medicine

Role Overview and Bio

Trisha Wells is a clinical assistant professor of pharmacy in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy and a clinical pharmacist within the U-M Hospitals and Health Centers. She received her doctor of pharmacy degree from the University of Michigan in 2003, and completed a pharmacy practice residency at DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit, Mich., in 2004. After residency, she continued to work for Sinai-Grace Hospital in both inpatient and ambulatory care. In 2005, Wells joined U-M as an ambulatory care pharmacist and developed this role at U-M Brighton Health Center. In 2011, she and her colleagues received state and national recognition from the Michigan Pharmacists Association and the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists for their group-practice model in the patient-centered medical home model of patient care.

Highlights

  • Michigan Pharmacists Association Innovative Practice Award 2011

  • American Society of Hospital Pharmacists Best Practices Award 2011

Research Interests

  • Diabetes outcomes and education

  • Impact of clinical pharmacists in ambulatory care clinics and patient outcomes

  • Physician satisfaction with pharmacy services

  • Pharmacy student education

Awards

  • 2016 P1 Appreciation Award, Phi Delta Chi

  • 2018 P2 appreciation award, Phi Delta Chi

  • 2023 UM COP Teaching Excellence Award, University of Michigan

  • 2022 UM PGY2 Ambulatory Care Preceptor of the Year, University of Michigan

Selected Publications

Choe HM, Farris KB, Stevenson JG, Townsend K, Diez HL, Remington TL, Rockafellow S, Shimp LA, Sy A, Wells T, Standiford CJ. Patient centered medical home: developing, expanding and sustaining roles for pharmacists. Am J Health-Sys Pharm 2012;69:1063-1071.

Shimp LA, Kucukarlsan SN, Elder J, Remington T, Wells T, Choe HM, Lewis NJ, Kirking DM. An employer-based patient-centered medication therapy management program: evidence and recommendations for future programs. JAPhA 2012;52:768-776.

Bleske BE, Remington TL, Wells TD, Dorsch MP, Guthrie SK, Stumpf JL, Alaniz MC, Ellingrod VL, Tingen JM. Comparing team based learning to traditional lecture on learning outcomes in a therapeutics course sequence. Accepted Am J Pharm Educ 2013.

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