Meet The Speakers of This Year's Annual Seminar!

 

Darlene Marsh, PharmD, BCACP
Kaiser Permanente, Pain Management Clinical Pharmacy
Specialist
Darlene Marsh earned her PharmD at Oregon State University in 2012 and is a Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist. Since 2012 Darlene has been in her current role as a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at Kaiser Permanente Northwest (KPNW). At KPNW, Darlene is one of the Pain Management pharmacy specialists and serves as the regional contact for formulary inquires and systems content related to Pain Management and Physiatry.
  

 

Emily Skogrand, PharmD, BCPS
OHSU, Addictions Care Pharmacist
Emily Skogrand is a clinical pharmacist at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon. She primarily works with the inpatient Internal Medicine department with a special interest in optimizing care and reducing stigma for patients with substance use disorders.



Kathy Sentena, PharmD, MBA, BCPS
Oregon State University College of Pharmacy, Drug Use Research and Management Group, Clinical Pharmacist

Dr. Sentena grew up in Oregon and attended Oregon State University, graduating with a bachelor of science in pharmacy in 1998. She went on to complete a 2 year post-baccalaureate doctor of pharmacy program at Oregon State University and Oregon Health and Science University. For the last 19 years she has been a clinical pharmacist with the Drug Use Research and Management Group at OSU. In her free time she enjoys traveling, cycling, and hiking.
 
Marketa Marvanova, PharmD, PhD, BCGP, BCPP, FASCP
Pacific University School of Pharmacy, Dean and Professor
Dr. Marvanova serves as the Professor and Dean of the Pacific University School of Pharmacy in Hillsboro, Oregon. She is a Board-Certified Psychiatric and Geriatric Pharmacist, as well as a Fellow of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP). She holds an M.S. (Pharm), Pharm.D., and a Ph.D. in Pathological Neurobiochemistry from Charles University in the Czech Republic, along with a Ph.D. in Neuropharmacology from the University of Eastern Finland. She also completed a medical research fellowship in neuropharmacology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and a Parkinson’s disease traineeship at Northwestern University. Her clinical expertise lies in geriatrics and neuropsychiatry, and she has extensive experience practicing in both inpatient and outpatient team-based clinical settings. Since 2013, she has served on the editorial board of Continuum: Lifelong Learning in Neurology (published by the American Academy of Neurology) and acts as a clinical pharmacy specialist consultant in neurology and psychiatry for Lexicomp, Wolters Kluwer. As a clinician, educator, and scholar, Dr. Marvanova is deeply committed to advancing training in geriatrics and neuropsychiatry while working to improve health outcomes for older adults.


Mindee DeWitt,  PharmD, BCGP, FASCP
Kaiser Permanente, Pain Management Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Mindee DeWitt graduated in 2010 earning her PharmD at Washington State University. She has been a Certified Geriatric Pharmacist since 2012 and a Fellow with the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists since 2013. She currently works as a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at Kaiser Permanente Northwest (KPNW) as one of the Pain Management pharmacy specialists. She also serves as a primary preceptor for PGY1 and PGY2 residents and student pharmacists for the Chronic Nonmalignant Pain rotation at KPNW.

Spencer Potter, PharmD
VA Portland Health Care System, Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner
Spencer Potter is a clinical pharmacist practitioner in pain management at the VA Portland Health Care System, Center for Integrative Pain Care. As a DEA-licensed pharmacist, Spencer provides comprehensive pain medication management for Veterans with a variety of chronic pain conditions. He is a graduate of Ferris State University College of Pharmacy, completed a PGY1 residency with Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, MI and a PGY2 residency in pain management and palliative care at the Portland VA. Outside of work he enjoys hiking and exploring the Pacific Northwest.