Dr. Troy Lynn Lewis

Troy Lynn Lewis is an alumna of the Wilkes University Nesbitt School of Pharmacy. She joined the Department of Pharmacy Practice after completing pharmacy practice residency training in the ambulatory care setting at Carolinas HealthCare System- Northeast. Her clinical practice site is at The Wright Center for Primary Care Mid Valley in Jermyn, Pennsylvania.

• Doctor of Pharmacy, Wilkes University Nesbitt School of Pharmacy, 2017
• Pharmacy Practice Resident in the Ambulatory Care Setting, Carolinas HealthCare System- Northeast, 2018

• Registered Pharmacist PA and NC
• Teaching Certificate for Pharmacists
• Mental Health First Aid USA Certification
• Basic Life Support (CPR and AED) Certification
• Board Certification in Advanced Diabetes Management
• Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery Faculty Trainer
• Diabetes Prevention Program Lifestyle Coach
• The Pharmacist & Patient‐Centered Diabetes Care Certification

• Member, Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity
• Member, Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association
• Member, American Pharmacists Association
• Camp Carolina Trails: American Diabetes Association
• Wilkes University Student Life and Media Committee
• Wilkes University Bonner Leader Program Advisor
• Wilkes University Council on Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity
• Wilkes Teacher Recognition and Effectiveness Committee (2020-2024, co-chair 2021-2022)
• Nesbitt School of Pharmacy Strategic Planning Committee (chair 2024-2025)
• Nesbitt School of Pharmacy Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Task Force (chair 2022-2024)
• Phi Lambda Sigma Faculty Advisor, Beta Psi Chapter
• Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group Faculty Advisor
• Script Your Future Faculty Advisor (2018-2023)
• Nesbitt School of Pharmacy Assessment Committee (2018-2022, chair 2019-2021)
• Camp Freedom: American Diabetes Association

• Nesbitt School of Pharmacy Teacher of the Year, Class of 2025 (May 2024)
• American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Minority Faculty Special Interest Group Outstanding Leadership Award (April 2024)
• Script Your Future Medication Adherence Team Challenge National Award, Faculty Advisor (July 2022)
• Script Your Future Medication Adherence Team Challenge Media Outreach Award, Faculty Advisor (June 2021)
• Wilkes Diversity Faculty Award (May 2021)
• Wilkes TREC Outstanding New Faculty Award (May 2020)
• Script Your Future Medication Adherence Team Challenge Rookie Award, Faculty Advisor (May 2019)
• Nesbitt School of Pharmacy Teacher of the Year, Class of 2020 (May 2019)

Peer-Reviewed Publications

• (1) Lewis TL, Pezzino NC. Diabetes care at the pharmacy counter: Navigating the latest updates for community pharmacists. America’s Pharmacist. 2023 August: Pages 39-49.
  
• (2) Tupas KD, Campbell HE, Lewis TL, et al. Baseline Assessment of Systemic Racism Education in Pharmacy Curricula. Am J Pharm Educ. 2023;87(3):ajpe9028. doi:10.5688/ajpe9028
  
• (2) Walck, Alison, Pharm.D. Candidate; Fox, Deanna, Pharm.D. Candidate; Shah, Vicky, PharmD, BCPS; Lewis, Troy Lynn, Pharm.D.; “Why Did I Join Kappa Psi?” Mask. Volume Summer 2019. Page 42.

Book Chapters

• (1) Lewis TL, Wellings FS, Kieck DM, Iskander P. Adjunctive Analgesic Strategies for the Bedside Clinician and Beyond - An Interdisciplinary Approach to Pain Management. Chapter 30: Barriers to Patients Receiving Care. Springer Nature Switzerland AG. (Pending Publication)

• (2) Lewis TL, Nguyen K. Applied Therapeutics: The Clinical Use of Drugs, 12th Edition. Chapter 45: Gout and Hyperuricemia. Wolters Kluwer Health: Medical Education.

Podcasts

• (1) GameChangers Podcast, CEImpact; DELIVER Trial, Pharmacy Podcast Network (URL: https://ceimpactpodcast.buzzsprout.com/1788250/11611078-the-role-of-dapagliflozin-in-heart-failure external website)

Presentations

• Jul. 2024: Bridging the gap: Enhancing teaching self-efficacy for application (anticipated) and assessment of social determinants of health in clinical reasoning.
  
  Presentation at the Teacher’s Seminar at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Education 2024 Annual Meeting. Boston, Massachusetts
  
  
• Feb. 2024: Prescription for Communication: Dosing Patients with Inclusive and Equitable Language.
  
  Presentation at the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association Annual Conference, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
  
  
• Nov. 2023: Breaking Bias: Understanding and Addressing Implicit Bias in Health Care
  
  MJH Life Sciences®, AdvanCE, Pharmacy Times Recorded Webinar, Virtual
  
  
• Jul. 2023: Integration Inspiration: Integrating Systemic Racism Topics into a First-Year Foundational Pharmacy Course.
  
  Presentation at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Education 2023 Annual Meeting (Co-presenter: Judith DeLuca, Pharm.D., BCP)
  Aurora, Colorado
  
  
• Mar. 2023: Breaking Through Implicit Bias in Maternal Health
  
  Presentation for pharmacy students and practitioners at the Impact of Implicit Bias in Healthcare Symposium at Wilkes University Nesbitt School of Pharmacy, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
  
  
• Mar. 2023: The Pharmacist’s Role in Addressing Systemic Racism
  
  Presentation for The New York State Council of Health-system Pharmacists DEI Webinar Series, Virtual
  
  
• Oct. 2022: Navigating Intersectionality as a Pharmacist
  
  Presentation at the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association Annual Conference (Co-presenter: Kendall J. Tucker, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCIDP), Pocono Manor, Pennsylvania
  
  
• Sep. 2022: Journal Club: EMPEROR-PRESERVED
  
  Presentation for pharmacists and pharmacy students on CEImpact, Virtual
  
  
• Jun. 2022: The Pharmacist’s Role in Systemic Racism
  
  Presentation for pharmacists at Royals Regional Residency Conference, Keynote Speaker, Albany, New York
  
  
• Apr. 2022: Implicit Bias in Healthcare
  
  Presentation at the 2022 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Forum for the Greater Wyoming Valley Chamber of Commerce
  Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
  
  
• Mar. 2022: Integration Inspiration: Incorporating Systemic Racism and Health Disparities in Pharmacy Education
  
  Presentation for pharmacy students and practitioners at the Exploring the Drivers of Structural Racism on Health Inequities and Advocating for Change Symposium at Wilkes University Nesbitt School of Pharmacy, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
  
  
• Sep. 2021: The Pharmacist’s Role in Systemic Racism
  
  Presentation at Presentation at the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association Annual Conference, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
  
  
• Jul. 2021: Teaching on Half the Story: The Case of Systemic Racism
  
  Presentation at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting Virtual Pharmacy Education 2021 (Co-presenters: Hope Campbell, PharmD, BCPS; Kris Denzel Tupas, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP; Marina Kawaguchi-Suzuki, PharmD, PhD, BCPS, BCACP; Edo-abasi U. McGee, PharmD, BCPS), Virtual
  
  
• Jul. 2021: Engaging and Supporting Students to Assist with Vaccine Confidence in Minority Groups within the Community
  
  Roundtable Presentation at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting Virtual Pharmacy Education 2021, Virtual
  
  
• Feb. 2021: SGLT2 Inhibitors and Heart Failure Outcomes
  
  Presentation at the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association Annual Conference, Pocono Manor, Pennsylvania
  
  
• Feb. 2021: Vaccine Confidence in the Black Community
  
  Presentation to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Wilkes-Barre Chapter, Black History Month Meeting, Virtual
  
  
• Feb. 2021: Overcoming Vaccine Hesitancy
  
  Presentation to the Mt. Zion Baptist Church Members, Annual General Meeting, Virtual
  
  
• Feb. 2020: Pumping at the Opportunity: An Overview of Insulin Pump Therapy
  
  Pennsylvania Pharmacist Association, Encore Webinar Presentation
  
  
• Nov. 2019: Testing with Technology: An Overview of Continuous Glucose Monitoring Devices for the Management of Diabetes
  
  Presentation at the Wilkes University Nesbitt School of Pharmacy, the Passan School of Nursing and the Center for Continued Learning, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
  
  
• Sep. 2019: Choosing the Path of Least Resistance: Managing Resistant Hypertension
  
  Presentation at the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association Annual Conference, Champion, Pennsylvania
  
  
• Sep. 2019: Pumping at the Opportunity: An Overview of Insulin Pump Therapy
  
  Presentation at the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association Annual Conference, Champion, Pennsylvania
  
  
• Aug. 2019: Get Your Game On: Interactive Tools to Make Learning Fun
  
  Presented at the Wilkes University Teaching with Technology Week, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania