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Algha D. “Al” Lodwick, RPh, MA. Certified Anticoagulation Care Provider 55 Ironweed Dr. Pueblo CO 81001 allodwick@earthlink.net
Curriculum
Vitae Summary
Mr. Lodwick earned his pharmacy degree from the University of Iowa. He has a Masters Degree in Communications from Goddard College. His master’s emphasis was on diabetes education particularly for those with limited English proficiency. Mr. Lodwick has monitored anticoagulation therapy for approximately 50,000 patient visits. The National Certification Board for Anticoagulation Providers has recognized him as a Certified Anticoagulation Care Provider. Mr. Lodwick was named a Distinguished Coloradan by the faculty of the University of Colorado School of Pharmacy. His clinic was one of the winners of the Abbott Hospital Pharmacy Quality Awards in 1998. He has authored eleven articles, which were published in various pharmacy and medical journals. Over the last several years, he has brought approximately $475,000 of grants, contracts and awards to the hospitals where he has been employed. Mr. Lodwick has been a consultant for several legal actions including a murder trial. He has been the speaker for numerous groups ranging from Navajo middle-school students to the 8th World Congress on The Internet in Medicine in Geneva, Switzerland and The United States Food and Drug Administration. He has twice been recognized as Roche Preceptor of the Year by students at the University of Colorado School of Pharmacy. He has written two books pertaining to warfarin and one for pharmacy technicians. His book Warfarin: Rat Poison to wonder Drug has been translated into the Thai language for free distribution in that country. He is past-president of the Southern Colorado Society of Health-system Pharmacists. He also maintains the website www.warfarinfo.com has had over 650,000 visitors from 151 countries that have read some 1,400,000 pages of information. Education: B.S. in Pharmacy from the University of Iowa M.A.
in Communications from Goddard College Licensure: Iowa by examination Colorado
by reciprocity Recent
experience: Principal, Lodwick Pharmacy Consulting, LLC Manager, Clinical Pharmacy Support Services, St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center, Pueblo CO, July 2003 to December 2007 Founder, Warfarin Institute of America, 2004 Clinical Pharmacy Anticoagulation Service Manager, Centura Health St. Mary-Corwin, Pueblo CO, Sept 1997 to July 2003. Staff Pharmacist, Centura Health St. Mary - Corwin, Pueblo CO, Dec 1995 to Aug 1997 Clinical Staff Pharmacist, The Queen’s Medical Center, Honolulu HI, June 1993 to Dec 1995 Pharmacy
Director, Navajo Nation Health Foundation, Sage Memorial Hospital,
Ganado AZ, April 1987 to Jun 1993. Internet Websites: www.warfarinfo.com Developer and Webmaster. A comprehensive source of information about warfarin ranging from the history of warfarin, to how it is monitored, to ratings of the seriousness of warfarin interactions. Accredited by the Health on the Net Foundation of Geneva, Switzerland. Publications: Reducing the Harm Done By Anticoagulation: A Clinical Training Guide. Pueblo, Colorado. Lodwick Publications 2008 Role Playing for Anticoagulation Training: Thirty-two Case Studies. Pueblo, Colorado. Lodwick Publications 2004. Pharmacy Technician Certification Test: 250 Questions with Answer Key. Pueblo, Colorado. Lodwick Publications 2004. Warfarin: Rat Poison to Wonder Drug. A Guide to its Use and Interactions. Pueblo, Colorado. Lodwick Publications. 2002. This is also being translated into the Thai language for publication in Thailand. Letter
to the Editor: American Journal of Managed Care 2001; 7:21-22. Letter to the Editor: American Journal of Cardiology 2000;85:920. Improving Warfarin Therapy for an Elderly, Poor Population. Drug Benefit Trends 2000;12(3):42-46 http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/409902 Patient and Physician Satisfaction with a Pharmacist-managed Anticoagulation Clinic. Managed Care 2000;9(2):47-50 http://www.managedcaremag.com/archives/0002/0002.anticoag.html Warfarin Therapy: A Review of the Literature Since the Fifth American College of Chest Physicians’ Consensus Conference on Antithrombotic Therapy. Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis 1999;5(4): 208-215. Warfarin Interactions: Putting Clinical Training into Community Practice, Pharmacy Times, September 1999. Ibuprofen and Renal Function, co-author, Presented at the 5th Annual Indian Health Service Research Conference, Tucson AZ, March 1992. Antibiotic Effectiveness in Different Populations, The National Pharmaceutical Council Report, Spring 1992. Monitoring Antibiotic Resistance Patterns, American Druggist, January 1992. Antibiotics: Know your resistance patterns, The Consultant Pharmacist, September 1991. Unique Pharmacy Practice Serves Arizona’s Third World, Hospital Pharmacist Reports, March 1990. A Criteria-Based Drug Utilization Review for Small Hospitals, Pharmacy Times, October 1989. Grants
and Awards: 2006, Distinguished Coloradan, voted by the faculty of The University of Colorado School of Pharmacy 2004, Preceptor of the Year, voted by students at The University of Colorado School of Pharmacy 2004, Unrestricted grant from Roche Diagnostics, $500 2003, Unrestricted grant from Roche Diagnostics, $500 2002, Unrestricted grant from Roche Diagnostics, $500 2002, Grant from Colorado Trust to investigate prevention of diabetes in obese people with impaired glucose tolerance, $150,000 2002, Grant from a foundation which wishes to remain anonymous to expand the practice of pharmacists into diabetes and lipid management, $96,000 2002, Recognized by the National Certification Board for Anticoagulation providers as a Certified Anticoagulation Care Provider 2001, Preceptor of the Year, voted by students at The University of Colorado School of Pharmacy 1999, Colorado Society of Health-system Pharmacists - poster contest 1999, Centura Foundation, $122,000 1998, Private Donor $500. 1998, Abbott Laboratories, Pharmacy Quality Award, $1,500 1998, Parke-Davis, Best Practices Recognition Award, $50 1998 Centura Health St. Mary - Corwin Volunteers, to purchase a second CoaguChek machine, $1,500 1997, SC Ministries, Inc. to investigate the feasibility of a community hospital-based clinical pharmacy anticoagulation service, $85,000 1997 Private donor to assist in the purchase equipment for the anticoagulation clinic, $1,000 1997 Private donor to assist in the purchase of additional equipment for the anticoagulation clinic, $500 1990,
Diabetes Research and Education Foundation, to investigate changing ways
of Navajo’s perception of diabetes, $5,000 Adjunct
Faculty/Preceptor Appointments: Preceptor for pharmacy students National University of Singapore
Preceptor for pharmacy students, University of Colorado School of Pharmacy Instructor for Pharmacy Technician Certification Course, Pueblo Community College 1997-2000 Preceptor for Nursing Students, University of Southern Colorado Associate
in Pharmacy Practice, University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Consulting
Assignments/Speakers Bureaus: Edwards v Anderson - litigation consultant - final review of the case before it went to trial Roche Diagnostics Speakers Bureau for CoaguChek-XS Garcia v. Pacific Coast Care Center - expert witness Chambers v. The Pharmacy Group - expert witness Eisai Pharmaceutical Company Speaker's Bureau Adornetto v Les-On Drugs - expert witness Pearson v. Solinger - expert witness Member of The Council of Healthcare Advisors of the Gerson Lehrman Group. Providing advice to institutional investors Consultant to determine if a plaintiff should accept a settlement offered by an insurance company St. Mary's Health Network, Reno NV - 2-day follow-up corporate training in anticoagulation Giordano v. Medical Board, New York City Police Pension Fund - expert witness St. Mary's Health Network, Reno NV - 2-day corporate training to assist staff in establishing an anticoagulation clinic. MedVia - consultant on an education package for professionals and patients for a pharmaceutical agent under development. Triko v. Andrews - expert witness State v. Montague - expert witness Consultant to University of Colorado School of Pharmacy for Training Practicing Pharmacists in Anticoagulation and Clinic Management Celebrex Marketing Panel. Pharmacia Upjohn Pharmaceuticals AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals. Pharmacia Pharmaceuticals Speakers Bureau Creech v. Bhatt et al. - expert consultant Expert consultant to determine if negligence caused partial blindness and if so, should a lawsuit be filed King v. Moore et al. - expert consultant Other
Professional Activities: Medical Advisory Board, Antiphospholipid Syndrome Forum of America Principal Investigator
for CoaguChek-XS Peer Reviewer for Hospital Pharmacy Pueblo Community College, Pharmacy Technician Training Advisory Board (Chairman) Peer reviewer for Drug Benefit Trends Peer reviewer for American Journal of Managed Care Peer reviewer for Preventive Medicine in Managed Care Abstractor for Micromedex Textbook
reviewer for McGraw-Hill Southeastern Colorado Area Health Education Center Board Member (President for 2004) Educational Activities at Which I have Been A Speaker: Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Seattle, Washington May 2, 2008 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Portland, Oregon May 1, 2008 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Spokane, Washington April 30, 2008 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Grand Rapids, Michigan April 18, 2008 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Lansing, Michigan April 17, 2008 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Toledo, Ohio April 16, 2008 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Detroit, Michigan April 4, 2008 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Bay City, Michigan April 3, 2008 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Traverse City, Michigan April 2, 2008 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Milwaukee, Wisconsin March 21, 2008 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Appleton, Wisconsin March 20, 2008 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Madison, Wisconsin March 19, 2008 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Northbrook, Illinois March 7, 2008 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Bloomington, Illinois March 6, 2008 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Schaumburg, Illinois March 5, 2008 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Las Vegas, Nevada February 22, 2008 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. San Bernardino, California February 21, 2008 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Redondo Beach, California February 20, 2008 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Sherman Oaks, California, February 8, 2008 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Anaheim, California February 7, 2008 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. San Diego, California February 6, 2008 Applied Warfarin Management: Complex Cases and Multiple Diagnoses 6 hours of Approved Continuing Education Philadelphia, Pennsylvania January 25, 2008 Applied Warfarin Management: Complex Cases and Multiple Diagnoses 6 hours of Approved Continuing Education Allentown, Pennsylvania January 24, 2008 Applied Warfarin Management: Complex Cases and Multiple Diagnoses 6 hours of Approved Continuing Education Harrisburg, Pennsylvania January 23, 2008 Applied Warfarin Management: Complex Cases and Multiple Diagnoses 6 hours of Approved Continuing Education Baltimore, Maryland January 11, 2008 Applied Warfarin Management: Complex Cases and Multiple Diagnoses 6 hours of Approved Continuing Education Hagerstown, Maryland January 10, 2008 Applied Warfarin Management: Complex Cases and Multiple Diagnoses 6 hours of Approved Continuing Education Fairfax, Virginia January 9, 2008 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. St. Louis, Missouri December 7, 2007 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Kansas City, Missouri December 6, 2007 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Wichita, Kansas December 5, 2007 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Asheville, North Carolina November 2, 2007 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Knoxville, Tennessee November 1, 2007 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Nashville, Tennessee October 31, 2007 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Birmingham, Alabama October 12, 2007 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Atlanta, Georgia October 11, 2007 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Augusta, Georgia October 10, 2007 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Des Moines, Iowa August 17, 2007 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Omaha Nebraska August 16, 2007 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Sioux Falls, South Dakota August 15, 2007 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Minneapolis, Minnesota July 27, 2007 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. St. Cloud, Minnesota July 26, 2007 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Duluth, Minnesota July 25, 2007 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. San Antonio Texas May 18, 2007 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Houston, Texas May 17, 2007 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Harlingen, Texas May 16, 2007 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Waco, Texas April 20, 2007 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Dallas, Texas April 19, 2007 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Shreveport, Louisiana April 18, 2007 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Albuquerque, New Mexico February 2, 2007. Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Phoenix, Arizona February 1, 2007. Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Tucson, Arizona January 31, 2007. Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Louisville, Kentucky November 3, 2006. Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Lexington, Kentucky November 2, 2006. Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Cincinnati, Ohio November 1, 2006 Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Indianapolis, Indiana, October 13, 2006. Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Dayton, Ohio, October 12, 2006. Managing Patients Taking Warfarin: from the Basics to the Future of Anticoagulation. 6 hours of approved Continuing Education. Columbus, Ohio, October 11, 2006. Don't Eat Green Jelly Beans and Other Outrageous Advice Given to People Taking Warfarin, St Mary-Corwin Regional Medical Center, Pueblo Colorado, June 21, 2006 Don't Eat Green Jelly Beans and Other Outrageous Advice Given to People Taking Warfarin, Advanced Practice Nurses and Physicians Alliance of Colorado, Pueblo Colorado, April 18, 2006 Update on Pulmonary Hypertension Therapy, Southern Colorado Pulmonary Hypertension Group, Colorado Springs CO, Oct 16, 2005. Is Iodine the Explanation for "Unexplained" Fluctuations in the International Normalized Ratio (INR)? Poster Presentation. Anticoagulation Forum. Orlando FL. May 6, 2005. COX-2 Inhibitors: What
the FDA Decided and Why. St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center. Pueblo CO.
April 13, 2005 Open Public Hearing Concerning the New Drug Application for Exanta (ximelagatran). US Food and Drug Administration Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee. Bethesda MD. September 10, 2004 http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/04/transcripts/2004-4069T1.pdf My testimony is on page 210. Update on Anticoagulation: Warfarin, Low-Molecular-Weight Heparins, Ximelagatran. St. Mary - Corwin Medical Center. Pueblo CO. June 23, 2004. Warfarin Therapy for Lupus Patients. Lupus Support Group. Pueblo CO. March 25, 2004. Blood Doping: Bad For Olympic Athletes - Good For Your Patients. St. Mary - Corwin Medical Center. Pueblo CO. February 25, 2004. Everything You Wanted To Know About Warfarin But Were Afraid to Ask. Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo. February 11, 2004. Can A One-Person Operated, Non-Commercial Website Have Any Impact on World-Wide Health Care? 8th World Congress on the Internet in Health Care, Geneva Switzerland, December 5, 2003 Five Legal Actions Involving Warfarin: How to Avoid and Defend Against Lawsuits. St. Mary-Corwin Continuing Medical Education: Pueblo, Colorado March 19, 2003 Why Does Warfarin Do All of Those Goofy Things? Pulmonary Hypertension Support Group. Colorado Springs CO February 16, 2003 Future of Pharmacy Roundtable. Sponsored by Pharmacy Times in conjunction with the American Society of Health-system Pharmacists meeting. Atlanta GA. December 9, 2002. Warfarin Therapy. Family Practice Medical Residents. St Mary - Corwin Medical Center. Pueblo CO November 22, 2002. Why Does Warfarin Do All of Those Goofy Things? Keynote Address. valvereplacement.com Convention. Las Vegas NV October 11, 2002 Problems With Warfarin Therapy and Suggested Pharmacist Interventions. Southern Colorado Society of Health-system Pharmacists, Colorado Springs CO. April 25, 2002. Warfarinfo.com: where people from around the world seek information on warfarin. Southeast Florida Society of Health-system Pharmacists, Hollywood FL, November 19, 2001. Why Do I Have to Take Rat Poison? Stroke Survivors Group. Pueblo, Colorado. July 16, 2001. Why Do I Have to Take Rat Poison? Stroke Survivors Group. Canon City, Colorado. June 21, 2001. Warfarin-associated minor bleeding at various International Normalized Ratio Levels. Poster Presentation. Anticoagulation Forum . Washington DC. May 11, 2001. Warfarin
Interactions and Strategies for Their Management.
Trinidad, Colorado, December 7, 2000. Warfarin
Interactions and Strategies for Their Management. Lamar, Colorado,
November 30, 2000 Medications:
What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You.
Lupus Support Group of Pueblo.
St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center.
Pueblo, Colorado. November 9, 2000. Horizons in Health: Warfarin Therapy. KTSC-TV. Pueblo, Colorado May 16, 2000 Warfarin
Interactions and Strategies for Their Management.
La Junta, Colorado. May 10, 2000 Low-molecular-weight Heparins: Clinical Usage. Panel Discussion. Colorado Society of Health-system Pharmacists, Denver CO, Oct 14, 1999. Warfarin Interactions: Putting Clinical Training into Community Practice. Pharmacy Times, 1999:Sept:75-78. Practical Strategies for Coumadin Management, Colorado Springs CO, December 17, 1998 Practical Strategies for Coumadin Management, Denver CO, December 16, 1998 One Year’s Experience with a Pharmacist-directed Anticoagulation Clinic: Poster Presentation, Colorado Society of Health-systems Pharmacists, Aurora CO October 30, 1998 Anticoagulation: Heparin, Warfarin and Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin, Centura Health St. Mary - Corwin, Pueblo, Co, March 17, April 21, May 19, 1998 Osteoporosis Medications, Centura Health St. Mary - Corwin, Pueblo, Co, March 17, September 24, 1998 and March 18, 1999 Warfarin for Stroke Patients, Stroke Survivors Group, Joseph Edwards Senior Center, Pueblo, Co, March 10, 1998 Estrogen Use in Menopause, Women’s Health Series, Centura Health St. Mary - Corwin Pueblo, Co, February 24, October 22, 1998 Training of Pharmacy Externs: What works and what doesn’t, Colorado AHEC Conference, Crested Butte, Co, October 4, 1997 New Agents for Diabetes, Westwind Campus of Care, Pueblo, CO, September 18, 1997 Wise Use of Medications, San Isabel Electric Association, Inc. Pueblo West, Co, August 21, 1997 Cardiac Medications, Centura Health St. Mary - Corwin, Pueblo, Co, on-going series 1997 to present Ask-A-Pharmacist, Centura Health St. Mary - Corwin, Pueblo, Co, monthly series 1996 to 1997 Medication Can Be A Tricky Business, Male Caregivers Support Group, Catholic Charities, Honolulu HI, August 24, 1994 Diabetes, Health Fair, Klagetoh AZ, June 25, 1992 Nutrition and Diabetes, Ganado Middle School 8th Grade Science Classes, Ganado AZ, May 1992 and May 1991 Diabetes, Ganado High School Self Awareness Day, Ganado AZ, March 25, 1992 Diabetes
Overview, Arizona Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses, Payson AZ,
October 1988 Educational
Program I have produced: Non-Insulin
Dependent Diabets Mellitus, a six-part, bilingual (English-Navajo)
Audio-Visual. Professional
Affiliations: American Society of Health-system Pharmacists Colorado Society of Health-system Pharmacists (Past-President of Southern Colorado Chapter) Society for the Internet in Medicine
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