Sarah C. Erush, PharmD, BCPS

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Sarah C. Erush, PharmD, BCPS, is Pharmacy Clinical Manager and the PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program Director.

Areas of Expertise: Dietary supplements, Medical writing, Medication safety, Informational systems, Residency training
Locations: Main Hospital

Background

Dr. Erush holds appointments at USIP and Wilkes University.

Education and Training

Residency

Drug Information Specialty - Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

Board Certification

Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS)
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)

Undergraduate Degree

BS in Pharmacy - Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, Springfield, MA

Graduate Degree

Doctor of Pharmacy - Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, Philadelphia, PA

Additional Training

ASHP Research and Education Foundation Anticoagulation Traineeship Program

Titles and Academic Titles

Pharmacy Clinical Manager

Residency Director, PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Program

Research Interests

Anticoagulation

Publications

Papers

2014

McIntyre C, Law C, Erush S. Drug information skills: An abandoned necessity? AJHP 2014;71(11):900-1.

2013

Offit PA, Erush SC. Skip the Supplements. The New York Times Op-Ed. 14 December 2013.

Posters and Presentations

2015

Erush SC.  Evaluating and managing the safety of dietary supplements. Management Case Study at the ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting; 2015 Dec., New Orleans, LA

Hughes RL, Offit PA. Dietary Supplement Use at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Presentation at the United States Pharmacopeia, Rockville, MD, July 22, 2015.

Erush SC, Sklar J. Dietary Supplements – Unknown Risks, Unknown Benefits [platform presentation]. National Teaching Institute and Critical Care Exposition; May 2015, San Diego, CA

2014

Ramsey EZ, Hughes RL, Erush SC. Pre- and post- rotation checklists to optimize resident efficiency and learning [poster presentation]. ASHP 2014 National Pharmacy Preceptors Conference; August 2014, Washington, D.C.

Ramsey EZ, Hughes RL, Erush SC. Electronic online pharmacy residency application review [poster presentation]. ASHP 2014 National Pharmacy Preceptors Conference; August 2014, Washington, D.C.

2012

Hughes RL, Erush SC. A Protocol for Administration of Partial Doses of Solid Medications in a Pediatric Institution [poster presentation]. ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting; December 2012, Las Vegas, NV.

Hummel K, Law C, Le KM, Erush SC. Standardizing the necessity for off-label informed consent: A pediatric undertaking [poster presentation]. 47th ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting & Exhibition; December 2012, Las Vegas, NV.

Leadership and Memberships

Memberships in professional organizations

American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP)

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)

Pennsylvania Society of Health-System Pharmacists (PSHP)