Faculty & Staff Details

	Name:	Sherry Luedtke, Pharm.D., FPPAG
	Position:	Associate Professor, Pediatrics Division, Amarillo
	Email:	sherry.luedtke@ttuhsc.edu
	Bio	Dr. Luedtke is one of the founding faculty members of the School of Pharmacy. She is Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice. She is responsible for the professional and career development of students and alumni relations. She also serves as the Director of the Pediatric Specialty Residency program. Dr. Luedtke received her Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from the University of Wisconsin. She completed her practice residency at Meriter Hospital and pediatric specialty residency at the University of Kentucky.

Research Interests:

Dr. Luedtke is involved in ongoing studies evaluating drug utilization patterns in the neonatal intensive care unit and documentation of clinical pharmacy services for the pediatric population. Dr. Luedtke has given numerous presentations locally and nationally in the areas of immunizations and neonatology and is currently involved in several ongoing studies evaluating clinical pharmacy services for pediatric patients.

Practice Focus:

Dr. Luedtke provides clinical pharmacy services in neonatology and general pediatrics at Northwest Texas Children’s Hospital. Northwest Texas Children’s Hospital is a community based teaching hospital which provides services to a 32 bed neonatal intensive care unit, 12 bed pediatric intensive care unit, and 35 bed general pediatric service. Dr. Luedtke, along with the Pediatric Practice Team, has received state and national awards for her development of PEDS (Pediatric Electronic Documentation System) a universal documentation system utilized to justify pediatric pharmacist positions.

Professional Service:

In addition to her services at the University, Dr. Luedtke has been strongly involved in professional organizations supporting pediatric pharmacotherapy. She has recently served as President for the Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group (PPAG) an international, non-profit, volunteer organization of health care providers who strive to improve the lives of children. She has continued her involvement in this organization as the Executive Vice-President of Advocacy. She also serves on the journal advisory board of the Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics and the editorial board for Annals of Pharmacotherapy.

Publications:

1) Gal P, Mehta V, Bryant B, Calhoun D, Luedtke S, Nahata M. Recent Advances in Neonatology. Ann Pharmacother 2005; submitted. (peer reviewed)

2) Luedtke SA. Pediatric and Neonatal Therapy. In: Quan D, Helms R editors. Textbook of Therapeutics: Drug and Disease Management 8th edition. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; 2005; 96, in press. (peer reviewed)

3) Luedtke SA, McGinnis B. Antiarrhythmic agents in the management of supraventricular tachycardia in children. J Pediatr Pharmacol Ther 2004;9(3):202-9. (peer reviewed)

4) Luedtke SA. Book review: The Vaccine Handbook. Ann Pharmacother 2004;38(7).

5) Eiland LS, Luedtke SA, Chuachingco JC. Intraventricular tobramycin in a premature infant with pseudomonas meningitis. J Pediatr Pharmacol Ther 2004;9(1):55-62. (peer reviewed)

6) Condren M, Haase MR, Luedtke SA, Gaylor AS. Clinical activities of an academic pediatric pharmacy team. Ann Pharmacother 2004;38, 574-8. (peer reviewed)

7) Luedtke SA. Pediatric Bacterial Meningitis. In: Schwinghammer TL editor. Pharmacotherapy casebook: a patient-focused approach. 5nd edition. Stamford:Appleton & Lange; 2004. (peer reviewed)

8) Luedtke S,Condren M, Haase M. Pediatric Considerations. In: Young LE, Koda-Kimble MA editors. Applied Therapeutics: The Clinical Use of Drugs. 8th edition. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; 2004, Chapter 93:1-24. (peer reviewed)

9) Luedtke S, Haase M, Condren M. Pediatric Immunizations. In: Young LE, Koda-Kimble MA editors. Applied Therapeutics: The Clinical Use of Drugs. 8th edition. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; 2004, Chapter 95:1-14. (peer reviewed)

10) Lubsch L, Luedtke SA. Formulation in Pharmacy Practice – eMixt. Software Review. J Pediatr Pharmaol Ther 2002;7:84.

11) Luedtke SA. Pediatric Arrhythmias. In: RJ Kuhn, editor. Pediatric pharmacotherapy workbook. 3rd edition. Lexington:University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy; 2002 Vol 2; Unit 23:1-37.

12) Condren M, Luedtke SA. Prescribing patterns for extended interval aminoglycoside dosing in pediatric patients. J Pediatr Pharmacol Ther 2001; 6(5):385-91. (peer reviewed)

13) Luedtke SA. Book review: Lexi-Comp Pediatric Dosage Handbook, version 3.1. J Pediatr Pharmacol The r 2001;6(3):277-78.

14) Haase M, Luedtke S. Survey of Pediatric Pharmacy Services in the Retail Pharmacies. J Pediatr Pharmacol Ther; 2001; 6(3):218-24. (peer reviewed)

15) Luedtke SA. ABSTRACTS FROM THE LITERATURE: Amiodarone is safe and highly effective therapy for supraventricular tachycardia in infants. J Pediatr Pharmacol Ther 2001;6(2):183-85.

16) Luedtke SA. Pediatric Bacterial Meningitis. In: Schwinghammer TL editor. Pharmacotherapy casebook: a patient-focused approach. 5th edition. New York: McGraw-Hill; 2002:287-91.(peer reviewed)

17) Luedtke SA. Review of Pediatric Dosage Handbook. Doody's Review Service (on-line). Available: http://www.doody.com (Accessed April 2000).

18) Luedtke SA. Pediatric Bacterial Meningitis. In: Schwinghammer TL editor. Pharmacotherapy casebook: a patient-focused approach. 2nd edition. Stamford:Appleton & Lange; 1998:237-39. (peer reviewed)

19) Luedtke SA. Book review: Measurement of Pain in Infants and Children. Ann Pharmacother 1998;32:1115-16.

20) Luedtke SA. Pediatric Arrhythmias. In: RJ Kuhn, editor. Pediatric pharmacotherapy workbook. 3rd edition. Lexington:University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy; 1998: Vol 2; Unit 23:1-37. (peer reviewed)

21) Luedtke SA. Pediatric HIV Infection. In: RJ Kuhn editor. Pediatric pharmacotherapy workbook. 3rd edition. Lexington:University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy; 1998: Vol 2; Unit 17:1-31. (peer reviewed)

22) Luedtke SA, Kuhn RF, McCaffrey FM. Pharmacologic management of supraventricular tachycardias in children. Part 1: Wolff-Parkinson-White and atrioventricular nodal reentry. Ann Pharmacother 1997;321:1227-43. (peer reviewed)

23) Luedtke SA, Kuhn RF, McCaffrey FM. Pharmacologic management of supraventricular tachycardias in children. Part 2: atrial flutter, atrial fibrillation, and junctional and atrial ectopic tachycardia. Ann Pharmacother 1997;321:1347-59. (peer reviewed)