Krystal L Edwards, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCACP is the Associate Dean for Career Development in the Office of Professional Affairs and a Professor in the Pharmacy Practice Department, Ambulatory Care Division on the Dallas/Fort Worth Campus at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Jerry H. Hodge School of Pharmacy. In her Associate Dean role, she is responsible for creation and administration of professional career development activities including the P3 and P4 Career Fair, Mock Residency Interviews, and the Student Leadership Retreat. Dr. Edwards also oversees multi-campus student organizations and the Co-Curriculum. She started the Dallas/Fort Worth PGY2 Ambulatory Care Specialty Residency and was the residency program director for seven years and continues to be actively involved. She is very active in the American College of Clinical Pharmacy Practice including Chairing committees along with past Chair of the Endocrine and Metabolism practice research network. She has won the TTUHSC “President’s Outstanding Clinician” award along with the “Excellence in Patient Care” award, at, North Texas Specialty Providers Palliative Care Team for practice and been named “Alumni of the Year” for the TTUHSC SOP Phi Lambda Sigma (leadership fraternity). Dr. Edwards has won several teaching awards including the TTUHSC “President’s Outstanding Teaching Team” along with “P3 Teaching Team of the Year” and “Preceptor of the Year” awards. She currently practices at a Fort Worth Outpatient VA Clinic where under a scope of practice she provides chronic disease state management. She received her BS and PharmD from the Medical University of South Carolina. She completed a Pharmacy Practice Residency at Baptist Memorial Health Care and a Primary Care Residency at the University of Tennessee Medical Center. Dr. Edwards is certified by the Board of Pharmacy Specialties in ambulatory care and previously in Pharmacotherapy (2003-2017). In 2012 she was named Fellow by the American College of Clinical Pharmacy for sustained excellence in the discipline of clinical pharmacy.
Interests
- Cardiology
- Diabetes
- Heart disease
- Pharmacy
Pharmacy Research Interests
- cardiovascular disease management
- cardiovascular risk factors
- chronic care
- chronic disease management
- clinical pharmacy
- diabetes
- disease state management
- education for health professions
- heart failure
- hypertension
- insulin
- pharmacy education
- primary care
- residency training