Sara Brouse, Pharm.D., FCCP, FACC, BCPS, BCCP is a Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Regional Dean at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) School of Pharmacy Abilene Campus. She earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in Kansas City, MO in 1997 and completed her PGY1 Pharmacy Practice and PGY2 Critical Care Residencies at University of Kentucky (UK) Healthcare in Lexington, KY. Following her training, she worked at TTUHSC School of Pharmacy Dallas/Fort Worth campus for 12 years. She was promoted to Associate Professor in 2006 and served as Vice Chair for Residency Programs (2005-2011). Dr. Brouse was credentialed and privileged to practice as an Advanced Practice Pharmacist in Cardiology at the VA North Texas Healthcare System. Dr. Brouse was the Program Director for the ASHP-Accredited PGY2 Critical Care Residency at VA North Texas and trained 15 PGY2 residents during her tenure as program director. Dr. Brouse moved back to Kentucky (2011-2016), working as a Cardiovascular Clinical Specialist in the CCU and Advanced Heart Failure/Cardiac Transplantation teams. She was an Adjunct Associate Professor with UK College of Pharmacy. She served as PGY2 Internal Medicine Residency Program Director and Cardiovascular Clinical Coordinator during her time there. Dr. Brouse actively participates in several national pharmacy organizations, including the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties (BPS), and American College of Cardiology (ACC).
Interests
- Cardiology
- Drugs
- Evidence-based practice
- Heart disease
- Medication
- Patient safety
- Pharmacology
- Pharmacy
Pharmacy Research Interests
- acute coronary syndromes
- advanced cardiology
- cardiovascular disease management
- chronic disease management
- clinical pharmacology
- clinical pharmacy
- coronary artery disease
- drug safety
- drug toxicity
- faculty development
- health outcomes
- heart failure
- interprofessional education
- learning methods
- learning styles
- medication safety
- myocardial infarction
- pharmacology
- pharmacotherapy specialist
- pharmacy
- pharmacy accreditation
- pharmacy administration
- pharmacy education
- pharmacy management
- preceptor
- public health
- residency training