CONTACT
- L. S. Skaggs Pharmacy Institute, Room 4982
- Phone: (801) 587-9553
- Clinic Phone (Afternoons): (801) 581-2000
- Fax: (801) 587-7923
- Email: Karen.Gunning@pharm.utah.edu
Education
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1997-1998 Specialty Residency in Family Medicine/Primary Care Pharmacy, University of Washington, Departments of Pharmacy and Family Medicine, Seattle, Washington.
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1995-1997 Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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1990-1995 Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy - Summa Cum Laude, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon.
Clinical Practice and Research Interests
- Clinical pharmacist at the Sugarhouse Family Health Center with the University of Utah Family Medicine Residency Program.
- Provides direct patient care and comprehensive medication management for a variety of chronic conditions, as a part of an interprofessional team that include physicians, resident physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, psychologists, social workers, registered dieticians, nurses and medical assistants.
Research Interests:
- Population health and continuous quality improvement for hypertension and diabetes
- Medication safety in the ambulatory care setting - particularly in pain management, and diabetes.
- Scholarship of teaching and learning as it relates to family medicine residents and pharmacy students and residents.
- Women's health.
Positions Held
Current Positions
- 2013 - present: Professor, Department of Pharmacotherapy, University of Utah
- 2013 - present: Adjunct Professor of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Utah
- 2012 - present: PGY 2 Ambulatory Care Residency Director - University of Utah Health
- 2016 - present: Board of Pharmacy Specialties - member of Board of Directors
Previous Positions
- 2015 - 2017: Interim Chair - Department of Pharmacotherapy
- 2004 - 2013: Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice (Clinical), University of Utah
- 2005 - 2013: Adjunct Associate Professor of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Utah
- 1995 - 2006: Community Pharmacist. Lake Oswego, Oregon, and Salt Lake City, UT
Courses Taught
- PHARM 7551-001 Adv Topic Women Health
Location: HSEB 4100C (Health Sciences Education Bldg)
- PHARM 7746-003 Amb Care- Family Pract
- PCTH 5950-004 Special Problems
- PHARM 7746-003 Amb Care- Family Pract
- PCTH 7511-006 Ambu Care Clerkship
- PCTH 7950-002 Independent Study
- PHARM 7746-003 Amb Care- Family Pract
Publications
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/1dmfQRORMwd5N/bibliography/40005827/public/?sort=date&direction=ascending
- Robinson M, Gunning K, Pippitt K, McAdam-Marx C, Jennings BT. Team-based approach to addressing simvastatin safety concerns. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2013 Sep-Oct;53(5):539-44. doi: 10.1331/JAPhA.2013.13019. PubMed PMID: 24030132.
- Farrell TW, Tomoaia-Cotisel A, Scammon DL, Brunisholz K, Kim J, Day J, Gren LH, Wallace S, Gunning K, Tabler J, Magill MK. Impact of an integrated transition management program in primary care on hospital readmissions. J Healthc Qual. 2015 Jan-Feb;37(1):81-92. doi: 10.1097/01.JHQ.0000460119.68190.98. PubMed PMID: 26042380.
- Unni S, Yao Y, Milne N, Gunning K, Curtis JR, LaFleur J.An evaluation of clinical risk factors for estimating fracture risk in postmenopausal osteoporosis using an electronic medical record database. Osteoporos Int. 2015 Feb;26(2):581-7. doi: 10.1007/s00198-014-2899-7. Epub 2014 Oct 7. PubMed PMID: 25288442.
- McAdam-Marx C, Dahal A, Jennings B, Singhal M, Gunning K. The effect of a diabetes collaborative care management program on clinical and economic outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2015 Jun;21(6):452-68. PubMed PMID: 26011547.
- Pippitt K, Gunning K, Traylor K. Re: The Diversity of Providers on the Family Medicine Team. J Am Board Fam Med. 2016 May-Jun;29(3):424. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2016.03.160036. PubMed PMID: 27170805.
- Borgelt L & Gunning KM - Disorders related to the Menstrual Cycle in Koda Kimble et al: Applied Pharmacotherapeutics: The Clinical Use of Drugs 9th ed, 10th ed
- American Society of Health Systems Pharmacists
- Utah Society of Health System Pharmacists
- American College of Clinical Pharmacy
- Rho Chi Pharmacy Honor Society
- American Pharmaceutical Association
- Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
- American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
Ambulatory Care
The Ambulatory Care PGY 2 program at University of Utah Health develops clinically strong practitioners with the skills necessary to develop a patient centered pharmacy practice in ambulatory care, and provide education to patients, pharmacy students, physician assistant students, primary care medical residents, and other health care professionals.
