University Learning Faculty | Meet Our Experts
ULS draws its faculty from top medical, pharmacy, nursing and PA schools. Almost all faculty members are doctoral level teachers at these schools. Many have attained full professor or professor emeritus stature. In addition to their teaching skills, ULS criteria demands that our faculty are involved in patient care so all our speakers bring clinical experience to their lectures.
Dr. Christopher M. Bland | Pharm.D., FCCP, FIDSA, BCPS
Clinical Professor, University of Georgia College of Pharmacy, Savannah, GA.Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, St. Joseph’s Candler Health System, Savannah, GA.
Co-founder of Southeastern Research Group Endeavor (SERGE45) and TeachMePharm
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Peter S. Buch, MD, AGAF, FACP
Dr. Peter Buch is a clinical gastroenterologist with over 30 years of teaching experience. Teaching is his passion! His style is case based, practical, very interactive and fun. He has extensive local, national and international teaching experience. He has taught family doctors, internists, PAs, nurses, NPs and pharmacists. His evaluations have consistently been outstanding. Many organizations invite him back on a yearly basis. Dr. Buch always learns from his audiences and looks forward to learning WITH you!
Reamer L. Bushardt, PharmD, PA-C, DFAAPA
DFAAPA Professor, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Health Professions, Mass General Brigham, Boston, MA. PA in Primary Care. Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, Journal of the American Academy of PAs. Principal Investigator Expansion of Practitioner Education in Substance Use Disorders Program, U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Dr. Joshua Caballero
Associate Professor (Limited Term) for Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy at the College of Pharmacy. He received his undergraduate degree in Psychology from the University of Florida and his PharmD from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. During his postdoctoral training, he completed a PGY2 in Psychiatry at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio and a Pharmacotherapy Fellowship at The Ohio State University
Dr. Tammie Lee Demler, Pharm.D., MBA, BCPP
Clinical Professor and Residency Program Director State University of New York at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Department of Pharmacy Practice Clinical Associate Professor School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry
Dr. John DeLuca, MD, DC, MS
John DeLuca, MD, DC, MS Medical Director, Palm Beach Integrative Medicine/Health and Rehab Center of the Palm Beaches and Medical Director, International Institute for Brain Enhancement/ Hyperbaric Services of the Palm Beaches
Dr. Gregory L. Holmquist, PharmD, CPE
Dr. Holmquist received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the School of Pharmacy at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is a board certified Oncology Pharmacist, an American Medical Association Certified Educator for Physicians on Endof-Life Care, and an American Society of Pain Educators Certified Pain Educator (C.P.E.). As a clinician and educator, Dr. Holmquist’s philosophy of care is summarized in one core statement, “Making a difference in the lives of patients”
Dr. Chelsea A. Keedy, PharmD, BCACP, CDTM
Dr. Keedy is a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Ambulatory Care at SJ/C Medical Group – Eisenhower. She is a Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist (BCACP) and holds a collaborative drug therapy management (CDTM) agreement. She is a member of ASHP, GSHP, and AACP and was selected as the GSHP Outstanding New Practitioner of the Year in 2020. She previously helped establish the health system’s Hepatitis C treatment clinic.
Dr. Lynn Lafferty, Pharm.D., ND, MBA, DACBN, MH
Dr. Lafferty, Pharm.D., ND, MBA, CNC, DACBN is a doctor of Pharmacy and licensed pharmacist, naturopath, herbalist, nutritionist and chef who is committed to finding the safest and most effective means to promote health and wellness over disease and illness. She is an Endowed Professor and Assistant Clinical Professor in the NSU College of Pharmacy and has Functional Clinical Nutrition and Herbal Therapy practice in the Nova Southeastern University Clinic Pharmacy.
Dr. Eugene Orientale, M.D.
Dr. Orientale graduated from Brown University in 1983 and earned his M.D. degree from Cornell University Medical College in 1987. He completed Family Medicine residency training at UCLA in 1990 and then began work at the University of Tennessee in Memphis. There he served as a Predoctoral Director, Family Medicine Clerkship Director and in the advisory role of medical students as an Assistant Dean in the Office of Student Affairs. He received five prestigious teaching awards in seven years and became the youngest tenured faculty member in Family Medicine. In 1994, he obtained a Certificate of Added Qualification in Geriatrics. He has a special interest and expertise in procedures in family Medicine.
Dr. Joseph Saseen, Pharm.D., FASHP, FCCP, BCPS, BCACP
Joseph Saseen is Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and a Professor of Family Medicine. He also served as Vice Chair of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy for 10 years. Dr. Saseen has responsibilities for enhancing the school’s clinical enterprise, further developing sustainable clinical service models, and advocating for advancing the practice of pharmacy in the State of Colorado. His scholarly work includes almost 200 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters.
Dr. Andrea Sikora
Pharm.D., MSCR, FCCM, BCCCP Clinical Associate Professor University of Georgia, College of Pharmacy Clinical And Administrative Pharmacy, Augusta GAD
Dr. Jennifer M. Trujillo, PharmD, BCPS, CDE, BC-ADM
Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Aurora, CO.
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Dr. C. Wayne Weart | Pharm.D., BCPS, FASHP
Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Professor Emeritus of Clinical Pharmacy & Outcome Sciences, South Carolina College of Pharmacy, MUSC Campus, Charleston, SC.
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Dr. Sheryl (Follin) Vondracek, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS
Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist, Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado
Dr. Wendy L. Wright DNP, ANP-BC, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, FNAP
Wendy received her Doctor of Nursing Practice in 2019 from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. She is a 1992 graduate of the Adult Primary Care Nurse Practitioner program at Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts and completed a family nurse practitioner post-master’s program in 1995. She is an adult and family nurse practitioner and the owner of two, nurse practitioner owned and operated clinics within New Hampshire.