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Lisa Potter

PharmD, BCTXP, BCPS, FCCP, FAST

Rotations

Solid Organ Transplant - Lung

Education

PharmD: University of Nebraska Medical Center

Residency Training

PGY1: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
PGY2 Solid Organ Transplant: University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics

Lisa Potter

Practice Interests

Lung Transplantation, Transplant Pharmacy Practice Management, Medication Access and Affordability in the US Healthcare System

Professional Affiliation

  • American Society of Transplantation (AST) - Chair of the AST Education Committee

  • International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) 

  • American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) - faculty, content matter expert, and field tester for the ACCP/ASHP Solid Organ Transplantation Pharmacy Review and Recertification Course

  • American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)

  • International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)

Recent Publications

Publications from the past 5 years:  

  • Potter L. 'Immunization Update', in Solid Organ Transplantation. ACCP Pharmacotherapy Self-Assessment Program: 2024.  

  • Kobashigawa J, VanWagner LB, Hall S, et al. Summary of a consensus conference on heart-liver transplantation. Am J Transplant 2024; 24(3): 380-90.  

  • Potter L, Crowther B, McDermott JK. Impactful improvements to Medicare Part D immunosuppressive drug coverage. Am J Transplant 2023; 23(9): 1468-70.  

  • Lichvar A, Moss Chandran M, Cohen EA, et al. The expanded role of the transplant pharmacist: A ten year follow-up. Am J Transplant 2023; 23(9): 1375-87.  

  • Gondek S, Ogledzinski M, Lin W, et al. Persistence of long-term insulin independence after islet transplantation and two subsequent pregnancies. Eur J Transl Clin Med 2023; 6(1): 9-13. 

  • Perez-Gutierrez A, Siddiqi U, Kim G, et al. Combined heart-liver-kidney transplant: The University of Chicago Medicine experience. Clin Transplant 2022; 36(4): e14586.  

  • C4 article: Implications of COVID-19 in transplantation. Am J Transplant 2021; 21(5): 1801-15. 

  • Lushin EN, McDermott JK, Truax C, et al. A multicenter case series documenting Medicare Part D plan denials of immunosuppressant drug coverage for organ transplant recipients. Am J Transplant 2021; 21(2): 889-96.  

  • Potter L. Immunosuppression in Lung Transplantation. Güncel Gögüs Hastaliklari Serisi 2020; 8(1): 93-108.  

  • Potter LM.  Are generic immunosuppressive drugs the solution for providing lifelong medication coverage to transplant recipients?  Invited editorial.  Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2019; 14(3): 327-9.   

  • Potter L. 'Long-term management of corticosteroids', in Current Issues in Pharmacotherapy. ACCP Pharmacotherapy Self-Assessment Program: 2019.  

  • C4 article: Challenges and solutions to appropriate and timely medication access in transplantation in the United States. Am J Transplant 2019; e15732.  

  • Potter L, Lushin EN, Hofmeyer B, et al. Discharge medication procurement and education after kidney transplantation. Clin Transplant 2019; 33(8): e13627.

Academic and/or National Presentations

Invited lecture from the past 5 years:

  • "Lung Transplantation." ACCP/ASHP Solid Organ Transplantation Pharmacy Specialty Review Course and Practice Exam. Online; 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024.

  • "Maintenance of Immunosuppression in Lung Transplantation." ACCP/ASHP Solid Organ Transplantation Pharmacy Specialty Review Course and Practice Exam. Online; 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024.

  • “Can You Hear Me Now? Using Technology to Combat Nonadherence.” AST Fellows Symposium on Transplantation. Grapevine, TX; Sep 2022, 2023, 2024.

  • “Immunosuppression” breakout sessions. AST Fellows Symposium on Transplantation. Grapevine, TX; Sep 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024.

  • “Transplant Pharmacist Career Advice” breakout session. AST Fellows Symposium on Transplantation. Grapevine, TX; Sep 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024.

  • “Medicare Part B-ID”. Renal Grand Rounds. Cedars Sinai Division of Nephrology. Virtual; Feb 2023.

  • Potter LP (interviewee).  Medicare Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage – What Is it? Podcast ‘Power2Save’ hosted by the American Society of Transplantation. Dec 16, 2022.

  • "History of the Immuno Bill: How it Happened." AST/ASTS American Transplant Congress. Boston, MA; Jun 2022.

  • “Translating results of clinical trials into practice and/or policy issues.” AST Cutting Edge of Transplantation. Phoenix, AZ; Feb 2021.

  • “Clinical Pharmacy Specialties: Organ Transplantation.” National Congress. Asociatia Nationala a Farmacistilor de Spital Din Romania. Cluj, Romania; Nov 2019. 

  • “Pharmacy: Better Living Through Chemistry.”  AST/ASTS American Transplant Congress. Boston, MA; Jun 2019.

  • “Development of Clinic Transplant Pharmacist Services: Who, What, When, and Where.” AST/ASTS American Transplant Congress. Boston, MA; Jun 2019.

Abstract presentations from the past 5 years:

  • Kyeso Y, Potter L, Basto L, et al. A novel desensitization therapy with carfilzomib/bortezomib and belatacept for highly sensitized kidney transplant candidates: preliminary outcomes. Presented at the AST/ASTS American Transplant Congress. Philadelphia, PA; June 2024. 

  • Steiner B, Loethen A, Reticker A, et al. Characterization of infectious prophylaxis and complications in simultaneous heart-liver transplant recipients. Presented at the ISHLT Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions. Prague, Czech Republic; April 2024. 

  • Mawari Y, Reticker A, Loethen A, et al. Impaired seroconversion rates after adjuvanted hepatitis B vaccination in organ transplant candidates and recipients. Presented at the AST/ASTS American Transplant Congress. San Diego, CA; June 2023.

  • Astorga B, Loethen A, Potter L. Pre-emptive rituximab use for Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) viremia in cardiothoracic solid organ transplant recipients. Presented at the AST/ASTS American Transplant Congress. Boston, MA; June 2022.

  • Patolia R, Guzy R, Potter L. Systematic evaluation of immunosuppressant drug tolerability in lung transplant recipients with short telomere syndrome.  Presented at the AST/ASTS American Transplant Congress. Virtual; June 2021.

  • Pettit N, Nguyen V, Nguyen C, et al. Beta-lactam allergies among solid organ transplant recipients: prevalence and association with transplant admission length of stay. Presented at the AST/ASTS American Transplant Congress. Virtual; June 2021.

  • Potter L, Vargas B, Rotolo S, et al. Elexacaftor/ivacaftor/tezacaftor in lung transplant recipients: a case series. Presented at the AST/ASTS American Transplant Congress. Virtual; June 2021.

  • Clark J, Potter L. Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis in lung transplant Patients. Abstract C297. Am J Transplant 2020; 20 (suppl 3).

  • Potter L, Garrity E. The Importance of Annual Medicare Part D Plan Evaluation. Abstract C221. Am J Transplant 2020; 20 (suppl 3). 

  • Pettit N, Nguyen C, Potter L, et al.  Evaluation of Post-operative acute kidney injury with piperacillin-tazobactam combined with vancomycin for lung transplant prophylaxis. Abstract 2669. Open Forum Infect Dis Oct 2019; 6(suppl 2): S936. 

  • Nguyen C, Marrs R, Pisano J, et al.  Improving perioperative prophylactic antimicrobial guideline concordance in liver and lung transplant recipients. Abstract 1103.  Open Forum Infect Dis Oct 2019; 6(suppl 2): S391-2.

Current Research

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