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Sunny Linnebur, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS, CGP is an Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Dr. Linnebur received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Kansas. She completed a PGY1 residency at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Denver, Colorado and a PGY2 Primary Care Residency at the University of Colorado. Dr. Linnebur practices clinically at the University of Colorado Hospital Seniors Clinic, where she also precepts pharmacy students and residents. Her research and clinical areas of interest include men and women's health, vitamin D, dementia, and medication therapy management. She is an active member of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy and the American Geriatrics Society. She was a member of the American Geriatrics Society 2012 Beers Criteria Update Expert Panel and is a member of the Board of Directors for AGS. She is also a Certified Geriatric Pharmacist.

Emily Peron, PharmD, MS, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science at Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr. Peron earned her PharmD from Butler University and then completed a PGY-1 residency and a PGY-2 geriatric residency at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center. Most recently, Dr. Peron earned her master's degree in clinical research while completing a postdoctoral research fellowship in geriatric pharmacotherapy at the University of Pittsburgh. She has conducted pharmacoepidemiological research in the areas of antihypertensive-associated urinary incontinence and appropriateness of antihypertensive medication use. Dr. Peron is a board certified pharmacotherapy specialist and a fellow of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists.

Dr. Christine M. Ruby is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics and Division of Geriatric Medicine, Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. She is also a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Geriatrics with an active practice at the Senior Care Institute at UPMC-Shadyside. Dr. Ruby received her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy (1990) and Doctor of Pharmacy (1994) degrees from the University of Pittsburgh. She completed an ASHP accredited Specialty Residency in Geriatric Pharmacy Practice at the Durham VA Medical Center in North Carolina. She also completed a research fellowship in Geriatric Pharmacotherapy at the Center for the Study of Aging at Duke University. After her training, Dr. Ruby accepted faculty appointments at Duke and the University of North Carolina. She also was Director of the Geriatric Pharmacy Residency program at the Durham VA for nearly a decade before returning to her alma mater in 2005. Dr. Rubys research interests focus on appropriate medication use in older adults and geriatric syndromes such as urinary incontinence. She currently serves as Director for the PGY2 Pharmacy Practice Residency in Geriatrics and as co-director for the Geriatric Pharmacy Fellowship program. With a passion for teaching, Dr. Ruby serves as a course coordinator for the PharmD program and a didactic course contributor for six other courses throughout the curriculum. She served for years on the curriculum committee and currently is actively involved in various interprofessional education efforts at Pitt in addition to being an invited lecturer for the Schools of Medicine, Dentistry, and Nursing. Dr. Ruby is a Fellow of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists and during her career has trained many geriatric specialty residents, pharmacy practice residents, as well as pharmacy, nursing, and medical students. Moreover, Dr. Ruby has authored numerous research papers, review articles and book chapters.

Dr. Mollie Ashe Scott received her BS in Biology from Meredith College and her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy. She completed an ASHP-Accredited Specialty Residency in Geriatrics at the Durham VAMC in Durham, NC. Dr. Scott has practiced in ambulatory family medicine with a focus on geriatrics since 1997, and initiated pharmacist-managed clinics at Duke Family Medicine Center and MAHEC Family Health Center. She has practiced as a Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner since 2001, and provides ambulatory care pharmacy services at MAHEC Family Health Center which is recognized as a level III Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH). She has published several papers on the role of the pharmacist in the PCMH. Dr. Scott is currently the Regional Associate Dean for UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy Asheville Satellite, and has dual appointments in pharmacy and medicine at UNC.

Susan Skledar, R.Ph., M.P.H., FASHP, is a clinical pharmacist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Presbyterian, and is the Director for the Drug Use and Disease State Management Program. She is a fellow of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Ms. Skledar is an Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy & Therapeutics, at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, precepting students and lecturing in the Doctor of Pharmacy Curriculum. She has been a faculty member since 1992. She received her Bachelors Degree and Master of Public Health from the University of Pittsburgh. Medication use policy, evidence-based practice guideline development, medication safety and shortage plans, pharmacys role in national core quality measures, and implementing technology, such as smart infusion pumps, are part the work she leads at the UPMC. She also works with each of UPMCs 15-member hospitals to facilitate similar clinical programs and initiatives. Ms. Skledar has received national recognition for design and application of continuous quality improvement principles to clinical pharmacy programs to promote safe medication practices, including those from American Pharmaceutical Association, Institute for Safe Medication Practices, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists National Best Practice, Hospital and Health-System Association of Pennsylvania, American Pharmaceutical Association Pinnacle Award, and the National Association of Healthcare Quality. She has received local recognition for performance improvement initiatives at the UPMC Performance Improvement Quality Fair each year since 1997. Ms. Skledar has authored over 75 publications in peer-reviewed journals, case books, and book chapters in her specialty area.