Ann Yapel, PharmD, BCACP

Ann currently practices ambulatory clinical pharmacy at both the Duluth Family Medicine Residency Clinic and Essentia Health Lakeside Family Practice Clinic. In this role the pharmacist provides Comprehensive Medication Management Services primarily by direct patient care encounters. Other responsibilities include participation in a health care team, providing education to medical providers and ancillary staff as well as precepting both students and residents. Ann feels strongly that educating patients enhances their medication experience and medical care overall.

ACCP (American College of Clinical Pharmacy), DAP (Duluth Area Pharmacist), MPhA (Minnesota Pharmacists Association)

Primary interests are quality improvement and implementation science. Currently working on two grant funded projects.

Project one: Bridging Community Mental Health and Primary Care to Improve Medication Monitoring and Outcomes for Patients with Mental Illness taking Second Generation Antipsychotics (HDC/DFMC Bridge Project - Phase 1: Group Concept Mapping)

Project two: Implementing Pharmacogenetics into a Medication Therapy Management Practice through the Development of a Clinical Pharmacogenetics Consult Service at the University of Minnesota, College of Pharmacy

MDH Rural Family Medicine Residency Program Grant funding

“Developing and Refining Residency Orientation to Facilitate Pharmacist-Physician Collaboration in a Family Medicine Residency Program”

Authors: Danielle MacDonald, PharmD, BCACP, Ann Yapel, PharmD, BCACP, Keri Hager, PharmD, BCACP, Heather Pett-Taylor, MD, and Kate Dean, MBA