Dr. Kevin Sneed - (Enter year(s) attended - graduated)

Tampa, FL (May 24, 2007) – USF Health is expanding to create a Division of Clinical Pharmacy and leading the new efforts in pharmaceutical education and service will be Kevin Sneed, PharmD. Dr. Sneed began his role as clinical director and assistant dean of the Division of Clinical Pharmacy on May 1st. The new division is housed in the USF Department of Family Medicine.

For USF Health, it is the first ever clinical pharmacy division . “I am very excited to join USF Health. It presents an outstanding opportunity to integrate the pharmacy profession with the overall missions of USF Health-patient care, education and research”, said Dr. Sneed who is no stranger to USF Health. He has been a visiting professor at USF since 1999 and is an 8 year veteran of Florida A&M University (FAMU).

The newly created division of clinical pharmacy has several missions. Under Dr. Sneed’s leadership, it will expand service lines throughout the various clinical departments of the USF College of Medicine, including the two Centers for Advanced Healthcare under construction on the campus of Tampa General Hospital near Downtown Tampa and the university’s main campus in North Tampa.

 Other areas of concentration for Dr. Sneed and his team will be translational clinical research and strengthening the interdisciplinary educational programs currently available for medical and nursing students. “I think it’s important to make USF Health as truly interdisciplinary as it can be in regards to pharmaceutical education and services”, said Dr. Sneed. He will join the core group of professors engaged in teaching the innovative, interdisciplinary curriculum.

“Kevin Sneed exudes professionalism”, “He is the most astute PharmD clinician I have ever met” – just some of the ways Dr. Sneed is described by USF Health leaders.

H. James Brownlee, Jr.,MD, Chair of the USF Department of Family Medicine said “As a FAMU faculty he helped several of my USF faculty with publications. I told him within a year of seeing him ‘someday you will be Dean of a college of pharmacy!’ I think he is clearly a lot closer to that position, maturing as an outstanding clinician and researcher here at USF.”

At FAMU’s College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. Sneed was an Associate Professor. He shall remain as adjunct Ambulatory/Primary Care Pharmacy Preceptor for the Tampa Division of FAMU’s College of Pharmacy. “I would like to congratulate Dr. Sneed in his new position to lead the new Division of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of South Florida” said Dr. Donald Palm of FAMU’s College of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences. “His natural ability to motivate our students to excel academically in the Professional Program is irreplaceable.

 Dr. Sneed’s numerous scholarly contributions and dedication to the profession of Pharmacy and the College of Pharmacy at Florida A&M University are forever appreciated.”

Dr. Sneed’s links to Tampa predate his time at the USF College of Medicine. He completed an Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Practice Specialty Residency at Bay Pines Veteran’s Administration Medical Center, where he was involved with initiating a Home-Based Warfarin Monitoring program for patients enrolled in the Hospital-Based Primary Care program. As a practicing clinical pharmacist in the Department of Family Medicine, he initiated clinical pharmacy services in the department long before the new division of clinical pharmacy was created - including an Anticoagulation Clinic, a Metabolic Disorders Clinic, and a Medication Management Clinic. He also assisted with the initiation of the USF Pre-Diabetes Clinic, and also participated in a Cardiomyopathy Clinic, which is managed by the Cardiology Group.

Dr. Sneed has research interests in the pharmacological treatment of patients with Cardiac Metabolic Disorders, Statin-Induced Myalgias, and is active in community healthcare initiatives. Further research endeavors include examining Health Care Disparities in the treatment of cardiovascular and cancer-related disorders. He has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals, and has participated in several grant projects and clinical trials.

Story by: Lissette Campos
To contact Dr. Kevin Sneed at USF Health: (813) 974-5699