2018 Outstanding Alumnus Award Winner
Dr. Dickerson is a tenured professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science and serves as clinical coordinator and clinical pharmacy specialist for the Nutrition Support Service at Regional One Health. His practice and research is focused upon the metabolic support of the critically ill patient.
Dr. Dickerson has authored more than 170 publications, 20 book chapters, 110 scientific abstracts, and given 250 invited presentations nationally and internationally. He has trained 72 advanced (PGY2) pharmacy residents, research fellows, and international pharmacists.
Dr. Dickerson is a board-certified nutrition support pharmacist and a fellow in multiple professional societies. In 2012, he was the first pharmacist to receive the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition’s highest honor, the Jonathan Rhoads Lecture Award, for major contributions to the fields of nutrition and metabolic support.
He is also the recipient of multiple other honors, including the 2015 Clinical Practice Award from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, the 2016 Excellence in Nutrition Support Education Award for excellence in the delivery of professional education in the field of clinical nutrition, and the 2018 Stanley Serlick Award for contributions to improving safe practices for parenteral nutrition from the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, the 2010 John M. Kinney International Nutrition Award for the most outstanding original work relevant to the field of general nutrition published in the journal Nutrition, and the 2009 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists’ Sustained Contributions to the Literature Award for significant contributions to pharmacy and medical literature.
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