Veterans Integrated Service Network 8 Pharmacy Benefits Management Clinical Pharmacy Program Manager and Academic Detailer in Cardiology and Anticoagulation
Veterans Health Administration, Florida
Dr. Parra received an undergraduate degree from Marquette University, and a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Minnesota where he subsequently completed a two-year postdoctoral residency and fellowship in cardiovascular pharmacotherapy. Dr. Parra is a Fellow of the American Heart Association and American College of Clinical Pharmacy. He currently is the Veterans Integrated Service Network 8 PBM Clinical Pharmacy Program Manager and Academic Detailer in Cardiology and Anticoagulation and has a practice site at the West Palm Beach Veterans Affairs Medical Center as a Clinical Pharmacy Practitioner in the Department of Cardiology. He is also a clinical associate professor within the Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy.
Dr. Parra has presented research findings at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, European Society of Cardiology Congress, American Society of Hypertension, and other medical and pharmacy scientific forums. Dr. Parra served as co-chair of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Scientific Sessions Pharmacology Sessions from 2010-2014, faculty of the ACC Core Curriculum 2016-2019, and a member of the American Heart Association’s Council on Clinical Cardiology Clinical Pharmacology Committee from 2017-2021. In addition, Dr. Parra has a significant interest in personalizing anti-hypertensive therapy utilizing impedance cardiography, biomarkers, and 24hr ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. He has several publications and presentations on the topic as well as being co-developer of an app (PRA and HTN) for smartphones to assist with this.
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Sunday, October 29, 2023
15:30 – 16:30 CT