Clinical Specialty

• Geriatrics, Ambulatory Care

Education

• PharmD, University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy; 2016
• Post-Graduate Year 1 (PGY-1) Pharmacy Practice Residency; VA Connecticut Healthcare System
• Post-Graduate Year 2 (PGY-2) Geriatric Pharmacy Residency; VA Connecticut Healthcare System

Biography

Dr. Catherine Liu practices as a geriatric clinical pharmacist at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. Her clinical interests include polypharmacy, long-term care, home-based primary care, dementia, diabetes, hypertension, and transitions of care.

Honors and Awards

• 2016 University of Rhode Island Phi Lambda Sigma Student Leadership Award
• 2015 Brian P Russell Pharmacy Endowment
• 2013-2015 Norman A. and Mary Campbell Scholarship Fund
• 2012 Association of California Recycling Industries Scholarship 2013
• 2012 University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy Scholarship Endowment

Research

• Management of urinary tract infections and asymptomatic bacteriuria at Four Veterans Affairs Community Living Centers
• Anticholinergic medications in veterans with dementia
• Outpatient management of acute respiratory infections

Recent Publications

• Liu C, Balcom S, Carrigan S, Malloy M, Mammba V, Clark P. Gerontology Across the Professions and the Atlantic: Students’ reflective views and voices. Gerontol Geriatr Educ. 2017 Apr-Jun;38(2):158-170.
• Liu C, Hume AL. Fish oil supplements for rheumatoid arthritis: Some beneficial effects. American Pharmacists Association. Pharmacy Today. March 2015
• Liu C, Chmielewska A, Lin L, Kulis-Robitaille C, Cioffi S. Medication use evaluation of diclofenac gel at the Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System. ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, Las Vegas, NV. December 2016.

Professional Service

• American Society of Consultant Pharmacists
• American Society of Health-System Pharmacists

Teaching Responsibilities

• PHRN 834 - Grand Rounds II
• PHPN 784 - Pharmacotherapeutics IV
• PHPN 722 - Comprehensive Patient Care Management
• PHPN 682 - Pharmacotherapeutics II