Michelle Jakubovics, PharmD, BCPS, BCGP

Dr. Michelle Jakubovics (Friedman) is a graduate of Touro College of Pharmacy where she received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree, and the Touro College Lander College of Arts and Sciences where she received her Bachelor of Science in Biology. After earning her PharmD degree she went on to complete a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency and PGY-2 Internal Medicine Pharmacy Residency at the ASHP-accredited pharmacy residency program at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center located in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Jakubovics is a board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist (BCPS) and geriatric pharmacist (BCGP). Her research interests include diabetes management in the hospital and anticoagulation in special patient populations.  

Clinical Specialty

• Internal Medicine,
• Anticoagulation
• Nephrology
• Pulmonology

Education

• PharmD, Touro College of Pharmacy, NY; 2013
• B.S. in Biology,Touro College, NY; 2009
• PGY-2 Internal Medicine Pharmacy Residency, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, 2015
• PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center; 2014

Honors and Awards

• Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center Excellence in Pharmacotherapy Publication and Presentation Scholarship Award (2015)
• Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center Research Recognition Award, Second Place for Clinical Vignette (2015)
• Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center Excellence in Drug-Induced Diseases Award (2014)
• Touro College of Pharmacy S.N. Roy Medal for Academic Excellence (2013)
• Touro College of Pharmacy Capstone Award (2013)

Research

Area of interest includes incidence of hyper/hypoglycemia in patients continuing oral antidiabetic medications in the internal medicine setting; implementation of an opioid stewardship protocol in a long-term care facility; hypoglycemia rates and management with different Insulin Detemir administration times; safety and efficacy of Warfarin versus Apixaban in patients with severe renal impairment use of direct oral anticoagulants in obese patients.

Publications

View All on Touro Scholar

Teaching Responsibilities

• PHPN 581 – Pharmacotherapeutics I
• PHPN 682 – Pharmacotherapeutics II
• PHPN 694 – Advanced Diabetes Management
• PHPN 722 – Comprehensive Patient Care Management
• PHPN 721 – Drug-Induced Diseases and Toxicology

Hobbies

Baking, biking, spending time with friends and family