- Pharmacy Practice
- Critical Care
Breanne Mefford, PharmD
Assistant Professor
Dr. Mefford received her Bachelors of Science in Biology and Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of South Carolina. She completed her PGY1 pharmacy practice residency at Saint Joseph East in Lexington, Kentucky and a PGY2 critical care specialty residency at Vidant Medical Center with East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. She practices in the Pulmonary/Medical Intensive Care Unit at UK HealthCare and precepts APPE, PGY1, and PGY2 residents. Dr. Mefford teaches in integrated drug and diseases in critical care and is involved with the mentorship program at the college of pharmacy. Dr. Mefford’s research interests include pharmacotherapy in acute respiratory distress syndrome, acute kidney injury in the critically ill population, opioid immunomodulation, and paralysis recall.
Expertise
Positions
- Adjunct Faculty
- Clinical Pharmacist, UK Healthcare Chandler Pulmonary and Medical Intensive Care Unit
Education
- Bachelors of Science in Biology, University of South Carolina
- Doctor of Pharmacy, University of South Carolina
- PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, Saint Joseph East
- PGY2 Pharmacy Practice Residency in Critical Care, Vidant Medical Center
We wish to remember and honor those who inhabited this Commonwealth before the arrival of the Europeans. Briefly occupying these lands were the Osage, Wyndott tribe, and Miami peoples. The Adena and Hopewell peoples, who are recognized by the naming of the time period in which they resided here, were here more permanently. Some of their mounds remain in the Lexington area, including at UK’s Adena Park.
In more recent years, the Cherokee occupied southeast Kentucky, the Yuchi southwest Kentucky, the Chickasaw extreme western Kentucky and the Shawnee central Kentucky including what is now the city of Lexington. The Shawnee left when colonization pushed through the Appalachian Mountains. Lower Shawnee Town ceremonial grounds are still visible in Greenup County.
We honor the first inhabitants who were here, respect their culture, and acknowledge the presence of their descendants who are here today in all walks of life including fellow pharmacists and healthcare professionals.