- Critical Care
Melanie Laine, PharmD
Assistant Professor
Dr. Melanie Laine is currently a Critical Care Pharmacist in the Medical ICU at UK HealthCare. Originally from Houston, TX, she obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Biology from Texas A&M University prior to attending the University of Houston where she obtained her PharmD in 2014. She completed post-graduate residency training at UK HealthCare, where she specialized in critical care and is currently board certified in critical care pharmacy (BCCCP). In addition to medical ICU, her practice and research interests include fluid resuscitation in sepsis, invasive candidiasis in medical critically ill patients, and pharmacotherapy in advanced cardiovascular life support.
Expertise
Education
- Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Houston College of Pharmacy
- Bachelor of Science, Biology, Texas A&M University
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.