- Neurology/Neurological Disorders
- Critical Care
Melissa A. Nestor, PharmD, BCCP
Assistant Professor
Dr. Nestor is a Stroke/Vascuar Neurology critical care pharmacist at UK HealthCare and an assistant professor at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy. Originally from Georgia, Dr. Nestor received her PharmD degree from the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy and then completed both PGY1 Pharmacy Practice & PGY2 Critical Care pharmacy residencies at the University of Kentucky. In addition to her clinical responsibilities, Dr. Nestor is engaged in precepting pharmacy students, pharmacy residents, and interdisciplinary learners in didactic and experiential settings. Her recent scholarly and research interests include acute ischemic stroke management, anticoagulation and reversal, and fibrinolytic medication safety.
Expertise
Positions
- Adjunct Faculty
- Critical Care Clinical Pharmacist, UK Healthcare Stroke/Vascular Neurology
Education
- Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Georgia
- PGY1 Pharmacy Residency, UK Healthcare
- PGY2 Pharmacy Residency in Critical Care, UK Healthcare
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.