December 19, 2022
Denise H. Rhoney, Pharm.D., FCCP, FCCM, FNCS, a Ron and Nancy McFarlane Distinguished Professor at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy will be named a Master of Critical Care Medicine (MCCM) by the American College of Critical Care Medicine (ACCM) in January 2023.
According to the Council of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM), the designation of MCCM is based upon Rhoney’s status as a long-standing Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine. The SCCM says the distinction reflects her achievements as a prominent and distinguished leader of national and international stature, personal character, leadership, eminence in clinical practice, outstanding contributions to research and education in critical care and exemplary contributions to SCCM, ACCM and the field of critical care. Rhoney will be officially designated an MCCM at the ACCM Convocation on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023.
“It is an absolute honor to have been nominated and to receive this recognition in January,” said Rhoney. “I have been in critical care my entire career and I am very passionate about researching and working to improve medication outcomes of patients with critical illness. We have so much more work to do for these patients and I look forward to continuing this work. This recognition would not be possible without so many wonderful mentors and colleagues I have worked with throughout my career, so I share this recognition with them.”
Rhoney’s career previously focused on developing and sustaining an active and continuous interdisciplinary clinical research program within intensive care medicine that is focused on the scholarship of application. She has also sustained a research program that is focused on answering research questions directed towards optimizing the care of critically ill patients and improving the dosing and administration of medications.
Her recent career focus is using her strong clinical background and research dedication to interface between practice and education. Her current research efforts are focused on describing the forces driving change in pharmacy practice and education and examining its impact on the evolution of pharmacist’s professional identity. This work has led to an additional focus on the clinical reasoning and clinical decision making associated with pharmacists’ roles and development of educational models that allow for better transition into practice.
Rhoney has authored or coauthored nine book chapters, five book reviews, and more than 100 articles and abstracts published in peer-reviewed journals such as Pharmacotherapy, Neurology, Critical Care Medicine, and Neurocritical Care. She is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the Presidential Award of Teaching Excellence at Wayne State University and the 2019 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Innovations in Teaching Award.
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