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Title:Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Rank:Professor
Department:Pharmacy Practice
Phone:515-241-3264
Fax:515-271-4171
Email:darla.eastman@drake.edu


PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

  • Iowa Pharmacy Association (IPA), 2002-present
  • American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), 2007-present
  • Stop the Bleed Ambassador, 2002-present


PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:

  • Clinical Pharmacist, Trauma Services at Iowa Methodist Medical Center (IMMC), 2013-present
  • Residency Advisory Committee at IMMC, 2013-present
  • Surgery Residency Faculty at IMMC, 2013-present
  • Antimicrobial Subcommittee at IMMC, 2013-present


UNIVERSITY SERVICE:

  • Drake Curriculum Assessment Committee, 2018-present
  • Drake Undergraduate Science Collaborative Institute (DUSCI), 2017-present
  • Delta Gamma Faculty Advisor, 2019-present


COLLEGE SERVICE:

  • LKS Faculty Advisor
  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, 2022-present


HONORS & AWARDS:

  • Iowa Pharmacy Foundation Best Poster Award, 2022
  • Hartig Distinguished Professor, 2022
  • Drake CPHS Faculty Preceptor of the Year, 2017, 2011


TEACHING PHILOSOPHY:
Incorporate students in application of evidence-based medicine while modeling best practice.

LATEST PROJECTS & PUBLICATIONS:

Eastman DK. Biostatistics and Literature Review. American Society of Consultant Pharmacists Geriatric Pharmacist Boot Camp. Phoenix, AZ, March 22, 2023.


Eastman DK, Spilman SK, Tang K, Sidwell RA, Pelaez CA. Platelet reactivity testing for aspirin patients who sustain traumatic intracranial hemorrhage. Journal of Surgical Research 2021;263;186-192.


Koenigsfeld CF, Fornoff AS, Eastman DK. Headache. In: Sutton SS, ed. NAPLEX Review Guide. 4th ed., McGraw-Hill, 2021.


Eastman DK, Butler J, Dicken S, Bottenberg M. Insulin therapy for hyperglycemia management in critically ill patients. Journal of Diabetes Mellitus 2021;11:317-327.


Pelaez CA, Spilman SK, Bell CT, Eastman DK, Sidwell RA. Not all head injured patients on antiplatelet drugs need platelets:  Integrating platelet reactivity testing into platelet transfusion guidelines. Injury 2019;50:73–78.


Wall GC, Eastman DK. Peptic Ulcer Disease. In: Murphy JE, Lee MW, eds. Pharmacotherapy Self-Assessment Program, 2016 Book 2. GI/Fluids and Nutrition. Lenexa, KS: American College of Clinical Pharmacy, 2016:49-66.



Quick Facts

Darla Eastman, PharmD

Year began at Drake:
2007

Education:
Drake University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences,
Doctor of Pharmacy

Current Classes I Teach:
PHAR 191: Pharmacotherapy II
PHAR 126: Principles of Nutrition
PHAR 143: Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
PHAR 285: Trauma Surgery Experiential Rotation



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