Nicole M. Acquisto, PharmD, BCPS

Clinical Specialist, Emergency Medicine
PGY-1 and PGY-2, Emergency Medicine

Education: PharmD, State University of New York at Buffalo.

Residency Training: ASHP Accredited PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at Kaleida Health, Buffalo General Hospital, 2006; ASHP Accredited PGY-2 Emergency Medicine/Critical Care Specialty Residency at the University of Rochester Medical Center, 2008.

Certifications: Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist 2009; Advanced Cardiac Life Support 2007; Advanced Cardiac Life Support Instructor 2007; Pediatric Advanced Life Support 2008, Antimicrobial Stewardship Certificate 2011, Pharmacist Based Immunization Delivery 2009.

Faculty Appointment: Preceptor, Emergency Medicine, Department of Pharmacy; Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine.

Practice Area: Emergency Medicine. http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/emergency-medicine/

Publications: Thomas MC, Acquisto NM, Patanwala AE, Weant KA, Baker SN. Key articles and guidelines for the emergency medicine pharmacist. Pharmacotherapy (accepted).; Baker S, Acquisto NM, Dodds Ashley E. Evaluation of emergency pharmacist services on antimicrobial stewardship for ambulatory patients discharged from the emergency department. J Pharm Pract (accepted).; Patanwala AE, Acquisto NM, Erstad B. A prothrombin complex concentrate for critical bleeding. Annals of Pharmacotherapy 2011;45:990-9.; Acquisto NM, Gelbard WB. Medication use during pregnancy. Emergency Medicine Reports 2011;32:1-15.; Acquisto NM, Baker SN. Antimicrobial stewardship in the emergency department. Journal of Pharmacy Practice 2011;24:196-202.; Acquisto NM, Hays DP, Fairbanks RJ, et al. The outcomes of emergency pharmacist participation during acute myocardial infarction. Journal of Emergency Medicine (Available online, Sept 2010, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jemermed.2010.06.011).

Awards & Honors: Pharmacy Practice Model Initiative Summit Voting Participant 2010; American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Best Practices Award in Health-System Pharmacy 2008; Researcher of the Year, New York Chapter of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, 2011.

Email: nicole_acquisto@urmc.rochester.edu