William Joseph Hitch, Pharm.D BCPS CPP 644 Welsh Partridge Circle Biltmore Lake, NC 28715 828-257-4464 Education ASHP Accredited Primary Care Specialty Residency Mission Hospitals/Mountain Area Health Education Center Doctor of Pharmacy Eshelman School of Pharmacy Chapel Hill, NC Bachelor of Arts Chapel Hill, NC Professional Experience -- Employment History Director Department of Pharmacotherapy Mountain Area Health Education Center Assistant Professor of Clinical Education Eshelman School of Pharmacy Clinical Assistant Professor School of Medicine Associate Director Department of Pharmacotherapy Mountain Area Health Education Center Primary Care Specialty Resident Mission Hospitals/Mountain Area Health Education Center 2004-2005 2000-2004 1996-2000 2011-present 2005-2011 2004-2005 Certification and Licensure Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner 2010 Board Certified in Pharmacotherapy 2006 Registered Pharmacist in North Carolina (#17220) 2004 Honors and Awards Mountain Area Health Education Center Faculty Teaching Award 2007
Bibliography (*Peer Reviewed): *Scott MA, Hitch WJ, Wilson CG, Lugo AM. Billing for Pharmacists Cognitive Services in Physicians Offices: Multiple Methods of Reimbursement JAPhA 2012; 52(2):175-80. Sederstrom J. Come Together Drug Topics July 2011. Interview with Mollie Scott, Bill Hitch, and Lisa Ray, MD regarding the pharmacist s role in PCMH *Scott M, Hitch B, Colvin G, Ray L. Integration of Pharmacists into a Patient-Centered Medical Home JAPhA 2011; 51(2):161-166. *Hitch B, Ransom M. Making An Impact: An Adventure into International Pharmacy JAPhA 2009; 49(6):808-812. Hitch B. Can Warfarin Cause a Lupus-Like Reaction? Evidenced-Based Practice 2008; 11(1):6-7 Scott M, Hitch B, and Jackson VL. Hospital Admission Associated with Medicare Part D Doughnut Hole American Journal of Health-Systems Pharmacy 2007; 64:1029-30. *Hitch W. APHA Abstracts of Contributed Papers: Outcomes Assessment of Pharmacist Recommendations in an Outpatient Based Medication Assistance Program. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association 2006; 46(2):219-296 Hitch B, and Scott M. The Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner: Implementing an Innovative Pharmacotherapy Model at MAHEC Family Health Center. 2004 Buncombe County Medical Society Bulletin 15(3):14 Hitch B. Preventive Care in the Adult Diabetic Patient Mission Hospitals Pharmacy Newsletter June/July 2004:1-4 Presentations Hitch, B and Gilmer, B. Team Based Care Opportunities in Pharmacy and Medicine. Invited presentation for undergraduates at Davidson College, 2015 Hitch, B. Safety Concerns with Proton Pump Inhibitors. Grand Rounds presentation at Mission Hospitals, 2014 Hitch, B. Dental Pharmacotherapy. Invited presentation for MAHEC Dental Residency, MAHEC 2014 Hitch, B, Scott, M, Michalets, E, Pittinger, A. The Weave: How to Embed Interprofessional Activities and Team Based Care Into Existing Experiential Experiences. Invited presentation for AACP, Dallas, TX, 2014 Hitch, B. Role of the Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner. Invited speaker at CPP Dinner, MAHEC, 2014 Hitch B. Case Based Approach to Insulin Management. Invited presentation for Grand Rounds, Mission Hospitals, 2012 Hitch B. Updates in Heart Failure Management. Invited presentation at UNC/MAHEC Seminar in the Mountains Continuing Education program, 2012 Hitch B. Careers in Pharmacy Invited presentation at the UNC Eshelman School of
Pharmacy Satellite Campus,, 2012 Hitch B. PPIs in the News: Recent Safety Data. Invited presentation at MAHEC regional conference,, 2011 Hitch B. Optimally Managing Anticoagulation in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: Tried and True Methods and New Alternatives. Invited presentation at MAHEC regional conference,, 2011 Hitch B. Insulin Management for Nursing. Invited presentation at MAHEC regional conference for nurses,, 2010 Hitch B. Making Sense of Cholesterol. Invited presentation for lay public at Family Health Center,, 2009 Hitch B. All About Insulin. Invited presentation at Grand Rounds, Mission Hospital,, 2009 Hitch B. All About Insulin. Invited presentation at MAHEC regional conference,, 2009 Hitch B. Antibiotic Overview. Invited presentation for MAHEC regional conference for nurses,, 2009 Hitch B. Why Did They Write For That? Studies that Changed Prescribing. Invited presentation for North Carolina Association of Pharmacists Pharmacy Practice Seminar, Wilmington, NC, 2008 Hitch B. Antibiotic Overview. Invited presentation for MAHEC regional conference for nurses,, 2008 Hitch B. Key Papers of 2007 Invited presentation for North Carolina Association of Pharmacists Acute Care Forum, Concord, NC 2008 Hitch B. Management of Chronic Heart Failure: Beyond ACE Inhibitors and Beta Blockers. Invited presentation for Grand Rounds, Mission Hospitals, Asheville NC, 2007 Hitch B. Drug Therapy Issues in Dentistry. Invited presentation for MAHEC Dentistry regional conference,, 2007 Hitch B. New Drugs for Diabetes. Invited presentation for MAHEC regional conference,, 2006 Hitch B. Outcomes Assessment of Pharmacist Recommendations in an Outpatient Medication Assistance Program. APhA Spring meeting San Francisco, CA, 2006 Hitch B. Jackson VL. Effects of Pharmacist Lead Interventions in an Outpatient Pharmacotherapy Clinic for Patients with Chronic Heart Failure. Invited poster presentation at ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting in Las Vegas, NV. Hitch B. Acute Management of Ischemic Stroke. Invited presentation for MAHEC regional conference,, 2006 Hitch B. Smoking Cessation: How to Help your Patients Quit. Invited Presentation for
MAHEC regional conference,, 2006 Hitch B. Career Opportunities in Pharmacy. Invited presentation for college students at UNC- Asheville, 2005 Hitch B. Safe and Effective Use of Medications. Invited radio interview on Evening Rounds, WCQS, October, 2004 Teaching Record: Teaching Commitments 1. Assistant Director and Preceptor for ASHP Accredited PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency in the Ambulatory Care setting (in collaboration with Mission Hospitals) 2. Coordinator for Pharmacotherapy Didactics lectures for family medicine medical residents 3. Lecturer for Pharmacotherapy, Geriatrics, and Dental Residency Didactics 4. Lecturer for Primary Care Clinical Meeting (regional pharmacy seminar series coordinated by MAHEC) 5. Course Coordinator for PHCY 491 and 492 (PY4 seminar- facilitator for student presentations, Top 200 Drugs, Seven Habits discussion, Service Learning, and others 6. Small Group Facilitator for PHCY 450 (Spring 2014) 7. Outpatient Clinical Scholars Program Coordinator ( 8. Preceptor for pharmacy students in Inpatient Family Medicine, Research, and Global Health 9. Project mentor for research projects for pharmacy students and residents 10. Pharmacy Coordinator of Problem Based Learning series (interdisciplinary case based series for pharmacy students and family medicine interns) Professional Service Pharmacy faculty for annual international medical brigades to Intibuca, Honduras with family medicine physicians, pharmacists, and students 2007-present Invited Member- Mission Hospitals Pharmacy and Therapeutics Subcommittee Volunteer at the Asheville Buncombe County Christian Medical Ministries free clinic August 2003-present Member NCAP Health System Practice Forum Executive Committee 2013- present Member NCAP Provider Status Committee 2013-present Member North Carolina Association of Pharmacists 2003-present Member American Pharmacists Association 2003- present Member American Society of Health Systems Pharmacist 2003- present Reflective Statement I consider myself first and foremost, a clinician and teacher. As a clinician my goals are to consistently practice evidenced based medicine and provide optimal quality care to my patients. As a family medicine pharmacist, my scope of practice is large and I see patients both in the inpatient and outpatient settings. My areas of clinical interest are broad but include heart failure, atrial fibrillation, anticoagulation, infectious disease, international medicine and smoking cessation. I have been fortunate enough to be part of an annual international medical brigade to Intibuca, Honduras for the past 6 years. During this time we provided medical care to over 5000 patients with minimal access to quality healthcare, many living on less than 2 dollars a day. This experience has
profoundly affected my views of healthcare quality and my beliefs about the intrinsic rights of humans to health care resources. As health care providers I feel we are obligated to identify those patients at the highest risk of slipping through the cracks of the healthcare system and connecting them with quality resources to manage their illnesses, or even better, to manage their preventative care before chronic disease develops. The most rewarding aspect of my career has been my participation in the development of students and residents. My goals as a teacher are to impart the importance of compassion for patients, the necessity for an evidenced based approach, the value of utilizing consensus guidelines, and the importance of a collaborative approach to optimize patient care. I have been blessed with the opportunity to precept 4 th year pharmacy students for the past 8 years. Each year I witness the transformation of nervous unsure pharmacy students on orientation day in August into confident capable clinicians by graduation day. Knowing that I was in some way a part of this transformation for many pharmacy students is one of the true joys of my career. In 2011, I became one of the directors of the Pharmacy Practice Residency Program through Mission Hospitals. Working with more advanced level learners over a longer period of time has allowed me to teach in a different way at a different level, which has also been extremely rewarding. In addition to pharmacy learners, teaching medical residents is a major area of focus in my career. To date, I have taught 8 years of family medicine residents and consistently am amazed by their compassion, knowledge, and clinical reasoning. As a pharmacotherapy faculty member, I focus my teaching on helping them design evidenced based, rational, patient specific drug therapy plans with thoughtful consideration of appropriate monitoring, and redesign of regimens that fail to meet the patient s goals. I received the faculty teaching award from my family medicine residents in 2007, and to my knowledge, am the first pharmacist ever to receive this award. I believe research is the foundation of clinical excellence and is an essential component of creating a rational approach to optimizing drug therapy. It is important for us, as pharmacists and clinicians, to add to the current body of literature and aid our colleagues in optimizing patient outcomes by writing about what we do. My goal is to continually hone my clinical skill set to better serve my patients and teach learners, both from pharmacy and medical backgrounds, about the importance of optimizing drug therapy. I hope bring a renewed focus to interdisciplinary education, as a way to train the new healthcare provider about the importance of the team approach to care, as I believe this is the best healthcare model for optimizing patient care in the years to come.