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Karen M. Fancher, PharmD, BCOP, is an Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Duquesne University School of Pharmacy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is a graduate of Duquesne University School of Pharmacy and completed a Pharmacy Practice Residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, followed by a Specialty Residency in Oncology Pharmacy Practice at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute in Tampa.
She then spent almost 10 years as a Clinical Pharmacist in the Blood and Marrow Transplant Division at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center before returning to Pittsburgh to work with the West Penn Allegheny Oncology Network.
Dr. Fancher's current practice site is the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center at Passavant Hospital. She presently serves on the faculty for the Board Certification in Oncology Pharmacy (BCOP) Review & Recertification course, as well as on various committees of the Hematology Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA) and the Advanced Topics for Oncology Pharmacy Professionals (ATOPP) Summit. She has repeatedly been voted as the “Teacher of the Year” by students in the School of Pharmacy and has also been nominated for ASHP's Preceptor of the Year Award. Dr. Fancher's research interests include chronic leukemias and ethics in oncology.
SCHOLARSHIP
Podium Presentations
“Chronic Leukemias” – invited faculty and ACPE-accredited lecture at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Board Certification in Oncology Pharmacy (BCOP) Review Course. Washington, DC, May 2014; Dallas, TX, May 2015; Dallas, TX, May 2016; and San Diego, CA, April 2017.
“Lymphomas” – invited faculty and ACPE-accredited lecture at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Board Certification in Oncology Pharmacy (BCOP) Review Course. Dallas, TX, May 2016 and San Diego, CA, April 2017.
“Gynecologic Malignancies” - invited faculty and ACPE-accredited lecture at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Board Certification in Oncology Pharmacy (BCOP) Review Course. Dallas, TX, May 2015.
“Updates in Oncology for the Community Pharmacist” – ACPE-accredited lecture at the 2013 Duquesne University Homecoming. Pittsburgh, PA, October 2013.
"The Basics: Overview of Lung Cancer" - ACPE-accredited invited lecture at the 2013 Hematology Oncology Pharmacists Association Annual Meeting. Los Angeles, CA, March 2013.
Publications
Nightingale G, Saunders IM, Comeau JM, Fancher K, et al. Hematology / Oncology Pharmacy Association Entry-Level Competencies Task Force response statement to the 2016 American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Pharmacotherapy Didactic Toolkit. Pharmacotherapy. 2017 Mar 1. doi: 10.1002/phar.1919. [Epub ahead of print]
Fancher KM, Bunk EJ. Elotuzumab: the first monoclonal antibody for the treatment of multiple myeloma. Journal of the Advanced Practitioner in Oncology. 2016; 7: 542–7.
Fancher KM, Sacco AJ, Gwin RC, Gormley LK and Mitchell CB. Comparison of two different formulas for body surface area in adults at extremes of body size. Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice. 2016 Oct; 22(5): 690-5 and 2015 Sept 18 [Epub ahead of print].
Poster Presentations
“Comparison of two different formulas for body surface area in adults at extremes of body size,” Alicia Sacco, Robert Gwin, Luke Gormley, Caitlin Mitchell and Karen Fancher – poster presentation at the following:
2015 Duquesne University Undergraduate Research & Scholarship Symposium. Pittsburgh, PA, April 2015. Awarded best poster from the Mylan School of Pharmacy.
2015 Hematology / Oncology Pharmacy Association annual meeting. Austin, TX, March 2015 (encore presentation).
2014 American Society of Health System Pharmacists. Anaheim, CA, December 2014.
“Medication use evaluation of calcium and vitamin D supplementation in solid tumor patients receiving denosumab,” Brianne Dixon, Jordan Moore, Elizabeth Phillips and Karen Fancher – poster presentation, 2014 American Society of Health System Pharmacists. Anaheim, CA, December 2014.
COURSES
Current
PHBM441: Hematology, Oncology & Transplantation (Coursemaster)
PHIN451: Advanced Concepts in Oncology (Coursemaster)
Acute Care Concentration – Ethics in Oncology
Problem Based Learning Experiences
Abilities Based Learning Experiences
Past
PHBM 427 - Biomedical Sciences & Therapeutics VI (Hematology/ Oncology/ Transplant/Pulmonary)
HONORS
Voted Duquesne University School of Pharmacy Teacher of the Year:
AY 2016-2017, Class of 2018 – Weekday Pathway. April 2017.
AY 2016-2017, Class of 2018 – Weekend Pathway. April 2017.
AY 2015-2016, Class of 2017 – Weekend Pathway. April 2016.
AY 2014-2015, Class of 2016 – Weekend Pathway. April 2015.
AY 2013-2014, Class of 2015 – Traditional Pathway. April 2014.
AY 2013-2014, Class of 2015 – Weekend Pathway. April 2014.
Nominated for American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists (ASHP) Preceptor Excellence Award: Preceptor of the Year, Fall 2008.
Nominated for the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute Award of Excellence, December 2008.
Team Award winner, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, September 2008.