Suzanne Harris, PharmD, BCPP, CPP

Suzanne Harris

Title

Clinical Assistant Professor, Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner- Psychiatry

Residency Associated Title and Involvement

Preceptor - PGY2 Psychiatry

Personal

In addition to my passion helping to develop aspiring psychiatric pharmacists, I strive to take care of my own mental health and well-being. I enjoy traveling (especially beach locales), hiking, and trying new food and cuisines.

Education

Undergraduate: University of Texas - Austin

School of Pharmacy: UT College of Pharmacy in Austin

PGY1: Kaiser Permanente Colorado Region in Denver, Colorado - Psychiatric Specialty

PGY2: UNC Hospitals and Clinics (Psychiatry)

Rotation Title

Psychosomatics clinic (joint with Psychiatry consults for PGY2 psych)

Rotation Description:

Psychosomatics psychiatry clinic occurs once weekly on Tuesday morning. It is a teaching clinic with psychiatry residents, medical students, pharmacist, and pharmacy residents or students. It is a unique population and the goals of clinic are: 1) to get better at outpatient psychiatry, 2) to appreciate the interplay of medical and psychiatric conditions, 3) to better understand psychiatric phenomenology when combined with complex medical illness, 4) to better understand the complexities of using psychiatric medications in the medically ill. The pharmacy team plays an integral role in evaluating what potential drug interactions do we need to consider between transplant (current or future) and psychotropic medications, as well as disease-state interactions (i.e. renal or hepatic-impairment, poor perfusion, etc) and how that affects meds we choose.