Our Team
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Christopher M. Bland
Christopher M. Bland, PharmD, FCCP, FIDSA, BCPS, is the Albert W. Jowdy Professor in Pharmacy Care at the University of Georgia (UGA) College of Pharmacy. Chris completed his Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy. He practices as an infectious diseases pharmacist at the Southeast GA campus in Savannah, GA. Chris is the co-founder of Teach Me Pharm, a platform focused on teaching pharmacology and drug therapy to healthcare professionals using concise, engaging, educational videos. He is also the co-founder of the Southeastern Research Group Endeavor (SERGE-45), an infectious diseases research practice-based network across 14 states, which promotes mentoring of young researchers and completes multicenter research across many diverse facilities. He is an internationally renowned speaker and conducts national pharmacy board preparation courses.
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Trisha N. Branan
Trisha N. Branan, PharmD, BCCCP, FCCM is a Clinical Professor and Assistant Department Head for Professional Education at the UGA College of Pharmacy in Athens, Georgia. She practices as a critical care pharmacist at Piedmont Athens Regional. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the UGA College of Pharmacy and completed post-graduate training at the Augusta University Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia and at University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville, Virginia. She has served in many leadership roles in state and national pharmacy professional organizations, including President of the Georgia Society of Health-System Pharmacists. She has been integral in the design and implementation of the pharmacy curriculum and has been nationally recognized for excellence in pharmacy education.
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W. Anthony Hawkins
W. Anthony Hawkins, PharmD, BCCCP, FCCM is a clinical associate professor at UGA COP and adjunct faculty with the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University. He completed his PharmD at UGA and two years of post-graduate critical care training at Emory University Hospital and practices in adult medical intensive care. Clinically, Dr. Hawkins is nationally recognized for advancing pharmacy practice in fluid stewardship. Dr. Hawkins’ scholarly and teaching efforts focus on using theory and frameworks grounded in cognitive and educational psychology to inform the design of didactic and experiential learning. His goal is to make learning more authentic in an effort to promote professional identity and efficiently develop expert reasoning. This has led to numerous invited presentations for preceptor and faculty development and national recognition for his clinical teaching and educational innovation.
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Andrea Sikora
Andrea Sikora, PharmD, MSCR, BCCCP, FCCM, FCCP is an Associate Professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in the Department of Biomedical Informatics and adjunct faculty at the University of Georgia (UGA) College of Pharmacy. Dr. Sikora graduated from UGA College of Pharmacy, completed her PGY1 Pharmacy Residency and PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Medical Center in Chapel Hill, NC, and completed her Master of Science in Clinical Research from Emory University. She has received several federal grants evaluating applications of artificial intelligence for optimized medication use in the intensive care unit (ICU) and is an author of the book Pay It Forward: A Map to Mentorship in Medicine and InteGREAT: How to make great healthcare teams.
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Susan E. Smith
Susan E. Smith, PharmD, BCCCP, FCCM is Chair of the UGA Critical Care Collaborative (UGAC3) and is an Associate Professor at the UGA College of Pharmacy. She practices as a critical care pharmacist at Piedmont Athens Regional in Athens, Georgia. She completed her Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Pharmacy and completed post-graduate training at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She has an active, extramurally funded research program related to critical care pharmacy practice and education. She has served in numerous nationally elected leadership roles in professional associations. She was additionally a member of Cohort 20 of the AACP Academic Leadership Fellows Program.