Jason Cross, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP
Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice
School
School of Pharmacy
Department
Pharmacy Practice
Office Location
19 Foster 416
Worcester
Office Phone Office Phone: 508.373.5668
About
Professor Cross earned his PharmD from the University of Rhode Island and completed an ASHP-accredited Pharmacy Practice Residency at UMass Memorial Medical Center. He teaches across pharmacotherapeutics, clinical reasoning, patient care seminars, and acute and critical care medicine courses, as well as within the Master of Physician Assistant Studies program.
At Baystate Medical Center, his clinical practice focuses on internal medicine and cardiology, where he precepts students in cardiovascular disease management and interprofessional clinical decision-making. He also serves as a Biopharmaceutical Fellowship Preceptor in collaboration with Pfizer and Takeda Pharmaceuticals.
Education
- PharmD – University of Rhode Island
Research Interests
- Cardiovascular Care
- Impact of Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience Students on Interprofessional Patient Care Rounds
- Interprofessional Education
Featured Affiliations
Massachusetts Society of Health System Pharmacists (MSHP)
WebsiteWestern Massachusetts Society of Hospital Pharmacists
WebsiteEducation
- PharmD – University of Rhode Island
Research Interests
- Cardiovascular Care
- Impact of Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience Students on Interprofessional Patient Care Rounds
- Interprofessional Education
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Selected Publications:
- Cross JE, Aulakh S, Yogaratnam D. Hyperlipidemia. In: Domino FJ, ed. 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2023. 32nd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Yogaratnam D, Aulakh S, Cross JE. Hypertension. In: Domino FJ, ed. 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2023. 32nd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Yogaratnam, D. Asoh, I., Bartlett, D., Bear, M., Belliveau, P., Carey, K.M., Cross, JE., Kanaan, A., Nicolas, S., Pervanas, H., & Silva, M. Advanced Pharmacology Review in Carpenter, D. & Menard, A. 2023. Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Certification Review (1st Ed.). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company.
- Cross JE, Horton E, Yogaratnam D. Respiratory Tract Infections. In: Alldredge B, et al, ed. Applied Therapeutics. The Clinical Use of Drugs. 12th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. January 2023
- DeBellis RJ, Smith BS, Cawley PA, Cross JE. Dosing in renal failure: A pharmacokinetic approach. In: Irwin RS, Rippe JM, editors. Irwin and Rippe’s Intensive Care Medicine. 6th Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; 2007. p. 951 – 985
- DeBellis RJ and Cross JE. Sepsis. In: Aghababian RV, editors. Essentials of Emergency Medicine. 1st Edition. Boston: Jones and Bartlett; 2006. p. 365-71
Honors and Awards
- Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Preceptor of the Year, 2021