Harrison School of Pharmacy

Faculty and Staff Directory

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Bio

Education:

• B.S., Pharmacy - Auburn
• Pharm.D. - Auburn, 1996

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E. Kelly Hester, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS, AAHIVP is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice. She graduated with her B.S. in Pharmacy degree in 1994 and Doctor of Pharmacy degree in 1996 from the Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy. She completed an ASHP-accredited Pharmacy Practice residency at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (1996-97). Hester became a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist in 2004 and received the HIV Pharmacist Specialist Credential (AAHIVP) from the American Academy of HIV Medicine in 2010.

Hester worked for three years at UAB in Birmingham serving as a clinical and investigational drug pharmacist in the HIV/AIDS outpatient/research clinic. She then worked at the VA in Tuskegee in the Geriatric Primary Care Clinic and outpatient anticoagulation service. From 2004-2020, she worked as a clinical pharmacist at the Medical Advocacy and Outreach Copeland Care Clinic in Montgomery.

Hester has been an active member of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) chairing several committees including the Programming Committee, Educational Affairs Committee, and Publications Committee. In 2015, she was recognized as Fellow of ACCP. She has also served the Alabama Society of Health-System Pharmacists (AlSHP) as a Council Director and currently serves on the Student Affairs Committee.

Hester was recognized as the 2020 Mahlon G. Turner Pharmacy Fellow in Outreach from the Harrison School of Pharmacy. She was awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award from the Harrison School of Pharmacy in 2014 and has received the Preceptor of Excellence award six times. She was the recipient of the Harrison School of Pharmacy Hargreaves Faculty Mentor Award in 2014.

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Practice Site

Currently, Dr. Hester practices in affiliation with the Baptist Medical Center South Multidisciplinary Specialty Infectious Diseases Clinic in Montgomery, Alabama and the Unity Wellness Clinic in Opelika, Alabama to provide collaborative medication therapy management services for the primary care and HIV medical needs of patients in central Alabama. Areas of clinical interest include metabolic and cardiovascular disease in the HIV population, antiretroviral therapy in pregnancy, HIV pharmacotherapy, and antiretroviral stewardship. Educational scholarship interests include postgraduate education, interprofessional education and professional development.

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Publications

• Eiland LS, Helmer AM, Kelley KW, Hester EK. Redesigning classroom and experiential teaching peer evaluation tools to strengthen the peer review process. New Directions for Teaching and Learning 2020; 162. doi: 10.1002/tl.20402. Published online June 26, 2020.
• Hester EK, Caulder C, Penzak SR. Impact of team-based care on appropriate statin therapy prescribing in HIV-infected patients in the Deep South. J Am Coll Clin Pharm 2020; 3(3): 615-622.
• Bunn HT, Hester EK, Maldonaldo RA, Childress D. Evaluation of human immunodeficiency virus medication errors in a community hospital following the implementation of a pharmacist-led antiretroviral stewardship program. J Am Coll Clin Pharm 2020; 3(3): 593-600.
• Blevins SR, Hester EK, Chastain DB, Cluck DB. Doravirine: a return of NNRTI class? Ann Pharmacother 2020; 54(1): 64-74.
• Hester EK, Caulder CR. Antiretroviral safety in pregnancy: focus on dolutegravir, integrase inhibitors and neural tube defects. Published August 13, 2019. https://www.contagionlive.com/publications/contagion/2019/august/antiretroviral-safety-in-pregnancy-focus-on-dolutegravir-integrase-inhibitors-and-neural-tube-defects

• Hester EK., Astle K. Dolutegravir-rilpivirine, dual antiretroviral therapy for the treatment of HIV-1 infection. Ann Pharmacother 2019; 2019 Feb 13:1060028019831674. 
• Hester EK. HIV/AIDS and Opportunistic Infections. Updates in TherapeuticsÒ: Infectious Diseases Preparatory Review Course. 2018 Edition. American College of Clinical Pharmacy; c2018. p.339-379.
• Hester EK. (2017). Women’s Health. In: Schafer JJ, Cocohoba JM, Sherman EM, & Tseng AL (Eds.). HIV Pharmacotherapy: the pharmacist’s role in care and treatment. Bethesda, MD: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists; p. 271-284.
• Derrick CB, Lu ZK, Caulder CR, Hester EK, Wagner TD, Bookstaver PB. Safety and tolerability of Stribild in the southeast United States. J Int Assoc Prov AIDS Care. 2016; 15(5): 432-9.
• Cluck D, Lewis P, Durham SH, Hester EK. The rise and fall of efavirenz J Int Assoc Prov AIDS Care. 2016; 15(3): 181-3.
• Hester EK, Carroll DG, Kelley KW, Westrick SC. Implementation and evaluation of evidence-based patient care application during a primary care advanced practice experience. Curr Pharm Teach Learn. May-June 2015;7(3): 324-331.
• Tennant SJ, Hester EK, Caulder CR, Lu ZK, Bookstaver PB. Adherence among rural HIV-Infected patients in the deep south: a comparison between single-tablet and multi-tablet once-daily regimens. J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care. 2015; 14(1) 64–71.
• Knapp KK, Mészáros K, Goldsmith PC, McCarter GC, Hester EK, McBane SE, et al. Alternative viewpoint: preparation for residency. Pharmacotherapy. 2014; 34(8):e157-8.
• Hester EK, McBane SE, Bottorff MB, et al. Educational outcomes necessary to enter pharmacy residency training. Pharmacotherapy2014; 34(4):e22-5.
• Hester EK, Carroll DG, Kelley KW. Applying Evidenced-Based Medicine in Primary Care. ACCP Pharmacist’s Ambulatory Care Survival Guide, Third Edition. 2013; 207-212.
• Rathbun RC, Hester EK, Arnold LM, Chung AM, Dunn SP, Harinstein LM, Leber M, et al. Importance of direct patient care in advanced pharmacy practice experiences. Pharmacotherapy 2012 Apr;32(4):e88-97.
• Hester EK. HIV medications: an update and review of metabolic complications. Nutr Clin Pract 2012; 27(1): 53-67. 

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Presentations

• Lifelong Learning:  Teaching and modeling professional continuing education and evidence based medicine for patient care. Teaching and Learning Certificate Academy.  Kelley KW, Hester EK. American College of Clinical Pharmacy. Webinar presentation. June 24, 2020. 
• Evaluation of penicillin allergy in a community hospital. Claybrook K, Harnden A, Hester EK, Bailey N. Poster presentation.  American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting, Las Vegas, NV. December 9, 2019.
• Implementing Teaching and Learning Strategies. Teaching and Learning Certificate Academy. Longyhore D, Hester EK, Kelley KW. American College of Clinical Pharmacy. New York, NY. October 29, 2019.
• Lighting fires for lifelong learning: strategies to revitalize your teaching. Hester EK, Lisenby K, Kelley KW, Andrus M, Carroll D. The Teaching Professor Conference. New Orleans, LA. June 8, 2019.
• Implementing Teaching and Learning Strategies. Teaching and Learning Certificate Academy. Longyhore D, Hester EK, Kelley KW. American College of Clinical Pharmacy. St. Louis, MO. April 27, 2019.
• Assessment of Virologic Outcomes and Common Comorbidities in Patients with HIV Over the Age of 50 in the Deep South. Rodriguez S, Hester EK. Poster presentation.  American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting, Anaheim, CA. December 4, 2018.
• Evaluation of HIV medication errors in a community hospital setting following the implementation of a pharmacist-led antiretroviral stewardship program. Bunn H, Hester EK. Poster presentation.  American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting, Anaheim, CA. December 4, 2018.
• Re-evaluation of HPV vaccination rates in HIV-infected patients indicated for the vaccine. Aune A, Hester EK. Poster presentation.  American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting, Anaheim, CA. December 4, 2018.
• HIV/AIDS and Opportunistic Infections. ACPE Accredited. American College of Clinical Pharmacy. Updates in TherapeuticsÒ: Infectious Diseases Preparatory Review Course.  Jacksonville, FL.  February 17, 2018.
• Lifelong Learning:  Teaching and modeling professional continuing education and evidence based medicine for patient care. Teaching and Learning Certificate Academy.  Hester EK, Kelley KW. American College of Clinical Pharmacy. Jacksonville, FL. February 17, 2018.
• Implementing Teaching and Learning Strategies. Teaching and Learning Certificate Academy. Longyhore D, Hester EK, Kelley KW. American College of Clinical Pharmacy. Jacksonville, FL. February 19, 2018.
• Pharmacotherapeutic challenges of the older HIV patient. American Society of Consultant Pharmacists Annual Meeting. Kississimmi, FL. November 3, 2017.
• Ask the experts: practice issues related to the management of patients with HIV in the ambulatory care setting. American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. CE Webinar Presentation. March 5, 2015.
• Evaluation of appropriate statin therapy in HIV-infected patients in the Southeast. Parrish K, Caulder CR, McDonald MU, Rogers EC, Hester EK.  Poster presentation. 2015 ACCP Global Conference on Clinical Pharmacy.  San Francisco, CA. October 20, 2015.
• Optimizing care of the HIV patient in the ambulatory care setting: role of the pharmacist. American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Midyear Clinical Meeting. CE Presentation. Anaheim, CA. December 9, 2014.
• Updates in reproductive health for patients living with HIV. Infectious Diseases and Women’s Health PRN. Platform presentation. American College of Clinical Pharmacy Annual Meeting, Austin, TX. October 14, 2014.

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