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Biography

Gale Garmong, PharmD, TTS, is an Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice in the School of Pharmacy and an Academic Community Pharmacist at ACORx Pharmacy in Carnegie, PA, part of the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Care Network (PPCN/CPESN).

Dr. Garmong graduated with his PharmD from the LECOM School of Pharmacy at Erie in 2014 and completed a PGY1 Community Practice Residency with the University of Pittsburgh and Rite Aid Pharmacy from 2014-15. During his residency, in addition to his community pharmacy patient care and management experiences, he was a member of interprofessional teams at a family health center and a free clinic. Prior to joining the faculty in 2020, Dr. Garmong practiced as a travelling pharmacist in both traditional- and independent-chain community pharmacies, where he provided patient care while dispensing medications, as well as through Medication Therapy Management (MTM), transitions-of-care, immunization, and medication synchronization services. He also served as an Adjunct Instructor of Pharmacy and Therapeutics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy.

Dr. Garmong enjoys getting to know students as they work to develop foundational patient care skills and begin to explore community pharmacy practice in his first-professional-year (PY1) courses, as well as coordinating PPCN training and teaching within community pharmacy electives in the PY3 year. He hosts APPE rotations at ACORx, where PY4 students gain experience providing community-based medication management and health promotion services.

Dr. Garmong is active in community pharmacy practice transformation efforts. He has served as a coach for the national "Flip the Pharmacy" program, which guides community pharmacy teams through adapting their workflows to move "beyond filling prescriptions at a moment in time, to caring for patients over time" as patient care opportunities grow in the community setting. He also serves as Duquesne’s ACT (Academia-Community Transformation) Pharmacy Collaborative champion—connecting these transformation efforts in practice with student pharmacists’ training—and as the advisor for Duquesne’s National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) student chapter.

Dr. Garmong's scholarly interests include interprofessional collaboration and implementation of enhanced services within community pharmacy, as well as teaching strategies to prepare students for practice in this environment. He is passionate about educating and mentoring student pharmacists by creating experiences that help them envision and grow professionally toward their future as collaborative patient care providers, servant-leaders, and advocates, inspired by our university’s Spiritan mission.

Education

  • PharmD, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM), 2014
  • PGY1, Community Practice, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy & Rite Aid, 2015

School

Pharm.D. Program
  • PHBA 310 – The American Health Care System
  • PHPR 300 – Pharmaceutical Calculations
  • PHPR 342W – Pharmacy Practice II: Patient Care Skills II
  • PHPR 479 – Clinical Preparation for Community Pharmacy Practice
  • PHPR 489 – Community Pharmacy Service Implementation and Transformation
Certificate Programs
  • APhA "Delivering Medication Therapy Management Services" Certificate Training Program

Keynote Addresses

Rho Chi Society - Gamma Tau Chapter Induction Ceremony. 2017 Jan 7; Erie, PA.

Redbank Valley High School Commencement Ceremony. 2016 May 25; New Bethlehem, PA.

ACPE-accredited Continuing Education Programs:

Garmong G, Destefano M, Rupert B. Under Pressure: Hypertension Management for Pharmacy Teams. PPA Annual Meeting. 2025 Feb 15; Harrisburg, PA.

Garmong G, Hoover S. Further Beyond the Meds: Enhancing Pharmacy SDoH Programs. PPA Annual Meeting. 2024 Feb 2; Harrisburg, PA.

*Also presented as encore PPA CE Webinar. 2024 Jun 20.

Hatcher T, Garmong G. Under Pressure: Community Pharmacy Team Blood Pressure Collection & Assessment. PPA Annual Meeting. 2024 Feb 2; Harrisburg, PA.

*Also presented as encore PPA CE Webinar. 2024 Jun 11.

Garmong G, Hoover S. Beyond the Meds to the Community: SDoH Screenings & Referrals. PPA Mid-Year Conference. 2023 Feb 24; Lancaster, PA.

Garmong G, Hatcher T, Klek N, Rightnour J. Under Pressure: Blood Pressure Measurement for Community Pharmacy Teams. PPA Mid-Year Conference. 2023 Feb 24; Lancaster, PA.

Garmong G, Hatcher T, Rightnour J, Klek N. Under Pressure Part 2: Community Pharmacy Teams Helping Patients Meet their BP Goals. PPA 2022 Mid-year in the Mid-state Reimagined Conference. 2022 Jan 28; Virtual.

Garmong G. The (Hopefully) Bloodless Battle for Safe Use of DOACs. PPA 2019 Mid-Year Conference. 2019 Jan 26; Gettysburg, PA.
*Also presented as encore PPA CE Webinar. 2019 Aug 12.

Garmong G. Expedition for Value: Developing community pharmacy services. PPA CE Webinar. 2018 Aug 10.

Maher RL, Garmong GE. Starting your new expedition - The trials and tribulations of implementing a clinical service in your community pharmacy. PPA 2017 Annual Conference. 2017 Sept 23; Pocono Manor, PA.

Maher RL, Garmong GE. "One does not simply walk" out of the hospital: community pharmacy collaborating to ensure safe transitions of care. PPA 2016 Mid-Year Conference. 2016 Jan 31; Harrisburg, PA.

Antinopoulos BC, Garmong GE. Building professional relationships: student & new practitioner perspectives on the roles of pharmacist preceptors & mentors. PPA 2015 Mid-Year Conference. 2015 Feb 20; Harrisburg, PA.

Garmong GE, Antinopoulos BC. Two clinical pearls: "One does not simply" discharge a patient: discharge models incorporating community pharmacists to promote safe transitions of care & How to save a life: naloxone for the treatment of opioid overdose. UPMC Pharmacy Grand Rounds. 2015 Feb 18; Pittsburgh, PA.

Garmong G, Mills C, DeBias D. The safe use of canagliflozin. Patient safety updates for pharmacists and technicians, a continuing education seminar by The Northwestern Chapter of the Pennsylvania Society of Health-system Pharmacists. 2014 Mar 27; Erie, PA.

  • Practice Transformation Coach – Flip the Pharmacy Team PPCN [Competitive funding awarded to team]
  • President, Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association (PPA) Educational Foundation Board of Directors, 2024-2025.
  • PPA Finance Committee
  • Past Chair, PPA Health Policy Committee
  • National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) Student Chapter Advisor
  • Duquesne University ACT (Academia-Community Transformation) Pharmacy Collaborative Champion
  • ACT Pharmacy Collaborative Community Pharmacy Practice Transformation Educators Badge Advisory Committee
  • School of Pharmacy Strategic Plan Steering Committee, Student Experience Pillar Lead
  • School of Pharmacy Capstone Examination Committee
  • School of Pharmacy Assessment Committee
  • School of Pharmacy Workload Committee
  • Peer Reviewer, Pennsylvania Pharmacist Journal and Currents in Pharmacy Teaching & Learning
Research Interests
  • Interprofessional Collaboration & Implementation of Enhanced Services in Community Pharmacy
  • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Research Funded

Impact of community pharmacist coaching on targeted medication review completion rates. Primary investigator. Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association Educational Foundation. 2015

Abstracts/Posters

Schoen R, Hatcher T, Garmong G, Stewart-Lynch A. Development and Implementation of a Remote Community Pharmacy and Ambulatory Care Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience.   AACP Annual Meeting. 2021;85 (7), Arlington, VA: American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, 8737.

Hatcher T, Elliott J, Bunk E, Koerner P, Garmong G, Astle J. School of Pharmacy Pandemic Immunization Response: Preparation, Partnership, Performance. American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. 2021;85(7), Arlington, VA: American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, 8739.

Lacombe A, Garmong G, Maher R. Perceptions of eCare Plan documentation among pharmacists at an independent-chain community pharmacy location. American College of Clinical Pharmacy, Virtual Poster Symposium. 2020; Virtual.

Kincman JM, Maher R, Lightfoot M, Hamm M, Garmong G, Weiner DK, Reynolds CF, Karp JF. PREDICTOR: Pharmacy Identification And Primary Care Intervention Of Older Adults At Risk For Suicide. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry Research Day. 2019 Jun 13; Pittsburgh, PA.

Garmong GE, Bacci JL, Berenbrok LA, McGrath SH, Ossman KL, Odukoya OK, McGivney MS. Impact of community pharmacist coaching on targeted medication review completion rates. APhA Annual Meeting & Exposition. 2015 Mar; San Diego, CA.

Covey AD, Garmong GE, Patel MA, Stull AM, Scholl JD. The use of a standardized screening tool to communicate gaps in care in patients with diabetes: An ambulatory care practice model initiative and economic analysis. Poster presentation at: The 49th ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exposition. 2014 Dec 8; Anaheim, CA.

Covey AD, Garmong GE, Patel MA, Stull AM, Scholl JD. The use of a standardized screening tool to communicate gaps in care in patients with diabetes: An ambulatory care practice model initiative and economic analysis. Poster presentation at: PPA 2014 Mid-Year Conference. 2014 Jan 25; Bedford, PA.

Covey AD, Garmong GE, Patel MA, Stull AM, Scholl JD. The use of a standardized screening tool to communicate gaps in care in patients with diabetes: An ambulatory care practice model initiative and economic analysis. Poster presentation at: PSHP 45th Annual Assembly. 2013 Oct 24; Erie, PA.

Publications

Gionfriddo M, Garmong G, Perry M, Stewart-Lynch A, Koerner P. Development of a capstone exam as pre-advanced pharmacy practice experiences domains assessment. Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2025 Mar;17(3):102240. doi: 10.1016/j.cptl.2024.102240.

Garmong GE, Calhoun BC, Colbert A, Grigsby VJ, Mann J, Nagy A, Namey B, Parish MJ, Elliott JP. Academic Center Partnership with Health Department and Church to Rapidly Deploy COVID-19 Vaccine POD Reaching Underserved Populations. Metropolitan Universities. 2022 Jun 11;33(3), 110-137.

Hatcher TM, Schoen RR, Garmong GE, Stewart-Lynch AL. Student pharmacist perspectives of a remote ambulatory care and community pharmacy dual-cohort APPE. J Pharm Pract. 2023 Dec;36(6):1505-1515. doi: 10.1177/08971900221107836.

Pawlak MG, Garmong GE. Completing a peer review.   Pennsylvania Pharmacist. 2023 Oct.

Garmong G, Hatcher T, Rothey A, Klek N. Duquesne University and Hilltop Pharmacy.  In ACT Pharmacy Collaborative (Ed.), 50 Stories from 50 States Multimedia Library.

Garmong G. Q & A: Pharmacists and mental health. Quiet Storm Literary Magazine [Internet]. 27 Aug 2018. 

[Contributor] Renner HM, Carroll JC, Coley KC, Hunt S, McLinden M, Antinopoulos B, McGivney MS. Pharmacist-Prescriber Collaboration Toolkit. University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy; 2018.

Garmong GE, Bacci JL, Berenbrok LA, McGrath SH, Ossman KL, Abraham O, Knass BA, McGivney MS. PPA Foundation grant: final report (Impact of community pharmacist coaching on targeted medication review completion rates). Pennsylvania Pharmacist. 2016 Sept/Oct: 28.

Garmong GE. I'm here for my flu shot, can my child get one as well? Pharmacists Care Blog [Internet]. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association; 2015 Jul 16.

  • 2025 Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association (PPA) Pharmacist of the Year
  • 2024 (Inaugural Cohort), ACT Pharmacy Collaborative Community Pharmacy Practice Transformation Educators Badge