Melissa Pleva, PharmD, BCPS, BCNSP, BCCCP

Pharmacy Manager - Specialty Clinical Services
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Rotations Offered: Pharmacy Practice Management; PGY2 HSPAL Committee Leadership
mpleva@med.umich.edu
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Biography

I currently manage the Clinical Pharmacist team in the UMH Specialty Pharmacy. I am involved in expanding the clinical services provided by our Specialty Clinical Pharmacists. I have prior experience in acute care as a Clinical Specialist in critical care and nutrition support and acute care pharmacy management. I serve as co-chair of our Pharmacy Clinical Practice Committee.

Pharmacy School Attended: University of Wisconsin (2004)

Other Training:

  • PGY1 Pharmacy: Ohio State University (2005)
  • Specialty Residency in Nutrition Support/Critical Care: Ohio State University (2006)
  • Will complete MBA degree December 2022

Areas of Interest

Pharmacy practice advancement; Developing metrics to describe and monitor clinical services, demonstrating and optimizing the value of clinical pharmacy services; Use of technology to support clinical pharmacy services

Honors & Awards

2020-2021 Preceptor of the Year, Michigan Medicine PGY1/PGY2 HSPAL Residency Program; 2010 Preceptor of the Year, University of Michigan College of Pharmacy

Published Articles or Reviews

  • Pleva MR, Kraft MD. Parenteral Nutrition. In: Chisholm-Burns MA, Schwinghammer TL, Wells BG, Malone PM, Kolesar JM, DiPiro JT, eds. Pharmacotherapy Principles and Practice. Sixth Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2022.
  • Farina N, Nordbeck S, Montgomery M, Cordwin L, Blair F, Cherry-Bukowiec J, Kraft MD, Pleva MR, Raymond E. Early enteral nutrition in mechanically ventilated patients with COVID-19 infection. Nutrition in Clinical Practice. 2021;36:440-448. First published March 2021. DOI 10.1002/ncp.10629.

    Lashinsky JN, Suhajda JK, Pleva MR, Kraft MD. Use of integrated clinical decision support tools to manage parenteral nutrition ordering: Experience from an academic medical center. Nutrition in Clinical Practice. 2021;36:418-426. First published Feb 2020. DOI: 10.1002/ncp.10469

  • Franz N, Pleva M, Nordbeck S. Lipid emulsion therapies and type 1 hypersensitivity reactions: Risk assessment and management. Nutrition in Clinical Practice. 2021;36:398-405. First published Nov 2019. DOI: 1.1002/ncp.10043
  • Franz ND, Nordbeck S, Doellner C, Pleva MR. Expanding role of novel-source lipid emulsions. Update to Pharmacotherapy Principles and Practice. McGraw-Hill. June, 2020.
  • Flieller LA, Alaniz C, Pleva MR, Miller JT. Incidence of rebound hypertension after discontinuation of dexmedetomidine. Pharmacotherapy. 2019;39:970-974.
  • Pleva MR, Kraft MD. Parenteral Nutrition. In: Chisholm-Burns MA, Schwinghammer TL, Malone PN, Kolesar JM, Lee KC, Bookstver PB, eds. Pharmacotherapy Principles and Practice. Fifth Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2019.
  • Lashinsky JN, Suhajda JK, Pleva MR, Kraft MD. Use of integrated clinical decision support tools to manage parenteral nutrition ordering: Experience from an academic medical center. Nutrition in Clinical Practice. 2020. Epub ahead of print DOI: 10.1002/ncp.10469
  • Franz N, Pleva M, Nordbeck S. Lipid emulsion therapies and type 1 hypersensitivity reactions: Risk assessment and management. Nutrition in Clinical Practice. 2019. Epub ahead of print DOI: 1.1002/ncp.10043
  • Flieller LA, Alaniz C, Pleva MR, Miller JT. Incidence of rebound hypertension after discontinuation of dexmedetomidine. Pharmacotherapy. 2019;39:970-974.
  • Scherkenbach LA, Kraft MD, Stout SM, Dorsch MP, Chen X, Tran H-D, Pleva MR. Impact of an intravenous magnesium shortage on potassium doses in adult surgical patients receiving parenteral nutrition. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. 2016;40:688-698.
  • Pleva MR, Kraft MD. Parenteral Nutrition. In: Chisholm-Burns MA, Schwinghammer TL, Malone PN, Kolesar JM, Lee KC, Bookstver PB, eds. Pharmacotherapy Principles and Practice. Fifth Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2019.
  • Kraft MD, Pleva MR. Parenteral Nutrition. In: Schwinghammer TL, Koehler JM, Borchert JS, Slain D, Park SK, eds. Pharmacotherapy Casebook: A Patient-Focused Approach. TenthEdition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2017.
  • Kraft MD, Pleva MR.Parenteral Nutrition. In: Chisholm-Burns MA, Schwinghammer TL, Wells BG, Malone PM, Kolesar JM, DiPiro JT, eds. Pharmacotherapy Principles and Practice. Fourth Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2016.