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Vicki Groo, PharmD is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Departments of Pharmacy Practice and Medicine,
Section of Cardiology at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). She obtained her Bachelor of Science in
Pharmacy degree at The University of Toledo and Doctor of Pharmacy degree at The Ohio State University. She
then completed a residency in cardiology and critical care at UIC. Dr. Groo currently practices in the Heart Center
at The University of Illinois Hospital and Health Science Center. In her tenure in the heart failure clinic, she has
been expanding the role of the clinical pharmacist including laboratory monitoring, self-care assessment and
counseling and most recently starting an independent pharmacist managed clinic to optimize medication use in
heart failure patients. Dr. Groo is actively involved in industry sponsored and independent research. She has
conducted many studies in cardiovascular therapeutics and medication adherence. In addition to her clinical
practice and research, Dr. Groo is heavily involved in teaching at UIC. She lectures in the core therapeutics course
and precepts P4 students, PGY1 residents and PGY2 residents specializing in Cardiology and Ambulatory Care. Dr.
Groo has taken an interest in UIC’s international program by providing lectures to visiting students from Taiwan,
master’s students from Hong Kong, and precepting visiting pharmacists from Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and
Singapore.
Alan Lau, Pharm.D. is Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Director of International Clinical Pharmacy Education at
the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Pharmacy. He obtained his Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy
and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees at the State University of New York at Buffalo and then completed a clinical
pharmacy residency at UIC. He pioneered the development of clinical pharmacy services for renal failure patients
on dialysis. Dr. Lau had obtained many research grants for clinical and laboratory research in renal
pharmacotherapeutics and clinical pharmacology, with a recent focus on mineral and bone disorder in chronic
kidney disease. He has published many research papers and book chapters, including chapters in the textbooks
Pharmacotherapy, Applied Therapeutics - The Clinical Use of Drugs and Basic Skills in Interpreting Laboratory Data.
Dr. Lau was one of the founding members of the Nephrology Practice and Research Network of the American
College of Clinical Pharmacy. In addition, he had served on the Board of Director and as Chairman of the Renal
Scientific Section in the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Dr. Lau was elected to be
Vice-chairman of the Nephrology/Urology Expert Committee of United States Pharmacopeia (USP) in 2007. In
2010, he was elected a Distinguished Practitioner to the National Academies of Practice in Pharmacy. In 2011, Dr.
Lau was appointed by the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) to be Professional Development Associate
– International Programs. With a passion for advancing global pharmacy education and practice, Dr. Lau has been
invited to give lectures and organize many programs on pharmacotherapy and clinical pharmacy service and
education development in various countries, including Japan, South Korea, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand,
Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and Malta.
Michael S. Maddux, Pharm.D., FCCP is Executive Director of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. A clinical
pharmacist by training, he received the Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of California, San Francisco,
and completed residency training at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Maddux served on the University of
Illinois clinical pharmacy faculty from 1980 – 1991, where he developed and maintained a clinical practice and
residency/fellowship program in solid organ transplantation. In 1991 he moved to the St. Louis College of
Pharmacy as Professor and Director of the Division of Pharmacy Practice, a post he held until joining ACCP as its
second Executive Director in 2004. During his faculty career, he received awards for practice and teaching
accomplishments, including teaching awards in Chicago and St. Louis, and the ACCP Clinical Practice Award. He has
published regularly in the pharmacy and medical literature, focusing on clinical problems and pharmacotherapy in
the organ transplant recipient, ability-based education, and curriculum development. Dr. Maddux lives in St. Louis,
Missouri, with his wife Susan, who is also a clinical pharmacist.
Dr. Zachary Stacy, Pharm.D., MS, FCCP, BCPS, is Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice at the St. Louis College
of Pharmacy. He earned his Bachelor of Science degrees in Chemistry and Biology from Blackburn College and his
Masters in Chemistry degree from Southern Illinois University. Dr. Stacy completed his Doctor of Pharmacy degree
at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy and a specialty residency in internal medicine at St. Luke’s Hospital in
Chesterfield, Missouri. He is a board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist and maintains a clinical practice in
cardiology at Mercy Hospital St. Louis. Dr. Stacy’s didactic responsibilities include ischemic heart disease, heart
failure, peripheral arterial disease, and venous thromboembolism at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy. He is an
adjunct clinical professor in the Physician Assistant program at Saint Louis University and serves as an ACLS
instructor. Dr. Stacy has won numerous teaching awards including the 2005 Excellence in Clinical Precepting, the
2009 Joe E. Haberle Outstanding Educator of the Year Award, and the 2010 Missouri Pharmacy Association Faculty
Member of the Year Award. His primary research interests include the prevention of venous thromboembolism
and the management of peripheral arterial disease. He has authored numerous articles, reviews, and book
chapters and frequently provides presentations at state, national, and international conferences. In 2013, Dr. Stacy
was named a Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. He is an active member of numerous pharmacy
organizations including the ACCP and ASHP.
Alan Gross, Pharm.D. BCPS is Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice at the University of Illinois at
Chicago (UIC) College of Pharmacy and Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist at University of Illinois Hospital and
Health Sciences System. He obtained his Doctor of Pharmacy from Purdue University. Subsequently, he completed
his PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at Henry Ford Hospital and his PGY2 Infectious Diseases Residency at
Midwestern University Chicago College of Pharmacy. Dr. Gross's research interests include the epidemiology and
treatment of multidrug-resistant organisms and antimicrobial stewardship-related outcomes. He has published in
journals including Clinical Infectious Diseases, American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, and Infection Control
and Hospital Epidemiology. In 2010 he was awarded Resident of the Year by the Southeastern Michigan Society of
Health-System Pharmacists and was also awarded the ICAAC Infectious diseases fellows grant by the American
Society of Microbiology. Dr. Gross is an active member of the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP) and
has served on multiple committees to promote antimicrobial stewardship and related education.