Kristy H. Lucas, PharmD

Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy 
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine

West Virginia University School of Pharmacy
Charleston Division
110 MacCorkle Ave. S.E.
Charleston, WV  25304

Phone:  304-347-1377
Fax:  304-347-1350
Email: klucas@hsc.wvu.edu

Link to full CV - PDF

Education
Pharmacy Practice Residency, Charleston Area Medical Center
Doctor of Pharmacy, Campbell University School of Pharmacy

Practice Area
Internal Medicine- Inpatient and Outpatient Internal Medicine

Other Service
Chair, WVU School of Pharmacy Collaborative Pharmacy Practice Committee
WV Medicaid Retrospective Drug Utilization Review Committee
WVU/CAMC Institutional Review Board
Member, American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP)
Member, American Society of Health-System Pharmacy
2002-2003 President, West Virginia Society of Health-System Pharmacists
WV Medicaid Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee

Research Interests
Cardiovascular Disease
Lipid Disorders
Preventive Medicine
Telemedicine/Telehealth
Use of Dietary Supplements and Alternative Therapies

Projects/Grants
Assessment of  immunization policies & practices in WV long-term care facilities.

Using home telemonitoring to manage heart failure patients 

Assessing the use of dietary supplements in prescription drug using populations.

Publications
Editor-in-Chief: New Drug Update (publish 6 newsletters per year)

Lucas KH, McKee B, Baker H, Rollins D, Schloss MB, Rosencrance JG. Using Telemedicine to Manage Heart Failure Patients. The Journal of Heart Failure 2002;7(1):80.

Lucas BD, Elhabyan AK, Lucas KH. Rationale for Increasing the Starting Dose of Simvastatin. Clinical Drug Investigation and Drugs in Research and Development 2002;22(9):639-40.

Lucas KH. Herbal Products: Pearls, Perils, and Precautions for the Prescriber. The Female Patient. December 2002

Lucas KH.  Book Reviews: Evidence-based Pharmacy.  American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 2001;65:104.

Tomblin FA, Lucas KH.  Alternate Therapis: Lysine for management of herpes labialis.  American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy 2001;58:298-304.

Metz CA, Lucas KH.  Alternate-day Dosing of HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors for Cholesterol Reduction.  The Annals of Pharmacotherapy 2001;35(4):496-500

Lucas KH, Kaplan-Machlis B.  Orlistat: A novel weight loss therapy.  The Annals of Pharmacotherapy 2001;35(3):314-328.

Lucas KH, Kaplan-Machlis B.  More About Orlistat.  Pharmacotherapy 2000;20(7):872-873.

Lucas KH, Davis SM.  Calcium in Corticosteroid-Induced Osteoporosis.  The Annals of Pharmacotherapy. 1998;32:970-72.

Lucas KH, Schliesser SH, O'Neil MG.  Shaking, Chills, Rigors with Once-Daily Gentamicin.  Pharmacotherapy 1999;32(9):970-2.