LEWISTON – “Understanding Cardiac Medications for Those with ICDs” will be the topic of a presentation set for the Thursday, Oct. 16, meeting of the Central and Western Maine ICD Support Group.
CMMC clinical pharmacist Sarah Green will discuss common cardiac medications, how they work, what their potential side effects are and what those with ICDs should consider when taking them.
Prior to joining the Central Maine Medical Center staff last year, Green was a pharmacy practice resident at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. Her pharmacy-related experience includes work at CMMC, the University of Massachusetts in Worcester, Mass., and at Stop and Shop Supermarkets in Worcester, Mass.
Green completed pre-pharmacy studies at the University of Maine in Orono and earned her doctor of pharmacy degree at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Worcester, Mass.
While attending the University of Maine, Green was elected to the Chi Delta Chapter of the Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society. She was also named to the Rho Chi Honor Society, Gamma Pi Chapter, and served as chapter president of the American Pharmacists Association at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.
Green has been recognized with numerous academic awards and is a member of the Maine Society of Health-System Pharmacists and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. She is an associate member of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. She is licensed by the State of Maine Board of Pharmacy.
The support group is for individuals who have an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). Family members and other support persons are also welcome to attend. The meeting provides a forum for discussion regarding experiences with ICD and will present learning opportunities not only about living with the devices, but about cardiac health issues.
The meeting will be held from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Central Maine Heart and Vascular Institute first-floor conference room. The program is offered free.
For more information, call or e-mail physician assistant Joe Sala at 753-3900 or [email protected].
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