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Cassie Muran


Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy - Pharmacy Practice
Clinical Pharmacist, Solid Organ Transplant, College of Pharmacy - Pharmacy Practice
Residency Program Assistant Director - Solid Organ Transplant, Pharmacy Practice

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Overview:
Dr. Cassie Muran, PharmD, BCPS, BCTXP is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Pharmacy and a Solid Organ Transplant Clinical Pharmacist at University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign in 2010 and her Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) from UIC College of Pharmacy in 2014. She completed a PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency in 2015 and a Solid Organ Transplant PGY2 Residency in 2016 at UIC. She has worked as an abdominal transplant clinical pharmacist at Loyola University Medical Center from 2016-2020 and returned to UIC College of Pharmacy/UI Health in 2020.

Teaching and Supervision Heading link

PDAT 3:Renal, Electro, Nutrtn (PHAR 503), 8/26/2024 – 12/6/2024
PDAT 3:Renal, Electro, Nutrtn (PHAR 503), 8/26/2024 – 12/6/2024
PDAT 3:Renal, Electro, Nutrtn (PHAR 503), 8/26/2024 – 12/6/2024
PDAT 3:Renal, Electro, Nutrtn (PHAR 503), 8/26/2024 – 12/6/2024
PDAT 3:Renal, Electro, Nutrtn (PHAR 503), 8/26/2024 – 12/6/2024
Spec Project in Pharm Pract (PMPR 390), 8/26/2024 – 12/6/2024
Intestinal Transplant [1 hour lecture] (PMPR 347 Advanced Transplant Therapeutics), 3/6/2024 – 3/6/2024
Desensitization and Rejection [2 hour lecture] (PMPR 347 Advanced Transplant Therapeutics), 1/31/2024 – 1/31/2024
Spec Project in Pharm Pract (PMPR 390), 1/8/2024 – 4/26/2024

Selected Publications

Muran, Cassie S, Khamo, Nehrin, Patel, Ruchik, Patel, Shree, West‐Thielke, Patricia, Fayyaz, Nida, Choi, David. (2023). Evaluation of prior authorizations in transplant recipients at an urban institution. Clinical Transplantation, 37, (6), e14964. doi:10.1111/ctr.14964.

Choi, David K, Patel, Shree, Muran, Cassie, Khamo, Nehrin, Patel, Ruchik, Fayyaz, Nida, West-Thielke, Patricia. (2022). Prior Authorization Burden on the Use of LCP-Tacrolimus in Abdominal Solid Organ Transplant Recipients. Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 56, (7), 856-857. doi:10.1177/10600280211050641.

Professional Leadership

AST-ACCP Medication Access Workgroup (Insurance Denials), 8/2022 - 8/2023

Past President, 10/1/2021 - 9/30/2022

President, 10/1/2020 - 9/30/2021

Vice-President, Illinois Transplant Pharmacists Association, 10/1/2019 - 9/30/2020

Education

Degrees:
Bachelor of Science in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, 2014
Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD), University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Pharmacy, USA, 2014

Postgraduate Training:
PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, USA
PGY2 Pharmacy Residency, Solid Organ Transplant, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, USA

Licensures and Certifications

Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider, American Heart Association, 1/7/2013 - Present
Pharmacy-Based Immunization Delivery, American Pharmacists Association Foundation, 4/1/2013 - Present
Registered Pharmacist, IL Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, 7/1/2014 - Present
Teaching Certificate, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Pharmacy, 7/1/2014 - 6/30/2015
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) Provider, American Heart Association, 8/1/2014 - 8/1/2021
Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS), Board of Pharmacy Specialties, 12/1/2015 - Present
Board Certified Solid Organ Transplant Specialist, Board of Pharmacy Specialties, 7/1/2022 - Present