Cassie Muran
Clinical Assistant Professor, Pharmacy Practice
Clinical Pharmacist, Solid Organ Transplant, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System
PGY2 Solid Organ Transplant Assistant Residency Director, Pharmacy Practice
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About
Overview:
Current Appointment Effort
80% Patient Care (direct patient care and experiential student/resident training)
10% Teaching (course coordination, class lectures, and recitations)
5% Research and Scholarly Activity
5% Public and Professional Service
Teaching and Supervision
PDAT 3:Renal, Electro, Nutrtn (PHAR 503), 8/25/2025 – 12/5/2025
PDAT 3:Renal, Electro, Nutrtn (PHAR 503), 8/25/2025 – 12/5/2025
PDAT 3:Renal, Electro, Nutrtn (PHAR 503), 8/25/2025 – 12/5/2025
PDAT 3:Renal, Electro, Nutrtn (PHAR 503), 8/25/2025 – 12/5/2025
PDAT 3:Renal, Electro, Nutrtn (PHAR 503), 8/25/2025 – 12/5/2025
Pre-Transplant (PMPR 390), 8/25/2025 – 12/5/2025
Desensitization and Rejection [2 hour lecture] (PMPR 347 Advanced Transplant Therapeutics), 2/2/2025 – 2/2/2025
Transplant Therapeutics Recitation [2 hours] (PHAR 504: Pathophysiology, Drug Action, and Therapeutics 4), 11/14/2024 – 11/14/2024
Allorecognition Part 2 Recitation (2 hours) (PHAR 504: Pathophysiology, Drug Action, and Therapeutics 4), 9/26/2024 – 9/26/2024
Selected Publications
Russo, A, Pierce, D, Christensen, R, Heinrich, L, Valdepenas, B, Gallon, L, Benedetti, E, Tzvetanov, I, Muran, C. (2025). Efficacy and Safety Comparison of Letermovir versus Valganciclovir for Use in Cytomegalovirus Prophylaxis in Adult Kidney Transplant Recipients. American Journal of Transplantation, 25, (8), s597. doi:10.1016/j.ajt.2025.07.1395.
Yoshikawa, K, Valdepenas, B, Campara, M, Benken, J, Pierce, D, Muran, C, Heinrich, L, Gaitonde, S, Alvarez, J Almario, Di Cocco, P, Tzvetanov, I, Bartlett, S, Gallon, L, Benedetti, E. (2025). Successful Positive Flow Crossmatch Kidney Transplantation with 2-Dose Eculizumab and Belatacept Based Desensitization. American Journal of Transplantation, 25, (8), s428. doi:10.1016/j.ajt.2025.07.983.
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 Pharmacy CoP Adherence Workgroup, 8/2024 - Present
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 (BCTXP), Board of Pharmacy Specialties, 7/1/2022 - Present