Jamie J. Benken
Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy - Pharmacy Practice
Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Medicine - Surgery
Organ Transplant Clinical Pharmacist, College of Pharmacy - Pharmacy Practice
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IL, 60612
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Hypersensitivity (PHAR 504), 9/1/2022 – 12/1/2022
Joint Hypersensitivity and Drug Allergy Recitation (PHAR 504), 9/1/2022 – 12/1/2022
Spec Project in Pharm Pract (PMPR 390), 8/22/2022 – 12/2/2022
Spec Project in Pharm Pract (PMPR 390), 8/22/2022 – 12/2/2022
Transplant Therapeutics Live Video-Linked Recitation Malta (PHR 5617 Pharmacotherapeutics II), 4/26/2022 – 4/26/2022
Drugs in Society- Pharmacy Careers: Virtual Panel Discussion (PHAR 201), 1/11/2022 – 1/11/2022
Adv Transplant Therapeutics (PMPR 347), 1/10/2022 – 4/29/2022
Adv Transplant Therapeutics (PMPR 347), 1/10/2022 – 4/29/2022
Spec Project in Pharm Pract (PMPR 390), 1/10/2022 – 4/29/2022
Selected Publications
Andrews, L, Benken, J, Benedetti, E, Nishioka, H, Pierce, D, Dalton, K, Han, J, Shin, B, Benken, S. (2022). Effects of angiotensin II in the management of perioperative hypotension in kidney transplant recipients. Clinical Transplantation, 36, (9). doi:10.1111/ctr.14754.
Benken, J, Lichvar, A, Benedetti, E, Behnam, J, Kaur, A, Rahman, S, Nishioka, H, Hubbard, C, Benken, ST. (2022). Perioperative Vasopressors are Associated with Delayed Graft Function in Kidney Transplant Recipients in a Primarily Black and Hispanic Cohort. Progress in Transplantation, 32, (2), 167-173. doi:10.1177/15269248221087433.
Benken, J, Lichvar, A, Reticker, A, Benedetti, E, Votta Velis, E, Campara, M. (2022). Impact of a pharmacy-led nursing education on discharge opioid prescribing after kidney transplant. JACCP Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, 5, (2), 186-192. doi:10.1002/jac5.1543.
Lichvar, A, Pierce, D, Benken, J, West-Thielke, P, Tzvetanov, I, Benedetti, E. (2021). Obesity impacts acute rejection but not allograft function improvement in the setting of belatacept conversion. Clinical Transplantation, 35, (6). doi:10.1111/ctr.14290.
Galen, K, West-Thielke, P, Huber, M, Hetterman, E, Benken, J, Campara, M, Johnsen, M, Satterlee, M, Thielke, J. (2014). A Prospective, Randomized Study of Levofloxacin Prophylaxis for BK Viremia in Kidney Transplant Recipients.. TRANSPLANTATION, 98, 554-555. doi:10.1097/00007890-201407151-01860.
Tzvetanov, I, Spaggiari, M, Jeon, H, Bhati, C, Hassan, S, Joseph, J, Heinrich, L, Thielke, J, Setty, S, Oberholzer, J, Benedetti, E. (2012). Rescue splenectomy in a case of humoral rejection in ABO-incompatible simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation. Transplantation, 93, (2). doi:10.1097/TP.0b013e31823be816.
Tzvetanov, I, Spaggiari, M, Joseph, J, Jeon, H, Thielke, J, Oberholzer, J, Benedetti, E. (2012). The use of bortezomib as a rescue treatment for acute antibody-mediated rejection: Report of three cases and review of literature. Transplantation Proceedings, 44, (10), 2971-2975. doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2012.02.037.
Professional Leadership
Immunology/Transplant PRN Programming Committee, 1/1/2022 - 12/31/2022
Reference Collection Committee, 10/1/2020 - 5/31/2021
Pain Control Taskforce, University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, 10/2018 - 8/31/2020
Solid Organ Transplant Quality Improvement Committee, University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, 1/2014 - Present
Immunology/Transplantation PRN Nominations Committee, American College of Clinical Pharmacy, 2014 - 2014
Solid Organ Transplant Multidisciplinary Planning Committee, University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, 3/2013 - Present
Patient Education Committee (IPEC), University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, 2/2012 - 2018
Solid Organ Transplant Listing Committee, University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, 7/2009 - Present
Solid Organ Transplant Guidelines Committee, University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, 7/2009 - Present
Education
Degrees:
Doctorate in Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States, 2008
Bachelor of Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States, 2004
Postgraduate Training:
Teaching Certificate Program, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States, 2010
PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Resident, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States, 2009
PGY-2 Transplant Specialty Resident, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States, 2010
Pharm.D. In-house Oncall Program, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States, 2010
Licensures and Certifications
APhA Immunizer Certification, American Pharmacists Association, 6/2007 - Present
CPR Certification, American Heart Association, 6/2007 - Present
UIC Internal Review Board Investigator Certification, University of Illinois at Chicago, 4/2007 - Present
Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification, American Heart Association, 7/1/2008 - Present
Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist, Board of Pharmacy Specialties, 10/1/2011 - Present
Illinois Pharmacist License, Illinois State Board of Pharmacy, 6/1/2008 - Present
Selected Presentations
HEAGLER, Kristin, Campara, Maya, Di Cocco, Pierpaolo, Tang, Ignatius, Almario Alvarez, Jorge, Spaggiari, Mario, Benken, Jamie, Muran, Cassie, Pierce, Dana, Valdepenas, Benito, Tzvetanov, Ivo, Benedetti, Enrico, HEAGLER, KRISTIN. (2022 June 04). Early Outcomes Of Single Dose Eculizumab For Abo-Incompatible Living Donor Renal Transplantation. American Transplant Congress. Boston, MA.