Episode 6: Living in the Grey – Ben Miskle

During this episode of the Trailblazers Podcast, IPA CEO Kate Gainer sits down with IPA President John Hamiel, Regional Director of Pharmacy at MercyOne Northeast Iowa, and Ben Miskle, a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy, to discuss his unique work with substance use disorders, engaging your local pharmacy associations, and more!

Ben Miskle, PharmD, completed a psychiatric pharmacy residency program at the Chillicothe Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Chillicothe, Ohio. He has published articles on addiction treatment services across the United States, substance use and stigma in pregnancy, older adult first-time admissions for substance use disorders, and cannabis use disorder treatment, to name a few. Dr. Miskle helped start the Naloxone in Schools project to assist schools across the state of Iowa on overdose and naloxone education. Dr. Miskle currently works in the University of Iowa Addiction and Recovery Collaborative, where he works in an interdisciplinary team setting providing care for patients with substance use disorders.

Resources from today’s episode:

• How Adding a Clinical Pharmacist Improves Access to Addiction Care – Online Training by Ben Miskle, PharmD and Alison Lynch, MD, MS

Connect with us on LinkedIn:

• Ben Miskle
• Kate Gainer
• John Hamiel
• Iowa Pharmacy Association

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