Lalita Prasad-Reddy, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCACP, CDCES, FCCP

Lalita Prasad-Reddy, PharmD, MS, BCPS, BCACP, CDCES, FCCP is the Assistant Dean of Basic Science Education, Vice-Chair of Foundational Sciences and Humanities, and Associate Professor of Clinical and Molecular Pharmacology at Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. She is also an actively practicing clinical practice site, and maintains a practice in the internal medicine clinic at Rush University Internists.

She is heavily committed to the advancement of clinical pharmacy practice. She has a prolific publication record in peer-reviewed journals of high caliber, ranging from topics on clinical pharmacy to the contemporary landscapes of medical and pharmacy education, and has been an invited speaker for over 50 state and national conferences. She is active in several national pharmacy organizations, and recently served as the Northern Illinois Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists President. Currently, she is the DEI Committee Chair for the Illinois Council of Health-Systems Pharmacists. In 2020, she received the distinguished honor of being named a Fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy for her dedication to clinical pharmacy practice.

As an academician, she has been actively involved in the transition to an flipped-classroom approach in the pre-clerkship curriculum at Rush Medical College. She has also development several programs focused on mitigating both the educational and health equity gaps, including leading implicit bias training for students, faculty, and staff, developing pipeline programs for healthcare programs for underrepresented populations, and developing programs aimed at student support. She has received several teaching accolades attesting to her commitment, enthusiasm and passion for healthcare education, and in 2020, received the Illinois Pharmacists Association Educator of the Year award.

Dr. Prasad-Reddy joined the administrative team in the Office of Medical Education in September 2022. Prior to her joining, she served as the Discipline Director of Pharmacology at Rush Medical College, where she oversaw and led the pharmacy curriculum, and was the Assistant Dean for Student Affairs at Chicago State University School of Pharmacy, a PBI on the south-side of Chicago. She is grateful for the opportunities at CMS to interface with students and help foster innovation and creativity in the pre-clerkship curriculum.

Selected Publications

• Johnson H, Prasad-Reddy, L.. Updates in the Management of Chronic Kidney Disease. Accepted for publication. Journal of Pharmacy Practice. May 2024.
• Johnson HN, Prasad-Reddy L. Daprodustat: A Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-Prolyl Hydroxylase Inhibitor for Anemia of Chronic Kidney Disease. Ann Pharmacother. 2024 Apr 14:10600280241241563.
• Prasad-Reddy L, Godina A, Isaacs D. Use of Continuous Glucose Monitoring in the Older Adult: A Review of Benefits, Challenges, and Future Directions. TouchReviews in Endocrinology 2022;18(2):116-21.
• Isaacs D, Prasad-Reddy L, Fargo E, Gandhi M. How to Manage Peripheral Neuropathy in Patients with Diabetes. Drugs in Context 2022;11:2021-10-2.
• Prasad-Reddy, L, Fina P, Kerner D, Daisy B. The Impact of Implicit Biases on Pharmacy Education. Am J Pharm Educ 2022;86(1): 8518.
• Prasad-Reddy, L, Burman L. Beauty Parlour Stroke Syndrome in a 32-Year Old Female: A Case Report. J. Drug Addi Ther 2021; 2(1): 1-2.
• Prasad-Reddy, L, Godina A. DOACS in Obesity: New and Emerging Perspectives. The ACCP Ambulatory Care PRN Newsletter. American College of Clinical Pharmacy. 2020.
• Prasad-Reddy L, Kaakeh R, McCarthy B. Burnout Among Health Systems Pharmacists. Presentations, Consequences and Recommendations. Accepted for publication, Hospital Pharmacy, 2020.
• Prasad-Reddy L. Pharmacist Burnout: Identification, Implications, and Interventions. The ACCP Ambulatory Care PRN Newsletter. American College of Clinical Pharmacy. 2019
• Khan A, Prasad-Reddy L. Iron-treatment Options in Anemia of Chronic Kidney Disease. Pharmacy Times Continuing Education. Accepted for publication, September 2018.
• Prasad-Reddy L, Srivastava S. Moving Beyond the Barriers of Clinical Inertia: Combination Therapy with GLP-1 Agonists. Pharmacy Times Continuing Education. March 2018.
• Prasad-Reddy L, Isaacs D, Kantorovich A. Management and Controversies in Chronic Kidney Disease. Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2017; 74:795-810
• Isaacs D, Prasad-Reddy L, Srivastava S. GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and Weight Loss: Novel Agents for the Management of Obesity. American Journal Health-Systems Pharmacy. 2016
• Isaacs D, Riley L, Prasad-Reddy L, et al. Jazzin’ Healthy: Interdisciplinary Health Outreach Events Focused on Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. 2016.
• Isaacs D, Prasad-Reddy L. Diabetes Medication Management in Patients with Concurrent CKD. Journal of Global Diabetes & Clinical Metabolism. 2016.
• Isaacs, D., Roberson, C., Prasad-Reddy, L. A Chronic Disease State Simulation in an Ambulatory Care Elective Course.” American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. 2015; 79 (9) Article 133.
• Prasad-Reddy L, Isaacs D. A Clinical Review of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists: Efficacy and Safety in Diabetes and Beyond. Drugs in Context. 2015; 4: 212283. DOI: 10.7573/dic.212283.