Janelle F. Ruisinger

Janelle Ruisinger
  • Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
  • Director - PGY-1 Community-Based Pharmacy Residency (Balls Foods)
  • Clinical Professor
  • School of Pharmacy - Administration
  • Department of Pharmacy Practice

Contact Info

785-864-6369
School of Pharmacy, Room 3045-B
2010 Becker Drive
Lawrence, KS 66047-1620

Biography —

Janelle F. Ruisinger serves as the associate dean for academic affairs. She is also a clinical professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and director of the KU Community Pharmacy Residency Program. She is also a clinical pharmacist in the KU Medical Center Atherosclerosis and LDL-Apheresis Center which serves as her practice site and primary source for her practice based research.

Education —

PGY1 Residency (emphasis on Community Care), The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy, Columbus, OH
Pharm.D., The University of Kansas School of Pharmacy, Lawrence, KS

Teaching —

Courses Taught

  • Pharmaceutical Care Fundamentals – coordinator and instructor
  • Pharmacotherapy II - instructor
  • Chemical Dependency elective – co-coordinator
  • Medical Terminology elective – co-coordinator
  • Immunization Theory and Practice – instructor

Rotations

  • Preceptor for APPE ambulatory care rotation – The KUMC Atherosclerosis and LDL-Apheresis Center
  • Preceptor for 2 community residents in the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy/Balls Food Stores Community Residency Program

Selected Publications —

  • Moriarty PM, Backes JM, Ruisinger JF, Schmelzle K, He J, Dutton JA. “Apple Pectin for the Reduction of Niacin-Induced Flushing”. Journal of Clinical Lipidology in press
  • Backes JM, Gibson CA, Ruisinger JF, Moriarty PM. “The High-Dose Rosuvastatin Once Weekly Study (HD-ROWS)”. Journal of Clinical Lipidology 2012; 6:362-367
  • Brna SA, Ruisinger JF, Howard PA, Barnes BJ, Hare SE,  Study of nonparticipation in an employee diabetes program J Am Pharm Assoc. 2012;52:e105-e108
  • Dodson SE, Ruisinger JF, Howard PA, Hare SE, Barnes BJ. Community pharmacy-based medication therapy management services: financial impact for patients. Pharmacy Practice (Internet) 2012 Jul-Sep;10(3):119-124.
  • Backes JM, Gibson CA, Ruisinger JF, Moriarty PM. Modified-Policosanol Does Not Reduce Plasma Lipoproteins in Hyperlipidemic Patients when Used Alone or in Combination with Statin Therapy.  Lipids 2011 Oct;46(10):923-9
  • Ruisinger JF, Koerner JM, Backes JM, Moriarty PM. Supratherapeutic Response to Ezetimibe in a Statin Intolerant Patient. Hospital Pharmacy 2010;45:45-48

Selected Presentations —

  • Schuessler B, Ruisinger JF, Grauer, DW, Moriarty PM, Backes JM. “Comparison of vitamin D dosing regimens in non-obese and obese patients with low vitamin d levels”. The American College of Clinical Pharmacy Annual Meeting, October 22nd, 2012 Hollywood, FL (poster presentation)
  • Moriarty PM, Gibson CA, Backes JM, Eldringhoff D, Powell S, Ruisinger JF. The effect of aggressive cardiovascular treatment on the progression of carotid intima-media thickness: Experience of an atherosclerosis prevention center. 79th European Atherosclerosis Society Congress Gothenburg, Sweden, June 26 - 29, 2011 (poster presentation)
  • “Good to Great” PGY1 Community Pharmacy Residency Programs Continuing Education Session invited CE program presented at the APhA Annual Meeting and Exposition, New Orleans, LA. March 11, 2012
  • “Interdisciplinary Research in a Clinical Setting: From Fruits to Nuts, alternative methods in treating atherosclerosis and dyslipidemia”. Internal Medicine Grand Rounds (CE). University of Kansas Medical Center. August 10th, 2011 (Co-presented with Patrick Moriarty, MD and Jim Backes, PharmD)
  • “Good to Great” PGY1 Community Pharmacy Residency Programs Continuing Education Session invited CE program presented at the APhA Annual Meeting and Exposition, Seattle, WA. March 27, 2011

Awards & Honors —

  • APhA Distinguished Achievement Award in Pharmacy Practice (2013)
  • University of Kansas School of Pharmacy Preceptor of the Year (Chosen by the class of 2009)

Memberships —

  • American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Community Pharmacy Residency Program Advisory Panel (March 2011 – March 2014)
  • APhA Community Residency Accreditation Practitioner Reviewer (2008 – present)