Ron Carico Jr., PharmD, MPH

Dr. Ronald "Ron" Carico Jr. is a clinical pharmacy specialist practicing with the psychiatry department at Marshall Health. He is published in Annals of Internal Medicine, JAMA Internal Medicine, Health Services Research and other journals. He enjoys using observational data to study how systems can be improved. His clinical interests include psychiatric pharmacy, social/administrative pharmacy, quality assessment/quality improvement, observational research and public health.

As a psychiatry clinical pharmacist, he provides logistical support to prescribers by performing required reviews of controlled substance monitoring programs, assisting with pharmacy-related prior authorization requests, drafting educational briefings on medications of interest to prescribers, drafting appeal letters if a pharmacy declines to cover a patient’s medication, and providing input on medication selection upon request. He also provides didactic and written educational interventions to his department and the Marshall University physician assistant program. He works with the Family Medicine Addiction Fellowship program and acts as a dispensing pharmacist for several investigational clinical trials, and he helps produce publications in peer-reviewed journals using publicly available administrative datasets and purpose-built cohorts.

In his free time, Dr. Carico also enjoys hitting the gym, completing escape rooms, and playing board or tabletop games with his friends and family. He and his spouse are collectively owned two cats (though one of the cats is far too cowardly to assert its rightful authority).

Education & Training

• Undergraduate: East Tennessee State University (Johnson City, Tenn.)
• Graduate: East Tennessee State University - Public Health, Community and Behavioral Health (Johnson City, Tenn.)
• Doctorate: East Tennessee State University (Johnson City, Tenn.)
• Fellowship: Department of Veterans Affairs Center for Medication Safety & Center for Health Equity Research & Promotion - Medication Safety & Pharmacy Outcomes (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

Honors & Memberships

• Member, College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists
• Member, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
• Member, American Pharmacists Association

Certification

• Basic Certificate in Quality and Safety: Institute for Healthcare Improvement
• SAS Certified Base Programmer: SAS Corporation
• Master of Teaching Certification: University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy
• Tobacco Treatment Specialist: West Virginia University