
Clinical Assistant Professor/Pharmacist
College Administration
Barry and Judy Silverman College of Pharmacy
Dr. Stephanie Michaels is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice where she works as a clinical pharmacist and preceptor in the Pharmacy Services division. Within Pharmacy Services, Dr. Michaels works in the NSU Clinic Pharmacy as well as the ICUBACares managed care call center. She graduated from Nova Southeastern University College of Pharmacy in 2013 and worked as a community pharmacist and pharmacy manger with Publix until returning home to NSU as faculty in 2022.
Within the NSU Clinic Pharmacy, Dr. Michaels tends to patients by ensuring they receive safe and effective therapy. She provides comprehensive medication counseling and precepts students to strengthen their clinical decision making. In the ICUBACares call center, she serves as a pharmacist advocate for members of the ICUBA health plan, helping with medication therapy management, formulary assistance, drug information questions, and pharmacy benefits questions.
Managed care, medication therapy management, community pharmacy, and immunization outreach
Dr. Michaels' research areas of interest include analyzing the cost burden to health plans of poor utilization management and processes, including patient non-adherence, lack of outreach and counseling, and the financial impact of automated and technology-driven review processes used by Pharmacy Benefit Managers