Mercedes Curtiss, Pharm.D.,MS,BCPS

Education
2015, BS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2017, MS, Colorado State University

2022, PharmD, University of Wyoming

 

Bio

 

Mercedes Curtiss, PharmD, MS, BCPS earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Wyoming and a Master of Science degree in Toxicology from Colorado State University. She subsequently completed a PGY1 Pharmacy Residency at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Indiana, where she gained comprehensive clinical experience in internal medicine, critical care, infectious diseases, nephrology, ambulatory care, medication safety, and pharmacy practice management. As a Board-Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist, Dr. Curtiss is passionate about providing evidence-based, patient-centered care and advancing the role of clinical pharmacists within interdisciplinary healthcare teams.

 

In her academic role, Dr. Curtiss is committed to developing the next generation of pharmacists through innovative teaching, experiential education, and clinical mentorship. She teaches Pharmacist Skills and Therapeutics. She also precepts Internal Medicine I and Internal Medicine II rotations.  Dr. Curtiss’s practice site involves daily rounding with the Northern Colorado Family Medicine Residency program at Banner Health Northern Colorado Medical Center in Greeley, Colorado.  Her teaching interests include critical care, nutrition, trauma, toxicology, inpatient diabetes management, and the application of evidence-based medicine to clinical practice. She is particularly passionate about bridging the gap between classroom instruction and real-world patient care, fostering critical thinking, and preparing future pharmacists to practice confidently at the top of their scope.

 

Teaching Synopsis

 

Dr. Mercedes Curtiss precepts fourth-year pharmacy students during experiential rotations in internal medicine. Her didactic teaching includes instruction on the Pharmacists’ Patient Care Process across a variety of disease states in therapeutics and pharmacy skills courses.

Additionally, Dr. Curtiss precepts for the Banner Health Northern Colorado Medical Center pharmacy residency program for their inpatient internal medicine rotation.

 

Research Synopsis

Dr. Mercedes Curtiss’s research interests include inpatient diabetes management, toxicology, and anticoagulation reversal in critically ill patients.

 

ORCiD Profile

https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4398-2961