Nabila Ahmed-Sarwar

Dr. Ahmed-Sarwar received her B.S. Pharmacy (2002) and Pharm.D. (2003) degrees from Midwestern University-Chicago College of Pharmacy and completed a pharmacy practice residency with an emphasis in family medicine at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy (2004).

Upon completion of her residency, she joined the faculty at Ferris State University College of Pharmacy, with a clinical practice site at the Michigan State University Department of Family Medicine, followed by a position as an inpatient clinical coordinator at Crouse Hospital in Syracuse, New York. She returned to pharmacy academia and joined the faculty at the Wegmans School of Pharmacy in 2013.

Throughout her career, Dr. Ahmed-Sarwar has practiced in various pharmacy settings including community pharmacy, inpatient staff pharmacist, and inpatient clinical coordinator. Dr. Ahmed-Sarwar maintains several specialty Board Certifications, and has served as a preceptor to pharmacy students and residents.

In addition to her faculty responsibilities, Dr. Ahmed-Sarwar is a clinical pharmacy specialist at Riedman Health Center, Internal Medicine Residency Program at Rochester Regional Health. She is currently a preceptor for the Rochester Regional Health PGY-1 and PGY-2 Ambulatory Care Residency programs.

Grant Funding

• National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS). The development of diabetes education video blogs in American Sign Language ($20,000, awarded)  https://youtube.com/@DiabetesInfo_ASL?si=flpvpPYuB4gKB-5u

Peer-Reviewed Publications

• A Comparison of In-Person versus Asynchronous Learning with Self-Care Patient Cases. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, 2024. Co-authored with: Donohoe KL, Eukel H, Weiner Riskin J, Ohman T, Sutton Burke EM, Powers K, Caldas LM.
• An Introductory Over-the-Counter Simulation Primer for First-Year Pharmacy Students Using a Virtual Pharmacy. Am J Pharm Educ. 2023. Co-authored with: Rude T, Sutton Burke EM, Anderson A, Eukel H, Caldas L.
• Transitions of Care: Primary care pharmacist bridging the gap between inpatient and outpatient settings. J Am Coll Clin Pharm. 2020. Co-authored with: Leistman S, Nagel A.
• Community pharmacist collaboration with a primary care clinic to improve diabetes care. J Am Pharm Assoc. 2020. Co-authored with: Snyder J, Gardiner C, Sutton Burke EM.
• Acne. In: Mospan C, Welham M, editors. Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs Quick Reference, 1st ed. Washington DC: American Pharmaceutical Association; 2019.
• Dermatitis. In: Mospan C, Welham M, editors. Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs Quick Reference, 1st ed. Washington DC: American Pharmaceutical Association; 2019.
• Appendix: Recommended intake for vitamins and minerals. In: Mospan C, Welham M, editors. Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs Quick Reference, 1st ed. Washington DC: American Pharmaceutical Association; 2019.

Poster Presentations

• Donner A, Dennie J, Ahmed-Sarwar N. Optimizing Guideline Directed Therapy for Asthma
  Management and Reduce Asthma Inhaler Polypharmacy American Society of Health System Pharmacy Mid-Year Clinical Meeting, Anaheim, CA, Dec. 2023.
• Buchanan T, Smith AE, Goho R, Ahmed-Sarwar N, McCabe P. Identification of the Need to
  Develop Guidance for Therapeutic Conversions from GLP-1 agonists to the Combined GIP/GLP-1 agonist tirzepatide. American Society of Health System Pharmacy Mid-Year Clinical Meeting, Las Vegas, NV Dec 2022.
• Caldas LM, Eukel HN, Sutton Burke EM, Ahmed-Sarwar N, Rude T, Riskin J, Powers KE, Donohoe KL. Teaching Third Year Pharmacy Students Over-the-Counter Medications via Virtual Simulation. MyDispense and Beyond Symposium, Prato, Italy. July 2022.
• Robarts SE, Mitchell AM, Ahmed-Sarwar N. The Modern Role of Pharmacist in the Care of Transgender Individuals. Student National Pharmacist Association, Annual Meeting (Virtual). November 2020.
• Peace M, Ahmed-Sarwar N, Sutton Burke E. Impact of Pharmacy interns on a Community Pharmacy Immunization Program. American Pharmacist Association Annual Meeting (Virtual). May 2020.

 Didactic Teaching

• Applied Pathophysiology and Therapeutics (P1 through P3 years): Introduction to Laboratory Values, Introduction to Patient Assessment, Men's Health, Hyperuricemia and Gout, Headache Disorders, Osteoporosis, Diabetes Complications, Asthma and COPD, Cough and Cold, Allergic Rhinitis, Topical Fungal Infections
• Introduction to Diversity (P1 year): Caring for your Muslim Patients
• Introduction to Pharmacy Practice (P1 year): Introduction to the Pharmacist Patient Care Process