Chad Gentry
Dept of Experiential Education
Associate Dean Experiential Education Pharmacy
Biography
Chad grew up in East Tennessee and attended the University of Tennessee Knoxville and received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center. He then completed a primary are specialty residency through Holston Medical Group/University Tennessee Health Sciences Center in Kingsport, TN. He has primarily spent is professional career in academia, and has practiced in several interprofessional primary care clinics while on faculty at East Tennessee State University and Lipscomb University. He is board certified in ambulatory care and is a certified diabetes educator. Chad has served in multiple leadership capacities involving experiential education and interprofessional education (IPE). His currently practice at Vanderbilt Primary Care at West End, and holds an adjunct faculty position at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing and served as a Health Policy Associate at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for Health Policy at Meharry Medical College. He has extensive experience in the translational science of IPE into collaborative practice. He has served in various capacities of leadership with the Meharry Vanderbilt Alliance Interprofessional Education Faculty Collaborative, Vanderbilt Program in Interprofessional Learning, Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy and the Tennessee Interprofessional Practice and Education Consortium. He has published numerous manuscripts and presented on many state, regional, and national platform programs in his field. He serves as a reviewer for several journals focused on teaching and learning, interprofessional education and vulnerable populations. He is active with the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy and the Tennessee Pharmacists Association. In 2019, he was been recognized for his innovative interprofessional practice and leadership by being named the recipient of the Tennessee Pharmacists Association Excellence in Innovation award, awarded the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Friend of Nursing, and elected a Distinguished Fellow of the National Academies of Practice in Pharmacy.
Academic Degrees
Doctor of Pharmacy
Academic Department
Pharmacy Practice and Experiential Education
Foundations in Pharmacy Practice
Ambulatory Care Elective
Vulnerable Populations
Clinical Concepts of Disease
Applied Christian Values
Pharmacotherapy
Interprofessional Grand Rounds
Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE simulations)
Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPE Ambulatory Care)
- Interprofessional Education
- Interprofessional Collaborative Practice
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- Collaborative Pharmacy Practice
- Gentry C, Espiritu E, Schorn MN, Hallmark B, Bryan M, Prather P, Villalta-Gil V, Offodile R, Wilkins C. Engaging the community through a longitudinal, interprofessional, interinstitutional experiential learning collaboration. Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2021 Feb;13(2):169-176. doi: 10.1016/j.cptl.2020.09.012. Epub 2020 Oct 9. PubMed PMID: 33454075.
- Nelson LA, Greevy RA, Spieker A, Wallston KA, Elasy TA, Kripalani S, Gentry C, Bergner EM, LeStourgeon LM, Williamson SE, Mayberry LS. Effects of a Tailored Text Messaging Intervention Among Diverse Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: Evidence From the 15-Month REACH Randomized Controlled Trial. Diabetes Care. 2021 Jan;44(1):26-34. doi: 10.2337/dc20-0961. Epub 2020 Nov 5. PubMed PMID: 33154039; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7783936.
- Wheeler JS, Gray JA, Gentry CK, Farr GE. Advancing pharmacy technician training and practice models in the United States: Historical perspectives, workforce development needs, and future opportunities. Res Social Adm Pharm. 2020 Apr;16(4):587-590. doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2019.05.005. Epub 2019 May 13. PubMed PMID: 31103338.
- Gray JA, Wheeler JS, Gentry CK, Farr GE. Will new standards for pharmacy technician education change pharmacy practice?. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2019 Jul 2;76(14):1015-1016. doi: 10.1093/ajhp/zxz084. PubMed PMID: 31361875.
- Hagemeier NE, Gentry CK, Byrd DC, Cross LB, Rose D, Ansari N, Subedi P, Branham T. Student Pharmacists' Personal Finance Perceptions, Projected Indebtedness Upon Graduation, and Career Decision-making. Am J Pharm Educ. 2019 May;83(4):6722. doi: 10.5688/ajpe6722. PubMed PMID: 31223155; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6581354.
- Nelson LA, Wallston KA, Kripalani S, Greevy RA Jr, Elasy TA, Bergner EM, Gentry CK, Mayberry LS. Mobile Phone Support for Diabetes Self-Care Among Diverse Adults: Protocol for a Three-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2018 Apr 10;7(4):e92. doi: 10.2196/resprot.9443. PubMed PMID: 29636319; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5915673.
- Stubbs C, Schorn MN, Leavell JP, Espiritu EW, Davis G, Gentry CK, Friedman E, Patton T, Graham A, Crowder R, Wilkins CH. Implementing and evaluating a community-based, inter-institutional, interprofessional education pilot programme. J Interprof Care. 2017 Sep;31(5):652-655. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2017.1343808. Epub 2017 Aug 9. PubMed PMID: 28792263.
- Gentry CK, Parker RP, Ketel C, Rosenbloom ST, Crutcher TD, Scott AW, Starks JL, Davidson HA, Pilon BA. Integration of Clinical Pharmacist Services into an Underserved Primary Care Clinic Utilizing an Interprofessional Collaborative Practice Model. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2016;27(1):1-7. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2016.0005. PubMed PMID: 27763456.
- Clements JN, Whitley HP, D'Souza JJ, Gross B, Hess R, Reece S, Gentry C, Shealy K. Sodium glucose co-transporter inhibitors for the management of diabetes mellitus: an opinion paper from the Endocrine and Metabolism Practice and Research Network of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. Curr Med Res Opin. 2015;31(9):1733-41. doi: 10.1185/03007995.2015.1069739. Epub 2015 Aug 20. Review. PubMed PMID: 26285788.
- Pilon BA, Ketel C, Davidson HA, Gentry CK, Crutcher TD, Scott AW, Moore RM, Rosenbloom ST. Evidence-Guided Integration of Interprofessional Collaborative Practice into Nurse Managed Health Centers. J Prof Nurs. 2015 Jul-Aug;31(4):340-50. doi: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2015.02.007. Epub 2015 Feb 28. PubMed PMID: 26194966.
- Stewart D, Gentry C, Freshour J. Anticoagulation Review: A Primer for the Home Health care Provider. Home Health Care Management & Practice. 2012/04; 24(2):88-96. doi: 10.1177/1084822311432336.
- Gentry CK, Cross LB, Gross BN, McFarland MS, Bestermann WH. Retrospective analysis and patient satisfaction assessment of insulin pump therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes. South Med J. 2011 Jan;104(1):24-8. doi: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181fa7230. PubMed PMID: 21079529.
- McFarland MS, Cross LB, Gross B, Gentry C, Tunney J, Patel UP. Drug use evaluation of sitagliptin dosing by pharmacist versus nonpharmacist clinicians in an internal medicine department of a private physician-owned multispecialty clinic. J Manag Care Pharm. 2009 Sep;15(7):563-7. doi: 10.18553/jmcp.2009.15.7.563. PubMed PMID: 19739879.
NLM/NCBI profile
- Vanderbilt Primary Care at West End (formerly known as Clinic at Mercury Courts), 2012-present
- Johnson City Downtown Clinic, 2011-2012
- Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist 2011 - present
- State of Franklin Healthcare Associates (Johnson City Internal Medicine), 2009-2011
- Certified Diabetes Care Education Specialist, 2010 - present
- Holston Medical Group Primary Care Specialty Resident, 2008-2009
Editor, American Pharmacists Association Advanced Preceptor Training Certification
- Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Friend of Nursing Award, 2019
- Fellow, National Academies of Practice, 2019
- Tennessee Pharmacists Association Excellence in Innovation Award 2019
- Tennessee Society of Student Pharmacists Advocate Award 2012
Peer Reviewed Podium Presentations
- Pilon, B., Ketel, C., Scott, A., Gentry, C., Pemberton, J., Starks, J., Crutcher, T., Plaxico, J., Fuchs, C., & Rosenbloom, T. Advanced Practice Nurse-led Inter Professional Collaborative Practice: Outcomes and Model Evolution, 10th ICN NP/APN Conference podium presentation. Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 2018
- Davidson H, Cole S, Provine A, Waynick-Rogers P, Easdown J, Hilmes M, Lofton R, Rosenstiel D, Gentry C. Lessons from a seven-year experience: The Vanderbilt Program in Interprofessional Learning (VPIL). Collaboration Across Boarders VI. 2017
- Cole S, Davidson H, Waynick-Rogers P, Hilmes M, Easdown J, Lofton R, Provine A, Gentry C, Rosenstiel D. Factors that impact the success of interprofessional education in authentic, clinical learning environments. Collaboration Across Boarders VI. 2017
- Pilon B, Ketel C, Scott A, Gentry C, Pemberton J, Integrating interprofessional education with interprofessional care: learning From the Clinic at Mercury Courts. Stanford Medicine X Ed, Stanford University. 2015
- Ketel C, Starks J, Gentry C, Parker R, Pemberton J, Rosenbloom ST. Innovations in Interprofessional Practice and Education: The Mercury Courts Model. Interprofessional HealthCare Summit. 2015
- Ketel C, Brinkley P, Gentry C, Scott A, Foster P, Rosenbloom, ST, Pilon B. Development of an Internet-Based Population Management Program to Improve Communication within an IPCP Team Providing Primary Care. NLN/Elsevier National Technology Conference. 2014
- Littleton MA, Silver K, Middlebrooks J, Florence J, Grover S, Byington R, Gentry C, Behringer B, Linville D, Florence L. Interprofessional Community-based Rural Track Program at ETSU: Rural Projects as Pedagogy. American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting and Expo. 2012
Peer Reviewed Poster Presentations
- Mayberry LS, Nelson LA, Greevy RA, Wallston K, Kripalani S, Osborn CY, Bergner EM, LeStourgeon L, Williamson SE, Spieker AJ, Gentry C, Brown AW, Gregory BP, Acuff SW, Elasy T. Personalized texts improve adherence and A1c over 6 months among high-risk adults with type 2 diabetes. Peer-reviewed abstract for the 79th Annual Meeting of the American Diabetes Association, San Francisco, CA, June 2019.
- Williamson SE, Bergner EM, Gentry CK, Nelson LA, Mayberry LS. Use and benefits of a study helpline in a behavioral randomized controlled trial. 39th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions. Society of Behavioral Medicine. 2018
- Nelson LA, Mayberry LS, Wallston KA, Kripalani S, Gentry CK, Brown A, Gregory BP, Acuff SW, Harper KJ, Bergner EM, LeStourgeon LM, McPhillips SE, Gebretsadik T, Elasy TA, Johnson KB, Osborn CY. Development and feasibility of the REACH tailored text messaging Intervention for low-income adults with type 2 diabetes. 76th Annual Meeting American Diabetes Association. 2016
- Stubbs C, Patton T, Grahm A, Crowder R, Alexander L, Baker K, Davis G, Espiritu E, Gentry C, Hallmark B, Heitman E, Jacobson B, Ketel C, Leavell J, Moore R, Rosedale S, Schorn M, Szetela C, Robinson E, Wilkins C.H. An inter-institutional, community-based approach to interprofessional education. Harvard Macy Institute. 2016
- Torabi S, Stubbs CM, Patton T, Gentry C, Wilkins CH.Evaluating the impact of interprofessional learning on the perceived knowledge of teamwork and the roles of various healthcare professional Sudents. ASHP Mid-Year Clinical Meeting. 2015
- Lampley JL, Stubbs CM, Graham A, Gentry C, Wilkins CH. Assessing the impact of direct community involvement when designing self-help materials, and the effectiveness of those materials in increasing medication adherence and health awareness. ASHP Mid-Year Clinical Meeting. 2015
- Narramore W, Gross BN, Hopper R, Gentry C. Implementation and evaluation of Annual Wellness Visits (AWV) and Chronic Care Management (CCM) conducted by a pharmacist in a primary care clinic. ASHP Mid-Year Clinical Meeting. 2015
- Pilon B, Davidson HA, Ketel C, Scott A, Gentry C, Foster P, Crutcher T, Rosenbloom ST. Development and Evolution of an Interprofessional Collaborative Team to Improve Patient Outcomes in Vulnerable Populations. Institute for Healthcare Improvement, 16th Annual International Summit. 2015
- Parker R, Gross B, Gentry C, Ketel C, Pilon B. Pharmacy Involvement in an interprofessional telemedicine service: a demonstration project. ASHP Mid-Year Clinical Meeting. 2014
- Hagemeir N, Cross LB, Gentry C, Miller GE, Phillips C, Rose D. Student Pharmacists’ Personal Finance Perceptions, Projected Student Loan Indebtedness, and Career Decision Making. American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting. 2014
- Vakharia N, White J, Gentry CK, Gross BN, Ketal C. Impact of interprofessional collaborative practice in clinical outcomes in subsidized housing and urban underserved patients in a community outpatient clinic. ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting. 2013
- Piper W, Straughn L, Gentry CK, Gross BN, Ketal C. Implementation of an Interprofessional Collaborative Practice Model in an Underserved Population. ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting. 2013
- Merkel J, Gross B, Gentry C, Ketel C, Pilon B. Effectiveness of an outpatient pharmacist-implemented smoking cessation program in a low-income primary care clinic. ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting. 2013
- Musick PB, Wilson MB, Gentry CK, Hess RA. Descriptive analysis of an innovative area for pharmacists in the treatment of diabetes mellitus in the primary care setting. ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting. 2010
- Gentry C, Cross LB, Gross BN, Foard J, Yacoub-Wasef S, Nuss KA,Ham E. Retrospective analysis of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion therapy in type 2 diabetic patients and a survey assessing patient satisfaction with insulin pump therapy. ACCP/ESCP International Congress on Clinical Pharmacy. 2009
- McFarland S, Tunney J, Gentry C, Gross BN, Cross LB. Evaluation of prescribing patterns of sitagliptin based on estimated glomelular filtration rates in two multi specialty practices. ACCP/ESCP International Congress on Clinical Pharmacy. 2009
