Contact
Phone: 216.956.1204
Fax: 440.312.7104
Email: crichar2@ccf.org
Education/Experience
- Board-certified Geriatric Pharmacist 2023
- Board-certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist 2011
- Doctor of Pharmacy 2000, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH
- Ambulatory Care Pharmacist at Hillcrest Hospital 2005 to 2006
- Hillcrest Hospital Anticoagulation Outpatient Clinic, Co-Director, 2002-2005
- Anticoagulation Therapy Management Certificate Program, University of Southern Indiana, 2003
Areas of Interest
- Anticoagulation
- Internal Medicine
- Diabetes
- Geriatrics
Current Projects and Committees
- Committee member Internal Medicine system-wide subcommittee
- Committee member for P & T committee
- Resident/Preceptor Development Residency Accreditation Committee Chair
- Cleveland Clinic Health-System Internal Medicine Pharmacy Committee
- Behavioral Health Operations Committee Cleveland Clinic Health System
- CMS Age Friendly Hospital Measure- Hillcrest and system-wide committees
- Geriatric Resource Nursing Group
- Library Committee
- Research Enterprise council
- QA/QI Hillcrest research reviewer
- Peer review of Manuscripts for Pharmacy. ISSN2226-4787
- Peer review of Manuscripts for Hospital Pharmacy. ISSN0018-5787
- Cleveland Clinic School of Pharmacy Technology Guest Lecturer
Teaching
- Preceptor for PharmD students and Pharmacy residents
- Continuing education to nursing, pharmacy and physicians at Hillcrest Hospital
Publications
- Mayzel, B, Axtell S, Richardson C, Link N. The Impact of Face-to-Face Pharmacist Transitional Care Management Visits on Medication-Related Problems. Journal of Pharmacy Technology 2020;00(0):1-7.
- Pasternak AL, Link NA, Richardson CM, Rose PG. Effect of Prophylactic Extended-Infusion Carboplatin on the Incidence of Hypersensitivity Reactions in Patients with Ovarian, Fallopian Tube, or Peritoneal Carcinomas. Pharmacotherapy 2016;36(7):723-730.
Posters
- Co-Author: Evaluation of Medication Errors on a Hospitalist Service at Discharge. Ohio College of Clinical Pharmacy. Spring Meeting. Beachwood, Ohio 2025
- Co-Author: Evaluation of Benzodiazepine Administration for Delirium in Non-Intensive Care Unit Patients Aged 65 years or Older. ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting, Anaheim, California 2023
- Co-Author: The Impact of Face-to-Face Pharmacist Transitional Care Management Visits on Medication-Related Problems. Ohio Pharmacy Resident Conference, Ada, Ohio 2019
- Co-Author: Evaluating patients’ heart failure knowledge in a pharmacist- and nurse-run outpatient group education class. Ohio Pharmacy Resident Conference, Ada, Ohio 2016
- Co-Author: Prophylactic extended-infusion carboplatin effect on hypersensitivity reactions in patients with gynecologic malignancies. Ohio Pharmacy Resident Conference, Ada, Ohio 2015
- Co-Author: Insulin Sliding Scale and Hypoglycemia in Non-Critical Patients. Great Lakes Residency Conference. West Lafayette, Indiana. 2014
- Evaluation of Medication-Related Hypoglycemic Events in Non-Intensive Care Unit Patients. American Society of Hospital Pharmacy Summer Meeting Conference. Minneapolis, Minnesota. 2013
Lecture Presentations
- Psychiatric Lecture Series Clinical Staff Pharmacists, Hillcrest Hospital January – May 2021
- Challenges with Cognitive Decline in the Elderly APN/PA Continuing Education Program, Hillcrest Hospital March 2019
- Home Medication Review and Discussion Pulmonary Rehabilitation Support Group, Hillcrest Hospital March 2018
- Medication-Related Adverse Reactions in Acute Care Patients, Physical Therapy/Occupational Therapy System-Wide CE Event Cleveland Clinic, Lutheran Hospital June 2017
