Bethany Pennington, PharmD, BCPS

Dr. Pennington completed her PharmD at St. Louis College of Pharmacy in 2010 followed by a critical care pharmacy residency at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Her clinical areas of expertise include perioperative care of surgical patients, antithrombotic and antimicrobial therapies in the critically ill, and pharmacologic management during mechanical circulatory support. As an assistant professor within the Department of Anesthesiology at Washington University School of Medicine, her research focuses on studying perioperative interventions aimed to optimize and improve patient experiences and outcomes. She is a Study Director for the Trajectories of Recovery after Intravenous propofol vs. inhaled VolatilE anesthesia (THRIVE) multicenter randomized controlled trial. She also serves as a Gateway Curriculum Thread Pharmacology Co-Leader in the Office of Medical Student Education, the Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group Champion for Quality Improvement and Research for the Department of Anesthesiology, and a pharmacy specialist consultant for the Center for Perioperative Mental Health at Washington University in St. Louis. 

Publications

A comprehensive list of Dr. Pennington’s publications can be found by visiting the link below.