Bethany Pennington, PharmD, BCPS

Bethany Pennington, PharmD, BCPS, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology. 

Dr. Pennington earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from St. Louis College of Pharmacy in 2010 and completed a critical care pharmacy residency at Barnes-Jewish Hospital (BJH) in 2012. Clinically, she has focused on the perioperative care of critically ill surgical patients. From 2012 to 2021, she served as the clinical pharmacy specialist in the cardiothoracic surgery ICU at BJH and subsequently partnered with the BJC telemedicine ICU. 

As the Associate Vice Chair of Quality & Safety, she leads the Center for Informatics, Quality Improvement, Research & Safety (INQUIRES) in the Department of Anesthesiology. Her research centers on interventions aimed at improving outcomes and enhancing recovery in surgical patients. She is a Study Director for the multicenter randomized controlled trial, THRIVE (Trajectories of Recovery after Intravenous Propofol vs. Inhaled Volatile Anesthesia), and a pharmacist consultant and co-investigator for the Center for Perioperative Mental Health. As an educator, she serves as the Pharmacology Thread Lead for the Gateway Medical Student Curriculum at WashU Medicine. She is actively engaged in trainee education within the department and fosters collaborative educational partnerships with Goldfarb School of Nursing and the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy.

Publications

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