Bethany Pennington, PharmD, BCPS

Bethany Pennington, PharmD, BCPS

Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

Dr. Pennington earned her PharmD from St. Louis College of Pharmacy in 2010 and completed a critical care pharmacy residency at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in 2012. Her clinical expertise is focused on the management of critically ill surgical patients.  Currently, she is working with multiple investigators to explore interventions aimed at enhancing surgical patients’ experiences and outcomes. She is a Study Director for the multicenter randomized controlled trial Trajectories of Recovery after Intravenous propofol vs. inhaled VolatilE anesthesia (THRIVE). Additionally, she collaborates with the Center for Perioperative Mental Health at Washington University as a pharmacy specialist consultant and co-investigator. She also works with the Multicenter Perioperative Outcomes Group (MPOG), an international consortium of perioperative databases coordinated at the University of Michigan, to support and facilitate performance improvement through quality measures both nationally and locally within the Department of Anesthesiology. Furthermore, Dr. Pennington serves as the Pharmacology Thread Co-Lead for the Gateway Curriculum in the Office of Medical Student Education.

Publications

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