Megan Keck, Pharm.D., BCPS

Pharmacy Coordinator- Liver/Intestinal Transplant

The Nebraska Medical Center
Clinical Assistant Professor-College of Pharmacy
University of Nebraska Medical Center
981090 Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE 68198-1090
Phone 402-559-5372
Pager  402-888-3040
mkeck@nebraskamed.com

Teaching Activities:  Dr. Keck lectures in the Solid Organ Transplant Section of Pharmacotherapy III.  She is also a preceptor for IPPE Drug Information clerkships and the APPE Pediatric Liver Transplant Clerkship.  Dr. Keck also precepts pharmacy practice residents at The Nebraska Medical Center.

Research Interests:  Dr. Keck’s research interests include immunosuppression management and infectious disease complications post-transplantation.

Recent Publications:

1. Keck M, Mindru C, Kalil AC, Mercer DF, Florescu DF.  “Respiratory Syncytial Virus Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in a Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipient Treated with Oral Ribavirin.”  Pediatric Transplantation, accepted pending publication
2. Florescu DF, Qiu F, McCartan MA, Mindru C, Fey PD, and Kalil AC. “What is the efficacy and safety of colistin for the treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia? A systematic review and meta-regression.” Clin Infect Dis 2012; 54:670-80.
3. Sankaranarayanan J, Collier D, Furasek A, Reardon T, Smith LM, McCartan M, Langnas AN.  “Rurality and other factors associated with adherence to immunosuppressant medications in community-dwelling solid-organ transplant recipients.”  Res Social Adm Pharm. 2011 Aug 17.
4. Ng T, Olsen KM, McCartan M, Puumala SE, Speidel KM, Miller MA, and Sears T.  “Drug-Induced QTc-Interval Prolongation in the Intensive Care Unit:  Incidence and Predictors.”  Journal of Pharmacy Practice 2010; 23: 19-24.
5. Florescu D., Hill LA, McCartan M. Grant W.  “Two cases of Norwalk Virus Enteritis Following Small Bowel Transplantation Treated with Oral Human Serum Immunoglobulin.”  Pediatric Transplantation.  2008;  12: 372-375.
6. Ku J., McCartan M., Collier D.  “Clinical Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Monitoring for Mycophenolate Mofetil.”  Journal of Pharmacy Practice, Vol. 18, No. 6, 422-431 (2005).