04/14/2026 - Medical Grand Rounds: Unpacking the Crisis: How Drug Shortages and Supply Chain Disruptions Impact Patient Care

Please join us for our next Medicine Grand Rounds featuring Katie J. Suda, PharmD, MS, FCCP from the Center for Research on Health Care.

This presentation will assess the frequency, evaluate characteristics, and describe how drug shortages can compromise patient care through treatment disruptions and adverse outcomes.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Assess the frequency of drug shortages.
  • Evaluate characteristics associated with drug shortages.
  • Describe how drug shortages can compromise patient care through treatment disruptions and adverse outcomes.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 0.75 Attendance
Course opens: 
04/14/2026
Course expires: 
04/14/2029

Katie J. Suda, PharmD, M.S., FCCP
Professor & Associate Director, Center for Pharmaceutical Policy & Prescribing
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Research Health Scientist & Director
Center for Healthcare Evaluation, Research, and Promotion (CHERP), VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

Dr. Suda receives grant/research support from  AHRQ, NIH, and VA.

Disclosures:

No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Accreditation Statement

Jointly Accredited Provider Mark

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The University of Pittsburgh designates enduring material activity for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit[s]™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Available Credit

  • 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 0.75 Attendance
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