Tram Cat, PharmD

Associate Dean of Student Affairs
Associate Professor
Department of Clinical Pharmacy
Cat
Marco Sanchez
[email protected]
Phone: +1 415 502-8151
Fax: +1 415 476-6632
521 Parnassus Avenue, Rm 3233
UCSF Box 0622
San Francisco, CA 94117
United States

Links

UCSF Profiles Experiential Education

Affiliations

Education programs

Regional Program Director, San Francisco Bay Area Program, PharmD Degree Program

What I do

As associate dean of student affairs for the School of Pharmacy PharmD program, I provide leadership and management of student affairs program in the areas of recruitment and admissions, academic advising, personal and professional development, student well-being, student services, co-curricular activities, administration of student scholarship and awards, and student progression. I serve as the School’s liaison on student issues for the PharmD program with faculty, staff, campus, and external partners. I work collaboratively with school leadership to continually improve as well as identify and implement new student professional and leadership programs that support students’ professional identity formation and foster students’ self-directed life-long learning. In my role, I aim to provide a supportive learning environment that promotes student success where they are professionally prepared and can thrive in any dynamic health care practicing setting.

Departmental research area

clinical research
education research

My research expertise

critical care, clinician well-being, education research

Clinical expertise

critical care

Professional background

Degrees

PharmD, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 2003

Postgraduate training

PGY2, Critical Care Pharmacy Residency, University of Vermont, 2005
PGY1, Pharmacy Practice Residency, UMass Memorial Medical Center, 2004

Licensure and certifications

Pharmacotherapy Specialist, Board Certified, 2008
Registered Pharmacist, California Board of Pharmacy, 2007

Biography

Dr. Tram Cat is an Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy in the School of Pharmacy at the University of California in San Francisco. She earned her PharmD degree from MCPHS - Worcester in 2003. For her post-graduate training, Dr. Cat completed a PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at UMass Memorial Medical Center from 2003-2004 and a PGY2 Critical Care Specialty Residency at the University of Vermont from 2004-2005. Prior to joining faculty at UCSF School of Pharmacy, Dr. Cat practiced in critical care where she was a Burns/Surgery Trauma Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at Detroit Receiving Hospital from 2005-2007 and a Critical Care Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at Antelope Valley Hospital from 2007-2010. After spending several years practicing in critical care, in 2010, Dr. Cat transitioned into an administrative role, where she served as a Pharmacy Supervisor and then Education Coordinator at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. As the Education Coordinator, Dr. Cat served as the PGY1 Residency Program Director as well as managed the student experiential education and internship programs from 2016-2019.

Research keywords

  • complicated IAI
  • layered learning model
  • VTE prophylaxis in special populations
  • nutrition
  • emotional intelligence
  • critical care: severe sepsis/septic shock
  • pain
  • sedation
  • delirium
  • stress ulcer prophylaxis
  • experiential education
  • burnout
  • resiliency
  • well-being
  • Cross Infection
  • Students, Pharmacy
  • Education, Pharmacy
  • Esophageal and Gastric Varices
  • Vasopressins
  • Educational Measurement
  • Proton Pump Inhibitors
  • Candidiasis
  • Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage
  • Candida
  • Histamine H2 Antagonists
  • Abdomen
  • Preceptorship
  • Parenteral Nutrition Solutions
  • pharmacy

Publications

Cat TB, El-Ibiary SY, Lee KC. Student Stress, Coping, and APPE Readiness at Two Public Institutions before and during the Pandemic. Pharmacy (Basel). 2024 Aug 05; 12(4).
Cat TB, El-Ibiary SY, Lee KC. Evaluation of a Well-being Promotion (WelPro) Program on Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (APPE) Student Burnout. Am J Pharm Educ. 2023 06; 87(6):100071.
Buckley E, Gunaseelan S, Aronson BD, Anksorus HN, Belousova V, Cat TB, Cline KM, Curtis SD, DeRemer CE, Fuentes D, Grinalds MS, Haines SL, Johnson HE, Kopacek K, Louie JM, Nonyel NP, Petry N, Taylor SR, Harris SC, Sadowski CA, Law AV. Well-being Content Inclusion in Pharmacy Education Across the United States and Canada. Am J Pharm Educ. 2023 04; 87(3):ajpe8918.
Cat TB, Du J, Chen C, El-Ibiary SY, Lee KC. Impact of a Well-being Promotion Training Program on Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience Conference Leaders. Am J Pharm Educ. 2022 11; 86(8):ajpe8757.
Borenstein S, Mack E, Palmer K, Cat T, Gibson LC, Sandhu M, Wang J, Simmons CF. A New Model for Non-Lipid Compounded Neonatal Parenteral Nutrition Solution Osmolality. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2018 Aug; 42(6):1075-1083.
Cat TB, Liu-DeRyke X. Medical management of variceal hemorrhage. Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2010 Sep; 22(3):381-93.
Cat TB, Charash W, Hebert J, Marden BT, Corbett SM, Ahern J, Rebuck JA. Potential influence of antisecretory therapy on the development of Candida-associated intraabdominal infection. Ann Pharmacother. 2008 Feb; 42(2):185-91.