Degrees and Certifications

• 1999 - Pharm.D., Purdue University
• 1998 - B.S., Pharmacy, Purdue University

Certification

• Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist. Achieved 11/03 (renewed 2017).
• American Pharmacists Association. Pharmacy-Based Immunization Certification. (original 2008; renewed 2018)
• Certified in Basic Life Support and First Aid. 1994-present (renewed 2023)

Positions and Employment

• 2016-present - Clinical Associate Professor, Wayne State University 
• 2014-present, Director of Assessment, Wayne State University
• 2009-2016, Clinical Assistant Professor, Wayne State University
• 2009-2014, Faculty (shared appointment), Wayne State University and Detroit Receiving Hospital
• 2005-2009, Assistant Professor, Mercer University
• 2002-2005, Clinical Pharmacist, Baylor University Medical Center
• 2000-2002, Faculty (shared appointment), Wayne State University and Harper University Hospital
• 1999-2000, Pharmacy Practice Resident, University of Pittsburgh

Awards and Honors

• 2020-2021 - Academic Leadership Academy Fellow at Wayne State University
• 2020 - PRISM Prize 2020 Receipt for Innovation for Teaching
• 2020 - Wayne State- National Excellence in Assessment Designee
• 2019 - Collaborative for Excellence in Interprofessional Education
• 2018 - Honored speaker at University Assessment Luncheon
• 2018 - Honorable Mention from United States Public Health Service and Interprofessional Education
• 2014, 2011 - Exam Item Writer for National Association Boards of Pharmacy

Professional Memberships

• 2021-present - Michigan Pharmacists Association
• 2019-present - Christian Pharmacists Fellowship International
• 2005-present - American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
• 1998-present - American Society of Health Systems Pharmacists

Areas of Expertise

• Scholarship of teaching and learning
• Internal medicine

Recent Publications

Refereed Journals

• Mohammad I, Lobkovich A, Martirosov A, Lipari M, Garwood C, Salinitri F, Gortney JS, Berlie HD. The struggle is real: facilitating pharmacy student success on rotations when challenges arise. J AphA 64(2024): 102086.

• Gortney JS. Agnihotri SK, Stepho M, Yousef A. Tong S. Helping fourth year student pharmacists develop their professional brand. Curr Pharm Teach Learn 2023, 15(10):903-910.

• Augustine J, Gortney J, Rudolph M, Thompson S. Making Progress: a national study on the development and use of progression assessments in U.S. pharmacy curricula. Curr Pharm Teaching Learn, Accepted for publication February 2, 2023.

• Castleberry A, Daugherty, Zeeman J, Gortney JS, Lee KC, Dey S, Drayton S. “Put me in coach!” Engaging faculty to form a winning assessment team. Am J Pharm Ed 2023, In press, accepted for publication.

• Gortney JS, Fava JP, Berti AD, Stewart B. Comparison of student pharmacists’ performance on in-person versus virtual OSCEs in a pre-APPE capstone course. Curr Pharm Teaching Learn 2022; 14(9):1116-21.

• Park SK, Daugherty KK, Kolluru S, Guanseelan S, Janetski BK, Lebovitz L, Vellurattil RP, Gortney JS. Rethinking Pharmacy Workforce Crisis by Exploring Unconventional and Emerging Career Pathways. Am J Pharm Ed 2022; 86(3): Article 8773.

• Lahiri M, Lucarotti R, Gortney JS. Engaging Faculty Advisors to Promote Students’ Personal and Professional Development. Curr Pharm Teaching Learn 2021; 13(10):1346-50.
  

• Gortney JS, Lahiri M, Giuliano C, Saleem H, Khan M, Salinitri F, Lucarotti R. Evaluation of an Instrument to Assess Students’ Personal and Professional Development during Faculty Advising Process. Am J Pharm Ed 2021; 85(3): Article 8201.

• Park S, Daugherty KK, Kolluru S, Lebovitz L, Gunaseelan S, Janetski B, Velluralti, Gortney JS. Pharmacy workforce crisis: Leveraging pharmacist’s skills and exploring innovative pharmacy careers. Am J Pharm Educ. 2021; 85(7): Article 8737: 609.

• August BA, Gortney JS, Mendez J.Evaluating interprofessional socialization: Matched student self-assessments surrounding underserved clinic participation.Curr Pharm Teaching Learn.Accepted for publication. April 2020.

• Rudolph MJ, Gortney JS, Brownfield A, Caldwell D, Castleberry A, Le UM, Medina MS, Sease JM, Trujillo J, Welch AC, Daughtery KM. Student perceptions of the utility of the Pharmacy Curriculum Outcomes Assessment.Curr Pharm Teaching Learn 2020; 12(3): 255-264.

• Rudolph MJ, Gortney JS, Maerten-Rivera JL, Bray BS, Shah S, Hein BE, Coyle EA, Buring SM. A study of the relationship between the PCOA and the NAPLEX using a multi-institutional sample. Am J Pharm Ed 2019; 80(2):Article 6867.

Courses taught by Justine Gortney, PharmD, BCPS

Winter Term 2025 (future)

• PPR6295 - Clinical Capstone

Fall Term 2024 (current)

• PHA5115 - Principles of Pharmacotherapy II: Cardiology, Nephrology
• PHA6125 - Principles of Pharmacotherapy VI: Oncology, Advanced Immunology

Winter Term 2024

• PPR6295 - Clinical Capstone

Fall Term 2023

• PHA5115 - Principles of Pharmacotherapy II: Cardiology, Nephrology
• PHA6125 - Principles of Pharmacotherapy VI: Oncology, Advanced Immunology

Winter Term 2023

• PPR6295 - Clinical Capstone

Fall Term 2022

• PHA6125 - Principles of Pharmacotherapy VI: Oncology, Advanced Immunology
• PHA5115 - Principles of Pharmacotherapy II: Cardiology, Nephrology

Winter Term 2022

• PPR6295 - Clinical Capstone

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