Fellow - American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, ASHP
(2026)
Precepting Excellence Award, University of Colorado Anschutz Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
(2019)
Preceptor of the Year, University of Texas College of Pharmacy
(2015)
Publications
Ray L, Gottlieb M, Long B, Riscinti M, Rech MA. Regional anesthesia in the emergency department: A review of key pharmacotherapeutic considerations. Am J Emerg Med. 2026 Jul;105:63-72. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2026.04.003. Epub 2026 Apr 3. PMID: 42000675.
Mercer KJ, Howington GT, Brown CS, Gilbert BW, Cole K, Acquisto NM, Zimmerman DE, Ray L, Gerberi D, Mattson AE, Faine B, Rech MA; EMPHARM-NET Collaborators. Assessing the impact of emergency medicine pharmacists on fibrinolytic door-to-needle times in acute ischemic stroke: A systematic review and meta-analysis (Pharmacist-assisted Stroke Treatments I (PhAST-1)). Am J Emerg Med. 2025 Dec;98:57-64. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2025.08.014. Epub 2025 Aug 9. PMID: 40840401.
Rech MA, DeWitt K, Ray LC. Closing the gaps in hyperacute stroke care: Pharmacologic and systems-level considerations. Am J Emerg Med. 2026 Jun 6:S0735-6757(26)00278-0. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2026.06.005. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42285877.
Ray LC, Gilbert BW. The Andexxa arc: From urgency to uncertainty to unapproval. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2026 May 26;83(11):e377-e378. doi: 10.1093/ajhp/zxaf365. PMID: 41474529.
Zimmerman DE, Rech MA, Covvey JR, Acquisto NM, Slocum GW, Howington GT, Woolum JA, Flack T, Ray L, Porter B, Kum V, VanWert E, Faine B. Hepatitis B vaccination and immune globulin administration in patients presenting to the emergency department following sexual assault. Am J Emerg Med. 2025 Nov;97:188-192. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2025.07.060. Epub 2025 Jul 28. PMID: 40752052.
Lawson CK, Faine BA, Rech MA, Childs CA, Brown CS, Slocum GW, Acquisto NM, Ray L; EMPHARM-NET Study Group. Norepinephrine versus epinephrine for hemodynamic support in post-cardiac arrest shock: A systematic review. Am J Emerg Med. 2024 Mar;77:158-163. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2023.12.031. Epub 2023 Dec 21. PMID: 38150986
Cummins S, Ray L, Nesheim J, Nasrazadani ZC. A framework for optimizing diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in pharmacy residency recruitment for underrepresented minorities. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2024 Jan 22:zxae006. doi: 10.1093/ajhp/zxae006. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38253043.
Ray L, Acquisto NM, Coralic Z, Feldman R, Mercer K, Zimmerman DE, Howington GT, Slocum GW, Faine B, Rech MA. A national survey of medication utilization for cardiac resuscitation in the emergency department: A survey of emergency medicine pharmacists. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2024 Jul 11:zxae186. doi: 10.1093/ajhp/zxae186. PMID: 38990863.
Green HH, Ray L, Buchanan J, Matsler N. Urinary retention and mydriasis secondary to topical glycopyrronium for axillary hyperhidrosis. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2023 Sep 7;80(18):1234-1237. doi: 10.1093/ajhp/zxad141. PMID: 37348110.
Ray L, Geier C, DeWitt KM. Pathophysiology and treatment of adults with arrhythmias in the emergency department, part 2: Ventricular and bradyarrhythmias. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2023 Aug 18;80(17):1123-1136. doi: 10.1093/ajhp/zxad115. PMID: 37235971.
Ray L, Geier C, DeWitt KM. Pathophysiology and treatment of adults with arrhythmias in the emergency department, part 1: Atrial arrhythmias. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2023 Aug 4;80(16):1039-1055. doi: 10.1093/ajhp/zxad108. PMID: 37227130.
Terasaki D, Kulick B, Calcaterra S, Ray L. Phenobarbital for alcohol withdrawal in the context of the opioid epidemic: a neglected caveat. Addiction. 2023 Jul;118(7):1198-1200. doi: 10.1111/add.16194. Epub 2023 Apr 10. PMID: 36967706.
Jenrette J, Schwarz K, Trujillo T, Ray L. Evaluation of direct oral anticoagulant use on thromboelastography in an emergency department population. Am J Emerg Med. 2022 Feb;52:191-195. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2021.12.011. Epub 2021 Dec 10. PMID: 34952323.
