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John Kappes

Kappes, John

Title

Professor

Office Building

Off-Campus

Mailing Address

Monument Health Rapid City Hospital
353 Fairmont Blvd
Rapid City, SD 57701

Biography

Dr. Kappes teaches in the areas of internal medicine and critical care. John received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from South Dakota State University and completed a PGY1 pharmacy residency at Aurora Health Care (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) and a PGY2 critical care pharmacy residency at Avera McKennan (Sioux Falls). John is also a clinical pharmacist at Monument Health Rapid City Hospital where he primarily practices in the ICU. He is the PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency Program director for Monument Health. John is a board-certified critical care pharmacist. His area of research interests are critical care and cardiology.

Education

  • Board Certified Critical Care Pharmacist | 2015
  • PGY2 Critical Care Pharmacy Practice Residency | Avera McKennan Hospital | July 2009
  • PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency | Aurora Health Care | July 2008
  • Doctor of pharmacy | South Dakota State University | 2007
  • B.S. in pharmaceutical sciences, with chemistry minor | 2005

Academic Interests

  • Critical care
  • Cardiology

Academic Responsibilities

  • PHA 756 Pharmacotherapeutics
  • PHA 750 Critical Care Pharmacotherapeutics
  • PHA 645 Pharmacotherapeutics for Nurse Practitioners
  • PHA 772 Internal Medicine I APPE
  • PHA 773 Internal Medicine II APPE
  • PHA 706 Critical Care APPE

Committees and Professional Memberships

  • South Dakota Society of Health-System Pharmacists
  • American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
  • Society of Critical Care Medicine
  • American College of Clinical Pharmacy
  • South Dakota Pharmacists Association

Awards and Honors

  • South Dakota Pharmacist Association Distinguished Young Pharmacist 2016
  • Regional Health PGY1 Preceptor of the Year 2016
  • SDSU College of Pharmacy Excellence in Teaching Award 2014

Work Experience

  • Associate professor – Clinical Pharmacy Practice - South Dakota State University / Rapid City Regional Hospital, Rapid City (July 2015–present)
  • Assistant professor – Clinical Pharmacy Practice - South Dakota State University / Rapid City Regional Hospital, Rapid City (August 2009 – July 2015)

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