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John Kappes

Kappes, JohnJohn Kappes

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, WI) and a PGY2 critical care pharmacy residency at Avera McKennan (Sioux Falls, SD). 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

South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD
Doctor of Pharmacy, May 2007
Bachelor of Science, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemistry Minor, May 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

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

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

Work Experience

Associate Professor – Clinical Pharmacy Practice South Dakota State University / Rapid City Regional Hospital, Rapid City, SD (Jul. 2015 – Present)

Assistant Professor – Clinical Pharmacy Practice
South Dakota State University / Rapid City Regional Hospital, Rapid City, SD (Aug. 2009 – Jul. 2015)

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