Department Chair
Kasidy McKay
PharmD, BCPS
Department Chair
Clinical Associate Professor
PPRA
Adult Internal Medicine
Office: 264
Leonard Hall
Pocatello Campus
Dr. McKay is a Clinical Associate Professor based in Pocatello and currently serves as the Department Chair of Pharmacy Practice & Administrative Sciences. She earned her PharmD from Midwestern University in 2013, and subsequently completed a PGY1/PGY2 Pharmacotherapy Residency at Idaho State University (2013-2015). From 2018 - 2023, she served as the Residency Program Director for the PGY1/PGY2 Pharmacotherapy Residency. Under her leadership the program attained a full 8 years of ASHP accreditation. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. McKay played a crucial role as the Coordinator of the COVID-19 Health Committee at Idaho State, shaping the University's response strategy. Clinically, she operates within the inpatient general medicine domain at Portneuf Medical Center, with particular interest in cardiology and infectious disease. A notable area of her scholarly interest lies in exploring the cognitive bias in clinical decision making, a subject on which she has provided significant educational contributions, including national and regional CE presentations and an Honors Program Seminar course.
Administrator
Stormi Essman
Administrative Assistant II
PPRA
Office: 263
Leonard Hall
Pocatello Campus