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Department Chair

Kasidy McKay

PharmD, BCPS

Department Chair

Clinical Associate Professor

PPRA
Adult Internal Medicine

Office: 264
Leonard Hall
Pocatello Campus

(208) 282-3945

kasidymckay@isu.edu

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

(208) 282-3396

stormijoessman@isu.edu