Dr. Kimberly Won, Pharmd< APh, BCCCP
Associate Professor
Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Dr. Won is a critical care and emergency medicine pharmacy specialist. Clinically, her research interests span across topics related to caring for critically ill patients in the ICU and emergency department, including drug monitoring, cardiac arrest, toxicities, pharmacokinetic changes, vasoactive medications, anticoagulation, sedation/delirium, acute kidney injury, hyperglycemic crisis and electrolyte abnormalities. In the didactic setting, Dr. Won also conducts research in interprofessional education and simulation-based learning.
Education: B.S. Biology, University of California, Los Angeles (2007), Pharm.D., University of Colorado SSPPS (2014); PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency Acute Care, UC San Diego Health (2015); PGY-2 Pharmacy Residency Critical Care/Emergency Medicine, University of Colorado Health (2016); Board Certification in Critical Care Pharmacy (2017)
Awards and Honors: American College of Clinical Pharmacy Critical Care Practice & Research Network Student Research Award (2013), American College of Clinical Pharmacy Best Student Poster Finalist (2013), Kaiser Permanente Colorado RxCellence Intern of the Year Award (2013), American Society of Health-System Pharmacists National Student Leadership Award (2014), Society of Critical Care Medicine Internal Medicine Section Congress Scholarship (2021), Chapman University Unit Faculty Excellence Award (2021), Chapman University School of Pharmacy Mentor of Best Pharm.D. Poster Presentation (2021), Chapman University School of Pharmacy Everyday Hero Award (2021), Society of Critical Care Medicine Presidential Citation Award (2023), Chapman University Co-Teaching Award (2023), Society of Critical Care Medicine Presidential Citation Award (2024)
Leadership Experience: ASHP New Practitioners Forum Resident Advancement Advisory Group (2018-2019); AACP House of Delegates Alternate Faculty Representative (2016-2018); ACCP Critical Care Practice & Research Network Communications Committee (2016-2017), Emergency Medicine Practice & Research Network Collaborative Organization for Development of Emergency Medicine Pharmacists Committee (2015-2019), Research Committee (2017-Present); CSHP New Practitioner Executive Committee (2018-2020), Organizational Performance Council (2020-Present), Chair-Elect (2021-2022), Chair (2022-2023), Co-Chair (2023-Present); Society of Academic Emergency Medicine – Academic Emergency Medicine Pharmacists Communications Chair-Elect (2024-2025), Chair (2025-2026); Communications Committee (2023-Present); Society of Critical Care Medicine – Patient Safety Net(work) Series Junior Charge Lead (2022-2023), Senior Charge Lead (2023-2024), Article Expansion Junior Charge Lead (2025-2026), Senior Charge Lead (2026-2027); Patient Safety Patient Safety Chair-Elect (2024-2025), Chair (2026-2027); Patient Safety Committee (2020-Present), Research & Scholarship Committee (2023-Present)
- Pharmacy: Therapeutics Conference (SPPS 212C), Therapeutics (SPPS 212A)
- Physician Assistant: Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapeutics I (PAE 222), II (PAE 232), III (PAE 243), IV (PAE 253)
- Won K, Kaucher K. Combatting the opioid epidemic: innovative strategies in the emergency department. California J Health-Syst Pharm. 2019;13(4):1-13.
- Truong WR, Won K, Yamaki J. Antibiotic selection and isolate susceptibility profile in patients who failed ciprofloxacin or TMP-SMX for pyelonephritis. Am J Emerg Med. 2019;37(10):1980-1981. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2019.04.008
- Nordt S, Won K, Tomaszweski C, et al. Polyethylene glycol electrolyte lavage solution increases dissolution of acetaminophen in vitro model mimicking acute poisoning. Am J Emerg Med. 2020;38(2):325-328. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2019.158444
- Nordt S, Hendrickson M, Won K, et al. Death from cardiac glycoside “pong-pong” following use as weight-loss supplement purchased on Internet. Am J Emerg Med. 2020;38(8): 1698.e5-1698.e6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2020.04.063
- Pham D, Wong S, Nguyen C, Lee SC, Won K. Development of a bamlanivimab infusion process in the emergency department for Outpatient COVID-19 patients. Healthcare. 2022;10(42). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare10010042
- Weant K, Acquisto N, Doyno C, Won K, et al. Development of an emergency medicine pharmacy intensity score tool. Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2022, zxac328. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ajhp/zxac328
- Gregory H, Aljadeed R, Desai D, Won K, et al. Recommendations for non-antidote medications needed in the emergency department during a mass casualty incident. Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2023, zxad062. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ajhp/zxad062
- Won K, Tsu L, Salvidar S, Beuttler R, Walsh A. The effect of interprofessional simulations on pharmacy and physician assistant students’ learning of advanced cardiac life support concepts. Curr Pharm Teach & Learn. 2023;15(5):521-527. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cptl.2023.05.002
- Munjy L, Besinque K, Beuttler R, Taheri R, Won K, Bethishou L. A longitudinal curriculum to teach and assess empathy within the Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum. Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2025;17:102279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cptl.2024.102279
- Clinical research in critically ill patients
- Clinical research in medical emergencies
- Research related to interprofessional education
- Research related to simulation-based learning