The University of Findlay

Dr. Shinn graduated from the University of Michigan with a Pharm.D. degree in 1989 and completed a one-year clinical residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, MI. He then spent seven years as Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Creighton University in Omaha, NE, where he was the recipient of several teaching awards. He practiced with the inpatient Internal Medicine service at St. Joseph Hospital in Omaha for five years, and in the SJH ambulatory clinics for two years. From 1998-2007, Dr. Shinn practiced as a combination clinical/staff pharmacist at St. Mary Mercy Hospital in Livonia, MI. He is especially interested in investigating and developing systems that better integrate the pharmacist in direct patient-care decision-making, optimizing the cost-effectiveness of drug therapy, and improving medication safety in institutional practice. He is committed to inspiring pharmacy students to believe that they will truly make a difference in the medication outcomes and lives of their patients.

Selected Publications/Abstracts:
Pincus KT, Shinn BW, Frock JT. Ethylene glycol poisoning revisited. Hospital Pharmacy 1996;31(5):536-41

Pincus KT, Shinn BW. Chronic renal failure: Monitoring challenges. US Pharmacist 1996;Suppl 1:3-6

Huerter CJ, Shinn BW, Delgado WJ. Oral therapy for pruritus in the elderly. J Geriatr Dermatol 1995;3(1):18-23.

Hilleman DE, Mohiuddin SM, Lucas BD, Shinn BW, Elsasser GN. Conversion from sustained-release to immediate-release calcium entry blockers: Outcomes in patients with mild-to-moderate hypertension. Clin Ther 1993;15:1002-10

Hilleman DE, Shinn BW. Outcomes and costs of chronic COPD. Presented at the 31st Annual ASHP Mid-Year Clinical Meeting, New Orleans, LA. December, 1996

Travis J, Tillmanns AK, Shinn BW. Assessing the need for focused pharmaceutical care in an ambulatory clinic setting. Presented at the 31st Annual ASHP Mid-Year Clinical Meeting, New Orleans, LA. December, 1996

Hovinga C, Doyle DM, Shinn BW. Retrospective comparison of student mid-rotation self-evaluation vs. preceptor evaluation. Presented at the 31st Annual ASHP Mid-Year Clinical Meeting, New Orleans, LA. December, 1996

Shinn BW, Koch D, Pena J. Retrospective analysis of warfarin dosing in a hospitalized general medicine population. Presented at the 1996 ACCP Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN. August, 1996

Shinn BW. Heparin and warfarin dosing strategies in the CVA critical pathway. The Collaborator, Newsletter of the Creighton/SJH Case Management Department;1(3): July/August, 1996

Wadibia EC, Lucas BD, Shinn BW, Stoysich AM, Hilleman DE. Economic impact of inappropriate H-2 receptor antagonist use.Presented at the 30th Annual ASHP Mid-Year Clinical Meeting, Las Vegas, NV. December, 1995

Destache CJ, Elsasser GN, Shinn BW. Assessment of pharmaceutical intervention in community-acquired pneumonia. Presented at the 1995 ACCP Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. August, 1995

Hilleman DE, Wadibia EC, Shinn BW. Pharmacoeconomic evaluation of COPD: Stratification of outcomes and costs according to initial drug therapy. Presented at the 1995 ACCP Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. August, 1995

Tonn ME, Naughton MJ, Shinn BW. Efficacy of digoxin dosing in a general medicine population. Presented at the 29th Annual ASHP Mid-Year Clinical Meeting, Miami, FL. December, 1994

Shinn BW, Nakata AN, Wernick A, Kunimitsu WK. Analysis of heparin dosing in a university hospital. Presented at the 1994 ACCP Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO. August, 1994

Shinn BW, Fincham JE, Stohs SJ. Curriculum development at Creighton University. Presented at the AACP Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. July, 1992

Glowacki R, Shinn BW. Evaluation of antimicrobial surgical prophylaxis in a university teaching hospital. Presented at the 26th Annual ASHP Mid-Year Clinical Meeting, New Orleans, LA. December, 1991

Shinn BW, Miller SM. Preliminary use evaluation of ketorolac tromethamine in an inpatient setting. Presented at the 26th Annual ASHP Mid-Year Clinical Meeting, New Orleans, LA. December, 1991