2011 Traveling Fellowship Award Recipients
NATF has selected two recipients for the 2011 Traveling Fellowship Program. Learn more about the benefits of NATF’s Traveling Fellowship and apply for the 2012 Fellowship opportunity.
Michael Palladino, PharmD, CACP
2011 Traveling Fellow
Dr. Palladino received his Doctor of Pharmacy Degree from Temple University School of Pharmacy in 2006. He began practicing as a clinical pharmacist in internal medicine and then worked as a clinical pharmacy manager at Northeastern Hospital, Temple University Health System. Following his time at Northeastern Hospital, Dr. Palladino began work at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, where he developed a pharmacy managed transition of care program. This program utilizes pharmacists to educate, monitor, and adjust anticoagulants in the orthopedic joint replacement population. To date, Dr. Palladino continues his excellent work in this role, and in 2010 his transition of care program won the ASHP Pharmacy Best Practice Award. Dr. Palladino is also working towards his MBA at La Salle University School of Business and is expected to graduate in 2012.
Dr. Palladino has a strong interest in the treatment of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) and the use of anticoagulation therapy. His work is aimed toward improving the way these disease states are managed. Dr. Palladino fosters NATF’s multidisciplinary approach to healthcare to achieve one goal: bring awareness to both patients and clinicians about thrombosis management and improve patient outcomes.
As a 2011 NATF Traveling Fellow, Dr. Palladino will work closely with William Dager, PharmD, BCPS at the University of California, Davis Medical Center to develop a transition in care program for the treatment of thrombosis patients who will be managed by the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Antithrombotic Service. The program will employ a multidisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and case managers to assure patients and clinicians are appropriately educated on anticoagulation management and plan of care. Dr. Palladino hopes that by fostering improved communication between inpatient and outpatient clinicians, a safer and more effective hand-off process can be structured to ensure each patient is being managed correctly in the outpatient setting.
Matthew T. Rondina, MD
2011 Traveling Fellow
Dr. Rondina graduated from the University of Utah Medical School in 2003. He completed his residency at the University of Utah, where he was Chief Medical Resident from 2006-2007. Dr. Rondina then joined the faculty in the General Internal Medicine Division at the University of Utah. During his short time as a faculty member, he has already begun establishing a track record of successful NIH funding and translational research in the field of Thrombosis. These grants include a K-12 Scholar’s Award and subsequent K-23 Career Development Award to characterize novel mechanisms linking inflammatory and thrombotic disorders. He has also led a project studying new biomarkers associated with the development of thrombosis in obese patients undergoing orthopedic surgery.
Dr. Rondina currently serves as the Director of the Translational Research Division of the University Healthcare Thrombosis Service.
Dr. Rondina is focused on obesity as a public health epidemic in North America, and its role in increasing the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and its sequelae, including post-thrombotic syndrome and pulmonary hypertension. Dr. Rondina is also interested in the prevention and treatment of atherothrombotic disease and, consistent with the goals of the NIH, utilizes a translational, bench‐to‐bedside‐bench approach in his investigations.
As a 2011 NATF Traveling Fellow, Dr. Rondina will collaborate with Alisa Wolberg, PhD at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill to develop a better understanding of the key cellular responses in obesity and how they contribute to a prothrombotic milieu. Dr. Rondina’s work will lead to improvements in the prevention of atherothrombotic disease and its complications
