Edith Nutescu

Edith A. Nutescu, Pharm.D., FCCP, is Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy and Director of the Antithrombosis Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center. Dr. Nutescu is also an Affiliate Faculty at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Center for Pharmacoeconomic Research. She earned her Pharm.D. degree with high honors at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy. After graduation, Dr Nutescu went on to complete an American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)–accredited Pharmacy Practice Residency at Lutheran General Hospital–Advocate Health Care and a Primary Care Specialty Residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center. As a clinician and educator, Dr. Nutescu has contributed extensively to the care of patients and the education of students and health care providers on topics related to cardiovascular therapeutics. The Antithombosis Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center, which Dr. Nutescu directs, has served as a training site and model for pharmacists and other health care providers throughout the US and various other countries such as Thailand, Hong-Kong, Japan, and Singapore.

Dr. Nutescu maintains an active clinical practice and research program. Her research and practice interests are in the areas of thrombosis, antithrombotic therapy, cardiovascular diseases, and stroke. Dr Nutescu has authored or co-authored over 100 scientific articles, book chapters, and abstracts published in the science and medical literature and has served as a reviewer for the literature in her field. She serves on the Editorial Boards for Annals of Pharmacotherapy and the American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. She has lectured extensively both nationally and internationally on topics related to hyperlipidemia, thrombosis, stroke, and cardiovascular diseases. Dr. Nutescu serves as the Vice-President and on the Board of Directors of the Anticoagulation Forum, and has served on the National Consumers League Senior Outpatient Medication Safety Coalition - Oral Anticoagulant National Advisory Board. Dr. Nutescu was the only pharmacist member nominated to serve on the Steering Committee for the National Quality Forum and the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations - National Consensus Standards for the Prevention and Care of Venous Thrombosis.