Cait Stephanie O’Sullivan PharmD, BScPh, BA

Health authority: Island Health 

Communities served: Alert Bay, Campbell River, Comox, Cortes Island, Courteney, Cumberland, Denman Island, Gold River, Hornby Island, Nanaimo, Parksville, Port Alberni, Port Alice, Port Hardy, Port McNeill, Powell River, Qualicum, Qualicum Beach, Texada Island, Tofino, Ucluelet

Education: Cait O'Sullivan has a clinical pharmacy background in acute general medicine, long term care, and community practice. She received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New Brunswick (Medical Anthropology), a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from Dalhousie University, and a Doctor of Pharmacy Degree from the University of Washington.

Work experience: Based in the Comox Valley, Cait is an academic pharmacist with the B.C. Provincial Academic Detailing (PAD) Service.

Prior to joining the academic detailing team, Cait practiced as a clinical pharmacist in general medicine/acute care for Vancouver Coastal Health, and earlier as a community pharmacist in northern Vancouver Island.

Academic detailing experience: Cait has been with the PAD service since October 2010. Her first exposure to this form of continuing medical education was during a doctor of pharmacy internship with Dalhousie’s Academic Detailing Service in Halifax. Cait has completed Basic and Advanced Academic Detailing training.

Other: Cait has a practice interest in the drug approval process and clinical practice guideline methodology. Living in rural B.C. allows her to indulge in exploring the outdoors through mountain biking, snowshoeing, and running.