Meet the Program Director

Kelley Norris, PharmD, BCPS, BCPPS

PGY2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residency Program Director

Pharmacy Manager, Decentralized Pharmacy Services

Pediatric Critical Care Pharmacy Specialist

kenorris@augusta.edu

Kelley Norris is the Manager of Acute Care Clinical Services and a Pediatric Critical Care Specialist. She also holds an appointment as Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia (UGA), College of Pharmacy. Kelley received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Auburn University in 1999. After completing her pharmacy practice residency at the Medical College of Georgia in 2000, she joined the Augusta University Health staff as a pediatric pharmacy specialist. She is a Board Certified Pediatric Pharmacy Specialist. Kelley became the Residency Program Director for the PGY2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residency in 2017. Kelley is responsible for providing pediatric pharmacy clinical services to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and for clinical practice development of pharmacists in both adult and pediatric specialties. She serves as a preceptor for UGA pharmacy students, the PGY1 Pharmacy residency, the PGY2 Pediatric Pharmacy residency and the PGY2 HSPAL residency. She is also a member of the medical center Ethics Committee. Kelley has served on the Vizient Pharmacy Network Executive Committee since 2018 and is an Executive Director at Large currently. She is an active member of the Pediatric Pharmacy Association (PPA), ASHP, and ACCP. She was a member of the drafting team for the World Health Organization (WHO) List of Essential Medications for Pediatrics published in December 2007. Kelley’s professional and scholarly interests include medication safety, sedation/analgesia, medical ethics, and the care of patients with congenital cardiac abnormalities.

Meet the Program Coordinator

Margaret Oates Poisson, PharmD, BCPPS

PGY2 Pediatric Pharmacy Residency Program Coordinator

Pharmacy Supervisor, Pediatrics

moates@augusta.edu

Margaret is a 2013 PharmD graduate of the University of Kentucky. She completed a PGY1 Pharmacy Residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago/University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System. Following her PGY1, Margaret went on to Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., for her PGY2 Pediatric Residency. After completion of residency she joined the Augusta University Pharmacy team in 2015. As of July 2020, Margaret became the pharmacy supervisor for pediatric clinical services at the Children’s Hospital of Georgia and transitioned her primary practice site in August from the pediatric intensive care unit to outpatient pediatric cystic fibrosis. In addition to pediatric CF, she is also the pediatric antimicrobial stewardship pharmacist.

She serves as a preceptor for students at the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy and for both PGY1 and PGY2 pediatric and ambulatory care pharmacy residents. In 2019, Margaret developed a formalized internship program at AU Medical Center for PY3 and PY4 pharmacy students and serves as one of the intern program coordinators. Her professional interests include antimicrobial stewardship, treatment of patients with congenital cardiac abnormalities, cystic fibrosis, and medication safety within pediatrics. Margaret is a member of the Georgia Society of Health-system Pharmacists (GSHP) and the Pediatric Pharmacy Association (PPA). She is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice (without salary) for UGA College of Pharmacy and was recognized by GSHP with the 2016 Community Service Award. Margaret is a certified practice reviewer for BCPPS PedSAP.