Ashley Schenk, PharmD, BCPS, BCCP

Dr. Ashley Schenk, originally from Prague, Nebraska, received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Nebraska Medical Center in May 2015. She completed her PGY1 Pharmacy Residency at Saint Joseph East in Lexington, KY, and went on to complete a PGY2 Cardiology Pharmacy Residency at UK HealthCare in Lexington, KY. Since completion of residency, she has practiced as a Cardiology Clinical Pharmacist at UK HealthCare, where she provides pharmaceutical care to medical cardiology patients. Dr. Schenk is actively engaged in both teaching and precepting activities, including precepting pharmacy students and residents on clinical rotations and leading didactic therapeutic lectures at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy. She is board certified in pharmacotherapy and cardiology. Her research involves the impact of pharmacist-run transitions of care programs on hospital readmission rates in the setting of acute coronary syndrome. Her practice areas of interest include acute coronary syndromes, heart failure, anticoagulation, and congenital heart defects.