Delbert Tippey has over 30 years of pharmacy experience, specializing in NICU/pediatrics and IV rooms. He worked at DCH Regional Medical Center for over 20 years, where he developed competencies for NICU pharmacists and trained staff on new technologies. He has extensive experience developing protocols, implementing new systems, and mentoring others. Tippey also held positions at several other hospitals, demonstrating a career dedicated to clinical pharmacy and new technologies in hospital settings.

1. Delbert Tippey, RPh, MSSM
Email: ddtippey@gmail.com Phone: 205-242-8448
Clinical Pharmacist with advanced technology skills and over 30 years of pharmacy experience –
especially with NICU/Pediatrics and IV Room Pharmacy.
Delbert Tippey | p. 1 updated February 2016
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
DCH Regional Medical Center (Tuscaloosa, AL), 1994- 2016 (Retired)
Positions
 Currently decentral and central pharmacist with special emphasis on coverage of NICU,
Well Baby Nursery, Pediatric and Pulmonary care units.
 Trained in all operational areas and served as backup Operations Manager (managing staff and
problems in Operation Manager’s absence).
Mentoring and Training Assistance
 Developed competencies for NICU / Pediatric Pharmacists
 Preceptor for Auburn Harrison School of Pharmacy Health System Practice Rotation students
 Developed, implemented and was preceptor for Auburn Harrison School of Pharmacy NICU
practice rotation
 Led team in developing/implementing Bedside Medication Verification/eMAR competency skills
assessment and follow-up
 Performed individual follow up BMV/eMAR training of staff for hospital-wide implementation of
BMV/eMAR
 Trained NICU pharmacists for migration to eMAR/BMV conversion in NICU
 Assisted Nursing in transition to electrionic Medication Administration Record hospital-wide
 Assisted pharmacists with migration to MedDirect/MedComm order imaging systems
 Conducted Psychiatric Drug/Awareness Classes and food/drug counseling
Developing Protocols
 Developed electronic 24 Hour Neonatal Parenteral Nutrition Form which performs Hyperal
calculations and generates printed orders to place on the printed patient chart for Neonatalogists
and CRNP’s at DCH RMC and Northport Medical Center NICU
 On team to implement standard NICU drip concentrations / smart pump implementation;
Developed NICU drip continuous infusion calculator and implementing the firmware/software
setup of Medex smart pumps (Javascript and Medex 3500)
Councils and Intervention Teams
 Served on Pharmacy Council
 Part of department Intervention Team that developed categories, assigned costs and significance
to pharmaceutical care documentation process and recommended continuing education that
would aid staff in implementing pharmaceutical care
 Pharmacokinetics (aminoglycosides/vancomycin dosing) Service team member
Mayo Foundation-Saint Mary’s Hospital (Rochester, MN), 1992 - 1993
Staff Pharmacist
 Attended codes
 Worked with a large number of investigational drug studies with Saint Mary’s Investigation Study
Unit (considered an "anchor" pharmacist in this area)
 Processed UD/IV orders for Cardiology and Neurology on pharmacy-based computer system and
answered drug information requests
 Received extra clinical training as part of Mayo Clinic hospital pharmacy program - including ACLS
certification for assisting in drug therapy during codes and courses on clinical patient work-up and
therapeutic drug monitoring

2. Delbert Tippey, RPh, MSSM
Email: ddtippey@gmail.com Phone: 205-242-8448
Clinical Pharmacist with advanced technology skills and over 30 years of pharmacy experience –
especially with NICU/Pediatrics and IV Room Pharmacy.
Delbert Tippey | p. 2 updated February 2016
St. John’s Hospital (Springfield, IL), 1991 - 1992
Evening IV Room Supervisor
 One of two evening I.V. room supervisors
 Worked on all decentralized pharmacies in the hospital
 Compounded TPN’s utilizing AutoMix/MicroMix/Multitask compounding system
 Developed Narcotic Error Tracking System utilizing Foxpro 2.0. (1991)
St. Elizabeth Medical Center (Dayton, OH), 1990 - 1991
Staff Pharmacist
 Served as staff pharmacist in IVs and unit-dose
 Prepared and checked TPN's, chemotherapy and CAPD solutions
 Worked with Homecare home IV therapy patients and rounded with nutritional support team
 Created database applications for floor stock tracking, narcotic tracking and purchase order creation
and maintenance
 Developed custom applications to augment ASHP IV-EASE software used
Keokuk Area Hospital (Keokuk, IA), 1989 - 1990
Assistant Director of Pharmacy
 Pharmacy consultant performing therapy audits for Skilled Nursing Facility
 Assisted in DUE and drug cost/benefit analysis communicating directly with physician staff
 On call 24 hours 2 out of 3 weekends
St. Francis Medical Center (Peoria, IL), 1987 - 1989
Staff Pharmacist in IVs (incl. oncology & mini-infusers) and Unit Dose (in Central and ICU satellite)
 Liaison for pediatric units in hospital (coordinating initiation and implementation of unit-dose and
mini-infusers on these units)
 Coordinated between pharmacy and pediatrics on other clinical/drug administration issues. Hospital
was Cystic Fibrosis treatment center for Central Illinois
Heartland Pharmacy (Peoria, IL), 1986 - 1987
Staff Pharmacist
 Worked in areas of prescription filling and prescription compounding
 Prepared I.V. admixtures for home-health patients as well as stock-frozen I.V.'s for main pharmacy
 Ran third-party billing, prepared billing to third party payers for home-health patients and prepared
assorted reports on request utilizing on-site computer system (IBM PC-AT)
Cook-Fort Worth Children’s Medical Center (Fort Worth, TX), 1984- 1986
Staff Pharmacist
 Worked preparing unit-dose/I.V. meds and utilizing mainframe pharmacy and personal computers
 Verified all doses for appropriateness (mg/Kg/day or mg/Kg/dose), contacting physicians for doses
out of range
 Compounded special pediatric preparations, NICU/PICU TPN's, pediatric oncology and other
special pediatric IV preparations
 Hospital was Cystic Fibrosis center for East Texas

3. Delbert Tippey, RPh, MSSM
Email: ddtippey@gmail.com Phone: 205-242-8448
Clinical Pharmacist with advanced technology skills and over 30 years of pharmacy experience –
especially with NICU/Pediatrics and IV Room Pharmacy.
Delbert Tippey | p. 3 updated February 2016
Methodist Central Hospital (Dallas, TX), 1983 - 1984
Staff Pharmacist
 Worked in central (supply and compounding) pharmacy, intravenous solutions lab, and as
decentralized unit-dose pharmacist (Renal Transplant, NICU and Maternal-Child Care)
 Performed in-services for IV technicians on IV clean room technique
Florence Blanchfield Army Community Hospital (US ARMY, Ft. Campbell, KY), 1979 - 1983
Pharmacy Officer (last rank CPT, Medical Service Corps)
 Performed staff and management duties
 Primarily in charge of Pharmacy Support area (supply and compounding)
 Performed system's analysis justifying physical layout and personnel needed to staff 16-hour
(and later 24-hour) Unit-dose Satellite Pharmacy
 Performed departmental staff attitude survey in attempt to reduce tension between
professional (civilian) staff and management
 Received Army Commendation Medal
Professional affiliations:
 Alabama Society of Health-System Pharmacists
 American College of Clinical Pharmacy
EDUCATION
Professional Degrees
Masters Degrees
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Graduated: May 1983
Systems Management (M.S.S.M.) Grade Point Avg: (3.4/4.0)
Degree in project management and scientific management techniques
Undergraduate Degree
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA Graduated: May 1979
Major: Pharmacy Grade Point Avg: (3.34/4.0)
Emphasis: Drug information systems and clinical pharmacy (Graduated with Distinction)
Continuing Education
APhA The Pharmacist & Patient-Centered Diabetes Care (Certificate Program)
Samford University (Birmingham, AL) March 2015
APhA Delivering Medication Therapy Management Services (Certificate Program)
Samford University (Birmingham, AL) April 2014
American College of Clinical Pharmacists
Working on obtaining Board Certification in Pharmacotherapy (2016)

4. Delbert Tippey, RPh, MSSM
Email: ddtippey@gmail.com Phone: 205-242-8448
Clinical Pharmacist with advanced technology skills and over 30 years of pharmacy experience –
especially with NICU/Pediatrics and IV Room Pharmacy.
Delbert Tippey | p. 4 updated February 2016
Accreditations
 Licensed in Iowa
 Licensed in Alabama (Parenteral Pharmacist and Preceptor)
Technology Skills
 Micosoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, Outlook)
 Programming in Javascript and .NET
 Meditech
 McKesson/Aesynt RXobot, Narcstation and MedCarousel
 Data mining information from Health Information Systems
SPECIAL HONORS AND RECOGNITIONS
DCH Regional Medical Center
 Alabama Healthcare Hero awarded by Alabama Hospital Association (January 2007)
 DCH Excellence Award (2nd Quarter 2006)
 DCH Pharmacy Employee of the Month (September 2005)
Armed Services
 Army Commendation Medal (1983)
Scholarships
 4-year ROTC scholarship (1974)
 Van B. Eyerly Scholarship (for academic excellence) (1974)