Ryan Cello
Contact:
rccello@ucdavis.edu

Titles:

  • Pharmacy Supervisor, UCD Health, Automation & Technology
  • Assistant Clinical Professor: University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy

Education:
PharmD., UCSF, San Francisco 2005

Post-graduate Training:
PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, UC Davis Medical Center, 2005-2006

Research Interests:

  • Automation & impact on safety in the med use process
  • Diversion prevention and detection
  • Pharmacy analytics impact on healthcare

Research Interests:

  • Automation & impact on safety in the med use process
  • Diversion prevention and detection
  • Pharmacy analytics impact on healthcare

Practice Philosophy:
If it is in the pharmacy with a power plug, I want to use it to make the medication use process safer.  My goal is to look for ways to incorporate pharmacy automation and technology into all components of the medication use process to improve safety for our patients and staff. Understanding that there is no single solution that will solve all issues  that the health system experiences, you need to have broad understanding of current limitations of automation and technology and also what new products coming available may be able to offer. The world of pharmacy automation and informatics is fascinating to me as there is always a new challenge in the form of newly identified safety gap or new release from your EMR or ADM vendor that needs to be researched, assessed and then implemented to ensure we are doing everything we can to keep our patients and staff safe.  

Rotations Precepted:
Technology & Automation (PGY1 and PGY2)

Bio:
Dr. Ryan Cello is a Pharmacy Supervisor at UC Davis Health specializing in pharmacy automation, diversion prevention and technology. Dr. Cello began his pharmacy career at UCDH in 2005 after graduating from UCSF pharmacy school where he completed a PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency.

Following completion of his PGY1 he accepted a position with UCDH working in the fields of pain management, pharmacy operations, operating room pharmacy and medication safety. In 2010 he accepted a supervisor position over the ER and OR pharmacy where he oversaw profiling both the PACU and ER Pyxis machines. In 2012 he moved into his current role overseeing pharmacy automation and technology and became a volunteer faculty member  as an assistant professor with the University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy.  

Since taking the role in pharmacy automation and technology, Dr. Cello serves as Pyxis administrator for UC Davis Health’s 168 machines and liaison to the IT department and has overseen 3 Pyxis software upgrades and a refresh of all Pyxis equipment as well as played key role in several Epic upgrades. In addition to these roles he has become involved in the areas of facility planning and drug diversion prevention and detection.  He has played a key role in selecting and implementing two AI augmented drug diversion detection software programs and is currently working on implementing an inventory management and ordering platform for the health system. Dr. Cello serves on the Medication Error Reduction Committee, the Clinical Decision Support Committee, the Pain and Sedation subcommittee, the Health Information  & Clinical Informatics (HICI) Oversight and serves as chair for the Medication Diversion Oversight Committee.