Samantha VanAcker, PharmD, BCNSP | Pharmacy Residency Preceptors | UC Davis Health

Titles:

• Senior Clinical Pharmacist, UCD Health, Nutrition Support/ Gastrointestinal Surgery
• Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy

Education:
PharmD, University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy, 2014

Post-graduate Training:

• PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, UC Davis Medical Center, 2015
• PGY2 Nutrition Support Pharmacy Residency, UC Davis Medical Center, 2016

Research Interests:
Customized PN solutions and PN complications

Rotations Precepted:
Adult Parenteral Nutrition

Practice Philosophy:
My priority is to ensure the safe, appropriate, and effective usage of parenteral nutrition solutions for patients.  My goal is to guide learners into becoming competent PN practitioners, with the understanding that there are infinite possibilities and often more than one correct answer.

Bio:
Dr. Samantha VanAcker is board certified in Nutrition Support.  She is currently a Senior Pharmacist at UC Davis Health, focusing on adult parenteral nutrition and gastrointestinal surgery.  She is also an assistant clinical professor with the University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy and was awarded the Apples for Preceptors Award in 2020.