Stephanie J. Phelps, PharmD, BCPS

Stephanie J. Phelps, PharmD, BCPS, received her baccalaureate pharmacy degree from Samford University and a doctor of pharmacy from The University of Tennessee. She subsequently completed postdoctoral training in pediatrics at LeBonheur Children’s Medical Center and The University of Tennessee. Dr. Phelps is currently a Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Pediatrics at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the College of Pharmacy. For over a decade, she served as Director, of Experiential Education of the college. She is an elected Fellow of American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) and the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) and is a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist.

Dr. Phelps has held elected offices in AACP and ASHP and has served on the Board of Directors of American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) and the Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group (PPAG). She is currently chair of the Pharmacy Academy of the National Academies of Practice. She is a past recipient of the APhA-Academy of Student Pharmacists Outstanding Chapter Advisor award, the 2009 Tennessee Society of Hospital Pharmacy’s Distinguished Service Award and was recently selected by PPAG as the 2011 Helms Award recipient for Excellence in Pediatric Pharmacy Practice. Dr. Phelps has received numerous teaching awards and was the first pharmacy faculty member elected to the UTHSC campus Academy of Distinguished Teachers.

During her career she has participated in the education of five post-doctoral fellows and over 50 pediatric pharmacy residents. She is editor of the The Teddy Bear Book: Pediatric Injectable Drugs and is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics. She has published numerous manuscripts, book chapters, and reviews that focus on pediatric pharmacotherapy.