When Medications Collide: A Review of the Most Interesting Drug Interactions - Live Webinar on July 9, 2025 10AM ET
Learn to identify, explain, and counsel patients on common drug-drug interactions using practical tools that enhance safety, clinical decision-making, and therapeutic outcomes.
About this webinar
Drug-drug interactions are a common and preventable source of harm across all care settings. This webinar provides healthcare professionals with current, evidence-based insights into frequently encountered interactions, their underlying mechanisms, and strategies to prevent adverse outcomes. Participants will gain practical tools for identifying high-risk combinations and delivering clear, actionable guidance to both patients and colleagues.
Whether you're prescribing, administering, or verifying medications, this session will strengthen your ability to enhance patient safety, support clinical decision-making, and improve therapeutic outcomes. By the end of the webinar, you’ll be equipped to recognize high-risk interactions quickly, explain their mechanisms in patient-friendly terms, and confidently counsel patients on how to manage or avoid harmful pairings. You'll also receive practical checklists, resources, and counseling scripts to support immediate application in your clinical practice, reinforcing your essential role in medication safety.
At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:
Identify common drug-drug interactions for community and hospital pharmacy settings.
Recall the interaction mechanisms of common drug-drug interactions.
Explain how to counsel patients on common drug-drug interactions.
Instructors
Mark Garofoli, PharmD, MBA, BCGP, CPE is a Clinical Assistant Professor and Director of Experiential Learning for the West Virginia University (WVU) School of Pharmacy (SoP), a faculty member in the WVU School of Medicine Pain Fellowship Program, and a Clinical Pain Management Pharmacist at the WVU Medicine Center for Integrative Pain Management. Dr. Garofoli received his PharmD at the University of Pittsburgh SoP in 2004 and his MBA from Strayer University in 2008. He is board certified in Geriatric Care (BGCP) along with being a certified pain educator (CPE) and certified tobacco treatment specialist (CTTS). He began his career with CVS Health in community pharmacy management, then worked as a Humana Healthcare MTM clinical pharmacist, leading to the development of patient-centered and managed care centered programs and the Safe & Effective Management of Pain state guidelines.