Jarett Worden

Jarett Worden

Assistant Professor

College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

PGY1 Pharmacy Residency Saint Thomas West Hospital; PharmD Belmont University College of Pharmacy; BA (Chemistry) Florida Gulf Coast University

Location: McWhorter Hall 203

615-460-6983
jarett.worden@belmont.edu

Biography

Dr. Jarett Worden joined the Belmont faculty in the summer of 2023.  After obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry from Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida, Dr. Worden received his Doctor of Pharmacy from Belmont University College of Pharmacy in 2013. He completed an ASHP-accredited PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at Saint Thomas West Hospital here in Nashville, TN. Dr. Worden served as a Clinical Pharmacist at Saint Thomas West Hospital for ten years, with the last five years as a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infectious Diseases. He completed the Society of Infectious Disease Pharmacists’ Antimicrobial Stewardship Certificate Program in 2018 and is currently Board Certified in Infectious Diseases. He has served as a member of the Ascension Health Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee and has served as Co-Chair of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee for the Saint Thomas Health System over the past several years. Dr. Worden's specialty area is internal medicine with a focus in Antimicrobial Stewardship. 

View Dr. Worden's CV

Infectious Diseases


Antimicrobial Stewardship

American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)

American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP)

Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP)

Phi Delta Chi

Phi Lambda Sigma

Rho Chi Honors Society

Worden JC, Hanna KS. Optimizing proton pump inhibitor therapy for treatment of nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding. American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. 2017;74(3):109-116.

Kodali L, Campbell H, Hahn L, Wahaib K, Worden J, Beggs A,. Edoxaban: An oral inhibitor of factor Xa. Formulary. 2015.

Worden JC, Asare K. Postoperative atrial fibrillation: role of inflammatory biomarkers and use of colchicine for its prevention. Pharmacotherapy. 2014;34(11):1167-1173.

Managing Endocarditis in Patients Who Inject Drugs; May 19, 2023
Presentation - 7th Annual Mid TN Antimicrobial Stewardship Symposium

Carbapenems Versus Fluoroquinolones for the Treatment of Non-Bacteremic Urinary Tract Infections due to Extended-spectrum Beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceaea; 2022
Poster - 2022 Midyear Meeting of Tennessee Society of Health-System Pharmacists; Research Presentation - 2022 Southeast Residency Conference

Antimicrobial Induced Seizures; June 22, 2022
Presentation - Ascension Saint Thomas West Hospital

Remdesivir 5 vs 10 days of therapy in patients with COVID-19 on invasive mechanical ventilation or extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; 2021
Poster - 2021 Midyear Meeting of Tennessee Society of Health-System Pharmacists; Research Presentation - 2021 Southeast Residency Conference

Case Presentation: Thrombocytopenia in MRSA Endocarditis; May 26, 2021
Presentation - Ascension Saint Thomas West Hospital

How to handle precepting in a COVID environment; August 24, 2020
Presentation - Ascension Saint Thomas West Hospital

Nafcillin versus Cefazolin for the Treatment of MSSA Bacteremia; 2020
Poster - 2020 Midyear Meeting of Tennessee Society of Health-System Pharmacists; Research Presentation - 2020 Southeast Residency Conference

Impact of Nasal MRSA PCR Screening on the Length of Empiric Vancomycin
Therapy for Pneumonia; 2019-2020
Poster - 2019 Midyear Meeting of Tennessee Society of Health-System Pharmacists; Presentation - 2019 Southeast Residency Conference; Poster - 4th Annual Middle Tennessee Antimicrobial Stewardship Symposium (2020)

Comparison of Sublingual Versus Oral Nimodipine for the Prevention of Vasospasm in Subarachnoid Hemorrhage; 2018
Poster - 2018 Midyear Meeting of Tennessee Society of Health-System Pharmacists; Presentation - 2018 Southeast Residency Conference

Intravenous Ascorbic Acid in the Treatment of Sepsis March 29, 2018
ACPE Presentation - Nashville Area Pharmacist Association

Impact of a Penicillin/Cephalosporin Allergy Assessment Form in Usage of Aztreonam and Carbapenems at Saint Thomas West Hospital; 2017
Poster - 2017 Midyear Meeting of Tennessee Society of Health-System Pharmacists;
Presentation - 2017 Southeast Residency Conference

Intravenous Fluids in Critically Ill Patients: The Great Debate; May 10, 2017
Presentation - Saint Thomas West Hospital

Evaluation of the Number of Units of Red Blood Cell Transfusions Related to
Hypocalcemia; 2016
Poster - 2016 Midyear Meeting of Tennessee Society of Health-System Pharmacists; Presentation - 2016 Southeast Residency Conference