Biography
Herman received a B.S. in Environmental Science (2009) from the College of Santa Fe. She earned her Doctor of Pharmacy Degree (2015) from the University of New Mexico. She completed a two-year fellowship in cardiovascular pharmacotherapy at the University of New Mexico (2015-2017).
Personal Statement
Herman's primary clinical practice and research interest is women's health, with a focus on pharmacist provision of contraception and family planning services as a means to increase access to reproductive healthcare. She practices and precepts students in the inpatient OB/GYN services at the University of New Mexico Hospital. She is the co-medical director of the Reproductive Health tele ECHO program, a partnership with the NM Department of Health Family Planning Program, which disseminates best practices in women's health to participants across New Mexico. She serves as the coordinator of the pharmacy skills lab courses, which drives her interest in scholarship of teaching and learning, especially in simulation. She also has a long-standing passion for compounding, and serves as the COP delegate for the United States Pharmacopeia.
Areas of Specialty
Contraception
Women's Health
Cardiology
Compounding
Scholarship of Teaching & Learning
Education
PharmD, University of New Mexico, 2015
BS, College of Santa Fe, 2009 (Environmental Science)
Achievements & Awards
UNM College of Pharmacy Faculty Appreciation Award, 2021
?UNM College of Pharmacy Faculty Preceptor of the Year, 2021
UNM College of Pharmacy Faculty Appreciation Award, 2019
Courses Taught
Herman provides ~150 hours of instruction in the COP curriculum each year, primarily in the pharmacy skills labs. She particularly enjoys teaching sterile compounding. She also created and teaches in the Topics in Obstetrics & Gynecology elective.
Research and Scholarship
Herman A & Herman M. “Chapter 19: Pregnancy & Preexisting Illness.” In Women’s Health Across the Lifespan, 3e. New York, NY: McGraw Hill; 2024.
Rafie S, Majerczyk D, Cieri-Hutcherson N, Campbell N, Stone R, Leader L, Weddendorf E, McBane S, Karaoui L, Herman A, Kaczmarski K. Pharmacist Dispensing of Mifepristone: An Opinion of the Women’s Health Practice and Research Network of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. JACCP. Dec 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jac5.1909
Benitez X, Aragon K, Jakeman B, Bachyrycz A, Iandiorio M, Meliniotis A, Shah M, Severin J, Stever E, Herman A. Patient perspectives and needs regarding contraception in female patients with HIV: A qualitative study. J Am Pharm Assoc. Nov 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japh.2023.11.012.
Zamora M, Herman M, Herman A. Transitions of care from the womb to the world: implementation of inpatient neonatal medication rec. J Am Pharm Assoc. Nov 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japh.2023.10.034.
Dale L, Medina V, Herman A, Sussman AL, Espey E, Holfer LG. Implementation of pharmacy access to contraception. J Am Pharm Assoc. October 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japh.2023.10.025. Epub ahead of print.
Kasten Z, Lujan S, Jakeman B, Herman A, McClain M, Winters A, Bos AJ, Aragon KG. Contraceptive use in patients with gender dysphoria who were assigned female at birth receiving care at a specialty gender-affirming clinic. J Am Pharm Assoc. Aug 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.japh.2023.08.004.
McBane S, Seybert A, Alavandi P, Allen S, Bingham A, Dang Y, Elmes A, Fallon J, Herman A, Januska J, Peddi A, Posey LM, Putney K, Richter S, Shrader S, Thomas M. Overview of implementation and learning outcomes of simulation in pharmacy education. J Am Coll Clin Pharm. May 2023; 1-27. DOI: 10.1002/jac5.1784 [ACCP White Paper]
Winters A, Jakeman B, Gallegos Aragon K, Kasten Z, Bos A, Snyder J, Herman A. Contraceptive use and missed opportunities for family planning discussions in women living with human immunodeficiency virus receiving care at an outpatient primary care HIV clinic. Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care October 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/2325958222114444
Thaxton L, Clark E, Wu JA, Herman A, Sussman AL, Espey E. Perspectives on pharmacy access to hormonal contraception among rural New Mexican women. Contraception: X. 2021;3(100069). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conx.2021.100069
Rodriguez MI, Herman AM, Espey E, Hersh AR, Bachyrycz AM. Pharmacists’ perspectives and experience prescribing hormonal contraception in rural & urban New Mexico. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. March-April 2021;61(2):e140-144. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japh.2020.11.012
Herman A, McCauley G, Thaxton L, Borrego M, Sussman A, Espey E. Perspectives on prescribing hormonal contraception among rural New Mexican pharmacists. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. 2020 April 2;S1544-3191(20). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japh.2020.02.026.
Sible AM, Nawarskas JJ. Andexanet alfa for reversing factor Xa inhibition. Cardiol Rev. 2019 Mar/Apr;27(2):108-111.
Sible AM, Nawarskas JJ. Cangrelor: A new route for P2Y12 inhibition. Cardiol Rev. 2017 May/Jun;25(3):133-139.
Sible AM, Nawarskas JJ, Anderson JR. PCSK9 inhibitors: an innovative approach to treating hyperlipidemia. Cardiol Rev. 2016 May-Jun;24(3):141-52.
Sible AM, Nawarskas JJ, Alajajian D, Anderson JR. Sacubitril/valsartan: a novel cardiovascular combination agent. Cardiol Rev. 2016 Jan-Feb;24(1):41-47.