Benjamin Duong, PharmD

Clinical Pharmacogenomics Service Manager

Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware 1600 Rockland Road Wilmington, DE 19803

Biography

Benjamin Duong is the Clinical Pharmacogenomics Service Manager under Nemours Precision Medicine Program at Nemours Children's Health (NCH) in Wilmington, DE. He leads of the implementation of the Nemours Clinical Pharmacogenomics Service across the NCH enterprise. His Service includes developing an in-house pharmacogenomic panel with the Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory, integrating pharmacogenetic clinical decision support into the electronic medical records, providing clinical recommendations, and educating patients and health care professionals regarding pharmacogenomics. He has collaborated with multiple institutions within the NIH-funded Implementing Genomics in Practice (IGNITE) Network and co-authored multiple papers regarding the implementation of pharmacogenomics.

Education

  • PGY2 - Clinical Pharmacogenomics - University of Florida College of Pharmacy, Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, 2018
  • PharmD - University of Florida College of Pharmacy, 2016

  • Rationale and design for a pragmatic randomized trial to assess gene‐based prescribing for SSRIs in the treatment of depression; Clinical and Translational Science; (2024).

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  • Comparison of variants in TPMT and NUDT15 between sequencing and genotyping methods in a multistate pediatric institution; Clinical and Translational Science; (2023).

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  • Design and Early Implementation Successes and Challenges of a Pharmacogenetics Consult Clinic; Journal of Clinical Medicine; (2020).

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  • <p>Development of Customizable Implementation Guides to Support Clinical Adoption of Pharmacogenomics: Experiences of the Implementing GeNomics In pracTicE (IGNITE) Network</p>; Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine; (2020).

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