Virginia A. Schad, PharmD, RPh

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Virginia A. Schad, PharmD, RPh, is a contributing medical author for the Haymarket Medical Network, part of the Medical Communications Group of Haymarket Media. She earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1999. For the past 20 years, Dr Schad has worked in medical communications developing numerous presentations, as well as slide libraries and kits, and editing journal articles and supplements, clinical study reports, product monographs, and program abstracts. She has also organized and implemented speaker training meetings, consultants’ meetings, advisory board meetings, roundtable meetings, and CME symposia. While Dr Schad has worked in many therapeutic areas, her areas of focus have been in endocrinology, infectious diseases, pulmonology, neurology, and cardiology.

All articles by Virginia A. Schad, PharmD, RPh

This frontal view x-ray of the chest shows advanced stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) of a 50-year-old woman with a long history of smoking and emphysema. The orange area depicts collapsed lung tissue at the base of the right lung, and the yellow area highlights a pleura-based density along the right hemithorax.

Tobacco-Use Disorder

Considering EVALI in CT Findings of Acute Lung Injury

Virginia A. Schad, PharmD, RPh

May 14, 2021

Vaping exposure should be included in the clinical history of all patients with CT findings of acute lung injury without another known cause, particularly if they are young and otherwise healthy.

Suicide and Self-Harm

Liverpool Adverse Events Profile Predictive of Suicidality Risk in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy

Virginia A. Schad, PharmD, RPh

April 17, 2019

The Liverpool Adverse Events Profile questionnaire may be a useful tool for identifying people with epilepsy who may be at higher risk for suicidality.