Shellina R. Scheiner, PharmD, BCGP

Trained under the Geriatric Interdisciplinary Team Training model of care delivery, Dr Scheiner is committed to optimizing the role of medications in older adults. She has practiced in the community, ambulatory and long-term settings and is passionate about ensuring safe and effective medication use in this special population. 

She co-directs the didactic curriculum in geriatric pharmacotherapy at the college and maintains an Inter professional clinical practice site in a transitional care unit where she precepts APPE students.

Her research interests include medication appropriateness in transitions of care, polypharmacy and deprescribing.

• University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Center on Aging
• American Society of Consultant Pharmacists
• American Geriatrics Society
• American College of Clinical Pharmacy

Transitions of care, polypharmacy and deprescribing.

HRSA (Kane, PI) 09/01/07-06/30/15
Minnesota Area Geriatric Education Center
This project deals with the health and long-term care of older persons; the relationship between acute and chronic care; and quality of care.
Role: Faculty/Co-Investigator

Chapman SA, St Hill CA, Little MM, Swanoski MT, Scheiner SR, Ware KB, Lutfiyya MN. Adherence to treatment guidelines: The association between stroke risk stratified comparing CHADS2 and CHA2DS2-VASc score levels and warfarin prescription for adult patients with atrial fibrillation. BMC health services research. , 2017, Vol.17(1). PMID: 281877

McCarthy, T, Scheiner, SR. Delirium in the LTC Setting: Think Delirium, Pay Attention and T-A-D-A MMDA Topics in Geriatric Medicine and Medical Direction 2013;