In this episode of Organic Thoughts Podcast, Machi sits down with Dr. Jimmy Pruitt III, host of Pharm So Hard Podcast, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP. In this episode we talk about Jimmy's ascent from football into the pharmaceutical industry, his impact on other around him, what its like to work as a pharmacist in the Emergency Room, how that's shaped his care for others, and finally the impact of COVID-19 and the vaccine. Tune in now!

"Dr. Jimmy Pruitt is originally from Orlando, FL, received his Doctorate of Pharmacy from

Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy in 2017. He completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy

Residency at Florida Hospital Orlando, and then went on to Grady Health System in Atlanta GA

for his PGY2 Emergency Medicine Residency. Dr. Pruitt is currently an Emergency Medicine

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC.  Dr.

Pruitt is a member of the South Carolina Society of Health-System Pharmacists (SCSHP),

American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), American Society of Health-System

Pharmacists (ASHP), and Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM). Dr. Pruitt was awarded the

Grady Pharmacist of the Year in 2019 by Emory Department of Emergency Medicine as a

PGY2 EM resident. In 2020, Jimmy obtained Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist

(BCPS) and Board Certified Critical Care Pharmacist (BCCCP) recognition. Also, in 2020,

Jimmy won the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine’s (SAEM) Got Talent competition for

his educational series “Pharmacy Friday Pearls.” In 2021, Dr. Pruitt was honored with the

Excellence in Diversity from MUSC College of Pharmacy, awarded Alumni of the Year, and was

the keynote speaker for Presbyterian College School of Pharmacy Graduation. Dr. Pruitt’s

professional interests include cardiac arrest, shock syndromes, trauma, and hosting his podcast

“Pharm So Hard”."