Deborah Wagner, Pharm.D., FASHP
Clinical Professor of Pharmacy
University of Michigan College of Pharmacy
Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
Michigan Medicine
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Deborah Wagner, Pharm.D., FASHP, is Clinical Professor at the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy and Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology at Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor.
Dr. Wagner earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy. She is a fellow of ASHP.
Dr. Wagner precepts Doctor of Pharmacy students and residents and also teaches for the College of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, and Graduate Nurse Practitioner program at the University. She provides pain management consultation for the pediatric acute pain service and has developed standardized pain management strategies for intravenous acetaminophen, elastomeric pain pumps, and low dose lidocaine and ketamine infusions to enhance multimodal analgesia. Currently she is part of the University of Michigan Injury Prevention network collaborating to address the opioid epidemic regarding misuse and abuse across the state. Dr. Wagner also participates in the medication safety taskforce within the Department of Anesthesiology to address standardization of medications throughout the perioperative area, and she chairs the Pediatric Medication Safety Committee.
Dr. Wagner is widely recognized for promoting medication safety. She and colleagues at the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health System were a finalist for the 2011 ASHP Foundation Award for Excellence in Medication Use Safety for their advancements in pain management therapy and safe practice. In 2015 she received the Medication Safety Cheers Award from the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, and she was the runner up for the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation’s Medication Safety Award in 2018.
