Dr Carla Scuderi
Adjunct Associate Professor
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Researcher biography
Senior clinical pharmacist with 3 decades of experience in many facets of the pharmaceutical industry in both Australia and the UK- including work for Queensland Health as clinical pharmacist, clinical educator and team leader, National Prescribing Service academic detailer, Australian Pharmacy Council subject matter expert, Kidney Health Australia clinical advisory committee, CARI guideline working group member, Advanced Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) leadership group chair, and working as a community pharmacist and Home Medicines Review facilitator and provider.
Journal Articles
See, Emily J., Cullen, Vanessa, Krishnasamy, Rathika, Boag, Jane, Coolican, Helen, Craig, Jonathan, Cullen, Vanessa, Fortnum, Debbie, Guha, Chandana, Howell, Martin, Johnston, Brydee, Jun, Min, Lambert, Kelly, Lee, Vincent, Nguyen, Thu, Scuderi, Carla, Tunnicliffe, David, See, Emily, Viecelli, Andrea, Walker, Rachael, Chiekh Hassan, Hicham Ibrahim and Light, Casey (2025). Commentary on the 2021 update of the KDIGO clinical practice guideline for management of blood pressure in chronic kidney disease. Nephrology, 30 (1) e14414, 1. doi: 10.1111/nep.14414
Gois, Pedro H. Franca, McIntyre, David, Ratanjee, Sharad, Pelecanos, Anita, Scuderi, Carla, Janoschka, Chungun L., Summers, Kara, Wu, Haibing, Elford, Belinda, Ranganathan, Dwarakanathan and Healy, Helen G. (2024). Hemodialysis without Systemic Anticoagulation: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate Five Strategies in Patients at a High Risk of Bleeding. Medical Sciences, 12 (3) 38, 38. doi: 10.3390/medsci12030038
Cashmore, Brydee, Tunnicliffe, David J., Palmer, Suetonia, Blythen, Llyod, Boag, Jane, Kostner, Karam, Krishnasamy, Rathika, Lambert, Kelly, Miller, Andrea, Mullan, Judy, Patu, Maira, Phoon, Richard K. S., Rix, Liz, Trompf, Natasha, Johnson, David W., Walker, Robert, CARI Guidelines Steering Committee and Scuderi, Carla (CARI Guideline Group Steering Committee Investigator) (2024). Australian and New Zealand Living Guideline cholesterol-lowering therapy for people with chronic kidney disease (CARI Guidelines): Reducing the evidence-practice gap. Nephrology, 29 (8), 495-509. doi: 10.1111/nep.14295
Mirkov, Sanja, Scuderi, Carla, Lloyd, Jess, Coutsouvelis, John, O'Connor, Shaun, Potts, Simon, Newman, Suzanne and Roberts, Jason (2024). Estimation of kidney function for medication dosing in adult patients with chronic kidney disease: a practice update. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, 54 (1), 94-106. doi: 10.1002/jppr.1884
Scuderi, Carla E., Parker, Suzanne L., Jacks, Margaret, John, George T., McWhinney, Brett, Ungerer, Jacobus, Mallett, Andrew J., Healy, Helen G., Roberts, Jason A. and Staatz, Christine E. (2023). Serum creatinine and tacrolimus assessment with VAMS finger-prick microsampling: a diagnostic test study. Kidney Medicine, 5 (4) 100610, 100610. doi: 10.1016/j.xkme.2023.100610
Scuderi, Carla, Parker, Suzanne, Jacks, Margaret, John, George T., McWhinney, Brett, Ungerer, Jacobus, Mallett, Andrew, Healy, Helen, Roberts, Jason and Staatz, Christine (2023). Fingerprick microsampling methods can replace venepuncture for simultaneous therapeutic drug monitoring of tacrolimus, mycophenolic acid, and prednisolone concentrations in adult kidney transplant patients. Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, 45 (1), 69-78. doi: 10.1097/FTD.0000000000001024
Scuderi, Carla, Rice, Michelle, Hendy, Anna, Anning, Nicolas, Perks, Stephen, Antonel, Melissa, Brown, Leeane, Rawlings, Cassandra and Ratanjee, Sharad (2022). Implementing pharmacist‐led deprescribing in the haemodialysis unit: a quality use of medicine activity in the Queensland hospital setting. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, 52 (5), 356-361. doi: 10.1002/jppr.1820
Lambert, Kelly, Bahceci, Su, Harrison, Harriet, Chan, Maria, Scholes-Robertson, Nicole, Johnson, David W., Yip, Adela, Viecelli, Andrea K., Krishnasamy, Rathika, Boag, Jane, Coolican, Helen, Craig, Jonathan, Jun, Min, Lee, Vincent, Nguyen, Thu, Scuderi, Carla, See, Emily, Walker, Rachael, Fortnum, Debbie, Cullen, Vanessa, Howell, Martin, Guha, Chandana, Tunnicliffe, David and Johnston, Brydee (2022). Commentary on the 2020 update of the KDOQI clinical practice guideline for nutrition in chronic kidney disease. Nephrology, 27 (6), 537-540. doi: 10.1111/nep.14025
Cossart, Amelia R., Isbel, Nicole M., Scuderi, Carla, Campbell, Scott B. and Staatz, Christine E. (2021). Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Considerations in Relation to Calcineurin Usage in Elderly Kidney Transplant Recipients. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 12 635165, 635165. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2021.635165
Scuderi, Carla E., Parker, Suzanne L., Jacks, Margaret, John, George, McWhinney, Brett, Ungerer, Jacobus, Mallett, Andrew, Roberts, Jason A., Healy, Helen and Staatz, Christine E. (2020). Kidney transplant recipient’s perceptions of blood testing through microsampling and venepuncture. Bioanalysis, 12 (13) bio-2020-0057, 873-881. doi: 10.4155/bio-2020-0057
Scuderi, Carla, Nalder, Michelle, Castelino, Ronald, Cervelli, Matthew, Ironside, Danielle, Jones, Ceridwen, Lloyd, Jess, Mirkov, Sanja and Munro, Courtney (2020). Standard of practice in nephrology for pharmacy services. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, 50 (3) jppr.1649, 263-275. doi: 10.1002/jppr.1649
Jones, Scott A., Hegerty, Katharine, Scuderi, Carla, Eglington, Jessica, Green, Ben and Mallett, Andrew (2020). Clinical and healthcare utilization outcomes of parathyroidectomy in CKD and dialysis patients. Kidney International Reports, 5 (7), 1086-1089. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2020.04.026
Jahan, Sadia, Scuderi, Carla, Francis, Leo, Neller, Michelle A, Rehan, Sweera, Crooks, Pauline, Ambalathingal, George R, Smith, Corey, Khanna, Rajiv and John, George T. (2020). T-cell adoptive immunotherapy for BK nephropathy in renal transplantation. Transplant Infectious Disease, 22 (6) e13399. doi: 10.1111/tid.13399
Olenski, Simon, Scuderi, Carla, Choo, Alex, Bhagat Singh, Aneesha Kaur, Way, Mandy, Jeyaseelan, Lakshmanan and John, George (2019). Urinary tract infections in renal transplant recipients at a quaternary care centre in Australia. BMC Nephrology, 20 (1) 479, 479. doi: 10.1186/s12882-019-1666-6
Luetsch, Karen and Scuderi, Carla (2019). Experiences of medical dominance in pharmacist-doctor interactions - an elephant in the room?. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 16 (9), 1177-1182. doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2019.12.013
Scuderi, Carla and Pain, Tilley (2019). Using confidence assessment to explore physiotherapists, dieticians, speech pathologists and occupational therapists knowledge of medicines. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 33 (5), 593-597. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2018.1551860
Scuderi, Carla E., Berquier, Ilse R., Purtell, Louise A., Bonner, Ann J., Douglas, Carol M. and Healy, Helen G. (2019). Complex prescribing in chronic kidney disease: role of the renal pharmacist in kidney supportive care in uncovering hydralazine-related lupus. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, 49 (4), 364-367. doi: 10.1002/jppr.1520
Purtell, Louise, Sowa, P. Marcin, Berquier, Ilse, Scuderi, Carla, Douglas, Carol, Taylor, Bernadette, Kramer, Katrina, Hoy, Wendy, Healy, Helen and Bonner, Ann (2018). The Kidney Supportive Care programme: characteristics of patients referred to a new model of care. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care, 351 (e1) bmjspcare-2018-001630, bmjspcare-2018. doi: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2018-001630
Conference Papers
Scuderi, C.E., Parker, S.L., Jacks, M., John, G.T., McWhinney, B., Ungerer, J., Mallett, A.J., Healy, H.G., Roberts, J.A. and Staatz, C.E. (2023). Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole pharmacokinetic evaluation in adult kidney transplant recipients.. World Congress on Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences., Brisbane, QLD Australia, 24-28 September 2023.
Scuderi, C. E., Parker, S. L., Jacks, M., John, G. T., McWhinney, B., Ungerer, J., Mallett, A. J., Healy, H. G., Roberts, J. A. and Staatz, C. E. (2022). Tacrolimus, mycophenolate and prednisolone concentration monitoring using microsampling instead of venepuncture in kidney transplant patients. Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 1-3 December 2022.
Scuderi, Carla, Parker, Suzanne, Jacks, Margaret, John, George, Mcwhinney, Brett, Ungerer, Jacobus, Mallett, Andrew, Healy, Helen, Roberts, Jason and Staatz, Christine (2022). Is creatinine and tacrolimus measurement through vams microsampling the future for adault kidney transplant patients?. 57th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN), Australia, 17–19 October 2022. Richmond, VIC, Australia: John Wiley & Sons.
Scuderi, C., Parker, S., John, G., McWhinney, B., Ungerer, J., Mallett, A., Roberts, J., Healy, H. and Staatz, C. E. (2022). Is creatine and tacrolimus measurement through VAMS microsampling the future for adult kidney transplant patients?. Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology meeting, Sydney, NSW, Australia, October 2022.
Scuderi, Carla, Parker, Suzanne, Jacks, Margaret, John, George, McWhinney, Brett, Ungerer, Jacobus, Mallett, Andrew, Healy, Helen, Roberts, Jason and Staatz, Christine (2022). Can microsampling methods replace venepuncture for simultaneous therapeutic drug monitoring of tacrolimus, mycophenolic acid and prednisolone concentrations in adult kidney transplant patients?. 57th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN), Sydney, NSW Australia, 17-19 October 2022. Richmond, VIC Australia: John Wiley & Sons.
Scuderi, C., Jahan, S., Parker, S., Wallis, S., Jacks, M., John, G., McWhinney, B., Ungerer, J., Mallett. A., Healy, H., Roberts, J. and Staatz, C. (2022). Trimethoprim and sulphathiazole pharmacokinetic evaluation in adult kidney transplant recipients.. Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia conference, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 24-26 February 2022. Hoboken, NJ, United States: Wiley.
Scuderi, Carla (2021). Nephrology pharmacist perspective on the implications of the guideline on clinical pharmacy. COSA's 48th Annual Scientific Meeting Cancer care and research: Learning from the past and improving the future, Virtual, 16-18 November 2021. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/ajco.13715
Scuderi, C.E., Jahan, S., Parker, S. L., Jacks, M., John, G., McWhinney, B., Ungerer, J., Mallett, A., Healy, H., Roberts, J.A. and Staatz, C. E. (2021). Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole pharmacokinetic evaluation in adult kidney transplant patients. Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology conference, Virtual, September 2021.
Scuderi, C., Parker, S., John, G., McWhinney, B., Ungerer, J., Mallett, A., Roberts, J., Healy, H. and Staatz, C.E. (2020). Interest in possible alternative methods to venepuncture-based monitoring in kidney transplant patients. . RBWH Symposium, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 7-11 December 2020.
Scuderi, C., Parker, S., John, G., McWhinney, B., Ungerer, J., Mallett, A., Roberts, J., Healy, H. and Staatz, C.E. (2020). The burden of venepuncture for kidney transplant patients and interest in possible solutions. . Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia, Online, 21-22 November 2020.
Luetsch, Karen and Scuderi, Carla (2019). Whose turf is it anyway? Pharmacists’ perceptions of medical dominance – effects on role and behaviour. Medicines Management, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 14-16 November 2019.
Olenski, S., Scuderi, C., Choo, A., Singh, A. K. Bhagat, Way, M., Pelecanos, A., Jeyaseelan, L. and John, G. (2018). Clinical audit of urinary tract infections in renal transplant patients at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. 54th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN), Sydney, NSW Australia, 8-12 September 2018. Richmond, VIC Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia.
Jones, S., Hegerty, K., Scuderi, C., Eglington, J., Green, B. and Mallett, A. J. (2018). Clinical outcomes of parathyroidectomy in chronic kidney disease patients. 54th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN), Sydney, NSW Australia, 8-12 September 2018. Richmond, VIC Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia.
Hegerty, K., Jones, S., Scuderi, C., Eglington, J., Broadbent, T., Zhang, H. and Mallett, A. J. (2018). Cost-effectiveness in kidney medicine: is cinacalcet superior to parathyroidectomy?. 54th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN), Sydney, NSW Australia, 8-12 September 2018. Richmond, VIC Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia.
Chan, S., Chan, H. P., Corney, C., Scuderi, C., Selvalogan, N., Pelecanos, A. and Ratanjee, S. (2017). Phosphate binder use in patients undergoing centre‐based haemodialysis within the Metro North Kidney Health Service. RACP Congress 2017. Bringing Specialists Together. Sharing Knowledge. Building Skills., Melbourne, VIC Australia , 8-10 May 2017. Richmond, VIC Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/imj.4_13461
Thesis
Scuderi, Carla (2024). Improving patient centred outcomes in kidney transplant recipients. PhD Thesis, School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/3f81955