Amir Kamel PharmD, BCNSP, FASPEN
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Nutrition Support and Critical Care, Department of Pharmacy, University of Florida Health Shands, Gainesville, FL
Amir Y. Kamel, PharmD, BCNSP, FASPEN, is a clinical specialist in nutrition support and critical care at UF Health Shands Hospital and a clinical assistant professor at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy. He earned his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy in Brooklyn, NY. Dr. Kamel completed a pharmacy practice residency at The Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, NY, followed by a specialty residency in nutrition support and critical care at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, GA. His clinical practice focuses on adult surgical and trauma intensive care units and the Adult Nutrition Support Team. He has published extensively on nutrition support in critical illness and is actively involved in ASPEN and the Society of Critical Care Medicine. His research interests include nutrition in critical illness, micronutrient deficiencies, short bowel syndrome, and urea cycle disorders.