Biography

Dr. Lyons-Burney is an alumna of the UMKC School of Pharmacy and has enjoyed a distinguished practice career. Throughout her career she has practiced at a very high level, and has been ahead of the curve in career aspects including providing interprofessional, team-based patient-centered care and developing innovative services in the community practice setting. After earning her Pharm.D. and completing a ASHP accredited residency at Cox Health Systems in Springfield, Missouri, she remained there as a clinical pharmacist until 1999. In 2000 she became a co-owner of Branson Drug in Branson, Missouri and subsequently in Hollister, Missouri, until 2010.  She joined the UMKC School of Pharmacy in 2014 as a clinical assistant professor in the Division of Pharmacy Practice and Administration, and was promoted to clinical associate professor in 2021.

As a community pharmacy owner, Dr. Lyons-Burney utilized her compounding expertise and her clinical skills to partner with a local hospital, interdisciplinary hospice team, and the county health department to meet the health care needs of the community. In doing so she also developed innovative services including CLIA-waived testing services in her community pharmacy to better serve her patients. In 2010 she helped establish the charitable clinic, Faith Community Health in Branson, to provide patient-centered, team approach to health care in a traditionally underserved population. There she served as an ambulatory care pharmacist, and, in 2023, established My Neighbor’s Charitable Pharmacy, Missouri’s first designated Charitable Pharmacy. As a clinical faculty member, she provides didactic and applied skills lab instruction and precepts students at her practice site. Dr. Lyons-Burney is a community leader in southwest Missouri and has held leadership positions in the Missouri Pharmacy Association.