Lisa Kroon, PharmD

Thomas A. Oliver Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Assistant Chief Pharmacy Officer, Clinical Innovation, Education and Research, UCSF Health
Department of Clinical Pharmacy
Kroon.
[email protected]
Phone: +1 415 476-1687
Fax: +1 415 476-6632
521 Parnassus Avenue, Rm 3615
UCSF Box 0622
San Francisco, CA 94117
United States

Links

UCSF Profiles Rx for Change

Affiliations

Education programs

PharmD Degree Program

UCSF centers, institutes, and research programs

Codirector, UCSF Fontana Tobacco Treatment Center
Executive Director, Medication Outcomes Center
Pharmacist, Diabetes Clinic

School committees and service

UCSF Health Pharmacy Residency Diversity Council, 2022-present, University of California San Francisco

What I do

At UCSF Health, I am the Assistant Chief Pharmacy Officer (ACPO) of Clinical Innovation, Education and Research and oversee ambulatory pharmacy practice. As an APCO, I am a member of UCSF Health’s Pharmacy Enterprise Executive Leadership Team that sets strategic direction, priorities and goals for the enterprise. I maintain my faculty position as a Professor of Clinical Pharmacy in the School of Pharmacy where I continue to teach in the Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum and conduct clinical research. My research and practice efforts focus on evaluating the impact of pharmacist provider status and expanded scope of practice, diabetes therapeutics, tobacco cessation, and innovative practice models in the ambulatory and community pharmacy setting.

Departmental research area

clinical research

My research expertise

testing innovative pharmacist care programs in the ambulatory and community pharmacy setting, evaluating the impact of pharmacists’ expanded scope of practice and provider status, diabetes therapeutics, pharmacy-based smoking cessation services and interventions

Clinical expertise

adult diabetes, tobacco and smoking cessation

Professional background

Degrees

PharmD, University of Michigan, 1994

Postgraduate training

PGY2, Hospital Pharmacy Administration Residency, University of California, San Francisco, 1996
PGY1, Pharmacy Practice Residency, University of California, San Francisco, 1995

Licensure and certifications

Diabetes Care and Education Specialist, Certified, 1999
Licentiate in Pharmacy, California State Board of Pharmacy, 1995

Training and professional development

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California San Francisco, 2021

Biography

Dr. Lisa Kroon is a Professor of Clinical Pharmacy in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy in the School of Pharmacy at the University of California in San Francisco. She holds an executive pharmacy leadership role at UCSF Health since 2020, where she was appointed the Assistant Chief Pharmacy Officer for Clinical Innovation, Education, and Research for the Pharmacy Enterprise, where she oversees ambulatory pharmacy practice. Dr. Kroon received her Doctor of Pharmacy at the University of Michigan and then completed two years of residency at UCSF in pharmacy practice and hospital pharmacy administration. She has been a member of the UCSF faculty since 1996. She practices in the UCSF Medical Center’s Adult Diabetes Clinic and Diabetes Teaching Center, where she cares for people with diabetes and chronic illnesses. She co-directs the Fontana Tobacco Treatment Center (www.ucsfhealth.org/tobaccotreatment). Her current research interests include evaluating the impact of pharmacist provider status and expanded scope of practice, diabetes therapeutics, tobacco cessation, and innovative practice models in the community pharmacy setting.

Research keywords

  • Patient Education as Topic
  • drug interactions
  • Cultural Characteristics
  • Hypoglycemic Agents
  • smoking cessation
  • Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
  • Glucagon-Like Peptide 1
  • Drug Prescriptions
  • drug delivery systems
  • Community Pharmacy Services
  • Occult Blood
  • Immunization Programs
  • Injections, Subcutaneous
  • tobacco cessation
  • pharmacies
1. Frontline Pharmacy: Rising to the Moment
2. Lessons Learned: Five Years of COVID-19 Research and Response at UCSF
3. UCSF Health Opens New Outpatient Pharmacies in San Francisco
4. Update from the Dean: Putting plans in action
5. Class of 2026 steps into white coats and begins PharmD journey
6. UCSF launches first pharmacogenomics testing service in California
7. Celebrating women leaders in the School of Pharmacy
8. First-year pharmacy students make an impact at the state capital
9. The School of Pharmacy’s White Coat Ceremony returns to Cole Hall
10. Giacomini lays out her vision for the UCSF School of Pharmacy
11. Learning and leadership in pharmacy: 2022 Distinguished Alum Daniel Robinson
12. School community bids farewell to an impactful dean
13. Update from the Dean: A fond farewell
14. Class of 2024 proudly enters the pharmacy profession amid pandemic
15. Update from the Dean: Excellence amidst change
16. Update from the Dean: Recovery and resilience after a pandemic year
17. Pharmacy community lends hand to UCSF COVID-19 vaccine effort
18. How we know it’s safe to get the vaccine
19. Update from the Dean: Community during challenging times
20. Class of ’23 joins ranks of pharmacy at White Coat Ceremony
21. Kotis joins leadership of UCSF Health as chief pharmacy executive
22. School of Pharmacy serves as PPE distribution hub for community pharmacies
23. Update from the Dean: Eyeing a return
24. Update from the Dean: We are rising to the challenges presented by COVID-19
25. PharmD students organize PPE drives for hospitals to fight COVID-19
26. Update from the Dean – November 2019
27. Kroon named CSHP Pharmacist of the Year
28. Update from the Dean – May 2019
29. Study shows promise for hormonal contraception services in the community pharmacy setting
30. Update from the Dean – July 2018
31. The epic journey to better medicines
32. Update from the Dean – March 2018
33. Advanced practice pharmacists are ready
34. Kroon, Stebbins, and Clark offer guidance on hospital care
35. Class of 2020 student pharmacists don their white coats
36. Update from the Dean - Spring/Summer 2016
37. Kroon named Fellow of the American Pharmacists Association
38. Update from the Dean - Fall/Winter 2015
39. Update from the Dean - Fall/Winter 2014
40. Label warnings, antibiotic measurements, cancer therapies, and smoking interventions take top honors at annual seminar
41. Update from the Dean - Spring/Summer 2014
42. Update from the Dean - Fall 2013
43. Brodowy named director of UCSF Medication Outcomes Center
44. UCSF School of Pharmacy adopts broad recommendation on tobacco
45. Kroon named chair of the UCSF Department of Clinical Pharmacy
46. School to train Safeway pharmacists in smoking cessation counseling
47. Update from the Dean - Spring/Summer 2008
48. UCSF pharmacy faculty advocate for legislation banning tobacco sales in pharmacies
49. About Nobuhisa Shimba, and more news
50. About Deanna Kroetz, and more news
51. Health care providers to receive smoking cessation training
52. About Claire Lee, and more news
53. Pharmacist serves deaf and hard of hearing community
54. Giacomini featured in Time magazine, and more news
1. Pharmacist of the Year, California Society of Health-System Pharmacists, 2019
2. Fellow of the Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management, American Pharmacists Association, 2016
3. 150th Anniversary Alumni Excellence Award, UCSF, 2015
4. Apple for Teachers Award for Excellence in Teaching, UCSF School of Pharmacy, 2013-2022
5. Advisor of the Year, Academy of Students of Pharmacy, UCSF Chapter, 2012
6. Outstanding Teacher of the Year, San Francisco Program, Long Award for Excellence in Teaching, UCSF School of Pharmacy, 2012
7. Best Practices Award, Academy of Pharmacy Educators, California Pharmacists Association, 2011
8. Apple for Teachers Award for Excellence in Teaching, UCSF School of Pharmacy, 2009-2010
9. Preceptor of the Year, Academy of Students of Pharmacy, UCSF Chapter, 2003-2004
10. Practioner Fellow, California Society of Health-System Pharmacists, 2002
11. Elected into Phi Lambda Sigma, an honorary pharmacy leadership society, Phi Lambda Sigma, 1998
12. Member, Rho Chi Pharmacy Honor Society, 1992

Publications

Tamraz B, Shin J, Khanna R, Van Ziffle J, Knowles S, Stregowski S, Wan E, Kamath R, Collins C, Phunsur C, Tsai B, Kong P, Calanoc C, Pollard A, Sawhney R, Pleiman J, Devine WP, Croci R, Sashikanth A, Kroon L, Cucina R, Rajkovic A. Clinical implementation of preemptive pharmacogenomics testing for personalized medicine at an academic medical center. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2025 Mar 01; 32(3):566-571.
Kui K, Hailozian C, Thai M, Chakravarty D, Apollonio DE, Kroon L, Vijayaraghavan M. Tobacco cessation, mental health, and substance use in a community pharmacist-linked cessation program for people experiencing homelessness. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2025 Feb 01; 267:112527.
De Los Reyes G, Ng A, Valencia Chavez J, Apollonio DE, Kroon L, Lee P, Vijayaraghavan M. Evaluation of a Pharmacist-Linked Smoking Cessation Intervention for Adults Experiencing Homelessness. Subst Use Misuse. 2023; 58(12):1519-1527.
Hartman-Filson M, Chen J, Lee P, Phan M, Apollonio DE, Kroon L, Donald F, Vijayaraghavan M. A community-based tobacco cessation program for individuals experiencing homelessness. Addict Behav. 2022 06; 129:107282.
Kennedy DR, Clapp P, DeLuca JL, Filtz TM, Kroon L, Lamberts JT, Oliphant CM, Prescott WA, Ray SD. Enhancing Pharmacy Faculty Well-Being and Productivity While Reducing Burnout. Am J Pharm Educ. 2022 06; 86(5):8764.
Corelli RL, Merchant KR, Hilts KE, Kroon LA, Vatanka P, Hille BT, Hudmon KS. Community pharmacy technicians' engagement in the delivery of brief tobacco cessation interventions: Results of a randomized trial. Res Social Adm Pharm. 2022 07; 18(7):3158-3163.
Rafie S, Kroon L, Schweitzer P. Access To Birth Control At Community Pharmacies. Health Aff (Millwood). 2021 01; 40(1):178.
Christine Lin, Rebecca Strauss, Jenny Hong, Jeffrey G. Hamper, Emma Sew Hoy, Ann A. Lazar, Lisa Kroon. Impact of a pharmacist-administered long-acting injectable antipsychotic service in a supermarket-based community pharmacy on medication adherence. Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. 2019 Aug 1; 2(4):343-348.
Lu S, Rafie S, Hamper J, Strauss R, Kroon L. Characterizing pharmacist-prescribed hormonal contraception services and users in California and Oregon pharmacies. Contraception. 2019 04; 99(4):239-243.
Wilson L, Lin T, Wang L, Patel T, Tran D, Kim S, Dacey K, Yuen C, Kroon L, Brodowy B, Rodondi K. Evaluation of the ASCO Value Framework for Anticancer Drugs at an Academic Medical Center. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2017 Feb; 23(2):163-169.
Kroon LA, Corelli RL, Roth AP, Hudmon KS. Public perceptions of the ban on tobacco sales in San Francisco pharmacies. Tob Control. 2013 Nov; 22(6):369-71.
Nam S, Janson SL, Stotts NA, Chesla C, Kroon L. Effect of culturally tailored diabetes education in ethnic minorities with type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis. J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2012 Nov-Dec; 27(6):505-18.
Wamsley M, Staves J, Kroon L, Topp K, Hossaini M, Newlin B, Lindsay C, O'Brien B. The impact of an interprofessional standardized patient exercise on attitudes toward working in interprofessional teams. J Interprof Care. 2012 Jan; 26(1):28-35.
Kroon L. An analysis of dosage volume for halfway doses in the Victoza Pen. J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2011 Nov 01; 5(6):1625-6.
Nam S, Chesla C, Stotts NA, Kroon L, Janson SL. Barriers to diabetes management: patient and provider factors. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2011 Jul; 93(1):1-9.
Jennifer Staves, Mehran Hossaini, Lisa Kroon, Caroline Lindsay, Barbara Newlin, Bridget O'Brien, Kimberly Topp, Maria Wamsley. Interprofessional Standardized Patient Exercise (ISPE): The Case of “Paul Harris”. MedEdPORTAL. 2011 Jan 1.
Nam S, Chesla C, Stotts NA, Kroon L, Janson SL. Factors associated with psychological insulin resistance in individuals with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2010 Aug; 33(8):1747-9.
Potter MB, Gildengorin G, Wang Y, Wu M, Kroon L. Comparative effectiveness of two pharmacy-based colorectal cancer screening interventions during an annual influenza vaccination campaign. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2010 Mar-Apr 1; 50(2):181-7.
Kroon L. An analysis of patient acceptance and safety of a prefilled insulin injection device. J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2009 Nov 01; 3(6):1439-41.
Janson SL, Cooke M, McGrath KW, Kroon LA, Robinson S, Baron RB. Improving chronic care of type 2 diabetes using teams of interprofessional learners. Acad Med. 2009 Nov; 84(11):1540-8.
Kroon L. Overview of insulin delivery pen devices. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2009 Sep-Oct; 49(5):e118-31.
Corelli RL, Fenlon CM, Kroon LA, Prokhorov AV, Hudmon KS. Evaluation of a train-the-trainer program for tobacco cessation. Am J Pharm Educ. 2007 Dec 15; 71(6):109.
Kroon LA. Drug interactions with smoking. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007 Sep 15; 64(18):1917-21.
Robin L. Corelli, Christine M. Fenlon, Lisa A. Kroon, Alexander V. Prokhorov, Karen Suchanek Hudmon. Evaluation of a Train-the-Trainer Program for Tobacco Cessation. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. 2007 Jan 1; 71(6):109.
Kroon LA. Drug interactions and smoking: raising awareness for acute and critical care providers. Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2006 Mar; 18(1):53-62, xii.
Irons BK, Kroon LA. Lipid management with statins in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Ann Pharmacother. 2005 Oct; 39(10):1714-9.
Corelli RL, Kroon LA, Chung EP, Sakamoto LM, Gundersen B, Fenlon CM, Hudmon KS. Statewide evaluation of a tobacco cessation curriculum for pharmacy students. Prev Med. 2005 Jun; 40(6):888-95.
Hudmon KS, Bardel K, Kroon LA, Fenlon CM, Corelli RL. Tobacco education in U.S. schools of pharmacy. Nicotine Tob Res. 2005 Apr; 7(2):225-32.
Hudmon KS, Kroon LA, Corelli RL, Saunders KC, Spitz MR, Bates TR, Liang D. Training future pharmacists at a minority educational institution: evaluation of the Rx for change tobacco cessation training program. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2004 Mar; 13(3):477-81.
Hudmon KS, Hemberger KK, Corelli RL, Kroon LA, Prokhorov AV. The pharmacist's role in smoking cessation counseling: perceptions of users of nonprescription nicotine replacement therapy. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2003 Sep-Oct; 43(5):573-82.
Hudmon KS, Corelli RL, Chung E, Gundersen B, Kroon LA, Sakamoto LM, Hemberger KK, Fenlon C, Prokhorov AV. Development and implementation of a tobacco cessation training program for students in the health professions. J Cancer Educ. 2003; 18(3):142-9.
Assemi M, Torres NM, Tsourounis C, Kroon LA, McCart GM. Assessment of an online consumer "Ask Your Pharmacist" service. Ann Pharmacother. 2002 May; 36(5):787-92.
Karen Suchanek Hudmon, Robin L. Corelli, Lisa A. Kroon, Marilyn Standifer Shreve, Alexander V. Prokhorov. Reducing Pulmonary Disease: The Pharmacist’s Role in Smoking Cessation. Journal of Pharmacy Practice. 2001 Apr 1; 14(2):143-159.