Clinical Pharmacy

Studies on adolescent drug abuse, antidepressants in the ER, and complications from heart pumps take top honors at annual seminar

Tue May 14, 2019

Joyce Rifkind (left) and Gary Rifkind, PharmD ’60

Research on topics ranging from drug abuse to heart pump complications took top honors at the Department of Clinical Pharmacy’s 21st annual Spring Research Seminar.

MacDougall named Divine Family Endowed Chair in Clinical Pharmacy

Thu May 2, 2019

Elisabeth Fall

Conan MacDougall, PharmD

Conan MacDougall, PharmD, MAS, has been selected as the new holder of the Divine Family Endowed Chair in Clinical Pharmacy. The chair was created in 2003 by Philmore G.

The dean advocates for medication lists and pharmacist engagement in patient care

Tue Aug 21, 2018

Elisabeth Fall

School of Pharmacy Dean B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD

Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the U.S., trailing cancer and heart disease. Many of those errors can be traced to issues with medications.

Meet Clinical Pharmacy’s newest faculty members

Thu Sep 28, 2017

UCSF

Katherine Gruenberg, PharmD, BCPS

The Department of Clinical Pharmacy welcomed four new faculty members at a reception on September 18, 2017, on the Parnassus campus.

Gruenberg connects sustainability and clinical pharmacy

Thu Aug 17, 2017

UCSF

Katherine Gruenberg, PharmD, BCPS

Katherine Gruenberg, PharmD, BCPS, who was recently appointed as an assistant professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, has received the 2017 Sustainability Award

Donald Kishi: leader, mentor, friend

Thu Jun 15, 2017

“Find a need and fill it” was a popular slogan that graced the side of pink Kaiser Cement trucks around the San Francisco Bay Area in the 60s and 70s. But Donald Kishi, PharmD ’68, took the motto as his professional mantra.

Three generations reflect shifts in nation, pharmacy profession

Wed Oct 19, 2016

Cindy Chew

Sharon (McPartland) Leaf, PharmD ’81, with her daughter, first-year student pharmacist Megan Lau.

When Megan Lau donned her white coat with fellow student pharmacists in the incoming class of 2020 last week, it was more than your standard rite of professional passage.

Taking a road less traveled: 2015 Distinguished Alumnus Pamela Schweitzer

Mon Jun 29, 2015

RADM Pamela Schweitzer, PharmD ’87

The 2015 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year is Rear Admiral Pamela Schweitzer, PharmD ’87. The recognition by the Pharmacy Alumni Association is given to the School graduate who has made outstanding contributions to the profession of pharmacy, to society, and/or to UCSF.

Emergency Physicians Group Supports ED Clinical Pharmacy Services

Fri Jun 19, 2015

Pharmacist interventions, formulary conversion tools, and warfarin discharge education take top honors at annual seminar

Wed May 20, 2015

Rifkind Award winners (left to right) An-Chi Tseng, PharmD; Anh Doan, PharmD; and Lily Xia, PharmD; Clara Mikhaeil, PharmD; Heidemarie MacMaster, PharmD.

Studies of pharmacist interventions during comprehensive medication reviews, the impact of new tools to aid drug selection from a hospital formulary, and a project ensuring that hospital patients receiving anti-clotting drugs are properly educated upon discharge took top honors at the Department of...

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