Drug Interactions Expert Witnesses in Tennessee

This expert isProfessor and Head of the Department of Health Outcomes Research and Policy at a major university school of pharmacy. He holds a bachelors degree in pharmacy from the University of Wisconsin, and a PhD in Social, Administrative, and Clinical Pharmacy from the University of Minnesota. Prior to joining Auburn University he was Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy in the Eshelman School of Pharmacy at the University of North Carolina. This expert’s research focuses population-level assessment of the benefits and risks of drug treatments. His work has been funded by numerous organizations, including the National Institutes of Health, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, the National Pharmaceutical Council, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. He has worked extensively in the area of comparative effectiveness research and drug safety, and teaches classes related to this work.

This highly experienced expert in drug discovery and drug development earned his PhD in Pharmacology from Yale University and thereafter completed a postgraduate fellowship at the University of Michigan. He previously served as the Chief Scientific Officer of Adherex Technologies, International Vice President of Cancer Research at Glaxo Wellcome (now GSK) and Associate Division Director of Experimental Therapy at Burroughs Wellcome. He is a member of the American Chemical Society, the American Association for Cancer Research, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology. He has extensive experience in preclinical and clinical research and legal consulting.

This extremely qualified clinical expert is an internationally recognized clinical pharmacist, author, patient advocate, and expert in patient adherence with medications and the development of multi-component patient education programs that increase patient adherence from worldwide clinical trials through product launch through post-marketing stages and increase patient safety. She has expertise in the translation of complicated medical terminology into language the average consumer will understand, integration of behavior modification and design, working with medical teams to provide documentation required for FDA approval process, and developing health professional’s tools for patient counseling to ensure that the patient education materials are used correctly. She also has expertise in working with medical device companies and packaging companies to ensure that it will be easy for patients to understand the “how to use” instructions and use the products correctly. She received her BSP degree and completed her residency training in hospital pharmacy at the University of Saskatchewan before receiving her Pharm.D. degree from the University of Cincinnati. She is a founding member of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, a former member of the Board of Directors and Chairperson of the Business Council at the National Council on Patient Information and Education, and is active in many professional and consumer organizations, including the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy and the Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies. She has published 150+ peer-reviewed journal articles on patient education and adherence and serves as a reviewer for the American Pharmacists Association. She is the author of 23 books on how to use medications safety for health professionals and consumers. She has appeared on many radio and television shows to help consumers learn how to take their medications correctly. She is also the former director of clinical affairs at the American Pharmacists Association, which honored her with its Foundation Pinnacle Award for her outstanding leadership. Additionally, she is the former coordinator of the ambulatory patient pharmacy at Sunnybrook Medical Center and a former associate professor of clinical pharmacy at the University of Toronto. Currently, she is the CEO of a major patient education company that develops information to help patients understand how to manage their medications, medical devices and therapies correctly, consults with pharmaceutical companies on how to promote patient understanding and patient safety, develops multi-component patient education programs requiring FDA approval, and develops patient education programs for world-wide clinical trials to increase patient adherence so that the approved FDA dosage is more accurate and thus safer.

This highly-qualified expert has over 15 years of experience as a pharmacist dealing with issues like medication safety, medication errors, and medication policy. She earned her PharmD from the University of North Carolina before completing a drug information specialty residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. This expert is a licensed pharmacist in North Carolina and is certified by the American Heart Association in basic life support. She is active in her field as a member of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, a researcher on several pharmacy research studies, an author of multiple pharmacy publications, and a speaker at several industry conferences throughout her career. She has formerly served as a clinical instructor at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, a clinical pharmacist in the ambulatory setting at the Duke Outpatient Clinic, and a clinical pharmacist in medication safety at Duke University Medical Center. This expert currently serves as a clinical pharmacist for drug information at a university-affiliated medical center and as the preceptor for the drug information rotation at two North Carolina universities.