Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacy Administration Faculty and Staff
The faculty and staff of the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacy Administration are dedicated to continually improving drug therapy and pharmaceutical care through the discovery, application and dissemination of knowledge about drugs and drug use. Our faculty utilize innovative approaches to teaching, emphasize problem solving, and integrate state-of-the-art technology in the classroom and in patient care and other professional and business environments.
Andrew M. Peterson, PharmD
Chair, Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
a.peters@usp.edu | 215.596.8877
Dr. Peterson holds a PharmD from Medical College of Virginia and a BS from Rutgers University. He is a member of several pharmacy organizations, including the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, the American College of Clinical Pharmacy and the Pennsylvania Society of Hospital Pharmacists. Dr. Peterson has concentrated his years of research in pharmacy management, managed care pharmacy, pharmaceutical care and medication compliance.
Thomas C. Bernhardt, BS
Instructor in Clinical Pharmacy
Director of Clerkship Programs
t.bernha@usp.edu | 215.596.8998
Mr. Bernhardt earned his bachelor’s degree from West Virginia University. A past president of the New Jersey Pharmacists Association, he manages Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (rotations) courses in the final year of the Doctor of Pharmacy program and provides focused advising to students and alumni regarding internship and licensure processes.
Michael J. Cawley, PharmD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
m.cawley@usp.edu | 215.895.3136
Dr. Cawley holds a PharmD and BS from USP. A member of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy and the Society of Critical Care Medicine, he serves on the editorial boards of several biomedical journals, including Annals of Pharmacotherapy and RT: The Journal of Respiratory Care Practitioners. Dr. Cawley’s research interests are in the area of critical care pharmacotherapeutics, including topics in pulmonary, infectious disease, cardiology, toxicology and neurology.
John E. Connors, PharmD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Director, Flexible Option Doctor of Pharmacy Program
Director, Extended and Distance Learning
Associate Dean, College of Graduate Studies
j.connor@usp.edu | 215.596.8973
Dr. Connors earned his PharmD from the University of Kentucky and his BS from the University of Wisconsin. His areas of interest include public health, infectious diseases and their management, distance learning, and academic program planning and development.
Lauren Czosnowski, PharmD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
l.czosnowski@usp.edu
Dr. Czosnowski earned her PharmD from Purdue University.
Quinn Czosnowski, PharmD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
q.czosnowski@usp.edu
Dr. Czosnowski earned his PharmD from Purdue University.
Lisa E. Davis, PharmD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
l.davis@usp.edu | 215.596.8831
Dr. Davis received her PharmD from the University of Kentucky and her BS from the University of Arizona. An adjunct faculty member in the Hematology-Oncology Division in the Department of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, she is a fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy and is board-certified in pharmacotherapy and oncology pharmacy. Her research interests include factors that influence the variability of anticancer drug disposition in humans and mechanisms of treatment-induced cell death.
George E. Downs, PharmD
Dean Emeritus
Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
g.downs@usp.edu | 215.596. 8939
Dr. Downs holds a doctor of pharmacy from USP and a BS from the University of New Mexico. His research interests include prevention of substance abuse, community pharmacy and patient care in the community, and public health.
Grace Earl, PharmD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
g.earl@usp.edu | 215.596.8940
Dr. Earl received her doctorate and bachelor’s from USP. She is interested in scholarly areas involving the use of educational interventions to improve outcomes in a heart failure population, scholarship of teaching and cardiovascular pharmacotherapeutics.
Tyan Frazier, PharmD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
t.frazie@usp.edu | 215.596.8991
Dr. Frazier earned her PharmD from the University of Maryland at Baltimore. A member of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, American College of Clinical Pharmacy, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and the National Pharmaceutical Association, she also runs a clinic at the Philadelphia VA Medical Center, where she actively manages drug therapy for anticoagulation, diabetes, dyslipidemia and hypertension.
Gladys Garcia, PharmD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
g.garcia@usp.edu
Dr. Garcia holds a PharmD from St. John's University.
Daniel A. Hussar, PhD
Remington Professor of Pharmacy
d.hussar@usp.edu | 215.596.8880
Dr. Hussar is a member of a number of professional organizations, including the American Pharmacists Association, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, the Drug Information Association, the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association and the Pennsylvania Society of Health-System Pharmacists. He has served as a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Pharmacists Association and is a past president of the Drug Information Association and the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association. Dr. Hussar’s research interests are in the areas of new drugs, drug interactions, patient compliance and issues facing the profession of pharmacy. He writes and edits the Pharmacist Activist Newsletter (http://www.pharmacistactivist.com).
Jomy Joseph, PharmD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
j.joseph@usp.edu | 215.596.8867
Dr. Joseph holds a PharmD from USP. Her research interests include epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance, antimicrobial pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics in special populations, HIV outreach initiatives and public health.
Lisa A. Lawson, PharmD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Vice Dean of Pharmacy
l.lawson@usp.edu | 215.596.8870
Dr. Lawson earned her doctor of pharmacy degree from the University of Kentucky and her BS from the University of Nebraska. Her areas of interest include pharmacokinetics, curricular development, implementation and assessment.
Laura A. Mandos, PharmD
Assistant Dean for Pharmacy Programs
Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
l.mandos@usp.edu | 215.596.8585
Dr. Mandos received a PharmD from Northeastern University and a BS from Ohio Northern University. She has been an investigator in more than 100 Phase II, III and IV clinical drug trials and has published multiple original research articles. Dr. Mandos serves as a consultant is the sole pharmacist on the editorial board of Prevention magazine. Her areas of interest are mood and anxiety disorders.
Lauren McCluggage, PharmD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
l.mccluggage@usp.edu
Dr. McCluggage holds a PharmD from University of North Carolina.
William F. McGhan, PharmD, PhD
Professor of Pharmacy
Director, Pharmacy Administration Graduate Program
w.mcghan@usp.edu | 215.596.8852
Dr. McGhan holds a PharmD from the University of California, San Francisco, and a PhD from the University of Minnesota. He has generated substantial amounts of outside funding as principal investigator on numerous grants and contracts. He has published several books as well as more than 200 journal articles and chapters. He is a past president of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Research and Science and has served on the board of directors of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists and the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Dr. McGhan’s research focuses on decision analysis, outcomes research and clinical economics.
Lindsay Palkovic, PharmD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
l.palkovic@usp.edu
Dr. Palkovic holds a PharmD from University of Pittsburgh.
Cathy Y. Poon, PharmD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Vice Chair of Teaching
c.poon@usp.edu | 215.596.8889
Dr. Poon received her pharmacy degree from St. John's University and completed post-doctoral training at the Medical University of South Carolina and the University of Oklahoma, where she developed expertise in pediatric pharmacotherapy. She coordinates one of the capstone courses, teaches most of the pediatric course material and maintains an active clinical practice in a pediatric intensive care unit.
Jennifer Reinhold, PharmD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
j.reinhold@usp.edu
Dr. Reinhold earned her PharmD from University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
Jean M. Scholtz, PharmD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
j.scholt@usp.edu | 215.596.8524
Dr. Scholtz received her PharmD from Purdue University and her bachelor’s degree from the University of Pittsburgh. As a clinician and educator, she promotes improving patient care and educating students, pharmacists and physicians. Dr. Scholtz is board-certified in pharmacotherapy, and has been actively involved in the Pennsylvania Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
Steven L. Sheaffer, PharmD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Vice Chair for Experiential Learning
s.sheaff@usp.edu | 215.596.8773
Dr. Sheaffer holds a PharmD and BS from USP. His practice and teaching interests include medication safety, emergency preparedness and medication use systems, including automation, information systems and pharmacy and therapeutics committees and formulary processes. Dr. Sheaffer was presidential officer of the American Society of Health System Pharmacists from 2000 to 2003 and previously served on the ASHP Board of Directors as the chair of the ASHP House of Delegates. He also chaired the ASHP Research and Education Foundation.
Gary E. Sloskey, PharmD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
email: g.sloske@usp.edu
Anthony Sorrentino, PharmD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Director of Experiential Resources
email: a.sorren@usp.edu
Sarah A. Spinler, PharmD
Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
Director, Residency and Fellowship Programs
s.spinle@usp.edu | 215.596.8576
Dr. Spinler received a PharmD and BS from the University of Minnesota. A fellow of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy and a member of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, she serves as a regent of ACCP and on the editorial boards of several biomedical journals, including Annals of Pharmacotherapy, Pharmacotherapy and American Journal of Managed Care. Dr. Spinler has published more than 100 research articles, reviews and books chapters in the area of antithrombotic therapy.
Karen J. Tietze, PharmD
Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
k.tietze@usp.edu | 215.596.8854
Dr. Tietze holds a doctor of pharmacy degree from the USP and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas. She conducts clinical research at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania’s Medical Intensive Care Unit and is the author of numerous textbook chapters and articles in pulmonary and critical care therapeutics. Dr. Tietze is the author of the textbook Clinical Skills for Pharmacists: A Patient Focused Approach (Mosby) and is an editor for the Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs, published by the American Pharmacists Association.
Trent G. Towne, PharmD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
t.towne@usp.edu
Dr. Towne holds a PharmD from Purdue University
Craig Whitman, PharmD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
c.whitman@usp.edu | 215.596.8882
Dr. Whitman earned his PharmD from Rutgers University. He has a clinical practice at the Trauma Intensive Care Unit at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, NJ. Dr. Whitman’s research interests involve the clinical use of drug therapy in critically ill patients.
Vincent Willey, PharmD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
v.willey@usp.edu
Dr. Willey earned his PharmD from University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
Department Staff
Anne R. Pointkowski
Administrative Coordinator
a.pointk@usp.edu | 215.596.8853
Eileen Facciolo
Assistant to the Chair
e.faccio@usp.edu | 215.596.8876
Beverly J. Harrell
Administrative Assistant
b.harrel@usp.edu | 215.596.8996
Anne S. Le
Administrative Assistant
a.le@usp.edu | 215.596.6514
Sondra Schultz, BS
Experiential Education Liaison
s.schult@usp.edu | 215.596.8884
Henry M. Schwartz, PharmD, CDE
Director, Community Pharmacy Practice Experiences
h.schwartz@usp.edu | 215.596.8688