Expertise:

Pharmaceutical Care Standards (nursing homes/long-term care, acute care, hospice,
home health); Geriatric Drug Therapy Management (Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s,
psychoactive medications, psychotropic drug reactions, polypharmacy); Clinical
Pharmacy Services (drug information services, patient assessment & counseling); Drug
Safety/Misadventure (interactions, adverse reactions, med errors, death/overdose,
product liability); Pharmacology (causal relationship between drug exposure and
subsequent effects, pharmacoepidemiology, pharmacokinetics); Pharmacy Operations
(3rd-party payment, managed care, controlled substances/narcotics, drug distribution
systems, pharmacoeconomics)

Education:

Bachelor of Science-Pharmacy, West Virginia University
Master of Science-Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Residency-Hospital Pharmacy, North Carolina Memorial Hospital
Internship, Burroughs Wellcome/National Pharmaceutical Council

Experience:

Clinical Pharmacy Consultant, Institute for Pharmaceutical Care
Expert Witness, PharmacoLegal Associates
Host, Over the Counter™ Radio Talk Show

University of Pittsburgh/University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy & Therapeutics, School of Pharmacy
Research Associate, Center for Clinical Pharmacology, School of Medicine
Drug Information Specialist, Drug Information and Pharmacoepidemiology Center
Founder/Coordinator, Pharmaceutical Care Clinic, Falk Clinic

Yale University/Yale-New Haven Hospital
Clinical Assistant Professor, Nurse Practitioner Program, School of Nursing
Director, Drug Information Service, Department of Pharmacy Services

Marshall University/Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine
Director, Drug Information Center, School of Medicine
Coordinator, Clinical Pharmacy Services, Department of Pharmacy Services

SmithKline Beecham Laboratories
Clinical Research Associate, Beecham Laboratories
Medical Service Representative, SmithKline & French Laboratories

Duke University Medical Center
Poison Information Specialist, Department of Pediatric Medicine

Certifications: Fellow, American Society of Consultant Pharmacists
Registered Pharmacist, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, West Virginia

Services:
Plaintiff & Defense. Document review (e.g. medical records, medication profiles, etc.);
patient interview & assessment; facility inspection; written report; deposition or testimony if
necessary.

Comments:
A curriculum vitae with complete listing of teaching responsibilities, honors and awards,
publications, presentations, professional memberships and other information is available
upon request. No charge for initial consultation.