The Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences

James Colbert

Dr. James Colbert is an Associate Clinical Professor of Pharmacy and an Assistant Dean for Experiential Education in the UCSD Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. He also serves as an Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics in the UCSD School of Medicine. Dr. Colbert received his undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences from the University of California, Berkeley in 1977 and his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of California, San Francisco in 1981. Most recently, Dr. Colbert was the Clinical Manager and Education Coordinator for the Department of Pharmacy at the UCSD Medical Center. A former U.S. Army officer, Dr. Colbert was decorated for his service during the Persian Gulf War (Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, 1990-1991) and the Bosnia peacekeeping campaign (1996). He has had extensive overseas military experience, including service as Chief of army pharmacy operations in Stuttgart and Hanau, Germany, and service as Assistant Chief of pharmacy operations in Heidelberg, Germany. His clinical practice is in the area of general pediatrics, with particular interests in pediatric asthma, cystic fibrosis, congenital heart diseases and heart failure, and hemoglobinopathies (sickle cell anemia). For his work with the San Diego Chapter of the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, The San Diego Combined Health Agencies (CHAD) recognized Dr. Colbert as a "Health Hero" in 2002.

Dr. Colbert is very active in professional pharmacy associations at local, state, and national levels. He is a past-president of the San Diego Society of Health-System Pharmacists (SDSHP). He is also a past recipient of the "Pharmacist of the Year" award from this organization (2000). He is a fellow of the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists (CSHP) and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). In the 24th edition of the Aetna African American History Calendar (2005), highlighting outstanding African American Pharmacists, Dr. Colbert is featured for his many years of professional and community service.