Courses and Course Chairs

• 2023-2024 Curriculum Plan

• Guidelines for Students in Distress
• SSPPS Guidelines for Elective APPE Course Submission and Approval (PDF)
• SSPPS Guidelines for New Elective Course Submission and Approval (WORD DOC)

Advanced Professional Practice

• Linda Awdishu, Pharm.D.
• Jennifer Namba, Pharm.D.
• Danielle Tan, Pharm.D.

Anatomy for Pharmacists

• Timothy Bassell, Pharm.D.
• Paul Kingston, Ph.D.
• Jason Konop, M.D.

Applied Pharmacoeconomics

• Mark Bounthavong, Pharm.D., Ph.D.

Cannabis Pharmacology & Therapeutics

• Jill Simonian, Pharm.D.

Cardiovascular System

• William Penny, M.D.

Concepts in Pharmacy Practice

• Irina Gutman, Pharm.D.

Contemporary Topics in Pharmacology

• Carlo Ballatore, Ph.D.  
• Chitra Mandyam, Ph.D.
• Ulka Vijapurkar, Ph.D.

Conversational Spanish for Pharmacy Students (Beginning & Intermediate)

• Eduardo Fricovsky, Pharm.D.
• Jorge Garcia, M.D., M.Ph.

Critical Care Medicine

• Kevin Box, Pharm.D.
• Farivar Jahansouz, Pharm.D.
• Jennifer Namba, Pharm.D.

Current Concepts in Pharmacy Legislation

• Rachel Sperling, Pharm.D.

Diabetes Care

• Eduardo Fricovsky, Pharm.D.

Ecological and Medicinal Aspects of Natural Products

• William Gerwick, Ph.D.

Endocrinology, Reproduction, and Metabolism

• Mai Hoang, M.D., FACOG
• Mizuho Mimoto, M.D., Ph.D.

Exploring the Intersection of Racism, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Vaccine Equity

• Jacinda Abdul-Mutakabbir, Pharm.D., MPH, AAHIVP

Foundations of Medicine

• Laura Crotty Alexander, M.D.
• Erica Lin, M.D.

Free Clinic Management

• Eduardo Fricovsky, Pharm.D.
• Alex Luli, Pharm.D.

Gastrointestinal System & Nutrition

• Katharina Brandl, Ph.D. 
• Lars Eckmann, M.D.

Geriatric Pharmacotherapy

• TBD

Hepatitis Free San Diego Collaborative

• Shirley Tsunoda, Pharm.D.

Human Disease

• Lawrence Hansen, M.D.

Human Teratology

• Christina Chambers, Ph.D., M.P.H.
• Annika Montag, Ph.D.

Immunology & Hematology

• Katharina Brandl, Ph.D. 
• Jack Bui, M.D.
• Erin Reid, M.D.
• Ida Wong-Sefidan, M.D.

Introduction to Health Care Systems and Policy

• Inmaculada Hernandez, Pharm.D., Ph.D.

Introduction to Oncology: The War on Cancer

• Linda Barnachea, M.D.
• Ila Saunders, Pharm.D.

Laboratory Medicine

• Robert Fitzgerald, Ph.D.
• Raymond Suhandynata, Ph.D.

Law and Ethics

• Steve W. Gray, Pharm.D., J.D. 
• John Jones, J.D. 
• Kenneth Schell, Pharm.D. 

Managed Care

• Eric Borrelli, Pharm.D.

Microbiology

• Sinem Beyhan, Ph.D.
• Ahnika Kline, M.D., Ph.D.

Pain & Palliative Care

• Rabia Atayee, Pharm.D.
• Kyle Edmonds, M.D.

Pediatric Pharmacotherapy

• Ron D’Ulisse, Pharm.D.
• Gale Romanowski, Pharm.D. 

Pharmaceutical Chemistry

• Ruben Abagyan, Ph.D.
• Tracy Handel, Ph.D.
• Vivian Hook, Ph.D.
• Irina Kufareva, Ph.D.
• Dionicio Siegel, Ph.D.
• Dong Wang, Ph.D.

Pharmaceutics

• Maria De Risi, Pharm.D.
• Panteha Kelly, R.Ph.
• Jeremiah Momper, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
• Yazdi Pithavala, Ph.D.
• Chantal Reed, Ph.D. 
• Andrew Willeford, Pharm.D., Ph.D., BCCP

Pharmacogenomics

• Geoffrey Chang, Ph.D. 
• Joseph Ma, Pharm.D. 

Pharmacy Informatics

• Nuno Bandiera, Ph.D.

Pharmacy Practice

• Eduardo Fricovsky, Pharm.D.
• Panteha Kelly, R.Ph.
• Alex Luli, Pharm.D. 
• Christina Mnatzaganian, Pharm.D.
• Nathan Painter, Pharm.D.
   

Pharmacy Topics in Endocrinology

• Chris Armour, M.D., Ph.D.
• Stephen Schneid, MHPE

Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention

• Nathan Painter, Pharm.D.

Principles of Pharmacology and Physiology

• Katharina Brandl, Ph.D. 
• Asa Gustafsson, Ph.D.
• Stephen Schneid, MHPE

Pulmonary System

• Wael Elmaraachli, M.D.
• Tatum Simonson, Ph.D.

Renal System

• Dena Rifkin, M.D. 
• Tyler Woodell, M.D.

Solid Organ Transplant

• Shirley Tsunoda, Pharm.D. 

Special Topics in Psychiatry

• Kelly Lee, Pharm.D.

Study Design & Biostatistics

• Mark Bounthavong, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
• Zaid Yousif, Pharm.D.

Team-Based Learning Program

• Team-Based Learning (TBL) Program
• Chris Armour, M.D., Ph.D.
• Stephen Schneid, MHPE

Therapeutics

• Maggie Box, Pharm.D.
• Ashley Feist, Pharm.D.
• Doug Humber, Pharm.D.
• Farivar Jahansouz, Pharm.D.
• Jamie Kneebusch, Pharm.D.
• Jennifer Le, Pharm.D. 
• Nimish Patel, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
• Ila M. Saunders, Pharm.D.
• Shirley Tsunoda, Pharm.D.

Tobacco Cessation Clinic Management

• Timothy Chen, Pharm.D.

Veterinary Pharmacy

• Margo Karriker, Pharm.D.

VR Manipulations of Drug-Macromolecule Structural Interactions

• Zoran Radic, Ph.D.

Listing of Faculty Textbook Authors