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Miriam Chan, PharmD
Director, Pharmacy Education


EDUCATION
        Doctor of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1996

Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 1979

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Director of Pharmacy Education (1996 - Present)
Riverside Family Practice Residency Program, Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, Ohio

Investigational Drug Pharmacist (1994 - 1996)
Staff Pharmacist (1980 - 1996)
Department of Pharmacy, Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, Ohio

Floor Pharmacist (1979 to 1980)
Department of Pharmacy, University of Cincinnati Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2005 - PresentClinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, College of Medicine and Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
1999 - PresentAdjunct Assistant Professor of Pharmacy, Ohio Northern University, Ada, Ohio
1999 Winter QtrLecturer, Pharmacology for Advanced Nursing Practice (Nursing 706, 4 credit hours, 50 Students), College of Nursing, The Ohio State University, Cols, Ohio
1998 - Present Affiliate Faculty, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
1998 - Present Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Cols, Ohio
1986 - Present Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Instructor, American Heart Association
1986 - Present Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS) Instructor, American Heart Association
1986 - 1998 Clinical Instructor of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Cols, Ohio
AWARDS
2003Family Practice Teacher of the Year Award, Riverside Methodist Hospital Medical Education
1998Family Practice Teacher of the Year Award, Riverside Methodist Hospital Medical Education
1991Quality of Service Initiative Award, Riverside Methodist Hospital Pharmacy Department
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Diabetes Association, 2003- Present
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, 1996 - Present
American College of Clinical Pharmacy, 1994 - Present
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, 1986 - 2002

PUBLICATIONS (recent)
Chan MM. Appropriate use of COX-2 inhibitors. Crozer-Chester Medical Center Family Medicine News. 2005 4(June):2,4

Bope ET, Chan MM, et al. Board Review Question in Family Medicine. Resident & Staff Physician. 2005;51(May):25-32.

Chan MM. Treatment of head lice. Crozer-Chester Medical Center Family Medicine News. 2005; 4(January):2-3.

Chan MM, Bope ET. Choosing the right medicines, 1st ed. Columbus: Anadem Publishing, 2005 (in press).

Chan MM. Riverside Drug Question of the Month (a monthly electronic newsletter distributed to Family Practice Residency programs in the United States), Riverside Family Practice Residency Program, Columbus, May, 2001 to present.

Chan MM. Some popular herbs and nutritional supplements. In Rakel RE, Bope ET, eds. Conn's current therapy, 2004. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 2004:1287-1291.

Chan MM, Mehta B. New drugs in 2002 and agents pending FDA approval. In Rakel RE, Bope ET, eds. Conn's current therapy, 2004. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 2004: 1291-1298.

Chan M. Drugs to be cautious of in the elderly. In: Weinstock MB, Neides DM, eds. The resident's guide to ambulatory care, 5th ed. Columbus: Anadem Publishing, 2003:358-361.

Chan M. Adverse drug interactions and prescribing errors. In: Weinstock MB, Neides DM, eds. The resident's guide to ambulatory care, 5th ed. Columbus: Anadem Publishing, 2003:266-270.

Chan M. Common adult emergency drug dosage. In: Weinstock MB, Neides DM, eds. The resident's guide to ambulatory care, 5th ed. Columbus: Anadem Publishing, 2003:407.

Chan M. Preparation of infusion for adult emergency drugs. In: Weinstock MB, Neides DM, eds. The resident's guide to ambulatory care, 5th ed. Columbus: Anadem Publishing, 2003:408.

Dangler L, Chan M. Osteoporosis. In: Weinstock MB, Neides DM, eds. The resident's guide to ambulatory care, 5th ed. Columbus: Anadem Publishing, 2003:246-249.

Dangler L, Weinstock MB, Chan M. Rheumatoid arthritis. In: Weinstock MB, Neides DM, eds. The resident's guide to ambulatory care, 5th ed. Columbus: Anadem Publishing, 2003:239-242.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS (selected)
"Making Evidence-Based Medicine Practical," Riverside Methodist Hospital Medical Education: Institutional Friday Conference Series, Columbus, OH, 10/14/2005.

"Antihyperglycemic therapy for type 2 diabetes", Association of Family Practice Residency Nurses: 11th Annual Regional Conference for Office Nurses: Columbus, Ohio, 9/11/2004.

"Promoting the safe use of medications in the ambulatory setting", 1st National Ambulatory Primary Care Research and Education Conference on Patient Safety, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rosemont, Illinois; 9/18-19/2003.

"Herbal medicine: why you need to know what your patient is taking", Grant Hospital Medical Education: Friday Noon Conferences, Columbus, Ohio, 4/25/2003.

"Herbal medicine: why you need to know what your patient is taking", Riverside Methodist Hospital Medical Education: Institutional Friday Conference Series, Columbus, Ohio, 11/22/2002.

FUNDED CLINICAL RESEARCH (recent)
Co-investigator - "Improving medication safety in outpatients through improved packaging", Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, 2003- present.

Co-investigator and study coordinator - "Clinical Utility of Amlodipine/atorvastatin to improve concomitant cardiovascular risk factors of hypertension an d dyslipidemia (GEMINI)", Pfizer, 2002- 2003.

Study coordinator - "Glycermia Optimization with Algorithms and Labs At Point of Care Trial (GOAL A1C)", Aventis, 2002- 2003.

Principal Investigator - "Evaluation of Total Lipid Care Program (TLC), a physician officebase lipid management program", Abbott, Pfizer, and Parke-Davis. 1999- 2000.

Co-investigator - "A prospective, randomized, double-blind, comparative trial of an anti-helicobactor pylori regimen vs. an anti-secretory regimen in the treatment of non-ulcerative dyspepsia", Riverside Medical Research Foundation, 1998- 2000.


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