Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Pharmacy Professor Timothy B. McPherson published the textbook “PharmDceutics: Applied Biopharmaceutics for Clinical Pharmacists” in 2012. The text was positively reviewed in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, Vol. 77, Issue 8.
Reviewer Dr. Venkata K. Yellepeddi says that while ‘the target audience is students in the professional pharmacy program (PharmD), this book can be a useful primer for practicing clinical pharmacists providing medication therapy management (MTM), educators in the fields of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences, and other allied clinicians involved in drug therapy.”
Yellepeddi is an assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences at the Roseman University of Health Sciences College of Pharmacy located in South Jordan, Utah.
Yellepeddi highly recommends the book to be used as a textbook for a first course in biopharmaceutics for Pharm.D. students.
“It is an excellent contribution to the pedagogy of pharmaceutics in Pharm.D. curriculum,” Yellepeddi said. “Dr. McPherson’s unique blend of experience in both basic science and pharmacy practice has allowed him to develop a book which translates biopharmaceutical concepts into useful tools for clinical decision-making.”
For the complete review, visit ajpe.org.
McPherson is a professor of pharmaceutical sciences. He earned a bachelor’s in pharmacy from St. Louis College of Pharmacy and a doctorate in pharmaceutics from Purdue University.
Following a postdoctoral appointment in the Hillenbrand Biomedical Engineering Center at Purdue, McPherson joined the St. Louis College of Pharmacy as an assistant professor of pharmaceutics. He came to the SIUE School of Pharmacy in 2005.
McPherson’s research interests include pharmaceutical and nutraceutical tablet and capsule formulation development, emulsions as drug delivery vehicles and compounding in the independent community pharmacy