Richard Faris, Pharm.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Science
UT College of Pharmacy

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy, Memphis, TN 2002-Present

Director, Alpha and Beta Research, Meds-Alert USA, Inc., Algonquin, Illinois, 2002-Present

Director, Center for Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 2000-2002

Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, Baltimore, MD 2000-2002

Research Assistant, University of Florida College of Pharmacy, Gainesville, FL 1996-2000

Associate Director of Pharmacy Operations, Methodist Hospital, Memphis, TN 1991-1996

Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy, Memphis, TN 1992-1996

Honors

American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education (AFPE) Fellowship, 1997-2000

Grinter Fellowship, University of Florida, 1997-1999

First Place, Graduate Student Forum Presentation, University of Florida, 1999

National Hospital Pharmacy Quality Award, Honorable Mention, 1994

Upjohn Pharmacy Research Award, University of Florida, May 1991

Dean's Award, School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, May 1988

Publications

Faris RJ. "Preventable Drug-Related Morbidity and Seamless Care." Chapter in Seamless Care: A Pharmacist's Guide to Implementing and Evaluating Programs, Ed. Neil MacKinnon. (In Press)

Johnson KB, Walker A, Serwint JR, Lee CKK, Faris RJ. Assessing the effectiveness of electronic prescribing in pediatrics: The PedsSTEP Project. Topics in Health Information Management. Accepted for publication.

Miller CL, Topping DL, Faris RJ, Ashby DM. Describing drug-related problems in an inpatient oncology setting. (abstract) ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting 2002:37;P486D

Winegardner JE, Faris RJ, Feroli ER, Newman PA. Pediatric chemotherapy and investigational drug order quality control. (abstract) ASHP Summer Meeting 2002:59;P-66

Faris RJ. "Explicit Definitions to Identify Preventable Drug-Related Morbidity in an Elderly Population." Dissertation Abstracts International August 2001 University of Florida

Lowe CJ, Faris RJ, Malone MF, McFarland HM. Retrospective analysis to identify variables associated with supratherapeutic areas under the curve after the administration of high-dose busulfan. (abstract) ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting 2001:26;P-447E.

Quan S, Arnold S, Brewer J, Faris RJ. "Impact of collaborative practice between physicians and pharmacists in the management of dyslipidemia in a primary care clinic." (abstract) ASHP Summer Meeting 2002:59;P-1

Faris RJ, Hale KM, Alea-Barroso C. "Assessing drug information resource use after a medication error." (abstract) ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting 2001:36;395D

Arnold SB, Reynolds LA, Faris RJ. "Impact of a recently published study on physician prescribing." (abstract) ASHP Midyear Clinica Meeting 2001:36;425R

Yaldo AJ, Faris RJ, Segal R, Ried LD. "Effects of asthma patient characteristics on hospital costs and ICU admissions." (abstract) ASHP Annual Meeting 2001:58;9S

Faris RJ, and Ashby DM. "A medication error reporting system for a healthcare system." Pharmaguide to Hospital Medicine. 1997:10(2);5-8

Rivera JC, Faris RJ, Amerson CO, Reaves AB, Broyles J. "Pharmacist directed medication teaching program: focus on evaluation of patient compliance." Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Drug Information Association. Orlando, Florida, June 1995

Amerson CO, Riverja JC, Broyles J, Reaves AB, Faris RJ. "A pharmacist directed medication teaching program in a renal dialysis center." (abstract) ASHP Annual Meeting 1995:52;P-12E

Faris RJ, Greene WL, Ashby DM. Integrated pharmacy services: successful methodology for pharmaceutical care. (abstract) ASHP Annual Meeting 1994:51;MSC-22.

Research and Other External Support

Distance Education and Drug Information Services for Community Pharmacy Students, Residents and Practitioners: An Interactive Net-Based Telemedicine Program Targeting Rural Areas of Tennessee, PI Dick R. Gourley, July 1, 2001 - September 2002, $493, 675.

Poison Prevention in Health Education in Rural Communities: A Telemedicine Project Linking Agricultural Extension Agents and the Southern Poison Center of the University of Tennessee Phase II, PI Dick R. Gourley, 2001-2002, $490,012

Safe Medication Use Practices, ASHP Foundation, PI Richard J. Faris, 2002-2002

Study focused on literature supported best practices for medication safety. Submitted to the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) to support best practice efforts

Impact of Electronic Prescribing on Medication Errors (Peds STEP Program), AHRQ Grant Number 1 R18 HS 11868-01,

PI Kevin Johnson, Co-PI Richard J. Faris, 2001-2003

Study testing the impact of Electronic Prescribing on Medication Safety in pediatric patients. Dr. Faris is responsible for the taxonomy of dictation errors and analysis of prescribing and dispensing errors which are detected.

Explicit Definitions for Preventable Drug-Related Morbidity, Merck and Company Foundation, PI Richard Faris, 1999-2001

The study involved the development of explicit definition of preventable drug-related morbidity and the use of these definitions to measure medication safety in an ambulatory Medicare managed care population.