Department of Pharmacy Services

Home Staff

24 hours a day, 7 days a week

James Jorgenson, Director

James.Jorgenson@hsc.utah.edu

Inpatient Clinical Pharmacy Services

Carolyn Kowalchik, Manager
Carolyn.Kowalchik@hsc.utah.edu
Pharmacists are available from 7 am to 3 pm on each patient care unit to provide clinical services and may be reached via digital pager. Services after 3 pm are provided from the Central Pharmacy area.

Centralized Pharmacy & Intravenous Admixtures (IV Center)

Jen Grover, Supervisor
Jennifer.Grover@hsc.utah.edu
Pharmacists are available 24 hours daily to process orders and provide clinical pharmacy services. The IV center is staffed 24-hours daily and prepares all parenteral solution admixtures (piggybacks, syringes, total parenteral nutrition).

Decentralized Pharmacy Services

Shantel Mullin, Supervisor
Shantel.Mullin@hsc.utah.edu
 

Pharmacy Technology

Craig Herzog, Manager
Craig.Herzog@hsc.utah.edu
The Pharmacy Department uses a variety of technology to support clinical pharmacy services. Sure-Med dispensing machines are located on each unit to support cartless medication delivery.
PharmNet is the Pharmacy Department's order entry system and the Department is actively pursuing barcode technologies and physician order entry.

Drug Information Service (DIS)

Linda Tyler, Manager
Linda.Tyler@hsc.utah.edu
Drug Information Specialists are experts at providing information pertaining to a variety of therapeutic and clinical topics. Additionally, the DIS supports the Pharmacy and Therapeutics (P&T) Committee, Adverse Drug Reaction program, and provides newsletters and email alerts to healthcare professionals. The DIS is available from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm , Monday through Friday to respond to drug information requests from health care professionals of the University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics.

Investigational Drug Studies Program

Melissa Johnson, IDS Pharmacist (Huntsman Cancer Hospital)
Melissa.Johnson@hsc.utah.edu
Rajiv Sharma, IDS Pharmacist (Inpatient Pharmacy)
Rajiv.Sharma@hsc.utah.edu
The IDS service assists investigators with drug information, distribution, and accountability aspects of clinical drug studies. The IDS also helps prescribers obtain “compassionate use” drugs when needed.

Huntsman Cancer Hospital

Carolyn Kowalchik, Manager
Carolyn.Kowalchik@hsc.utah.edu
Scott Silverstein, Supervisor
Scott.Silverstein@hsc.utah.edu
The HCH opened July 1, 2004 with 24 hour pharmacy services. The HCH Inpatient Pharmacy may be reached at 587-4093, and the Outpatient Pharmacy may be reached at 581-7708. The Pharmacists will be on site from 7 am to 11 pm. After 11 pm pharmacy services are provided from the inpatient central pharmacy.

University of Utah Neuropsychiatric Institute (UUNI)

Russ Spence, Manager
Russ.Spence@hsc.utah.edu
The UUNI provides mental health and substance abuse treatment to inpatients and outpatients. Comprehensive pharmaceutical care is provided to all patients. A pharmacist is available Mon-Fri 9 am-10 pm; Sat 9 am-5 pm; and Sun 2 pm-6 pm. After hours, a pharmacist is on-call and can be contacted via pager.

Ambulatory Program

Mike Kelly, Manager
Michael.Kelly@hsc.utah.edu
Laura Roller, Supervisor
Laura.Roller@hsc.utah.edu
The University of Utah Clinics provide a variety of clinical pharmacy services at locations throughout the valley.

Home Infusion Services Pharmacy

Bill Wood, Manager
Bill.Wood@hsc.utah.edu
The Hospital's Home Infusion Services Pharmacy provides parenteral drug therapy services to patients at home.

675 Arapeen Drive, Suite 100
Salt Lake City, UT 84108
(801) 587-8600 (phone)
(801) 587-8620 (fax)