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Biography-Karl Hess-College of Pharmacy
Karl Hess - Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Administration

Degree

Year obtained

Institution

Pharm.D.

2005

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and
Health Sciences - Boston

Residency

Year

Institution

Community Pharmacy Practice

2005- 06

University of Southern California

Certificate

Year obtained

Board

Certificate in
Travel Health (CTH ®)

2009

International Society of Travel Medicine


Description of Academic/Research Interests:
Vaccines
Pre-travel health and travel medicine
Safe and effective use of nonprescription medications
Implementation and evaluation of collaborative practice based disease state management programs

Practice site:
Hendricks Pharmacy
137 N. Harvard Ave
Claremont, CA 91711
www.hendrickspharmacy.com

Rotation description:
The community pharmacy clerkship at Hendricks Pharmacy is designed to provide various experiences necessary to prepare students to become entry-level community pharmacy practitioners. Hendricks Pharmacy provides many learning opportunities ranging from hands on filling and dispensing in the pharmacy department to direct patient care programs and activities such as providing routine and travel-related vaccines, functioning within a pharmacist-run travel health clinic, and screening patient blood glucose, cholesterol, and blood pressure values.


Selected Publications

Hess K, Goad J. Immunization Update. California Pharmacist Journal. Spring 2006; 18-26.

Hess K, Goad JA, Johnson K. Adherence and Completion Rates of a Nine Month Regimen of Isoniazid Therapy within a Pharmacist Managed Latent Tuberculosis Infection Clinic (abstract #112). American Pharmacist Association Annual Meeting 2006, San Francisco, CA

Contact Information

Office address: 309 E. Second St.
Pomona, CA 91766
Main phone: (909) 469-5500
Fax: (909) 469-5539
E-mail: khess@westernu.edu
Last Updated:08/14/2009