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Megan Nguyen - Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Administration

Megan Nguyen

Degree

Year
Obtained

Institution

Pharm.D.

2000

Western University of Health Sciences

BS Biological Sciences

1995

University of California, Irvine


Residency

Year

Institution

Infectious Diseases

2002

Huntington Memorial Hospital

Pharmacy Practice

2001

Veterans Administration Palo Alto


Description of Academic/Research Interests:
Infectious diseases pharmacotherapy.

Practice site:
St. Mary Medical Center
1050 Linden Avenue
Long Beach, Ca 90813
(562) 491-9000 ext 5550


Rotation Description:
The clerkship provides students with direct patient care experiences in internal medicine with a focus on infectious diseases. Students will be expected to participate in daily rounds with the Critical Care Team, attend noon conferences, provide drug information to other health care professionals, initiate and monitor drug therapy with an emphasis on applying principles and practices of infectious disease pharmacotherapy.

Selected Publications

M Nguyen, P Beringer, A Wong-Beringer, S Louie, M Gill, MA Gurevitch. Effect of Continuous Enteral Feedings (TF) on Oral Bioavailability (F) of Linezolid (LZD) in Hospitalized Patients43rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Chicago, September, 2003. (Poster)

Wong-Beringer A, Liao C, Nguyen M, Pallares J. Applying patient selection criteria for drotrecogin alfa therapy in practice. AJHP 2003;60:1345-52

Wong-Beringer A, Nguyen KH, Razeghi J. Implementing a program for switching from i.v. to oral antimicrobial therapy. AJHP 2001;58:1146-9.
Beringer P, Nguyen M, Hoem N, et al. Absolute bioavailability and pharmacokinetics of linezolid in hospitalized patients given enteral feedings. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2005;49(9)3676-81.

Nguyen M, Chung EP. Telithromycin: the first ketolide antimicrobial. Clin Ther 2005;27(8):1144-63

Contact Information

Office address: 309 E. Second St.
Pomona, CA 91766
Main phone: (909) 469-5500
Fax: (909) 469-5539
E-mail: megannguyen@westernu.edu
Last Updated:08/27/2007