Annals of Pharmacotherapy
Annals of Pharmacotherapy is a peer-reviewed journal that advances pharmacotherapy throughout the world by publishing high-quality research and review articles to achieve the most desired health outcomes.The articles provide cutting-edge information about the most efficient, safe and cost-effective pharmacotherapy for the treatment and prevention of various illnesses. This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Research articles may report well-designed studies of medication effectiveness, adverse events, interactions, adherence, pharmacoeconomics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacogenomics, pharmacoepidemiology, informatics and use to positively impact patient care.
Review articles may describe evidence-based comprehensive, critical and analytical assessments of specific important or controversial subjects. These would include reviews of new drugs, drug classes, therapeutic controversies, and the state-of-the-art strategies to enhance the treatment and prevention of diseases.
Commentaries and Editorials may offer perspectives on diverse therapeutic or professional issues influencing health care, medicine and pharmacy.
Any correspondence, queries or additional requests for information on the manuscript submission process should be sent to the AOP editorial office at AOP@sagepub.com.
Annals of Pharmacotherapy is a peer-reviewed journal that advances pharmacotherapy throughout the world by publishing high-quality research and review articles to achieve the most desired health outcomes.The articles provide cutting-edge information about the most efficient, safe and cost-effective pharmacotherapy for the treatment and prevention of various illnesses.
Research articles may report well-designed studies of medication effectiveness, adverse events, interactions, adherence, pharmacoeconomics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacogenomics, pharmacoepidemiology, informatics and use to positively impact patient care.
Review articles may describe evidence-based comprehensive, critical and analytical assessments of specific important or controversial subjects. These would include reviews of new drugs, drug classes, therapeutic controversies, and the state-of-the-art strategies to enhance the treatment and prevention of diseases.
Commentaries and Editorials may offer perspectives on diverse therapeutic or professional issues influencing health care, medicine and pharmacy
Milap C. Nahata, MS, PharmD, FCCP, FAPhA, FASHP | The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy, Columbus, OH, USA |
Eugene M. Sorkin, PharmD | Auckland, New Zealand |
Kevin W. Garey, PharmD, MS | University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA |
C. Michael White, PharmD FCCP FCP | UCONN/Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT, USA |
Ralph H. Raasch, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS | University of North Carolina, Carrboro, NC, USA |
Melody Ryan, PharmD, MPH, CGP, BCPS | University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA |
Armando Silva-Almodovar, PharmD | The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA |
Connie H. Yoon, PharmD, BCPS | Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA |
Julie Kalabalik-Hoganson, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP | Fairleigh Dickinson University School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Florham Park, NJ, USA |
Hedva Barenholtz Levy, PharmD, BCPS, CGP (Chair) | HbL PharmaConsulting, St. Louis, MO, USA |
Thomas Y.K. Chan, MBChB, MD, PhD, FRCP | The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China |
Sandra L. Kane-Gill, PharmD, MSc, FCCP | University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
Esther-Lee Marcus, MD | Herzog Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel |
Todd P. Semla, PharmD, MS, BCPS, FCCP (Chair) | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Evanston, IL, USA |
Carlos H. Rojas-Fernandez, PharmD | University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy, Kitchener, ON, Canada |
Melissa M. Blair, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS | New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, NC, USA |
Susan E. Fugate Conway, PharmD (Chair) | University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy, Oklahoma City, OK, USA |
Barry J. Gales, PharmD | INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA |
John G. Gums, PharmD, FCCP | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA |
Stuart T. Haines, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP | Jackson, MS |
Charles Ponte, PharmD, CDE, BCPS, BC-ADM | West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA |
William E. Dager, PharmD, BCPS, FCSHP, (Chair) | University of California at Davis School of Medicine, Davis, CA, USA |
Thomas G. Vondracek, PharmD, BCPS | Exempla St. Joseph's Hospital, Denver, CO, USA |
Karen Dahri, PharmD FCSHP | University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada |
Eli N. Deal, PharmD, BCPS (Chair) | Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO, USA |
Judy W.M. Cheng, PharmD, MPH, FCCP, BCPS (Chair) | Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, Boston, MA, USA |
Vincent J. Colucci, PharmD, BCPS, AQ-Cardio | University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA |
James S. Kalus, PharmD, BCPS (AQ CV) | Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA |
Sarah A. Spinler, PharmD, FAHA, FCCP, AACC | University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
Kyle J. Schmidt, PharmD, BCCP (Chair) | Grand Rapids, MI |
Robert E. Ariano, PharmD, BCPS, FCCM | St. Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, MB, Canada |
Ada Chiu, BScPharm, PharmD, ACPR, BCPS | Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, BC, Canada |
Joseph F. Dasta, MSc, FCCM, FCCP | University of Texas, Round Rock, TX, USA |
Brian L. Erstad, PharmD, FCCP, FCCM, FASHP | University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, Tucson, AZ, USA |
Joaquin Borras-Blasco, PharmD, PhD (Chair) | Hospital de Sagunto, Sagunto, Spain |
Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD | Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA |
Lynne M. Sylvia, PharmD | Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA |
Cassie L. Boland, PharmD, BCACP (Chair) | Wingate University School of Pharmacy, Wingate, NC, USA |
Scot H. Simpson, BscPharm, PharmD, MSc | University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada |
Jessica L. Wallace, PharmD, BCPS | Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy, Nashville, TN, USA |
Amy Heck Sheehan, PharmD (Chair) | Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN, USA |
Randy C. Hatton, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA |
Denise K. Lowe, PharmD, BCPS | Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA |
P. Timothy Pollak, MD, PhD(Chair) | University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada |
Hillary Wall, PharmD | Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA, USA |
James J. Nawarskas, PharmD, BCPS (Chair) | University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA |
Abdulrazaq S. Al-Jazairi, PharmD, BCPS | King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
Bradley E. Hein, PharmD, BCOP | University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA |
Lisa Denise Burry, BScPharm, PharmD (Chair) | Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada |
Michael J. Rieder, MD, PhD, FRCPC, FAAP | Childrens Hospital of W. Ontario, London, ON, Canada |
G. Christopher Wood, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS | The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA |
Pramodini B. Kale-Pradhan, PharmD (Chair) | Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA |
John A. Dougherty, MBA, PharmD, BCPS, CPh | Baptist Medical Center, Jacksonville, FL |
Shiela M. Wilhelm, PharmD, BCPS | Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA |
Shelly L. Gray, PharmD, MS, BCPS (Chair) | University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA |
Christine Eisenhower, Pharm.D., BCPS | University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA |
Patricia L. Orlando, PharmD, FCCP | University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA |
Marie A. Smith, PharmD, DPNAP (Chair) | University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA |
Amber C. King, PharmD, BCOP | Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital, NY, NY, USA |
Donald C. Moore, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP, DPLA | Levine Cancer Institute, Charlotte, NC |
David J. Reeves, PharmD, BCOP | Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, USA |
Mark A. Gales, PharmD, BCPS (Chair) | Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, OK, USA |
Kazuhiko Kido, PharmaD, MS, BCCP, BCPS | West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA |
Michael B. Kays, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP (Chair) | Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN, USA |
David Cluck, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, AAHIVP | East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, USA |
Anthony J. Guarascio, PharmD, BCPS | Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD | University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA |
David E. Nix, PharmD, BCPS | University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA |
Marisel Segarra-Newnham, PharmD, MPH | VA Medical Center, West Palm Beach, FL, USA |
A. Scott Mathis, PharmD (Chair) | Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ, USA |
Shubha Bhat, PharmD | Cleveland Clinic, Pharmacy & Gastroenterology, Cleveland, OH |
Peter Gal, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP, FASHP (Chair) | Cone Health, Greensboro, NC, USA |
Wendy Jensen Bender, PharmD | Monument Health - Rapid City Hospital, Rapid City, SD |
Mary K. Stamatakis, PharmD (Chair) | West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA |
Michael A. Marx, PharmD, FCCP | Genentech, Member of the Roche Group, Florence, KY, USA |
Gregory M. Peterson, PhD, MBA, FSHP, (Chair) | University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Australia |
Edward M. Bednarczyk, PharmD, FCCP | University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY, USA |
Timothy E. Welty, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP | Drake University, Ankeny, IA, USA |
Tammy L. Burns, PharmD, BCPS (Chair) | Creighton University, Omaha, NE, USA |
Curtis E. Haas, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS | University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA |
Lea S. Eiland, PharmD, BCPS (Chair) | Auburn University, Huntsville, AL, USA |
Edward A. Bell, PharmD, BCPS | Drake University, Des Moines, IA, USA |
Deonne Dersch-Mills, PharmD | University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada |
Jeremy Stultz, PharmD | The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA |
Bernard Sorofman, PhD(Chair) | University of Iowa College of Pharmacy, Iowa City, IA, USA |
J. Lyle Bootman, PhD, ScD | University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, Tucson, AZ, USA |
Daniel S. Streetman, PharmD, MS (Chair) | Lexi-Comp, Inc, Hudson, OH, USA |
Sarah Burgess, PharmD, ACPR | Halifax, NS, Canada |
Reginald F. Frye, PharmD, PhD | Memphis, TN, USA |
Christopher P. Alderman, BPharm, PhD, FSHP, BCPP, (Chair) | Repatriation General Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
Benjamin Chavez, PharmD, BCPP | University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, HI, USA |
Spencer E. Harpe, PharmD, PhD, MPH (Chair) | Midwestern University Chicago, Downers Grove, IL, USA |
Arthur F. Harralson, PharmD, BCPS | George Washington University, Ashburn, VA, USA |
Beth H. Resman-Targoff, PharmD, FCCP (Chair) | University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK, USA |
Gyorgy Csako, MD, FACP | National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA |
Frank Romanelli, PharmD, MPH, BCPS (Chair) | University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA |
Betty J. Dong, PharmD, FASHP, FCCP | University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA |
Douglas N. Fish, PharmD, FCCM, FCCP, BCPS | University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA |
R. Chris Rathbun, PharmD, BCPS | University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK, USA |
Elizabeth J. Scharman, PharmD, BCPS (Chair) | West Virginia University, Charleston, WV, USA |
Robert J. Belloto, Jr., BSPharm, PhD, CGP, FASCP | Good Samaritan Hospital, Beavercreek, OH, USA |
David I. Min, PharmD, MS, FCCP, FASHP (Chair) | Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA, USA |
Margaret R. Jorgenson, PharmD, BCPS | Madison, WI, USA |
Ryan Rivosecchi, PharmD, BCCCP | Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
Alicia B. Forinash, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP (Chair) | St. Louis College of Pharmacy, St. Louis, MO, USA |
Gerald G. Briggs, BPharm, FCCP | Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, Long Beach, CA, USA |
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