Mission

The mission of the Department of Pharmacy Practice at Mercer University is to educate and mentor students by engaging them in stimulating classroom activities, generate and encourage participation in innovative pedagogical and clinical research and scholarship, and provide exemplary practice experiences to ensure that, as professionals, they are fully competent to resolve and prevent medication-related problems and to provide optimal medication therapy management for individual patients and for society in general.

Degrees Programs offered

• Pharm.D
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• Pharm.D./Ph.D.
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  • Requirements
  • Admission

Faculty and Staff

Name and Title Contact Information Ashish Advani, Pharm.D. Clinical Assistant Professor, Assistant Director, Drug Information Service (678) 547-6223 Advani_AA@Mercer.edu Laurel E. Ashworth, Pharm.D. Vice Chair, Professor and Director of Drug Information Center (678) 547-6204 or (678) 547-6440 ashworth_le[at]mercer.edu Candace W. Barnett, Ph.D. Senior Associate Dean, Professor and Director of Pharm.D./M.B.A. Program (678) 547-6383 barnett_c[at]mercer.edu James W. Bartling, Pharm.D. Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Admissions and Assistant Professor (678) 547-6232 bartling_jw[at]mercer.edu Joseph T. Dye, R.Ph., Ph.D.Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice Director, Center for Clinical Outcomes Research and Education (678) 547-6208 dye_jt@mercer.edu Karla T. Foster, Pharm.D. Clinical Assistant Professor and Co-Director of Community Practice Residency Program (678) 547-6294 foster_kt[at]mercer.edu Marsha N. Gilbreath, Pharm.D. Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Director of Experiential Education, APPE, IPPE —Institutional (678) 547-6226 gilbreath_mn@mercer.edu Justine Schuller Gortney, Pharm.D., BCPS Clinical Assistant Professor (678) 547-6307 gortney_js[at]mercer.edu Vanthida Huang, Pharm.D. Assistant Professor (678) 547-6213 huang_v[at]mercer.edu Richard A. Jackson, Ph.D. Professor and Director of Center for Community Practice and Research (678) 547-6220 jackson_ra[at]mercer.edu Michael W. Jann, Pharm.D., BCPP Chair and Professor (678) 547-6245 jann_mw[at]mercer.edu W. Klugh Kennedy, PharmD, BCPPAssociate Professor of Pharmacy and Psychiatry Mercer University, Savannah Campus Memorial University Medical Center (912) 350-2664 or 350-5852  Kennedy_WK@Mercer.edu   Christine M. Klein, Pharm.D., FASCP Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice Director of Experiential Education - Community & Specialty IPPE (678) 547-6294 klein_cm@mercer.edu Lisa Lundquist, Pharm.D., BCPS Clinical Assistant Professor (678) 547-6254 lundquist_lm[at]mercer.edu Leisa L. Marshall, Pharm.D. Clinical Associate Professor (678) 547-6215 marshall_L[at]mercer.edu Nicole L. Metzger, Pharm.D. Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice Clinical Specialist of Internal Medicine Emory University Hospital (678) 547-6210 metzger_nl@mercer.edu Susan W. Miller, Pharm.D., CGP, FASCP Associate Dean for Administration and Professor (678)547-6217 miller_sw[at]mercer.edu Kathryn M. Momary Pharm.D., BCPS Assistant Professor (678) 547-6218 MOMARY_KM@Mercer.edu Pamela M. Moye, Pharm.D. Clinical Assistant Professor (678) 547-6176 moye_pm[at]mercer.edu Phillip S. Owen, Pharm.D. Clinical Assistant Professor 678-547-6221 Owen_PS[at]mercer.edu Diane Nykamp, Pharm.D. Professor (678) 547-6219 nykamp_d[at]mercer.edu Gina Ryan, Pharm.D., BCPS Clinical Assistant Professor (678) 547-6222 ryan_gj[at]mercer.edu Angela Shogbon, Pharm.D. Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice (678) 547-6116 shogbon_ao@mercer.edu Chad M. VanDenBerg, Pharm.D., BCPS Associate Professor and Director of Center for Clinical Research (678) 547-6255 vandenberg_c[at]mercer.edu

Mailing Address:

Department of Pharmacy Practice
Mercer University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
3001 Mercer University Drive
Atlanta, GA 30341-4155
Phone: (678) 547-6209 Fax: (678) 547-6384

Chair: Michael W. Jann, Pharm.D., BCPP

Vice Chair: Laurel E. Ashworth, Pharm.D.