Journal of Patient Care

Roger S. Klotz

Roger S. Klotz
Associate Professor of Pharmacy
Western University of Health Sciences, USA

Biography

Following graduation from the University of Illinois College Of Pharmacy Roger joined the pharmacy staff in 1967 as a staff pharmacist at Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago which was affiliated academically with Northwestern University. He was promoted to Director of Pharmacy Services in 1973 and later was appointed Director of Clinical Dietetics. He joined Home Health Care of America in June of 1983 as Director of Clinical Pharmacy Development. In 1998, he opened a community pharmacy practice that provided services that included sterile and non-sterile compounding, DME services, immunization services, provision of “CLIA Waived” testing, and nutritional therapy management. In 2006, Roger created Care Partners Consulting Pharmacists, LLC, which is focused on consulting patients, pharmacists/providers, and physicians. In that same year Roger was appointed Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Administration at Western University of Health Sciences College of Pharmacy. In 2013 Roger was promoted to Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Administration. Roger is a practitioner in the pharmacist run anticoagulation clinic in Western University of Health Sciences Patient Care Center.