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Pharmacy: Overview

Department of Pharmacy Practice

Contact Information

School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Office of Advisement and Recruitment
112 Cooke Hall
North Campus
Buffalo, NY 14260-1200

Phone: 716.645.2825
Fax: 716.645.3688
Email: pharm-admin@acsu.buffalo.edu
Web Address: www.pharmacy.buffalo.edu
Wayne K. Anderson
Dean
Gayle A. Brazeau
Associate Dean (Academic Affairs)
Eugene D. Morse
Associate Dean (Clinical Research and Education)
Karl D. Fiebelkorn
Associate Dean (Student Affairs and Professional Relations)
Cindy F. Konovitz
Assistant Dean (Advisement and Recruitment)
Jennifer M. Hess
Assistant Dean (Admissions)
Candise Morris
Assistant Dean (Resource Management)
Leigh Yates
Assistant Dean (Development)

Program Overview

*This is not a baccalaureate degree program; instead, it is a graduate level doctor of pharmacy (PharmD)

The doctor of pharmacy degree, also called the PharmD, is an entry-level professional degree that enables one to work as a pharmacist, interacting with patients and other health care practitioners about medications. It is not an undergraduate degree (such as a BS or BA) nor is it a graduate degree (such as an MS, MBA, or PhD). Instead, it is a four-year graduate level professional program followed by a minimum of two years of undergraduate coursework.

Since 1886, the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (SoPPS) has been a national leader in education and research in both Pharmacy Practice and the Pharmaceutical Sciences. The PharmD program at the University at Buffalo is ranked among the top pharmacy programs in the United States, and is the only program of its kind available in the State University of New York (SUNY) system.

Updated: May 28, 2009 3:05:13 PM