Dr. Meyer Gerald E. Meyer, PharmD

Contact Dr. Meyer

130 South 9th Street
Suite 1540
Philadelphia, PA 19107

(215) 955-9055
(215) 503-9052 fax

Education
BS, Pharmacy, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, Philadelphia, PA

PharmD, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, Philadelphia, PA

MBA, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

Residency
Rhode Island Hospital, Residency in Hospital Pharmacy

University Appointment
Director of Experiential Education

Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice, 2007

Professional Affiliations
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Pennsylvania Society of Health-System Pharmacists
American Pharmacists Association
Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association
American College of Clinical Pharmacy
Mid-Atlantic College of Clinical Pharmacy
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
Eastern States Conference for Pharmacy Residents and Preceptors

Research/Clinical Interests
development of progressive hospital pharmacy services
training and education of pharmacy students and pharmacists (more than 200 pharmacy leaders have been trained under Dr. Meyer's direction)
use of bar codes to improve medication safety
the use of robotics for filling medication orders in the hospital environment
the use of refractive indices to assure the content of highly complex intravenous fluids

Publications

Most recent Peer-reviewed Publications

  1. ASHP Statement on bar-code-enabled medication administration technology
  2. Pharmacy informatics: Aligning for success
  3. Developing a pharmacy work force for the future
  4. Survey of wastage from intravenous admixture in US hospitals.
  5. Belt pouches for controlled substances in operating rooms
  6. Use of bar codes in inpatient drug distribution
  7. Pharmacy component of a hospital end-product cost-accounting system.
  8. Organizational approach to implementing bar-code technology in a university hospital.
  9. Use of refractive index measurement for quality assurance of pediatric parenteral nutrient solutions
  10. Concurrent antibiotic-use review in a small hospital
  11. Diversification strategies for hospital pharmacies