Elena M Umland, PharmD

Contact Dr. Umland

901 Walnut Street
Suite 901B
Philadelphia, PA 19107

(215) 503-9087
(215) 503-9052 fax

Education
BS, Pharmacy, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, Philadelphia, PA, 1993

PharmD, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, Philadelphia, PA, 1995

Residency
ASHP-Accredited Primary Care Residency, VA Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa, 1995-1996

University Appointment
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice

Certifications
Licensed pharmacist in Pennsylvania since 1993

Professional Organizations
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, 1996 to present

• Member of the Academic Leadership Fellows class of 2007
• Member of AACP Institutional Research Advisory Committee (2006-2007) responsible for creating standardized assessment tools for evaluating the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education's (ACPE) educational standards 2007. Chaired the sub-task force developing the National Preceptor Survey
• Member of the Council of Deans Task Force (2009-2010) creating a 'how-to' relative to the Self-Study process for new schools of pharmacy seeking pre-candidate and candidate status with ACPE

American College of Clinical Pharmacy, 1996 to present

• Secretary/Treasurer of the Women's Health Practice and Research Network, 1998-1999
• Chair-elect of the Women's Health Practice and Research Network, 1999-2000
• Chair of the Women's Health Practice and Research Network, 2000-2001

Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, 1996-2007

• President-elect, 2001-2002
• President, 2002-2003

Research/Clinical Interests
Women's Health-related topics and educational research focusing on interprofessional education.

Publications

Most recent Peer-reviewed Publications

1. Treatment options for vasomotor symptoms in menopause: Focus on desvenlafaxine
2. Attitudes of faculty and students in medicine and the health professions toward interprofessional education
3. The role of transdermal estrogen sprays and estradiol topical emulsion in the management of menopause-associated vasomotor symptoms
4. The role of transdermal estrogen sprays and estradiol topical emulsion in the management of menopause-associated vasomotor symptoms
5. Attitudes of students in medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, and physical therapy toward interprofessional education
6. Osteonecrosis of the jaw in patients receiving intravenous or oral bisphosphonates
7. Treatment strategies for reducing the burden of menopause-associated vasomotor symptoms
8. Outpatient management of anticoagulation therapy
9. Practical Therapeutics: An Innovative Residency Drug Education Curriculum
10. MenoPAUSE: taking a second look at the role of HRT.
11. Risedronate: A new oral bisphosphonate
12. Sildenafil citrate: A therapeutic update
13. New and old drugs to treat insomnia
14. Phytoestrogens as therapeutic alternatives to traditional hormone replacement in postmenopausal women
15. Benefits and challenges of hormone replacement therapy.
16. The impact of estrogen replacement therapy and raloxifene on osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, and gynecologic cancers
17. Preventing and treating osteoporosis
18. Cardiovascular effects of troglitazone