Teaching Experience

1.    School of Medicine

a.   Graduate Student Courses (PHTX = Pharmacology & Toxicology)

1)    PHTX 597, part I (Fall Semester, variable credit hrs), Introduction to Pharmacological Research
Course Director, 1979 - 1993, Faculty participant, 1977 – 2003

2)    PHTX 597, part II (Spring Semester, variable credit hrs), Introduction to Pharmacological Research
Course Director , 1979 - 1993, Faculty participant, 1977 – 2003

3)    PHTX 536 (Spring Semester, 5 credit hrs), General Graduate Student Pharmacology and Toxicology
Lectures on prostaglandins, leukotrienes, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents, anti-coagulants and antihistamines
Faculty participant , 1977 - 2003

4)    PHTX 637 (alternate Spring semesters, 3 credit hrs), Cellular Pharmacology for Graduate Students
Lecture subject varies
Faculty participant, 1978 - 1994

5)    PHTX 632 (alternate Spring semesters, 3 credit hrs), Neurochemical Pharmacology for graduate Students
Lecture on cerebral blood flow and metabolism
Faculty participant, 1985 – 2003

6)    PHTX 515 (Fall Semester, 3 credit hrs), Pharmacology for Nurse Anesthetists
Course Director, 1987 – 1994

7)    PHTX 516 (Spring Semester, 3 credit hrs), Pharmacology for Nurse Anesthetists
Course Director , 1987 - 1994
Faculty participant, 1987 - 2003
Lectures on prostaglandins, aspirin, steroids and anti-histamines, anti-coagulants and fibrinolytics

b.    Medical Student Courses

1)    First year medical students , Endocrinology section
Lecture on prostaglandins and leukotrienes
Faculty participant, 1980 - 1987

2)    Second year medical students

a)    Course Director, Medical Pharmacology, 1993 - 2003
Responsible for course content, assigning and monitoring lectures, collecting syllabus material and test questions, faculty evaluation and responding to student evaluations of the course. The Medical Pharmacology course consists of a full-time 2-week course “Principles of General and Autonomic Pharmacology” in late July, followed by pharmacology lectures integrated into the remaining 10 different courses in the second year of medical school, which ends in May. The Pharmacology course director must coordinate with each of the other 10 course directors and must read every second year medical student test in its entirety to identify pharmacology-related questions submitted by pharmacology department participating faculty as well as non-pharmacology department faculty. The pharmacology course syllabus itself is 600+ pages long. During this period of service, the Medical School Pharmacology course was the first course in the School of Medicine to use a uniform outline, format and graphics for its syllabus. There are approximately 350 pharmacology test questions in the second year of medical school, which is approximately 25% of the total exam questions in the second year of medical school. The second year medical school class consists of 190 students.

b)    Musculoskeletal course
Lectures on prostaglandins, leukotrienes, aspirin, aspirin substitutes, acetaminophen, gold, anti-malarials, cytotoxic agents, steroids, anti-histamines and anti-gout agents
Faculty participant, 1978 – 2003

c)    Respiratory Course
Lecturer on pharmacology of the respiratory tract
Faculty participant, 1998 – 2003

d)    Autonomic Pharmacology and Preventive Medicine Section
Taught all autonomic pharmacology
Faculty participant, 1991 - 1994

2.   School of Allied Health

a.    PHTX 441, Pharmacology for Dental Hygiene Students
Lecture on pharmacology of the respiratory tract
Faculty participant 2002-2003

3.   School of Pharmacy

a.    PHTX 403, Principles of Pharmacology
All lectures on autonomic pharmacology
Faculty participant, 1979 - 1990

b.    PHTX 604, Principles of Pharmacology
Lecture on pharmacology of the respiratory tract
Faculty participant 2003

4.   Undergraduate and High School Courses

a.    PHTX 400 (Spring semester, 3 credit hrs) - VCU undergraduate campus (Monroe Park Campus)
Drugs and Their Actions
Lecture on non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents, anti-histamines, steroids and acetaminophen
Faculty participant, 1992 - 2003

b.    Pharmacology for High School Students - Clover Hill High School
Lecture on anti-inflammatory agents
Faculty participant, 1996, 2000, 2002