Clerkship

HIV Clerkship - Erie County Medical Center

The Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) and the Immunodeficiency Clinic serve as teaching sites for Pharm.D. students at the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences who are completing the Professional Experiential Program (Clerkship) component of their training.

The Immunodeficiency Clinic provides multidisciplinary services (including medicine, nursing, pharmacy, social work, nutrition and psychology) to approximately 800 patients with HIV infection in Western New York. The Pharmacists run an independent Pharmacotherapy/Adherence Clinic as well as interfacing with the general HIV clinic operations. They also coordinate weekly multidisciplinary Virology Conferences to discuss patient cases with the medical staff. Clinical services are also extended to the Children's Hospital of Buffalo, ECMC inpatient service and private medical practices in the Western New York area.

Faculty and Site General Information

• Clerkship Preceptors and Faculty
• ECMC Directions and General Information

• Clerkship Objectives
  • HIV Pharmacotherapy Clerkship
  • HIV Theraputic Drug Monitoring Elective
  • HIV Pharmacoinformatics Elective
• ECMC Orientation Checklist
• Recommended Readings
• Baseline Assessment Quiz (Advanced/Elective students only)
• Post-Rotation Assessment Quiz (Advanced/Elective students only)
• Week 1 Antiretroviral Quiz

• Introductory (PHM 623C)
• Intermediate (PHM 624C)
• Advanced (PHM 625C)
• HIV Elective

• Adherence/Pharmacology Services Overview
• Example Consultations
• Virology Conference
• Adherence Counseling
• Pediatric Clinic (PACT)
• Therapeutic Drug Monitoring Registry

For more information about this clerkship site, email Linda Catanzaro, Pharm.D. at: lcat@adelphia.net