Lori M. Dickerson, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS

Office address: University Family Medicine Rm 227 9298 Medical Plaza Drive, Charleston, SC 29406 Telephone: (843) 876-7030 Email address: macfarll@musc.edu Departmental and administrative position(s): Associate Residency Program Director

Education / Training:

College: Bachelors of Science, Pharmacy
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
PharmD: Medical University of South Carolina
Residency: Medical University of South Carolina

Courses Taught:

Pharmacotherapy Curriculum for Family Medicine Residents

Positions in academic / professional groups:

Member, MUSC Institutional Review Board
Member, STFM Group on Pharmacotherapy.

Selected honors / awards:

Fellowship, American College of Clinical Pharmacy 2003.
Golden Oyster Faculty Teaching Award, 2002, 1999, 1995

Research / academic / clinical interests:

My research and clinical interests are in quality improvement and evidence based medicine – using these principles to improve quality of family medicine residency programs. In the Residency Training Grant, we aim to evaluate and implement clinical practice guidelines in day to day practice, our educational sessions, and in the Clinical Scholars Program.

Selected or recent publications:

Dickerson LM, Young S, Simpson W, Nashelsky J. Treatment of early Parkinson’s disease. American Family Physician 2005;72(3):497.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20050801/fpin.html

Bazaldua O, Ables A, Dickerson LM et al. Suggested Guidelines for Pharmacotherapy Curricula in Family Medicine Residency Training: Recommendations from the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Group on Pharmacotherapy. Family Medicine 2005;37(2):99-104.
http://www.stfm.org/fmhub/fm2005/February/Oralia99.pdf

Dickerson LM, Gibson MV. Management of hypertension in older persons. American Family Physician 2005;71:469-76.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20050201/469.pdf

Ornstein S, Jenkins RG, Neitert PJ, Feifer C, Roylance LF, Nemeth L, Corley S, Dickerson LM, Bradford WD, Litvin C. A multimethod quality improvement intervention to improve preventive cardiovascular care. Annals of Internal Medicine 2004;141:523-32.
http://www.annals.org/cgi/reprint/141/7/523.pdf

Dickerson LM, King DE. Evaluation and management of non-ulcer dyspepsia. American Family Physician 2004;79:107-14.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20040701/107.pdf

Dickerson LM, Ye X, Sack JL, Hueston WJ. Glycemic Control in Medical Inpatients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Receiving Sliding Scale Insulin Regimens versus Routine Diabetes Medications - A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial. Annals of Family Medicine 2003;1:29-35.
http://www.annfammed.org/cgi/reprint/1/1/29

Dickerson LM, Mazyck P, Hunter M. Premenstrual syndrome. American Family Physician 2003;67:1743-52.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20030415/1743.html

Dickerson LM, Denham A, Lynch T. The state of clinical pharmacy practice in family practice residency programs. Family Medicine 2002;34(9):653-7.
http://www.stfm.org/fmhub/fm2002/oct02/SA1.pdf

King D, Dickerson LM, Sack J. Acute management of atrial fibrillation, Part I. Rate and rhythm control. American Family Physician 2002;66:249-56.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20020715/249.html

King D, Dickerson LM, Sack J. Acute management of atrial fibrillation, Part II. Prevention of thromboembolic complications. American Family Physician 2002;66:261-4, 271-2.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20020715/261.html