Samson Lee
Contact:
scle@ucdavis.edu

Titles:
Staff II Pharmacist, UCD Health, Transitions of Care & Population Health Pharmacy

Education:
PharmD, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 2015

Post-graduate Training:

  • PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, Moses Cone Hospital, 2015-2016
  • PGY2 Ambulatory Care Residency, UC Davis Medical Center, 2016-2017

Research Interests:
Dr. Lee's focuses on the quality improvement of transition of care (TOC) practices to reduce medication discrepancies and hospital readmission rates. His research focuses on the impact of TOC interventions to serve as justification for additional resources to continue growing the TOC program.

Practice Philosophy:
My goal is to promote health and wellbeing in the community by ensuring patients are on safe and effective medication regimens. Patients are vulnerable to medication errors while transitioning to different levels of care. Medication reconciliation is an effective approach to reduce risk of medication-related errors. In the perspective of a TOC pharmacist, it is essential to assess a patient as a whole to ensure that medication regimens are not only clinically appropriate but practical and sustainable.  No patient is the same, as the care and medication plans should be individualized to the patient’s needs and goals of care.

Rotations Precepted:

  • Transitions of Care and Population Health Pharmacy Elective (APPE, PGY1, and PGY2)
  • Mentorship I and II (PGY1 or PGY2)

Bio:
Dr. Lee is an ambulatory care pharmacist specializing in transitions of care at UCD Health.  He is committed to providing continuity of care to patients as they move from inpatient hospital settings to skilled nursing facilities or other care settings.  His daily activities have a substantial focus on facilitating safe and effective transitional care services through medication reconciliation, patient education, and addressing medication adherence barriers.  Dr. Lee also has various other interests, including chronic disease state management, anticoagulation, and cardiology.