Titles:
Assistant Chief, UCD Health, Inpatient Clinical Pharmacy Services
PGY1 Acute Care Residency Program Director
Associate Clinical Professor:
Education:
PharmD., Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska – 1999
Masters of Science in Healthcare Administration – Quality and Performance Improvement. University of Wyoming - 2019
Post-graduate Training:
PGY1 Pharmacy Practice Residency, UC Davis Medical Center, 1999-2000
Research Interests:
Rotations Precepted:
Bio:
Dr. Patricia (Tricia) Parker is the Assistant Chief of Inpatient Pharmacy Services at UC Davis Medical Center. Dr. Parker joined the UC Davis Medical Center team in 1999 as one of three Acute Care PGY1 residents, and accepted a career position upon graduation as a Critical Care Staff Pharmacist. In 2003, she was promoted to a Clinical Services Supervisor where she practiced in a split clinical (Critical Care & Nutrition Support) and administrative role for the next five years. Serving as Assistant Chief/Clinical Director since 2008, Dr. Parker is currently responsible for the oversight of planning, implementing and management of clinical pharmacy practice throughout the inpatient setting, assuring efficient and effective clinical services.
Dr. Parker's commitment to hospital pharmacy practice began in 1988 where she worked as a hospital technician for seven years before entering pharmacy school at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska in 1995.
In addition to her Assistant Chief/Clinical Director role, she has since obtained a Masters of Science degree in Healthcare Administration, Quality and Performance Improvement, and holds faculty appointments at both UC San Francisco School of Pharmacy and UC Davis School of Medicine as a Health Sciences Associate Professor. In 2009, Dr. Parker was appointed as the PGY-1 Acute Care Residency Director for UC Davis Health.