• Altiere, Ralph J., Ph.D. Dean
• Bainbridge, Jacci, Pharm.D.
• Balmer, Carol, Pharm.D.
• Bi Ndikum, Hilda, Pharm.D.
• Diamond, Louis, Ph.D.
• Ellis, Sam, Pharm.D.
• Fish, Douglas N., Pharm.D.
• Hansen, Laura Borgelt, Pharm.D.
• Hemstreet, Brian, Pharm.D.
• Jarvis, Catherine, Pharm.D.
• Kiser, Ty H., Pharm.D.
• Linnebur, Sunny, Pharm.D.
• MacLaren, Robert, Pharm.D.
• McCollum, Marianne, Ph.D.
• Moore, Gina, Pharm.D., MBA
• Nair, Kavita, Ph.D.
• Namdar, R., Pharm.D.
• Nuffer Wesley, Pharm.D.
• OBryant, Cindy, Pharm.D.
• Page, Robert, Pharm.D.
• Saseen, Joseph, Pharm.D.
• Sullivan, Patrick, Ph.D.
• Thompson, David C., Ph.D.
• Trujillo, Jennifer, Pharm.D.
• Turner, Christopher J., Ph.D.
• Valdez, Connie, Pharm.D.
• Valuck, Robert, Ph.D.
• Vande Griend, Joseph P. Pharm.D.
• Vondracek, Sheryl, Pharm.D.

Joseph Saseen, Pharm.D., FCCP, BCPS, CLS

Associate Professor, Departments of Clinical Pharmacy and Family Medicine

Mailing address:
University of Colorado Denver
School of Pharmacy
Mail Stop C238-L15
12631 E. 17th Ave., room 1617
Aurora, CO  80045

Telephone:
Voice: (303) 724-2656
Fax: (303) 724-0979
E-Mail: Joseph.Saseen@UCHSC.EDU

Clinical Activities:
Dr. Saseen is a clinical pharmacy specialist at the University of Colorado A.F. Williams Family Medicine Center. This site is the clinical teaching site for the Family Medicine Residency Program at the University of Colorado Hospital. Clinical pharmacy services include: providing education for medical residents and other health care providers; performing medication reviews for patients; providing pharmacotherapy consultations that include pharmacotherapy recommendations and patient education; and evaluating prescribing. Specific areas of expertise include cardiovascular risk reduction pharmacotherapy (hypertension, dyslipidemia, antiplatelet therapy), rheumatology (osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis), and type 2 diabetes.

Teaching:
Dr. Saseen teaches components of the pharmacotherapy curriculum to P2 and P3 students at the School of Pharmacy: preventive cardiology (PHRD 4700 - IOS 3&4), rheumatolology (PHRD 4750 - IOS 6), cardiovascular complications of diabetes (PHRD 5700 - IOS 9), comprehensive patient care (PHRD 5650), and professional skills (PHRD 4100) classes. He precepts P4 students and post-graduate year 1 (PGY1) and PGY2 pharmacy residents in family medicine. Dr. Saseen is director of the PGY-2 Ambulatory Care/Family Medicine pharmacy residency (ASHP-accredited, see: http://www.uchsc.edu/sop/clinicalpharm/1.Residencies/5.Ambulatory_Care-Family_Medicine_Residency_(PGY2).html.

Dr. Saseen embraces clinical pharmacy as the foundation of our profession, and identifies this as the key to a fulfilling career in pharmacy practice both in modern day practice and in the near future. His personal philosophy on pharmacy education is to focus on "need to know” information for pharmacists to provide patient care, with emphasis on understanding/applying concepts, critical evaluation, and assimilating information in an accurate, succinct, and clinically relevant manner. He teaches with compassion and strives to be a positive role model.

Scholarly Activities:
Dr. Saseen participates in research related to pharmacotherapy (hypertension, dyslipidemia, rheumatoid arthritis). He has also published pharmacotherapy review articles and textbook chapters related to these and other contemporary pharmacotherapy and professional topics.

Professional Service:
Dr. Saseen is chair of the curriculum committee at the School of Pharmacy. He is on the Board of Regents for the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, and is on the Board of Directors of the Southwest Lipid Association ( regional chapter of the National Lipid Association). His professional efforts are focused on national recognition of pharmacists as health care providers, post-graduate pharmacy residency training, and specialty board certification of pharmacists.

Awards:
2006 - UCD: President's Award for Teaching Excellence
2005 - UCD: President's Award for Teaching Excellence
2005 - Outstanding Instructor Award; UCD, Doctor of Pharmacy Class of 2007
2004 - Outstanding Instructor Award; UCD, Doctor of Pharmacy Class of 2006
2004 - Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties Certificate of Appreciation; significant dedication and contributions as a member of the Specialty Council on Pharmacotherapy from 1998-2003
2003 - UCD: Chancellor's Teaching Recognition Award
2002 - UCD: President's Award for Teaching Excellence
2002 - Outstanding Instructor Award; UCD, Doctor of Pharmacy Class of 2003
2001 - Outstanding Teaching Award; UH Family Medicine Residency Class of 2001
2001 - Outstanding Instructor Award; UCD, Doctor of Pharmacy Class of 2001
2000 - Outstanding Instructor Award; UCD, Doctor of Pharmacy Class of 2000
2000 - Outstanding Clinician Award; UCD, Doctor of Pharmacy Class of 2000
1999 - Outstanding Mentor Award; UCD, Doctor of Pharmacy Class of 1999
1999 - Outstanding Instructor Award; UCD, Doctor of Pharmacy Class of 1999
1998 - UCD: President's Award for Teaching Excellence
1998 - Outstanding Instructor Award; UCD, Doctor of Pharmacy Class of 1999

Recent Publications

Last updated: 11/19/08