The College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences - Butler University

the College of phArmACy And heAlth sCienCes
Mission
COPHS Mission Statement:
The mission of the College of Pharmacy and
Health Sciences is to provide effective educational
experiences in the health sciences. By so doing,
the College facilitates the development of lifelong
learners with a liberal arts foundation who
are able to serve society as dedicated, competent
health professionals and community leaders.
Clayton, Pharm.D., associate dean; Bonnie
K. Brown, Pharm.D., assistant dean for
student affairs; John A. Lucich, M.D.,
program director and medical director,
physician assistant program; Sudip Das,
Ph.D., director of research and graduate
programs in pharmaceutical sciences; Julia
M. Koehler, Pharm.D., department chair
of pharmacy practice; Jane M. Gervasio,
Pharm.D., department vice chair of
COPHS Goals:
• Provide effective undergraduate,
professional, and graduate programs in the
health sciences
• Develop and promote pharmacists and
physician assistants as vital members of the
health care team who are competent
professionals able to assume responsibility
for patient care and who are accountable
for their actions
• Develop student, faculty, and staff
leadership skills to improve health
education and patient care
• Enroll students who have the potential
to maximally develop knowledge, skills,
and attitudes from the educational
experiences provided by the College
• Provide an active learning environment that:
• promotes high expectations of
accomplishment
• recognizes different learning styles
• respects diversity and develops the
commitment to a personal philosophy
of service
• encourages student, faculty, staff and
community collaboration in teaching,
service and scholarship
• motivates students to become independent
learners and thinkers by enhancing their
proficiency for critical thinking, problem
solving, and decision-making
• incorporates experiential and service
learning
• encourages life-long learning in
professional, social and cultural areas
• encourages the maintenance of health in
body, mind and spirit for students,
faculty, staff and for the communities
pharmacy practice.
Professors:
Mary H. Andritz, Pharm.D.; Bruce D.
Clayton, Pharm.D.; Michael A. Vance, Ph.D.;
Jeanne H. Van Tyle, Pharm.D.; W. Kent Van
Tyle, Ph.D.
Associate professors:
Bonnie Brown, Pharm.D.;Henry F. Cole,
Ph.D.;Nandita Das, Ph.D.; Sudip Das,
Ph.D.; Dennis Gardner, Pharm.D.; Jane M.
Gervasio, Pharm.D.;Todd W. Hrubey,
Ph.D.; Iftekhar D. Kalsekar, Ph.D.;
Laurence A. Kennedy, Ph.D.; Julia M.
Koehler, Pharm.D.; John A. Lucich, M.D.;
Laurie Pylitt, M.H.P.E., PA-C; Jennifer
Snyder, M.P.A.S., PA-C.
Assistant professors:
Erin Albert, Pharm.D.; Jarret Amsden,
Pharm.D.; Alex Ansara, Pharm.D.; Medhane
Cumbay, Ph.D.; Christopher Degenkolb,
Pharm.D.; Patricia Devine, Pharm.D.;
Stephanie Enz, Pharm.D.; Don Frosch,
M.S., PA-C.; Samuel Gurevitz, Pharm.D.;
Bruce Hancock, M.S.; Joseph Jordan,
Pharm.D.; Douglas Ladika, M.P.A.S.,
PA-C; Larry Lynn, M.D.; Carrie Maffeo,
Pharm.D.; Annette McFarland, Pharm.D.,
Beverly Monts, Ph.D., M.D.; Nusrat
Motlekar, Pharm.D.; Sarah Nisly, Pharm.D.;
Angela Ockerman, Pharm.D.; Amy Owczarek,
Pharm.D.; Emily Papineau, Pharm.D.;
Sheel Patel, Pharm.D.; Amy Peak, Pharm.D.;
Darin Ramsey, Pharm.D.; Jason T. Range,
J.D.; Carriann E. Richey, Pharm.D.; Laura
Ruekert, Pharm.D.; Tracy Sprunger,
Pharm.D.; Kevin Tuohy, Pharm.D.; Mike
Roscoe, M.S., M.P.A.S., PA-C; Kristal
Williams, Pharm.D.; Nicole Wilson,
Pharm.D.; Jennifer Zorn, M.S., PA-C.
Administration:
Mary H. Andritz, Pharm.D., dean; Bruce D.
Instructor:
Michele Schultz, PA-C
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