Hospital Pharmacy Practice Expert Witnesses

Seal Beach, California

Pharmacist, Pharmacology- Clinical - Pharmacy Law, Community Pharmacy Practice Standards, Prescription Benefits, Prescription Benefit Fraud, Pharmacist Discipline, Pharmacy Malpractice, Adverse Drug Reactions, Hospital Pharmacy Practice, Nursing Home Pharmacy Practice Standards, Over-dispensing of Controlled Substances, Drug Information

I am a pharmacist with over 50 years of both practice and management experience in a variety of clinical settings. Since 1993, I have been an expert witness and a non-testifying consultant in hundreds cases throughout the country in matters specifically related to pharmacy malpractice, pharmaceuticals-related hospital and medical malpractice, prescription benefit fraud, over-dispensing of controlled substances, and assistance in disciplinary proceedings against pharmacists and pharmacies. I have also participated in compliance audits of federally-sponsored health plans where it pertains to pharmaceutical services. I am formerly an instructor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy, University of Southern California School of Pharmacy. My areas of expertise for teaching purposes include site-specific pharmacy practice guidelines, community pharmacy risk management, hospital pharmacy risk management, prescription drug benefits, pharmacy servic...

Allentown, Pennsylvania

Pharmacology- Clinical, Hospitalist - Anticoagulation, Hospital Pharmacy Practice, Antiplatelets, Antithrombotics, Medication Safety, Cardiology, Medication Utilization, Clinical Pharmacology, PBM Reimbursement, Drug Pricing, Pharmacy Operations, Drug Utilization Review, Pharmacy Practice Standards, Dyslipidemia, Formulary Management, Generic Substitution

Nicholas J. Patricia, PharmD, received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Wilkes University Nesbitt School of Pharmacy in 2016. Dr. Patricia has been an actively practicing Clinical Pharmacist for 10+ years. He is currently the Internal Medicine Clinical Pharmacist Specialist at St. Luke’s University Health Network in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He collaborates with physicians and multidisciplinary hospital teams to evaluate medication therapies, optimize pharmacologic treatment, and support evidence-based decision-making for hospitalized patients. Within the health network, Dr. Patricia reviews medication-related adverse event cases, literature evaluation, and formulary decision support. His expertise includes clinical pharmacology, medication safety, drug utilization review, and hospital formulary management. Dr. Patricia also serves as Director of the Pharmacology Thread and Clinical Associate Professor (Adjunct) at Temple University Lewis Katz School of Medicine, wh...