As Chair of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Dr. Schwinghammer is responsible for directing the department’s missions in the areas of teaching, patient care, scholarship, and service.

His teaching focuses on the development of clinical and communication skills, case-based learning, and nonprescription drug therapy. In addition to authoring over 60 research papers and journal articles, he is editor of The Pharmacotherapy Casebook and co-editor of The Pharmacotherapy Handbook. These books are widely used by pharmacy students and practitioners, and both are in their sixth editions.

Dr. Schwinghammer received BS and PharmD degrees from Purdue University and completed a residency at Indiana University Hospitals. He is a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist and has practiced in adult inpatient medicine and ambulatory care. He is a past recipient of the APhA-APPM Distinguished Achievement Award in Clinical/Pharmacotherapeutic Practice. He was previously Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, where he was named Teacher of the Year or Faculty Member of the Year on five occasions.

Dr. Schwinghammer has been active in the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP), the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), the Pennsylvania Society of Health-System Pharmacists (PSHP), and the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP). He is a past president of the PSHP and was named Pharmacist of the Year in 2001. He has served the AACP as Chair of the Pharmacy Practice Section, Chair of the Council of Faculties, and member of the Board of Directors. He is a Fellow of ACCP and ASHP and has been elected to membership in the Rho Chi Pharmaceutical Honor Society and the Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy Leadership Society. He was named a Distinguished Alumnus of Purdue University in 2004.