Department of Pharmacy Practice

College of Pharmacy
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James H. Fischer

 Jeffrey R. Bishop James H. Fischer, PharmD, FCCP
Professor
Pharmacy Practice
Email jfischer@uic.edu
Phone 312-996-5549
Fax 312-996-0379
Office 112B PHARM, MC886
US Mail 833 South Wood Street, RM164 MC886, Chicago, IL 60612

Research Interests
Dr. Bishop's areas of interest include clinical pharmacogenomics and psychopharmacology.

Education
1981 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Neurology and Clinical Pharmacokinetics, Departments of Neurology and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Minnesota and St. Paul-Ramsey Medical Center, St. Paul, Minnesota.
1979 Doctor of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1977 Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa.

Current UIC Appointments
1999 to present Assistant Head for Research and Postgraduate Education, Department of Pharmacy Practice
1991 to present Director, Clinical Pharmacokinetics Laboratory, College of Pharmacy
1986 to present Associate Professor, Departments of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacodynamics
1983 to present Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, College of Medicine
1981 to present Clinical Pharmacist, Department of Hospital Pharmacy, University of Illinois Hospitals and Clinic

Representative Publications
  1. Itokazu GS, Fischer JH, Manitpisitkul P, Harihan R, Danziger LH. Lack of effect of nizatidine-induced elevation of gastric pH on the oral bioavailability of dapsone in healthy volunteers. Pharmacotherapy 2002; 22(11):1416-9.
  2. Anderson GD, Lin Y, Fischer JH, Winn HR. Incidence of intravenous site reactions in neurotrauma patients receiving valproate or phenytoin. Ann Pharmacother 2000; 34:697-702.
  3. Luer MS, Hamani C, Dujovny M, Gidal B, Cwik M, Deyo K, Fischer JH. Saturable transport of gabapentin at the blood brain barrier. Neurological Research 1999;21(6):559 562.
  4. Beydoun A, Fischer J, Labar DR, Harden C, Cantrell D, et al. Gabapentin monotherapy: II. a 26-week, double-blind, dose-controlled, multicenter study of conversion from polytherapy in outpatients with refractory complex partial or secondarily generalized seizures. Neurology 1997; 49:746-52.
  5. Cwik MJ, Liang M, Deyo K, Andrews C, Fischer J. Simultaneous rapid high-performance liquid chromatographic determination of phenytoin and its prodrug , fosphenytoin, in human plasma and ultrafiltrate. J Chromatogr 1997; 693:407-14.

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