Ron Gasbarro, PharmD, MS Journ

Education

• Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm. D.), University of Maryland at Baltimore. Summa cum laude. Received Gold Medal of Academic Excellence for maintaining 4.0 average throughout the curriculum.
• Master of Science in Journalism, Boston University. Magna cum laude.
• Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, State University of New York at Buffalo. Cum laude. President of Rho Chi (Omega Chapter), academic honor society.

Experience

Present - Principal, Rx-Press, New Milford, Pennsylvania. Handle all types of freelance writing, publishing and editing. Clients include many pharmaceutical companies and the communication firms that serve them. Write columns and news features for Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Baltimore Sun, Washington Post. Ghostwrite journal review and clinical trial manuscripts for new drugs, as well as books and other projects for physicians. Construct scripts, including audio, video, CD-ROM and slide shows. Design and publish award-winning newsletters. Book projects. Author ethics column for pharmacy journal. Written and published Continuing Education programs; co-authored numerous CME programs.

Other experience includes:

• Copywriter at various advertising agencies in New York and Boston. Specialized in medical accounts. Wrote audio and video scripts. Monographs, print material. Direct mail and slide shows.

• Copywriter, Hoffmann-LaRoche, Nutley, NJ. Specialized in psychotropic medications and antibiotics.

• Staff clinical pharmacist, Boston Children's Hospital. Specialized in pediatric oncology and psychiatry.

• During this time I have practiced pharmacy on a part-time basis and have been in the following practice environments: hospital (Johns Hopkins Hospital), elderly long-term, pediatrics, community, clinic. I presently volunteer at a psychiatric clinic to help patients with medication issues.

Areas of Publication

Psychiatry, psychotropics, antibiotics and infectious disease, oncology (interleukins, lymphoma), biologicals (erythropoietin, G-CSF, GM-CSF), professional ethics, gastrointestinal diseases and treatment, animal health, sleep disorders, vitamins/dietary supplements, epilepsy & seizure disorders, pain management (including botulinum toxin), dermatology (psoriasis), hepatitis, AIDS/HIV, pediatrics (pain management, immunization, sexual issues, airway disease, substance abuse), geriatrics, men's health issues (testicular & prostate cancer, domestic violence, paraphilias), asthma/allergy, diabetes, lipid disorders, hypertension and addiction medicine.

Registered pharmacist in: Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania.

Professional Affiliations

National Writers Union (UAW Local 1981)
American Medical Writers Association
American Society of Consultant Pharmacists.

Continuing Education Programs

Title: The characteristics and treatment of contact dermatitis caused by poison ivy and its relatives.
Provider: University of Florida
CE credits: 2
ACPE #: 012-999-341-H01
Place of publication: Drug Topics
Date of publication: 2005

Title: Identifying and managing patients with asthma and allergy.
Provider: University of Mississippi
CE credits: 2
ACPE #: 032-999-00-56-H01
Place of publication: Drug Topics
Date of publication: 2001

Title: Issues in cardiovascular drug substitution
Provider: Berlex Laboratories
CE credits: 2
ACPE #: 799-000-01-004-H01
Place of publication: Retail Pharmacy News
Date of publication: 2001

Title: Managing prescription drug side effects with over-the-counter products
Provider: Purdue Frederick Company
CE credits: 2
ACPE#: 424-000-99-013-H04
Place of publication: Power-Pak Communications
Date of publication: May 1999

Title: Dislipoproteinemia
Provider: Novartis Pharmaceuticals
CE credits: 2
ACPE#: 
Place of publication: CD-ROM
Date of publication: April 1999

Title: Hepatitis C: diagnosis and treatment
Provider: Temple University
CE credits: 2
ACPE#: 057-999-98-035-H01
Place of publication: Pharmacy Times
Date of publication: August 1998

Title: Vascular biology: the effects of extrinsic and intrinsic factors
Provider: University of Kansas/Parke-Davis
CE credits: 2
ACPE#: 021-999-98-030-H04
Place of publication: Clinical Pharmacy Newswatch [Parke-Davis]
Date of publication: January 1998

Title: Educating diabetes patients to prevent/delay complications
Provider: The Philadelphia College of Pharmacy & Science
CE credits: 2
ACPE#: 056-999-97-004-H01
Place of publication: American Druggist
Date of publication: April 1997

Title: Issues in pediatric pain management
Provider: The Philadelphia College of Pharmacy & Science/Roxane Laboratories
CE credits: 2
ACPE#: 056-999-96-095-H01
Place of publication: Management of Pain [Roxane Pain Institute]
Date of publication: October 1996

Title: Pediatric AIDS
Provider: University of Wisconsin
CE credits: 2
ACPE#: 063-000-96-029-H02
Place of publication: U. S. Pharmacist
Date of publication: September 1996

Title: Managing hormone replacement therapy
Provider: The Philadelphia College of Pharmacy & Science
CE credits: 2
ACPE#: 056-999-96-005-H01
Place of publication: American Druggist
Date of publication: May 1996

Title: Combating growing bacterial antibiotic resistance
Provider: The Philadelphia College of Pharmacy & Science
CE credits: 2
ACPE#: 680-056-96-002
Place of publication: American Druggist
Date of publication: February 1996