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Introduction
The Department of Clinical Pharmacy at the UCSF School of Pharmacy took shape long before its official department designation in 1996. Although formally established as a division in 1973, its roots extend to the 1950s, an era critical to both the development of the department and the profession of pharmacy, when doctor of pharmacy degree programs debuted.
Department chairs
Became Department of Clinical Pharmacy, 1966 | ||
| 2025- | Jonathan Watanabe, PharmD, MS, PhD |
| 2024-2025 | Jennifer Cocohoba, PharmD |
| 2013-2023 | Lisa Kroon, PharmD |
| 2006–2013 (chair, interim dean, 2012–2013; dean, 2013–2022) | B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD |
| 2000–2006 | Lloyd Y. Young, PharmD |
| 1998–2000 (interim chair) | Michael Winter, PharmD |
| 1996–1998 (dean, 1998–2012) | Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD |
Division of Clinical Pharmacy (Department of Pharmacy), 1973 | ||
| 1993–1996 (acting chair, 1993–1994) | Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD |
| 1973–1994 | Eric (Toby) Herfindal, PharmD, MPH |
Founding of the School’s Three Departments
| 1868 | University of California is founded |
| 1872 | California College of Pharmacy is founded |
| 1873 | College of Pharmacy affiliates with the University of California (Toland Medical College affiliates, 1873; College of Dentistry, 1881; UC Training School for Nurses, 1907) |
| 1934 | Affiliated College of Pharmacy becomes the College of Pharmacy of the University of California |
| 1955 | College of Pharmacy becomes the School of Pharmacy |
| 1958 | Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry forms |
| 1964 | San Francisco campus of the University of California gains independence under the name “University of California, San Francisco Medical Center” and becomes the ninth campus in the UC system |
| 1965 | Department of Pharmacy forms
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| 1970 | Name changes to University of California, San Francisco |
| 1973 | Division of Clinical Pharmacy forms
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