2260 Gibbon Building
111 South 11th Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107-5098
Phone: 215-955-8908
Fax: 215-923-3316

Brian Swift, PharmD, MBA
Vice President/ Chief of Pharmacy & Accreditation
Associate Dean of Professional Affairs

The Department of Pharmacy at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital provides comprehensive, 24-hour service to patients, physicians and staff. Our department has approximately 60 full-time pharmacists and pharmacy residents. We utilize a decentralized pharmacy model, with three satellites providing service to patient-care units with teams of pharmacists and technicians on each satellite.

To support the  patient care, research and educational missions of the Hospital, our department provides a number of pharmaceutical services, including:

• A Drug Information Center – The Center staff are available to answer questions from Jefferson University physicians and medical staff. The Center staff are also responsible for maintaining the TJUH formulary, a compendium of drugs approved for use in the hospital by the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.
• An Investigational Drug Service – This service provides the procurement, storage, dispensing, and maintenance of records for all investigational drugs.
• A Pharmacoeconomics and Clincal Effectiveness (PEACE) Program – This multidisciplanary process establishes, implements, and monitors compliance to evidence-based practices that optimize clinical outcomes in a cost-effective manner.
• Adverse drug reaction (ADR) reporting – The Department maintains a 24-hour Hotline to facilitate adverse event reporting for all of the Hospital campuses.
• Centralized chemotherapy preparation – Using sophisticated computerized information systems, department personnel prepare chemotherapy in state-of-the-art facilities to maximize positive patient outcomes for both inpatients and outpatients.
• Pharmacist-initiated therapeutic substitution, renal dosing, and IV-to-PO conversion programs.

For a more comprehensive review of our Department, link to Pharmacy FAQs.
The Pharmacy Department also staffs several Outpatient Pharmacies which dispense medications to Jefferson outpatients, patients of Jefferson physicians and to Hospital employees and students. Please click on the hyperlink if you wish to learn more about the services we offer. Choose the following hyperlinks if you want to know about pharmacy  employment or pharmacy  residency opportunities.