Timothy W. Cutler, PharmD
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Clinical Pharmacy
University of California, San Francisco, School of Pharmacy
Clinical Pharmacist
UC Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California
Dr. Timothy Cutler is an assistant professor in the UCSF School of Pharmacy's Department of Clinical Pharmacy. Dr. Cutler joined the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, UCSF School of Pharmacy faculty in 2004. In this role he works as a clinical pharmacist in collaboration with the UC Davis Medical Center and is the Director of the Sacramento Experiential Program. There, he devotes much of his time to the fourth year pharmacy students placed at the UC Davis Medical Center and throughout Sacramento. He is currently working to establish a Medication Therapy Management Clinic with the UC Davis Medical Center where he will work with seniors to improve their medication therapy and reduce out of pocket prescription drug costs. Dr. Cutler's current research and practice foci are on geriatric pharmacy, medication therapy management, Medicare outreach and the development of new pharmacy curriculum.
From 2002 to 2004, Dr. Cutler was a consultant pharmacist for two skilled nursing facilities in Alaska. There he provided medication therapy review, federal and state regulation compliance, and participated in the medication therapy advisory committee. He has lectured at national, state and local conferences to pharmacists, nurses, and physicians on the topics of geriatrics, geriatric pharmacology, Medicare Part D, Medication Therapy Management and nursing home regulations. He has been organizing and giving Medicare Part D workshops to patients and providers since 2005.
Currently, Dr. Cutler is a co-investigator on a grant (called "Partners in D”, see www.partnersind.com) where he and colleagues develop Medicare Part D curricular innovations for dissemination to all schools of pharmacy in California. The goal of this project is to train student pharmacists so they can provide Medicare Outreach to seniors in underserved communities (low-income or non-English speaking), teach other health professionals about the policy implications of Medicare Part D and provide Medication Therapy Management in the community pharmacy.
Dr. Cutler has also worked as a critical care pharmacist, ambulatory care pharmacist and a long-term care consultant. He is a faculty member with the American Society on Aging in the Substance Abuse among Older Adults educational program and a faculty scholar in the Northern California Geriatric Education Center. He was vice chair of the Kenai Peninsula Narcotics Taskforce in Soldotna, Alaska and has planned substance abuse awareness projects. Dr. Cutler earned a Doctorate of Pharmacy from UCSF in 2000 and completed a residency in pharmacy practice at the University of California, Davis Medical Center in 2001.