| A practicing pharmacist for more than 20 years and a decorated U.S. Army veteran, Dr. James Colbert serves as the clinical manager and education coordinator for the Department of Pharmacy at the UCSD Medical Center. He also is an assistant professor of medicine in the Department of Pediatrics in the UCSD School of Medicine and an assistant clinical professor of pharmacy at both the University of California at San Francisco (Department of Clinical Pharmacy) and at UCSD (Department of Pharmacology).
Dr. Colbert has been a researcher and educator on the pharmacological management of sickle cell disease, pediatric asthma, cystic fibrosis and military pharmacy. He is a contributor to the UCSD Sickle Cell Parent Support Group and a co-founder of the UCSD Pediatric Pain Team. For his work with the San Diego chapter of the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, the San Diego Combined Health Agencies (CHAD) recognized Dr. Colbert as a "Health Hero" in 2002.
A former U.S. Army officer, Dr. Colbert was decorated for his service during the Persian Gulf War (1990-1991) and the Bosnia peacekeeping campaign (1996). He has had extensive overseas military pharmacy experience, including service as chief of the Army's pharmacy operations in Stuttgart and Hanau, Germany, and as assistant chief in Heidelberg, Germany.
Dr. Colbert received his B.A. degree in biological sciences from the University of California at Berkeley in 1977 and his doctor of pharmacy degree in 1981 from UCSF's School of Pharmacy.
Dr. Colbert has received Outstanding Teacher awards from the Division of Family Practice (1992) and the Department of Pediatrics (2001) at the UCSD School of Medicine. He was selected as a Preceptor of the Year for the UCSD Department of Pharmacy General Practice Residency Program (1998). He received the prestigious Novation-Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group National Scholar award (1998) for exemplary practice as a pediatric pharmacist.
Dr. Colbert holds fellowships in both the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and the California Society of Health-System Pharmacists. He is a past president of the San Diego Society of Health-System Pharmacists (SDSHP). He is a recipient of the Dena L. Barker award - SDSHP's highest honor - for Pharmacist of the Year (2000).
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