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Laura Shane-McWhorter, PharmD, BCPS, FASCP, CDE, BC-ADM

Office Location:
L.S. Skaggs Hall, Room 260

Phone: (801) 585-9564
Fax: (801) 585-6160

Residency, Salt Lake City ASHP Post-Doctoral Residency VA Medical Center in Geriatric Pharmacy August 1988 to July 1989
University of Utah, Doctor of Pharmacy, June 1988
Residency in Clinical Pharmacy, University of Utah, Health Sciences Center, June 1988
University of Utah, Bachelor of Science, Pharmacy, June, 1986
East Texas State University, Master of Science, Biology/Chemistry, May 1970
University of Texas at Austin, Bachelor of Arts, Psychology/Chemistry, June 1968

Professor (Clinical), University of Utah College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacotherapy, July 1, 2004 to present

Associate Professor (Clinical), Department of Pharmacotherapy, University of Utah, July 1, 1998 to June 30, 2004
Assistant Professor (Clinical), Department of Pharmacotherapy, University of Utah, 1989 to 1998
University of Utah Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, consultant working with Family Medicine residents to support medical education in geriatrics - September 1989 to December 1999
Clinical Pharmacist -Wasatch Clinics, Sugarhouse Clinic, and University Hospital Geriatrics Clinics - September 1989 to December 1999
Clinical Pharmacist - University Hospital Pharmacy Services - September 1989 to July 1995
Consultant Pharmacist - Zion's Nursing Home (1989)
Instructor at BYU Salt Lake Campus Summer Quarter 1989, 1990, 1991
Community Pharmacist - Smith's Pharmacy Salt Lake City, Utah 1987 to present (Sundays only)
Intermountain Regional Poison Control Center Pharmacist Salt Lake City, Utah December 1986 to May 1988
Pharmacy Intern - Fred Meyer Pharmacy Sandy, Utah; 1985 to 1986
Pharmacy Intern - Veteran's Administration Medical Center Salt Lake City, Utah; June 1985 to September 1985

Utah Pharmaceutical Association Award for Innovative Pharmacy Practice - 2002
University of Utah Preceptor of the Year Award - 2001
University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Outstanding Specialist Teacher - 1998
University of Utah Preceptor of the Year Award - 1996
University of Utah Physicians' Assistants Program Teaching Award - 1995
University of Utah Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award - 1992
University of Utah Teaching Award in Clinical Pharmacy Presented by PharmD Class of 1991

Clinical practice involves provision of pharmacotherapy consult services to health care providers at Primary Care Clinics. Specific areas include diabetes care, hypertension and hyperlipidemia, and psychiatric medicines. Patient care services include providing education both in English and Spanish to underserved patients at Community Health Centers.
Research interests include diabetes education and provision of diabetes services by pharmacists. Also, areas of interest include prescribing practices by different health care providers as well as use of conventional and complementary therapies by patients