Department of Pharmacy

The Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center Department of Pharmacy consists of 86 employees, half of whom are pharmacists. The pharmacy practice model involves integration of distribution and clinical activities at the patient care level supported by centralized distribution, support functions and management systems.

Currently, we have pharmacists practicing in internal medicine, pediatrics, adult hematology/oncology, critical care medicine, infectious diseases, emergency medicine, cardiology, medication therapy disease management, IV nutrition and operating room services. Our pharmacists are involved in drug therapy management; multidisciplinary patient care; decentralized pharmacy practice; pharmacokinetic consultations; anticoagulation consultations; adult and pediatric code response; medication utilization and outcome evaluation; and medical, nursing, and pharmacy staff education programs.

Pharmacy students from regional schools of pharmacy rotate through our hospital and clinics as part of their core hospital pharmacy, clinical pharmacy and ambulatory care rotations.