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Ron Finley, BS Pharm, RPh

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About R. Ronald Finley, BS Pharm, RPh

Lecturer (Emeritus)
Department of Clinical Pharmacy
Assistant Clinical Professor, School of Pharmacy
University of California, San Francisco
Clinical Pharmacist, Neurology
UCSF Memory and Aging Center
San Francisco, California

R. Ronald (Ron) Finley, BS Pharm, RPh recently retired, after 28 years as a lecturer for the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Pharmacy. Ron continues as an Assistant Clinical Professor in the School of Pharmacy and as Clinical Pharmacist in Neurology at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center-Alzheimer’s Research Center, where he works closely with neurologists and psychiatrists. Mr. Finley is also a Consultant Pharmacist for the Institute on Aging at the Alzheimer’s Day Care Center in San Francisco and a consultant to the Parkinson’s Disease Institute. He received his pharmacy degree from St. Louis College of Pharmacy in 1959.

Ron has focused his recent research efforts on assessing pharmacotherapy in the areas of frontal temporal dementia and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, in addition to evaluating the use of alternative medicines in neurology and their potential interactions with traditional medications. He has spoken as an invited lecturer for numerous international, national, and local seminars and has authored or contributed to numerous articles, monographs, book reviews, and various other publications in his field. He is also associate editor of the Rx Consultant, a nationally distributed drug therapy newsletter.

In addition, Ron has developed many continuing education programs at UCSF in the area of geriatric pharmacy practice. He is an active member in many professional societies, including the American Society of Health Systems Pharmacists, American Geriatrics Society, American Pharmaceutical Association, American Society of Consultant Pharmacists. American Academy of Neurology, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.