Faculty Biographies
William E. Dager, Pharm.D, BCPS, FCSHP, FCCP, FCCM
Pharmacist Specialist, UC Davis Medical Center
Clinical Professor of Pharmacy
University of California, San Francisco
Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of California, Davis
Sacramento, California
William E. Dager, Pharm.D., FCSHP, FCCP, FCCM, is a board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist who currently holds three academic positions. He is Clinical Professor of Pharmacy at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Pharmacy and Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) School of Medicine. He also serves as Clinical Professor at the Touro School of Pharmacy in Vallejo, California. As a clinical specialist at UC Davis Medical Center, he is responsible for managing difficult cases in anticoagulation, pharmacokinetics, and critical care. Dr. Dager also is clinically active with the cardiology service and serves as the director of the postgraduate year two (PGY2) residency in cardiology at UC Davis.
Dr. Dager earned his Doctor of Pharmacy degree at UCSF and completed a residency at the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento. In addition, he completed the University of Pittsburgh Nephrology Pharmaceutical Care Preceptorship. He is a fellow of the California Society of Hospital Pharmacists, American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP), and Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM).
Dr. Dager’s research interests focus on anticoagulation, critical care medicine, cardiovascular disease, and pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. He has authored numerous articles, book chapters, and scientific reviews, and he has made numerous presentations at national and international educational conferences. He serves as a reviewer and editorial board member for several medical journals, and he currently is chair of the Editorial Advisory Board Panel on Anticoagulation for The Annals of Pharmacotherapy. Dr. Dager also is a site coordinator for the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Research and Education Foundation Antithrombotic Pharmacotherapy Traineeship.
Dr. Dager has received multiple teaching and professional awards, including the 2008 ACCP Best Practice Award. He is a member of numerous organizations, including ACCP, ASHP, Sacramento Valley Society of Health-System Pharmacists, Anticoagulation Forum, International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, and SCCM. He also currently serves as an instructor and regional affiliate faculty member in advanced cardiac life support for the American Heart Association.
Darryl S. Rich, Pharm. D., M.B.A., FASHP