Faculty
Evelyn Hermes DeSantis, Pharm.D., BCPS
Clinical Associate Professor
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
Rutgers University
Director, Drug Information Center
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
Piscataway, New Jersey
Evelyn Hermes DeSantis is Clinical Associate Professor at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey and also is the Director of Drug Information Services at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. Dr. Hermes DeSantis received her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Rutgers University. After completing a specialized residency in drug information practice at the Medical College of Virginia Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, she practiced at the Drug Information Center at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Hermes DeSantis returned to the east coast in 1995 to assume a faculty position at Rutgers. She is also a board-certified pharmacotherapy specialist.
Dr. Hermes DeSantis has published numerous articles and a book chapter, and lectures in a variety of areas including: gastrointestinal disorders, glaucoma, drug-induced diseases and medication errors, dietary supplements, and patient counseling. In addition to these areas, her research focuses in the area of provision of drug information services and the relationship between hospital and industrial pharmacy practice.
David M. Simpson, M.D.
Professor of Neurology
Director, Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratories
Director, Neuro-AIDS Program
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, New York
David M. Simpson, M.D., is Professor of Neurology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, New York. In addition, he is Director of the Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratories and Director of the Neuro-AIDS Program at Mount Sinai Hospital.
Dr. Simpson received his medical degree from State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo School of Medicine. He completed an internship in Internal Medicine at University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and a residency in neurology at Cornell University Medical Center in New York. Dr. Simpson completed a fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Simpson is a member of the American Neurological Association and the American Pain Society. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Academy of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine. Dr. Simpson serves on the editorial board of Clinical Journal of Pain, AIDS Patient Care, Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, and Current HIV/AIDS Reports, and he is an ad-hoc reviewer for Annals of Internal Medicine, Annals of Neurology, Archives of Internal Medicine, and American Journal of Medicine. An author of over 325 publications, Dr. Simpson is the principal investigator for numerous studies, including the treatment of neuropathic pain in patients with painful HIV-associated neuropathy and treatment of spasticity with botulinum toxin.
Richard G. Wenzel, Pharm.D.
Diamond Headache Clinic Inpatient Unit
St. Joseph's Hospital
Chicago, Illinois
Since 1999, Richard Wenzel has been the pharmacist at the Diamond Headache Clinic Inpatient Unit in Chicago, Illinois, where he is responsible for patient education, staff development, and drug information services. After completing his Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Iowa, Dr. Wenzel earned his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Illinois-Chicago.
Dr. Wenzel is recognized as an accomplished practitioner, author, and presenter in the area of headache. He has written or co-written numerous headache articles for peerreviewed journals including Pharmacotherapy, Annals of Pharmacotherapy, American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, and Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics. He is also a contributing author to the textbooks Migraine in Women and the National Headache Foundation's Therapeutic Guide for Treatment of Headache. In addition, he has delivered numerous headache related presentations nationwide. In 2005, Dr. Wenzel was one of five pharmacists to receive the Pharmacy Today, One-to-One Patient Counseling Award from the American Pharmacists Association.
Dr. Wenzel is a member of the National Headache Foundation and the American Headache Society. He has faculty appointments at the University of Illinois-Chicago, Midwestern University, Drake University, and the University of Iowa Colleges of Pharmacy.