Clinical Pharmacy Instructor, UC San Diego Health Sciences International

Dr. Troy Drysdale

California, USA

Bio

Troy is the Clinical Pharmacy Instructor at UCSD Health Sciences International and Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor at the UCSD School of Pharmacy. For the past 7+ years he was the Clinical Pharmacy Manager and Residency Program Director at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, a cardiovascular and trauma center in San Diego.
Troy’s clinical practice and preceptorship experience has been primarily in acute care internal medicine and pharmacy leadership/administration, with some dabbling in emergency medicine.
He has received numerous awards and recognition for teaching and precepting, including the UCSD Preceptor Excellence Award, UCSD Outstanding Teacher Award, UCSF Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching (6 times), and the UCSF Long Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Troy received his PharmD at UCSF in San Francisco and completed his PGY1 at the University of Washington in Seattle. In the summer of 2021, he made a career transition to the pharmaceutical industry and is now a Senior Medical Science Liaison; he maintains his teaching and academic positions at UCSD Health Sciences International, and the UCSD School of Pharmacy.