Randall D. Seifert Senior Associate Dean and Professor Department of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Sciences Social, Administrative and Clinical Pharmacy Graduate Program Social and Administrative Pharmacy Track Graduate Faculty Office: 232B Life Science, Duluth Telephone Number: 218-726-6032 E-mail Address: rseifert@umn.edu

Education:

B.S. in Pharmacy, North Dakota State University, 1975
Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, 1978
Post-doctoral fellowship in pharmacokinetics, University of Minnesota and St. Paul-Ramsey Medical Center, 1979

Experience:

Dr. Seifert has experience in managed care, medical group management, clinical research, pharmacy services management, and academics.  He has practiced in several settings including hospital, long term care, clinical research, medical group management and managed care.  His managed care experience includes HMO, medical provider groups, and consulting for employer groups.  He serves as a consultant to several large multispecialty and IPA medical groups in Southern California and Minnesota. Prior to joining the College of Pharmacy faculty he started and managed a successful consulting company of which he is still affiliated.

Entrepreneurial Interests:

Dr. Seifert is involved in the development of viable business models for community-based medication therapy management services.

Research Interests:

• Value propositions changing health care based cost management to value management
• Pharmacoeconomics and outcomes analysis
• Impact of ethnic differences in pharmacokinetics and population risk assessment of fixed drug formularies
• Impact of pharmacists' MTM interventions on health economics

Publications:

PubMed

Teaching Interests and Courses:

Pharmacy 6135 Pharmacy Outcomes
Pharmacotherapy COPD and allergic rhinitis
Managed care pharmacy experiential rotation