Dr. Clifford is an Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Division of Geriatrics at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy in Dallas, Texas. His current practice site is within the North Texas Veterans Affairs Hospital within the Community Living Center (CLC-A), a sub-acute rehab facility. Dr. Clifford also precepts students on the required Geriatric Clerkship rotation during their Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPE) year.
Prior to beginning his career at Texas Tech, Dr. Clifford received his degree from Butler University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Indianapolis, Indiana in 2011. He also completed a PGY-1 in Pharmacy Practice from Columbus Regional Hospital in Columbus, Indiana in 2012 and a PGY-2 in Geriatric Pharmacy Practice from the University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy in Baltimore, Maryland in 2013. He also became a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist in 2014 and a Board Certified Geriatric Pharmacist in 2016.
Interests
- Acute care
- Cardiology
- Dementia
- Diabetes
- Geriatrics
- Infectious disease
- Internal medicine
- Rehabilitation
Pharmacy Research Interests
- geriatric
- geriatric infectious diseases
- geriatric internal medicine
- geriatric neurology
- geriatric pharmacotherapy
- geriatric psychiatry
- health outcomes
- inappropriate medication use in the elderly
- infectious diseases
- pharmacy accreditation
- pharmacy education
- sepsis