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Paul F. Parker Award


George E. Francisco, Jr., Pharm.D.
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Dr. George Francisco serves as Professor and Associate Dean at the University of Georgia College Of Pharmacy. He received his B.S. in Pharmacy at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 1976 and completed his Doctor of Pharmacy degree and residency (with an emphasis in geriatrics) at the University of Kentucky in 1979. Upon completing his residency, Dr. Francisco joined the faculty of the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy as an assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice.

In 1985, Dr. Francisco accepted a position with the School of Pharmacy at Virginia Commonwealth University to develop off-campus teaching and practice sites at Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, Virginia. In this position, he taught in two family practice residency programs and  

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worked with five community teaching hospitals in eastern Virginia to develop clinical pharmacy services. He also developed and taught a course in sports medicine at Old Dominion University and worked with the Area Health Education Center to develop health-related community programs.

In 1988, he returned to the University of Georgia as Associate Dean in the College of Pharmacy. In this position, Dr. Francisco oversees curriculum development and implementation as well as all aspects of student affairs, including admissions, advising, progression and retention, professional organizations, and student professionalism. He is also involved with student and faculty mentoring and has developed a College of Pharmacy New Faculty Orientation program. Dr. Francisco has served on task forces to develop the CAPE Curriculum Outcomes for the American Association of College of Pharmacy and has served for 15 years as a site team evaluator for the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.

Dr. Francisco maintains an active teaching role in the classroom and laboratory environments, and his areas of emphasis include drug interactions, infectious diseases, and physical assessment. He has been recognized for his clinical expertise and service by the Eastern Virginia Medical School and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists and for his teaching accomplishments by the Teaching Academy and the College of Pharmacy at the University of Georgia.

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