Pharmacy

The Department of Pharmacy Services at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) provides pharmaceutical care through decentralized teams of staff pharmacists and technicians. Pharmacy Services maintains state-of-the-art inpatient pharmacies, an off-site surgi-center pharmacy, oncology care clinic pharmacy, and an ambulatory care pharmacy. Pharmacy personnel consists of clinical pharmacists, staff pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, administrative staff, residents, support staff and pharmacy interns.

Pharmacy Services provides a full complement of clinical services including provision of drug information, pharmacokinetic and pharmacotherapy monitoring, 24 hours a day/7 days a week clinical on-call service, medication policy development and professional staff development.

Our clinical pharmacists are highly trained in pediatric pharmacotherapy and specialize in general pediatrics, cardiac intensive care, neonatal intensive care, pediatric intensive care, oncology and bone marrow transplantation, solid organ transplantation, and drug information and policy development.