Amy L. Pittenger, Pharm.D., M.S.

Assistant Director
Office of Educational Development
Assistant Professor Department of Pharmaceutical Care and Health Systems
University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy

alp@umn.edu

Amy Pittenger completed her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy in 1992 and her Doctor of Pharmacy degree in 1993 at the University Of Minnesota College Of Pharmacy. After graduation, she continued her training at the University Of Pittsburgh School Of Pharmacy in the Clinical Scientist Program, where she received a Master of Science degree in Clinical Science.   Following the completion of this training, Dr. Pittenger joined the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh, in the Department of Pharmaceutics.

Dr. Pittenger returned to Minnesota to accept a position in the Scientific and Medical Affairs Division of Parke-Davis as a Medical Liaison.  In 2000, Dr. Pittenger joined DaVita Clinical Research as a Clinical Scientist.  In this position, she was involved in the development and coordination of Phase I-IV clinical trials.  Dr. Pittenger then took a position with Upsher-Smith Laboratories, a local Minnesota pharmaceutical company that was interested in changing the technical training program for its sales representatives.  In this new role, Dr. Pittenger was able to combine her previous academic, industry and research experience to developing new strategies for training sales representatives on topics such as physiology and disease state, pharmacology and clinical research evaluation. 

Most recently, Dr. Pittenger joined the Office of Educational Development in April 2005. She is responsible for co-directing the Rehabilitation Pharmacotherapy and Orientation to Pharmacy courses and for developing new courses for undergraduate students.