Rajul Patel
At Pacific Since: 2005
Rajul Arvind Patel '01, '06, PharmD, PhD earned a bachelor of arts in psychology and a bachelor of science in biology from Johns Hopkins University. He earned a doctor of pharmacy and a doctor of philosophy from University of the Pacific. He joined the Pacific faculty in 2005.
Dr. Patel is an integral part of the health care outreach introductory pharmacy practice experiences at Pacific as a faculty coordinator and preceptor. Dr. Patel oversees the Medicare Part D community outreach program, which is targeted to Medicare beneficiaries. The goals of the Medicare Part D community efforts include lowering out-of-pocket prescription medication expenses, improving drug therapy outcomes and enhancing the quality-of-life of assisted beneficiaries.
What he loves about teaching at Pacific is the opportunity to work in a close-knit environment, which he believes facilitates quality learning. For Dr. Patel, his students are at the center of everything he does, whether it is teaching, mentoring or working with them on research. It is his goal in his role at Pacific to help put students in a position to succeed as future practitioners.
Dr. Patel is a member of the American Public Health Association, the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists and the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research. He is also involved in the Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity, the Phi Lambda Sigma Leadership Society, the Rho Chi Honor Society and Phi Kappa Phi.
Dr. Patel considers himself to be a kid at heart. He enjoys both watching and playing sports, especially basketball, volleyball, golf and racquetball. In 2011, he was asked to be a faculty guest coach for the men's volleyball team. He is the tallest member of his family for at least three generations by at least seven inches. His interests also include dining at restaurants he hasn't been to before and writing poetry.
BA in Psychology, Johns Hopkins University, 1993
BS in Biology, Johns Hopkins University, 1994
PharmD, University of the Pacific, 2001
PhD in Pharmacoeconomics, University of the Pacific, 2006
Teaching Philosophy
"To most effectively communicate the subject matter at hand in a way that best ensures student learning and retention."
Courses
PRAC 142 — Introduction to the Medicare Benefit and Medication Therapy Management (MTM)
PRAC 141 — Medicare Part D and MTM- Application and Outreach
PHRM 321 — Health Care Delivery Systems I & Pharmacoeconomics
PCSP 263 — Analytical Techniques in Health Services Research
Research Summary
“My research is focused on evaluating the economic and clinical outcomes of Medicare beneficiaries.”
Research Interests
- Medicare Part D
- Outcomes Analysis
- Pharmacoeconomics of Chronic Disease States
Scholarly Activity
Publications:
Rogan EL, Ranson CA, Valle-Oseguera CS, Lee C, Gumberg A, Nagin BN, Cao W, Wang E, Trinh C, Chan K, Samra NK, Hou EW, Patel RA. “Factors associated with medication related problems in an ambulatory Medicare population and the case for medication therapy management.” Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy. June 2020, Vol. 16, No. 6, pp. 783-786.
Valle-Oseguera CS, Ranson CA, Tam P, Le J, Le B, Kozono M, Park J, Tam A, Chen M, Rogan EL, Patel RA. “Factors associated with a higher risk of undiagnosed prediabetes in a community-dwelling Medicare population.” The Senior Care Pharmacist. 2020 Feb 1;35(2):85-92.
Rogan EL, Ranson CA, Mori TK, Park SK, Lam HM, Legaspi JF, Tran LK, Cameros CJM, Blackburn AN, Lee ST, Valle-Oseguera CS, Pham CN, Woelfel JA, and Patel RA. “Exploring the Valley of Savings: Minimizing Part D Costs and Optimizing Drug Therapy Outcomes in Medicare Beneficiaries with Developmental Disability”. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: June 2019, Vol. 57, No. 3, pp. 234-241.
Woelfel JA, Rogan EL, Patel RA, Ho W, Nguyen HV, Highsmith E, Chang C, Nguyen NT, Sato M, Nguyen D. “Administration, Billing, and Payment for Pharmacy Student-Based Immunizations to Medicare Beneficiaries at Mobile Medicare Clinics.” Pharmacy 2019, 7, 22.
Patel RA, Choi M, Fan D, Man V, Thao C, Thai T, Vachuska M, Vachuska M, Xu M, Valle-Oseguera C, Ranson C, Pham C, Rogan E, Walberg M, Woelfel J. “Bridging the Gap: Collaboration between a School of Pharmacy, Public Health, and Governmental Organizations to provide Clinical and Economic Services to Medicare Beneficiaries”. INNOVATIONS in Pharmacy. January 2018;9(1):Article 2.
Patel RA, Woelfel JA, Sohal D, Zhu L, Lenkova E, Koshki N, Valle-Oseguera C, Ranson C, Rogan E “An Examination of Potentially Inappropriate Medication use by Older Medicare Beneficiaries: Application of the 2015 Beers Criteria Update." The Consultant Pharmacist. Volume 33, Number 1, January 2018, pp. 48-54(7).
Poster/Presentations:
Abdollahian E, Ranson CA, Rogan EL, Patel RA. “Addressing the cost crevasse: The need for Medicare part d plan optimization for beneficiaries with intellectual and developmental disabilities.” American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. November 2020.
Ranson CA, Lee R, Liao S, Nguyen-Tu P, Kumar S, Lee D, Rogan EL, Patel RA. “The Brewing of an Updated 2019 Beers Criteria and its Impact on the Older Medicare Beneficiaries”. American Society of Consultant Pharmacists Annual Meeting. Grapevine, TX, November 2019
Rogan EL, Ranson CA, Bae SJ, Sahyouni CM, Choi RJ, Le SV, Pham DQ, Patel RA. “Dissecting the Medicare MTM benefit: Are we cutting in the right places?” American Society of Consultant Pharmacists Annual Meeting. Grapevine, TX, November 2019
Patel RA, Patel R, Ataya T, Li I, Lam I, He J, Ranson CA, Rogan EL, “First Aid To Survival: Naloxone Distribution to Medicare Beneficiaries”. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA, November 2019.
Ranson CA, Lee R, Liao S, Nguyen-Tu P, Kumar S, Lee D, Rogan EL, Patel RA. “The Brewing of an Updated 2019 Beers Criteria and its Impact on the Older Medicare Beneficiaries”. California Society of Health-System Pharmacists Seminar. Anaheim, CA, October 2019.
Patel RA, Patel R, Ataya T, Li I, Lam I, He J, Ranson CA, Rogan EL, “First Aid To Survival: Naloxone Distribution to Medicare Beneficiaries”. California Society of Health-System Pharmacists Seminar. Anaheim, CA, October 2019.
Rogan EL, Ranson CA, Bae SJ, Sahyouni CM, Choi RJ, Le SV, Pham DQ, Patel RA. “Dissecting the Medicare MTM benefit: Are we cutting in the right places?” California Society of Health-System Pharmacists Seminar. Anaheim, CA, October 2019.
Valle-Oseguera CS, Ranson CA, Fok E, Cheong CK, Santos I, Chang EV, Macaraeg TG, Chen M, Rogan EL, Patel RA. “Blood pressure limbo: Evaluating the impact of the 2017 high blood pressure clinical practice guidelines in a community-dwelling Medicare patient population.” American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San Diego CA. November 2018.
Valle-Oseguera CS, Rogan EL, Le BN, Kozono MT, Le J, Tam AK, Tam PK, Park JF, Ranson CA, Chen M, Patel RA. “No sugarcoating: Prevalence and associated factors for prediabetes in a community-dwelling Medicare population.” American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San Diego CA. November 2018.
Ranson CA, Valle-Oseguera CS, Ruiz MN, Vo MW, Tran M, Kim JE, Do TDV, Rogan EL, Patel RA. “Painful predicament: Evaluating the assessment, treatment and attitudes surrounding pain in a Medicare patient population.” American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San Diego CA. November 2018.
Rogan EL, Ranson CA, Valle-Oseguera CS, Lee C, Gumberg A, Nagin B, Cao W, Wang E, Trinh C, Chan K, Samra N, Hou E, Patel RA. “Demographic divination: Factors associated with medication-related problems in community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries.” American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San Diego CA. November 2018.
Patel RA, Zuo S, Bui EMP, Huynh M, Elmiari J, Ranson CA, Valle-Oseguera CS, Rogan EL, Lee C. “Time for an annual checkup?: Lowering Medicare beneficiaries’ out-of-pocket prescription drug costs through Part D plan optimization.” American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San Diego CA. November 2018.
Ranson CA, Valle-Oseguera CS, Ramos BF, Hoh KM, Carranza DG, Cruz DJ, Patel SM, Page O, Raikhy AS, Rogan EL, Patel RA. "Passport to Health: Evaluating a comprehensive service-based health fair targeting Medicare beneficiaries" American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. July 2018.
