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Dave Dixon, PharmD, FACC, FAHA, FCCP, FNLA, BCACP, CLS
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Department of Pharmacotherapy & Outcomes Science
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  • School of Pharmacy
    Dept of Pharmacotherapy & Outcomes Science
    410 N 12th Street
     Box 980533
     Richmond, VA 23298-0533
  •  (804) 628-3784
    (804) 828-0334
  •  dldixon@vcu.edu
Dave Dixon is the Nancy L. and Ronald H. McFarlane Professor (tenured) of Pharmacy and Chair of the Department of Pharmacotherapy & Outcomes Science. Dr. Dixon is also Professor of Internal Medicine in the Division of Cardiology. His research interests include cardiometabolic disease, guideline adherence and implementation, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring, and pharmacist interventions to improve the management of cardiovascular risk factors. He provides clinical pharmacy services in preventive cardiology at VCU Health. Dr. Dixon is an Associate Editor for the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association and the Journal of Clinical Lipidology. He is a Fellow of the American Heart Association, National Lipid Association, American College of Clinical Pharmacy, and American College of Cardiology. Dr. Dixon is a past recipient of the New Investigator and Innovations in Teaching Awards from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. He received the school's Excellence in Service award in 2021 and an Outstanding Preceptor Award from the class of 2013. Dr. Dixon has published over 130 peer-reviewed publications and 11 book chapters.

Education

  • Pharm.D., (Campbell University, 2006)

Post-Graduate Training

  • PGY-1 Residency - Primary Care (Charles George VA Medical Center, 2007)

Professional Experience

  • (2022 - Present) Professor (tenured), VCU School of Pharmacy
  • (2021 - Present) Department Chair, Department of Pharmacotherapy & Outcomes Science
  • (2017 - 2021) Director, Center for Pharmacy Practice Innovation, VCU School of Pharmacy
  • (2016 - 2022) Associate Professor, VCU School of Pharmacy
  • (2015 - 2021) Vice-Chair for Clinical Services, Department of Pharmacotherapy & Outcomes Science
  • (2012 - 2016) Assistant Professor, VCU School of Pharmacy
  • (2007 - 2011) Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

Research Interests

  • Pharmacist-Physician Collaborative Practice Models
  • Hypertension
  • Lipid disorders
  • Diabetes
  • Chronic heart failure

Publications

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Books/Book Chapters

  • Dixon DL, Riche DM (2020). Dyslipidemia (Chapter 31). In: DiPiro JT, Yee GC, Posey L, Haines ST, Nolin TD, Ellingrod V. eds. Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach, 11e New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
  • Bucheit J, Dixon DL (2020). Pharmacotherapy: Dyslipidemia and Hypertension in Persons with Diabetes (Chapter 20). In: Cornell S, ed. The Art and Science of Diabetes Self-Management Education, Desk Reference, 5th edition. Chicago: Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists.
  • Dixon DL. (2018). Dyslipidemia. In: Baker WL, Beavers C, Bolesta S, et al., eds. Updates in Therapeutics®: Cardiology Pharmacy Preparatory Review Course. Lenexa: American College of Clinical Pharmacy.
  • Dixon DL, Sisson EM (2018). Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease (Cardiologic Care 1). In: Dong BJ, Elliot DP, eds. Ambulatory Care Self-Assessment Program Book 1: Cardiologic Care. Lenexa: American College of Clinical Pharmacy.
  • Dixon DL (2017). Best Practice for Switching Stable Warfarin Patients (Chapter 15). In: Kiser K, ed. Oral Anticoagulation Therapy: Cases and Clinical Correlation. Cham: Springer International Publishing. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-54643-8_1
  • Dixon DL (2017). Significance of P-glycoprotein (P-gp) Drug-Drug Interactions (Chapter 29). In: Kiser K, ed. Oral Anticoagulation Therapy: Cases and Clinical Correlation. Cham: Springer International Publishing. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-54643-8_1
  • Dixon DL (2016). Taking Medications. In: Miller D, ed. Diabetes Education Curriculum: A Guide to Successful Self-Management, 2nd edition. Chicago: American Association of Diabetes Educators.
  • Sisson EM, Dixon DL (2014). Pharmacotherapy for Glucose Management (Chapter 17). In: Mensing C, ed. The Art and Science of Diabetes Self- Management Education, Desk Reference, 3rd edition. Chicago: American Association of Diabetes Educators.
  • Dixon DL, Sisson EM (2014). Pharmacotherapy: Dyslipidemia and Hypertension (Chapter 18). In: Mensing C, ed. The Art and Science of Diabetes Self- Management Education, Desk Reference, 3rd edition. Chicago: American Association of Diabetes Educators.